Editing Belfast (section)

=== Georgian Belfast ===
* [[Edward Bunting]] (1773–1843), Irish folklorist, organiser of the 1792 [[Belfast Harp Festival]]
* [[Henry Cooke (minister)|Henry Cooke]] (1788–1868), [[List of Moderators of the Presbyterian Church in Ireland|Presbyterian Moderator]], evangelist, proponent of "Protestant unity" (Cooke Memorial Church, May Street, "Black Man" statue College Square East)
* [[Waddell Cunningham]] (1729–1797), Trans-Atlantic trader, [[West Indies|West-Indian slaveholder]], [[Irish Volunteers (18th century)|Irish Volunteer]], liberal patron
* [[William Drennan]] (1754–1820), [[Society of United Irishmen|United Irishman]], founder of the [[Royal Belfast Academical Institution]] (RBAI)
* [[Mary Ann McCracken]] (1766–1866), [[Society of United Irishmen|United Irishwoman]], social activist, [[abolitionism|abolitionist]], sister of [[Henry Joy McCracken]] hanged 1798. (Statue at City Hall).
* [[James MacDonnell (physician)|James MacDonnell]] (1763–1845), physician, [[polymath]] patron of institutions since developed as the [[Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast|Royal Victoria Hospital]], [[Royal Belfast Academical Institution|RBAI]] and the [[Linen Hall Library]]
* [[Martha McTier]] (1742–1837), [[Society of United Irishmen|United Irishwoman]], advocate for women's health and education
* [[David Manson (schoolmaster)|David Manson]], (1726–1792), schoolmaster, pioneer of play and peer tutoring. Freedom of the Borough 1779
* [[Samuel Neilson]] (1761–1803), woollen merchant, publisher of the [[Northern Star (newspaper of the Society of United Irishmen)|Northern Star]], [[Society of United Irishmen|United Irishman]]
* [[John Templeton (Botanist)|John Templeton]] (1766–1825), "Father of Irish Botany", patron of the town's scientific and literary societies