Editing Derry (section)

==Notable people==
{{Main|List of notable people from Derry}}
[[File:Millennium Forum (02), August 2009.JPG|thumb|upright|Millennium Forum, Newmarket Street]]
Notable people who were born or have lived in Derry include:
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* [[Raphael Armattoe]] (1913–1953), scientist<ref>{{cite web |title=Dr. Raphael Ernest Grail Armattoe |url=http://www.newulsterbiography.co.uk/index.php/home/viewPerson/1865 |work=Dictionary of Ulster Biography |access-date=28 May 2023}}</ref>
* [[James Burke (science historian)|James Burke]], science historian and broadcaster
* [[Amanda Burton]] (born 1956), actress<ref>{{Cite news |last=Bearn |first=Emily |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/3577209/Being-Amanda-Burton.html |title=Being Amanda Burton |work=The Daily Telegraph |date=10 May 2002 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090801070956/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/3577209/Being-Amanda-Burton.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=1 August 2009}}</ref>
* [[William C. Campbell (scientist)|William C. Campbell]] (born 1930), scientist and Nobel laureate<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-foyle-west-35069409 |title=Londonderry scientist receives Nobel Prize for Medicine |publisher=BBC News |date=11 December 2015 |access-date=28 May 2023}}</ref>
* [[Joyce Cary]] (1888–1957), novelist<ref>{{ODNB|32318 |title=Cary, (Arthur) Joyce Lunel (1888–1957) |date=2012 |first=Alan |last=Bishop}}</ref>
* [[Nadine Coyle]] (born 1985), singer<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.thefreelibrary.com/From+tot+star+to+pop+star%3B+NADINE+COYLE'S+FAMILY+TELL+HOW+SHE+WAS...-a094706035 |title=From tot to pop star; Nadine Coyle's family tell how she was born to be in showbiz |first=Paul |last=Martin |work=[[TheFreeLibrary.com]] |publisher=Farlex |access-date=28 May 2023}}</ref>
* [[Clare Crockett]] (1982–2016), nun<ref>{{cite news |last=Carty |first=Ed |title=Sister Clare Crockett: From 'wild' teen to selfless sister |url=http://www.irishnews.com/news/northernirelandnews/2016/04/18/news/sister-clare-crockett-from-wild-teen-to-selfless-sister-491013 |date=18 April 2016 |access-date=28 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180125134930/http://www.irishnews.com/news/northernirelandnews/2016/04/18/news/sister-clare-crockett-from-wild-teen-to-selfless-sister-491013/ |archive-date=25 January 2018 |work=[[The Irish News]]}}</ref>
* [[Dana Rosemary Scallon|Dana]] (born 1950), singer and politician<ref>{{cite web |title=Dana: Profile of the Eurovision singer turned public representative |url=https://www.culturenorthernireland.org/features/music/dana |work=Culture Northern Ireland |date=15 March 2007 |publisher=[[Nerve Centre (organisation)|Nerve Centre]] |access-date=28 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201027152633/https://www.culturenorthernireland.org/features/music/dana |archive-date=27 October 2020 |last1=Ireland |first1=Culture Northern }}</ref>
* [[Seamus Deane]] (1940–2021), poet, novelist<ref>{{cite news |title=Seamus Deane, leading Irish writer and critic, has died aged 81 |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/seamus-deane-leading-irish-writer-and-critic-has-died-aged-81-1.4564018 |first=Martin |last=Doyle |date=13 May 2021 |newspaper=The Irish Times |access-date=28 May 2023}}</ref>
* [[Roma Downey]] (born 1960), actress<ref>{{cite news |last=Tracey |first=Olivia |title=An angel with her feet firmly on the ground |url=http://www.independent.ie/woman/celeb-news/an-angel-with-her-feet-firmly-on-the-ground-26246597.html |date=6 January 2001 |work=[[Irish Independent]] |access-date=28 May 2023}}</ref>
* [[Shane Duffy]] (born 1992), footballer<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.worldfootball.net/player_summary/shane-duffy/ |title=Shane Duffy: Profile |work=WorldFootball.net |date=12 September 2020 |publisher=HEIM:SPIEL |access-date=28 May 2023 |archive-date=14 February 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210214224418/https://www.worldfootball.net/player_summary/shane-duffy/ |url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[George Farquhar]] (1677–1707), dramatist<ref>{{cite book |last=Farquhar |first=George |author-link=George Farquhar |editor-last=Strauss |editor-first=Louis A. |title=A Discourse Upon Comedy, The Recruiting Officer, and The Beaux' Stratagem |date=1914 |publisher=[[D. C. Heath & Co.]] |location=Boston |page=v |isbn=9780598588494}}</ref>
