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Belfast, Northern Ireland
LOCATION
Official Website:
http://www.belfastcity.gov.uk/ Population:
275,000 SCHOOLS
BIRTHS
| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| John Stewart Bell |
Physicist |
28-Jun-1928 |
1-Oct-1990 |
Bell's theorem of quantum physics |
| George Best |
Soccer |
22-May-1946 |
25-Nov-2005 |
Manchester United |
| Kenneth Branagh |
Actor |
10-Dec-1960 |
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British thespian |
| Vivian Campbell |
Guitarist |
25-Aug-1962 |
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Former Dio, current Def Leppard guitarist |
| Frank Carson |
Comic |
11-Jun-1926 |
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Irish comedian |
| Mairead Corrigan |
Activist |
27-Jan-1944 |
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Nobel Prize recipient |
| Terry George |
Film Director |
20-Dec-1952 |
|
Hotel Rwanda |
| Chaim Herzog |
Head of State |
17-Sep-1918 |
17-Apr-1997 |
President of Israel 1983-93 |
| John Hewitt |
Poet |
28-Oct-1907 |
22-Jun-1987 |
No Rebel Word |
| Ciarán Hinds |
Actor |
9-Feb-1953 |
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Munich |
| Lord Kelvin |
Physicist |
26-Jun-1824 |
17-Dec-1907 |
Illustrated 2nd Law of Thermodynamics |
| C. S. Lewis |
Novelist |
29-Nov-1898 |
22-Nov-1963 |
Chronicles of Narnia |
| Louis MacNeice |
Poet |
12-Sep-1907 |
3-Sep-1963 |
Autumn Journal |
| Derek Mahon |
Poet |
23-Nov-1941 |
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Night-Crossing |
| Mary McAleese |
Head of State |
27-Jun-1951 |
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President of Ireland |
| Seamus P. McCaffery |
Judge |
3-Jun-1950 |
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Justice, Pennsylvania Supreme Court |
| Brian Moore |
Novelist |
25-Aug-1921 |
10-Jan-1999 |
The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne |
| Gary Moore |
Musician |
4-Apr-1952 |
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Out in the Fields |
| Van Morrison |
Musician |
31-Aug-1945 |
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Central figure of the Belfast blues scene |
| Patricia Quinn |
Actor |
28-May-1944 |
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The Rocky Horror Picture Show |
| Stephen Rea |
Actor |
31-Oct-1946 |
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The Crying Game |
| Bobby Sands |
Activist |
9-Mar-1954 |
5-May-1981 |
Irish hunger striker |
| David Trimble |
Head of State |
15-Oct-1944 |
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Irish politician, Nobel Prize recipient |
| Betty Williams |
Activist |
22-May-1943 |
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Peace activist, Nobel Prize recipient |
DEATHS
| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
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| David Bates |
Astronomer |
18-Nov-1916 |
5-Jan-1994 |
Atmospheric and interstellar physics |
| John Stewart Bell |
Physicist |
28-Jun-1928 |
1-Oct-1990 |
Bell's theorem of quantum physics |
| John Hewitt |
Poet |
28-Oct-1907 |
22-Jun-1987 |
No Rebel Word |
| Ernest T. S. Walton |
Physicist |
6-Oct-1903 |
25-Jun-1995 |
Split the atom |
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