LOCATION

Official Website:
http://www.belfastcity.gov.uk/

Population:
275,000

SCHOOLS

School	Founded
Queen's University Belfast	1845

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
Patrick Bond	Scholar	17-Nov-1961		Elite Transition
Kenneth Branagh	Actor	10-Dec-1960		British thespian
Jocelyn Bell Burnell	Astronomer	15-Jul-1943		Co-Discoverer of pulsars
Vivian Campbell	Guitarist	25-Aug-1962		Former Dio, current Def Leppard guitarist
Frank Carson	Comic	11-Jun-1926	22-Feb-2012	Irish comedian
James Casey	Historian	1944		The Kingdom of Valencia
Warren Christie	Actor	4-Nov-1975		Cameron Hicks on Alphas
Mairead Corrigan	Activist	27-Jan-1944		Nobel Prize recipient
Jamie Dornan	Actor	1-May-1982		Fifty Shades of Grey
James Galway	Musician	8-Dec-1939		Flute virtuoso
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		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		Night-Crossing
Paula Malcomson	Actor	1970		Trixie on Deadwood
Mary McAleese	Head of State	27-Jun-1951		President of Ireland
Seamus P. McCaffery	Judge	3-Jun-1950		Justice, Pennsylvania Supreme Court
James McCaffrey	Actor	1959		Jimmy Keefe on Rescue Me
Brian Moore	Novelist	25-Aug-1921	10-Jan-1999	The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne
Gary Moore	Guitarist	4-Apr-1952	5-Feb-2011	Out in the Fields
Van Morrison	Singer/Songwriter	31-Aug-1945		Central figure of the Belfast blues scene
Patricia Quinn	Actor	28-May-1944		The Rocky Horror Picture Show
Stephen Rea	Actor	31-Oct-1946		The Crying Game
Bobby Sands	Activist	9-Mar-1954	5-May-1981	Irish hunger striker
Albert Sharpe	Actor	15-Apr-1885	13-Feb-1970	Darby O'Gill and the Little People
David Trimble	Head of State	15-Oct-1944		Irish politician, Nobel Prize recipient
Betty Williams	Activist	22-May-1943		Peace activist, Nobel Prize recipient

DEATHS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
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
Fred Daly	Golf	11-Oct-1911	18-Nov-1990	Winner, 1947 British Open
John Hewitt	Poet	28-Oct-1907	22-Jun-1987	No Rebel Word
Ian Paisley	Politician	6-Apr-1926	12-Sep-2014	Democratic Unionist Party
Albert Sharpe	Actor	15-Apr-1885	13-Feb-1970	Darby O'Gill and the Little People
Ernest T. S. Walton	Physicist	6-Oct-1903	25-Jun-1995	Split the atom

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