* [[Darron Gibson]] (born 1987), footballer<ref>{{Hugman|23160|name=Darron Gibson|access-date=28 May 2023}}</ref>
* [[Daryl Gurney]] (born 1986), darts player<ref>{{cite news |last1=Loughname |first1=Alan |title=Jarlath Burns: "When Daryl Gurney plays in Dublin, he gets booed, and I find that offensive" |url=https://www.joe.ie/shows/jarlath-burns-daryl-gurney-plays-dublin-gets-booed-find-offensive-663592 |access-date=1 June 2024 |work=JOE |publisher=Greencastle Media Group |date=1 April 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190401140523/https://www.joe.ie/shows/jarlath-burns-daryl-gurney-plays-dublin-gets-booed-find-offensive-663592 |archive-date=1 April 2019 |language=en-IE |url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[Neil Hannon]] (born 1970), singer<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.irishnews.com/arts/2016/09/30/news/neil-hannon-the-hardest-thing-for-me-is-to-simplify-712978/ |title=Neil Hannon: The hardest thing for me is to simplify |first=Richard |last=Purden |work=[[The Irish News]] |date=30 September 2016 |access-date=28 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180213205244/http://www.irishnews.com/arts/2016/09/30/news/neil-hannon-the-hardest-thing-for-me-is-to-simplify-712978/ |archive-date=13 February 2018}}</ref>
* [[Seamus Heaney]] (1939–2013), poet and [[Nobel Prize|Nobel]] laureate<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/literature/1995/heaney/biographical/ |title=Biography |work=[[Nobel Prize|NobelPrize.org]] |publisher=[[Nobel Foundation]] |access-date=28 May 2023}}</ref>
* [[Frederick Hervey, 4th Earl of Bristol|Frederick Hervey]] (1730–1803), [[Lord Bishop]] of Derry<ref>{{cite book |last=Akenson |first=Donald Harman |title=An Irish History of Civilization: Volume I |date=2005 |publisher=[[Granta Books]] |isbn=0-7735-2890-3 |page=433 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Bw2tJrl1B9QC&pg=PA433}}</ref>
* [[John Hume]] (1937–2020), politician and [[Nobel Prize|Nobel]] laureate<ref>{{cite news |title=Ceasefire: It's all just coming together for the fixer: John Hume risked all when he met Sinn Fein. Now there's talk of a Nobel Peace Prize. |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/ceasefire-its-all-just-coming-together-for-the-fixer-john-hume-risked-all-when-he-met-sinn-fein-now-theres-talk-of-a-nobel-peace-prize-cal-mccrystal-reports-1446738.html |first=Cal |last=McCrystal |work=The Independent |date=4 September 1994 |access-date=28 May 2023}}</ref>
* [[Jennifer Johnston (novelist)|Jennifer Johnston]] (born 1930), novelist<ref>{{cite web |first=Rosie |last=Cowan |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2004/feb/11/fiction.rosiecowan |title=Rosie Cowan on Jennifer Johnston |work=The Guardian |date=11 February 2004 |access-date=28 May 2023}}</ref>
* [[Edward Pemberton Leach]] (1847–1913), recipient of the [[Victoria Cross]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Captain Edward Pemberton Leach VC |url=http://www.remuseum.org.uk/vc/rem_vc_leach.htm |publisher=[[Royal Engineers Museum]] |access-date=11 April 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090925050155/http://www.remuseum.org.uk/vc/rem_vc_leach.htm |archive-date=25 September 2009}}</ref>
* [[Nell McCafferty]] (born 1944), journalist, playwright<ref>{{cite news |last=Russell |first=Chrissie |work=[[Irish Independent]] |title=Nell: Nuala didn't ban me from her deathbed |url=http://www.independent.ie/lifestyle/nell-nuala-didnt-ban-me-from-her-deathbed-26835960.html |date=24 March 2012 |access-date=28 May 2023}}</ref>
* [[James McClean]] (born 1989), footballer<ref>{{cite news |title=Ireland star James McClean's dad says success is down to special Derry touch |url=https://www.irishnews.com/news/2016/06/24/news/ireland-star-mcclean-s-dad-says-success-down-to-magic-of-north-west-577725/ |work=[[The Irish News]] |date=24 June 2016 |access-date=28 May 2023}}</ref>
* [[Aaron McEneff]] (born 1995), footballer<ref>{{cite news |last=Collins |first=Simon |title=Jordan McEneff 'excited' about future after signing Arsenal deal |url=https://www.derryjournal.com/sport/football/jordan-mceneff-excited-about-future-after-signing-arsenal-deal-1-8038135 |work=[[Derry Journal]] |access-date=28 May 2023}}</ref>
