Foyle and Londonderry College - Notable Pupils

Notable Pupils

See also: Category:People educated at Foyle and Londonderry College
  • Sir Michael Alexander, a former British Ambassador to N.A.T.O. and a former British Ambassador to Austria
  • Amanda Burton, actress
  • Mark Daley, Irish-American broadcaster
  • George Farquhar, renowned Irish dramatist
  • William Percy French, songwriter
  • Ken Goodall, former Rugby Union international
  • Noel Henderson, former Rugby Union international
  • Neil Hannon, musician from art-pop band "The Divine Comedy" (attended Preparatory Department)
  • Brigadier-General Sir Henry Lawrence, soldier/statesman in British India
  • The Rt Hon. The 1st Baron Lawrence, P.C., Viceroy of India (1864–69)
  • Seamus Mallon, current Rugby Union player
  • Eva Birthistle, actress (Ae Fond Kiss); moved to Derry at the age of 14.
  • The Rt Hon. Sir John Ross, 1st Bt, P.C. (I.), K.C., last Lord Chancellor of Ireland (1921–1922)
  • R. Ben Weber, Publisher of the Purcellville Gazette in Loudoun, Virginia, USA
  • Claude Wilton, lawyer and leading member of Civil Rights Movement
  • W.M. Gorman, Irish economist

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