County Down, United Kingdom
1. Harry Ferguson (1884)
Designer Of Agricultural Machine
Irish engineer known for developing the first-ever agricultural trailer and became the first Irishman to build and fly his own aircraft.
2. Bear Grylls (1974)
English Mountaineer Adventurer A
English adventurer and star of the reality series Man vs. Wild. He was named the youngest-ever Chief Scout of the Scout Association in 2009.
3. David McGreevy (1985)
Gaelic Footballer
David Martin James McGreevy nicknamed Bonzo is a Gaelic footballer who plays for Kingdom Kerry Gaels and London GAA as a corner back. He is from Teconnaught County Down and...
4. Brian Faulkner (1921)
British Politician
Arthur Brian Deane Faulkner Baron Faulkner of Downpatrick PC was the sixth and last Prime Minister of Northern Ireland from March 1971 until his resignation in March 1972. He was...
5. John Smilie (1742)
American Politician
John Smilie was an American politician from Fayette Pennsylvania. He served in both houses of the state legislature and represented Pennsylvania in the U. S. House from 1793 until 1795...
6. Warring Kennedy (1827)
Canadian Politician
g Kennedy was Mayor of Toronto from 1894 to 1895. Born in County Down Ireland Kennedy came to Toronto in 1858. In 1869 he opened a wholesale dry goods firm...
7. Robert T. Davis (1823)
American Politician
Robert Thompson Davis was a member of the United States House of Representatives from Massachusetts. He served as Mayor of Fall River Massachusetts from 1873 to 1874. Born in County...
8. Thomas Magarey (Unknow)
Australian Politician
Thomas Magarey was an Irish-born miller and pastoralist who with his brother James migrated to Nelson New Zealand in 1842 and to Adelaide South Australia in 1845. He was also...
9. Pat McNamee (1957)
British Politician
Pat McNamee is a nationalist politician in Northern Ireland. He was elected in the 1998 election to the Northern Ireland Assembly as a Sinn Féin member for Newry & Armagh....
10. Henry Pottinger (1789)
British Colonial Governor
Lieutenant General Sir Henry Pottinger 1st Baronet GCB PC was an Anglo-Irish soldier and colonial administrator who became the first Governor of Hong Kong.
11. Patrick Brontë (1777)
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The Reverend Patrick Brontë was an Irish Anglican clergyman and writer who spent most of his adult life in England and was the father of the writers Charlotte Emily and...
