People educated at the Belfast Royal Academy

British academic (1838-1922)

Irish chemist and physicist (1813–1885)

1st Governor of Hong Kong (1789-1856)

British astronomer (1792–1882)

Irish poet, barrister and antiquarian (1810-1886)

British statesman who served as Lord Chancellor of Great Britain (1819–1885)

Irish rugby union footballer (1926–2014)

Irish rugby union player

Irish politician and traveller (1804–1869)

British biblical scholar and theologian (1855–1931)

Anglican Primate of All Ireland, 1986 to 2006

British journalist and broadcaster (1927–2013)

British politician (born 1946)

British politician (1825–1909)

Irish inventor and engineer (1780-1868)

Irish politician (1844-1932)

British Army general