Newtownards, Northern Ireland
1. Christine Bleakley (1979)
British Television Presenter
Irish television presenter who became known for hosting The One Show and Daybreak. She also hosted Dancing on Ice, which first aired in 2006.
2. Patrick Pentland (1969)
Musician
Guitarist known as a member of Canadian rock band Sloan who also plays bass, keyboards, and drums.
3. Eddie Irvine (1965)
British Racing Driver
Race car driver for Formula Ford who competed in Formula One from 1993 to 2002.
4. Tennant McVea (1988)
Northern Irish Footballer
James Tennant McVea is a Northern Irish footballer currently playing for Norfolk SharX of the Major Indoor Soccer League.
5. Muriel Day (1942)
Irish Singer
Muriel Day is an Irish singer. Born in Newtownards County Down she was the first singer from Northern Ireland to represent the Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest. She was...
6. David Jeffrey (1962)
Footballer
David Jeffrey is a Northern Irish football manager and former player best known for managing Linfield between 1997 and 2014. He began his professional playing career with the club following...
7. John Morrow Simms (1854)
Northern Irish Politician And Pr
John Morrow Simms was a unionist politician in Northern Ireland. Born in Newtownards Simms studied at the Old Academy Belfast the Coleraine Academical Institution Queen's University Belfast the University of...
8. Thomas Watters Brown (1879)
Irish Politician
Thomas Watters Brown PC was an Irish lawyer and politician. He was elected Member of Parliament for North Down in 1918 and was appointed Solicitor-General for Ireland in June 1921....
9. H. B. Higgins (1851)
Australian Politician
Henry Higgins see Pygmalion or My Fair Lady. Henry Bournes Higgins Australian politician and judge always known in his lifetime as H. B. Higgins was a highly influential figure in...
10. Simon Hamilton (1977)
British Politician
Simon Hamilton MLA is a Unionist politician in Northern Ireland and the current minister of finance in the Northern Ireland Executive. He was elected in 2007 to the Northern Ireland...
11. Matty Burrows (1985)
Footballer
Matthew Matty Burrows is a professional football player from Northern Ireland who plays for Ards in the IFA Premiership. Burrows is probably best known for scoring a jumping backheel volley...
12. Jason Dunkerley (1977)
Canadian Paralympic Athlete
Jason Joseph Dunkerley is a Canadian Paralympian athlete competing mainly in category T11 middle distance events. He competed in the 2000 Summer Paralympics in Sydney Australia. There he won a...
13. Tyrone Howe (1971)
Irish Rugby Union Player
Tyrone Gyle Howe is a former rugby union footballer who played on the wing for University of St Andrews RFC Ulster Ireland and the British and Irish Lions. Howe was...
14. Alan Fettis (1971)
Professional Footballer
Alan William Fettis is a Northern Ireland former professional footballer and Academy goalkeeping coach at Premier League side Manchester United. As a player he was as a goalkeeper from 1988...
15. Celia de Fréine (Unknow)
Poet
Celia de Fréine is a poet playwright screenwriter and librettist who writes in Irish and English.
16. David Miskelly (1979)
Northern Irish Footballer
David Thomas Miskelly is a Northern Irish professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Portadown. He played for Oldham Athletic and Macclesfield Town in the Football League. He was...
17. Nick Earls (1963)
Australian Novelist
Nick Earls is an award-winning novelist from Brisbane Australia. He writes humorous popular fiction about everyday life and is often compared to Nick Hornby. The majority of Earls' novels are...
18. Stephen Craigan (1976)
Scottish Football Manager
Stephen James Craigan is an Northern Irish former professional footballer who is currently the assistant manager of the Northern Ireland Under-19 squad. He played in central defence and spent his...