* [[Damian McGinty]] (born 1992), singer<ref>{{cite news |title=Damian's Glee over 2013 |url=http://www.derryjournal.com/what-s-on/arts-culture/damian-s-glee-over-2013-1-3529072 |date=17 January 2012 |work=[[Derry Journal]] |access-date=28 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923223405/http://www.derryjournal.com/what-s-on/arts-culture/damian-s-glee-over-2013-1-3529072 |archive-date=23 September 2015}}</ref>
* [[Martin McGuinness]] (1950–2017), politician<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-northern-ireland-politics-38640430 |publisher=BBC News |title=Obituary: Martin McGuinness |date=21 March 2017 |access-date=28 May 2023 |archive-date=21 March 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170321111244/http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-northern-ireland-politics-38640430 |url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[Tom McGuinness (Gaelic footballer)|Tom McGuinness]] (born 1949), [[Gaelic football]]er<ref>{{cite news |last=McGuinness |first=Martin |title=Fanzone |url=https://www.independent.ie/sport/gaelic-football/fanzone-510029.html |date=26 August 2001 |work=Irish Independent |access-date=28 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111025000156/https://www.independent.ie/sport/gaelic-football/fanzone-510029.html |archive-date=25 October 2011}}</ref>
* [[Jimmy McShane]] (1957–1995), singer<ref>{{cite news |first=Claire |last=McNeilly |title=Tragic Derry pop star Jimmy McShane's Tarzan Boy a big hit again thanks to new Wonga ad |url=https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/entertainment/news/tragic-derry-pop-star-jimmy-mcshanes-tarzan-boy-a-big-hit-again-thanks-to-new-wonga-ad-34662956.html |date=27 April 2016 |work=[[Belfast Telegraph]] |access-date=28 May 2023}}</ref>
* [[Aileen Morrison]] (born 1982), triathlete<ref>{{cite Sports-Reference |url= https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/mo/aileen-morrison-1.html |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20181015153343/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/mo/aileen-morrison-1.html |archive-date=15 October 2018 |title=Aileen Morrison |access-date=28 May 2023}}</ref>
* [[Martin O'Neill]] (born 1952), footballer, manager<ref>{{cite web |title=Martin O'Neill on what it means to be Irish |url=http://www.thescore.ie/martin-oneill-irish-identity-1089500-Nov2013/ |date=4 November 2013 |work=The Score |access-date=28 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140826114244/http://www.thescore.ie/martin-oneill-irish-identity-1089500-Nov2013/ |archive-date=26 August 2014}}</ref>
* [[John Park (VC)|John Park]] (1835–1863), recipient of the Victoria Cross<ref>{{cite web |title=John Park VC |url=https://victoriacrossonline.co.uk/john-park-vc/ |website=Victoria Cross Online |date=19 March 2022 |access-date=1 June 2024}}</ref>
* [[Miles Ryan]] (1826–1887), recipient of the Victoria Cross<ref>{{cite web |title=Miles Ryan VC |url=https://victoriacrossonline.co.uk/miles-ryan-vc/ |website=Victoria Cross Online |date=8 April 2022 |access-date=1 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240326052221/https://victoriacrossonline.co.uk/miles-ryan-vc/ |archive-date=26 March 2024 |language=en |url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[William Sampson (lawyer)|William Sampson]] (1764–1836), American [[abolitionism in the United States|abolitionist]] and jurist<ref>{{cite web |title=Sampson, William |url=https://www.dib.ie/biography/sampson-william-a7907 |work=[[Dictionary of Irish Biography]] |access-date=28 May 2023}}</ref>
* [[Feargal Sharkey]] (born 1958), lead singer of [[The Undertones]]<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-northern-ireland-21097523 |title=Teenage Kicks: The story of The Undertones |publisher=BBC News |date=19 January 2013 |access-date=28 May 2023}}</ref>
* [[Leah Totton]] (born 1989), doctor and 2013 winner of [[The Apprentice (British TV series)|The Apprentice]]<ref>{{cite news |title=The Apprentice winner Dr Leah joins Tanaiste for Derry dinner |url=https://www.derryjournal.com/news/business/the-apprentice-winner-dr-leah-joins-tanaiste-for-derry-dinner-1-5611039 |date=22 October 2013 |work=[[Derry Journal]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140125163752/https://www.derryjournal.com/news/business/the-apprentice-winner-dr-leah-joins-tanaiste-for-derry-dinner-1-5611039 |archive-date=25 January 2014}}</ref>
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