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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