Editing Belfast (section)

=== Victorian Belfast ===
* [[Thomas Andrews]] (1873–1912), chief naval architect at Harland & Wolff, went down with [[RMS Titanic|RMS ''Titanic'']]
* [[Joseph Biggar]] (1828–1890),[[obstructionism|"obstructionist"]] [[Irish Parliamentary Party|Irish nationalist]] [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|MP]], women's suffragist
* [[Margaret Byers]] (1832–1912), educator, activist, social reformer, missionary, founder of [[Victoria College, Belfast|Victoria College]]
* [[Hugh Hanna|Hugh "Roaring" Hanna]] (1821–1892), Protestant evangelist associated with sectarian riot (Commemorated, until targeted and destroyed in [[Northern Ireland Troubles|the Troubles]], by his statue and church at Carlisle Circus).
* [[Edward Harland]] (1831–1895) and [[Gustav Wilhelm Wolff|Gustave Wolff]] (1834–1913), partners in the [[Harland & Wolff|world's largest shipyard]]. Statue at City Hall
* [[Bernard Hughes|Bernard "Barney" Hughes]] (1808–1878), Ireland's largest miller and baker (producer of the [[Belfast bap]]), first elected Catholic town councillor
* [[Otto Jaffe]] (1846–1929), business, and Jewish community, leader, twice [[Mayor of Belfast]]
* [[William Johnston (Irish politician)|William Johnston]] (1829–1902), Orangeman celebrated for breaking the [[Party Processions Act 1850|Party Processions Act]], Belfast MP, women's suffragist
* [[Richard Rutledge Kane (senior)|Richard Rutledge Kane]] (1841–1898), [[Orange Order]] Grand Master, patron of the first Belfast branch of the [[Gaelic League]]
* [[Charles Lanyon]] (1813–1889), architect of main ("Lanyon") building of [[Queens University, Belfast|Queens University]], the [[Botanic Gardens (Belfast)|Palm House, Botanic Gardens]], [[Linenhall Library]], [[Belfast Castle]] and [[HM Prison Belfast|Crumlin Road Goal]] and [[Crumlin Road Courthouse|Courthouse]]
* [[Robert Shipboy MacAdam]] (1808–1895), Irish folklorist and linguist, honoured with [[Tomás Ó Fiaich|Cardinal Ó Fiaich]] in [[Cultúrlann McAdam Ó Fiaich]]
* [[John Mulholland, 1st Baron Dunleath|John Mulholland]] (1819–1895), established the world's largest flax-spinning operation, York Street Mill; MP
* [[William Pirrie, 1st Viscount Pirrie|William Pirrie]] (1847–1924), Chairman of [[Harland & Wolff]], Mayor of Belfast; Freedom of the city, 1898. (Statue at City Hall).
* [[William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin|William Thomson, Lord Kelvin]] (1824–1907), physicist renowned for his work on mechanical energy and heat; memorial statue stands before the [[Ulster Museum]]
* [[Isabella Tod]] (1836–1896), suffragist, with [[William Johnston (Irish politician)|William Johnston]] secured the municipal vote for women, 1888