Notable Residents
- Sir Stanley Spencer KBE CBE RA DLitt 20th century British artist and the UK's official war artist (1939–45)
- Sir T. Desmond Lorimer KBE FCA DSc Former head of Northern Bank, Northern Ireland Electricity, Northern Ireland Housing Executive, Lamont Holdings Plc and Ulster Garden Villages Limited
- Lieutenant-Colonel John F. Hunter MC OBE ARCA (Lond) RUA Decorated soldier, landscape painter and wood engraver, past-president of the Royal Ulster Academy of Art (RUA) (1943–47) and first Inspector of Art Education in Northern Ireland (1923)
- Reverend A P Black MA Cleric of Castledawson Presbyterian Church, Co. Londonderry (1910)
- Major Hugh Alexander Veteran of the Far East campaign during WW2 and recipient of the Burma Star medal
- Arthur C. McKee APAGB Photographer
- Captain Clifford Macdonald Ashe BA (QUB) H.Dip.Ed (Oxon.) Army Captain 1st Battalion, East Lancashire Regiment (1939–45), and later Schoolmaster of CCPS
- Rosemary Faith Actress
- Brian Durkin One of the original presenters at the historic launch of Ulster Television on 31 October 1959
- J. Ralph Brew Jazz musician
- Reverend Dr Douglas Frazer-Hurst Cleric and author
- Dr J P Alexander Senior Consultant Anaesthetist, Department Clinical Anaesthesia, Belfast City Hospital
- Dr Alastair N J Graham Senior Cardiothoracic Consultant, Cardiac Surgical Unit, Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast
- Professor Bill Ellis Director of Veterinary Sciences Division, Department of Northern Ireland Agriculture and Rural Development
- Gordon R. Irwin OBE Chief Executive of the Belfast Harbour Commissioners (1986–2003) and formerly board member of the Laganside Corporation and United Kingdom Major Ports Group Ltd
- Tim Loane Actor, Director, Playwright and currently Lecturer in Creative Writing at Queen’s University, Belfast. Co-founder of the independent Tinderbox Theatre Company in Northern Ireland. Director of the Oscar-nominated Short Film Dance Lexie Dance
- Dr Mervyn Gifford Senior healthcare professional specialising and lecturing in Public Health Medicine at the University of Skövde in Sweden. He has undertaken research into diet and inflammatory processes in coronary heart disease.
- Peter Martin Businessman with interests in the UK & Republic of Ireland and a former radio presenter
- Denis Robb London-based qualitative consumer market research expert. Joint founder of The Research Practice, London
- Mark Pepper Artist
- Belinda Larmour Violinist, current lecturer at the QUB School of Music, ex-BBC Northern Ireland television director and portrait painter
- Damien Coyle Artist and Vice Chairperson of the Arts Council of Northern Ireland
- Gerry Simpson QC Barrister
- Denis McBride Irish Rugby Union player
- Jeremy McWilliams Motorbike road racer
- Jim Neilly BBC Sport Broadcaster and commentator
- Jeanie Johnston Ex-Ulster Television (UTV) broadcast journalist and features editor. She is currently Head of Communications for South Eastern Health and Social Care Trust
- Reverend David J. Kerr MBE President of the Methodist Church in Ireland (1998–99)
- David Olver Formerly BBC Radio 2 presenter and BBC Northern Ireland continuity announcer
- Professor William J. Hatton Department of Pharmacology of the University of Nevada, School of Medicine
- Alderman Billy Webb Mayor of Newtownabbey (2011-2012)
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