Belfast
Belfast ranks 150th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Oakland, California, Yerevan, and New Delhi. Memorable people born in Belfast include George Best, C. S. Lewis, and William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin. Memorable people who died in Belfast include Betty Williams, Ernest Walton, and Thomas Andrews. Belfast has been the birth place of many soccer players and actors and the death place of many social activists and politicians. Belfast is located in United Kingdom.
Belfast is the capital city and principal port of Northern Ireland, standing on the banks of the River Lagan and connected to the open sea through Belfast Lough and the North Channel. It is second to Dublin as the largest city on the island of Ireland with a population in 2021 of 345,418 and a metro area population of 671,559. Read more on Wikipedia
Between 1798 and 1994, Belfast was the birth place of 66 globally memorable people, including George Best, C. S. Lewis, and William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin. Additionaly, 8 globally memorable people have passed away in Belfast including Betty Williams, Ernest Walton, and Thomas Andrews.
People Born in Belfast
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George Best
1946 - 2005
HPI: 71.06
Rank: 1
C. S. Lewis
1898 - 1963
HPI: 70.34
Rank: 2
William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin
1824 - 1907
HPI: 69.64
Rank: 3
Gary Moore
1952 - 2011
HPI: 65.53
Rank: 4
Betty Williams
1943 - 2020
HPI: 64.55
Rank: 5
Chaim Herzog
1918 - 1997
HPI: 64.05
Rank: 6
Kenneth Branagh
1960 - Present
HPI: 62.04
Rank: 7
Osborne Reynolds
1842 - 1912
HPI: 60.62
Rank: 8
Mairead Maguire
1944 - Present
HPI: 60.16
Rank: 9
John Stewart Bell
1928 - 1990
HPI: 58.19
Rank: 10
Ciarán Hinds
1953 - Present
HPI: 55.59
Rank: 11
Stephen Rea
1946 - Present
HPI: 54.74
Rank: 12
Newly Added People Born in Belfast
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Terry George
1952 - Present
HPI: 42.36
Rank: 31
Patricia Quinn
1944 - Present
HPI: 42.30
Rank: 32
Brian Moore
1921 - 1999
HPI: 42.14
Rank: 33
Roma Ryan
1950 - Present
HPI: 42.02
Rank: 34
Laura Donnelly
1982 - Present
HPI: 33.91
Rank: 46
Terry Neill
1942 - 2022
HPI: 31.64
Rank: 51
Jenn Murray
1986 - Present
HPI: 30.85
Rank: 52
Joe Swail
1969 - Present
HPI: 22.88
Rank: 59
People Deceased in Belfast
Go to all RankingsBetty Williams
1943 - 2020
HPI: 64.55
Rank: 1
Ernest Walton
1903 - 1995
HPI: 59.59
Rank: 2
Thomas Andrews
1813 - 1885
HPI: 51.92
Rank: 3
David Trimble
1944 - 2022
HPI: 51.82
Rank: 4
Alex Higgins
1949 - 2010
HPI: 49.52
Rank: 5
Ian Paisley
1926 - 2014
HPI: 49.36
Rank: 6
Charlotte Despard
1844 - 1939
HPI: 37.37
Rank: 7
Cahal Daly
1917 - 2009
HPI: 33.88
Rank: 8
Newly Added People Deceased in Belfast
Go to all RankingsMost individuals born in present day Belfast were soccer players (18), actors (10), writers (6), physicists (4), and politicians (4), while most who died were social activists (2), politicians (2), physicists (1), chemists (1), and snookers (1).
Over the past 100 years, soccer players have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Belfast, including George Best, Danny Blanchflower, and Jackie Blanchflower. Whereas, throughout history, soccer players have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Belfast, including George Best, Danny Blanchflower, and Jackie Blanchflower.
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 25 globally memorable people born in Belfast since 1700.
