George Best

George Best

male, deceased (2005)
drunkenness, UEFA Golden Jubilee Poll, IFFHS, drunk driving, NASL indoor player, alcoholism…Death from renal failure, belfast, FromBelfast
George Best (22 May 1946 - 25 November 2005) was a Northern Irish football player best known for his years with Manchester United. He was a winger...
Van Morrison

Van Morrison

male, 64 years old
Brown Eyed Girl, Grammy Award winner, golden record, Bridget Jones' Diary Soundtrack, Sounds of the Seventies, georgia on my mind…belfast, FromBelfast
Van Morrison was born in Belfast in 1945, the son of a shipyard worker who collected American blues and jazz records. Van grew up listening to the...

Peter Robinson

male, 60 years old
The Rt. Hon. Peter David Robinson, Democratic Unionist Party MP, Northern Ireland MPAs 1982-1986, Northern Ireland MLA, Member of the Northern Ireland Forum, Member of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom…East Belfast, belfast, FromBelfast
The Rt. Hon. Peter David Robinson MP MLA PC (born December 29, 1948) is a Democratic Unionist Party Member of Parliament for East Belfast and...
Bobby Sands

Bobby Sands

male, deceased (1981)
Political prisoner, Anti H-Block, Anti H-Block/Armagh Political Prisoner, Prisoners accorded Special Category Status, volunteer, Provisional Irish Republican Army…FromBelfast
Robert Gerard Sands, commonly known as Bobby Sands, (9 March 1954 – 5 May 1981), was a Provisional Irish Republican Army volunteer who died on hu...
Gerry Kelly

Gerry Kelly

male, 56 years old
prisoner of war, Member of the Northern Ireland Forum, Northern Ireland MLA, Sinn Féin politician, Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly, Gerard "Gerry" Kelly…North Belfast, FromBelfast
Gerard "Gerry" Kelly is an Irish republican politician and former Provisional Irish Republican Army member (volunteer) who played a leading role in...
Robert McCartney

Robert McCartney

male, deceased (2005)
Robert McCartney, Catholic, Short Strand, East Belfast, Irish nationalism, Northern Irish…FromBelfast, belfast
Robert McCartney was the victim of a murder in Belfast, Northern Ireland, allegedly carried out by members of the Provisional Irish Republican...
C. S. Lewis

C. S. Lewis

male, deceased (1963)
Christian, The Chronicles of Narnia, The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, philosopher, Old Malvernian, Narnia…born in Belfast, Ireland
Clive Staples Lewis, commonly referred to as C. S. Lewis, was an Irish author and scholar. Lewis is known for his work on medieval literature,...
Johnny Adair

Johnny Adair

male, 46 years old
mad dog, loyalist, Ulster Defence Association, FromBelfast, convicted on terrorism charges, paramilitary
Johnny Adair (nickname: Mad Dog, 1963-) was the leader of "C Company" of the Ulster Loyalist paramilitary organisation Ulster Freedom Fighters, a...