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Queen's has many distinguished alumni, including former [[president of Ireland]] [[Mary McAleese]]; Nobel Prize winners poet [[Seamus Heaney]] and politician [[David Trimble, Baron Trimble|Lord Trimble]]; former [[Prime Minister of Northern Ireland]] [[Brian Faulkner|Lord Faulkner of Downpatrick]]; Lords Chief Justice of Northern Ireland, [[Brian Hutton, Baron Hutton|Lord Hutton]] and [[Brian Kerr, Baron Kerr of Tonaghmore|Lord Kerr of Tonaghmore]], justice of The Supreme Court of United Kingdom; former Speaker of the Northern Ireland Assembly [[Lord Alderdice]] and former and current Northern Ireland ministers [[Reg Empey|Sir Reg Empey]], [[Mark Durkan]], [[Nigel Dodds]] and [[Conor Murphy]], and former [[Irish Free State]] minister and prominent [[Sinn Féin]] member [[Eoin MacNeill]]. Also Thomas Andrews (1813-1885) was a longtime professor of chemistry at Queen's University of Belfast.
Other alumni include poet [[Paul Muldoon]]; actors [[Liam Neeson]] and [[Stephen Rea]]; comedian and presenter [[Patrick Kielty]]; novelists [[Patrick Hicks]] and [[Brian McGilloway]]; broadcasters [[Nick Ross]] and [[Annie Mac]]; journalist [[Chris Smith (newsreader)|Chris Smith]]; scientists [[John Stewart Bell]], [[Frank Pantridge]] and [[Thomas Henry Flewett]]. Other alumni include [[John Bodkin Adams]], [[Trevor Ringland]] and [[David Cullen (basketball)|David Cullen]] (2007 winners of the [[Arthur Ashe for Courage Award]]), [[David Case (British officer)|David Case]] ([[Air Commodore]], the highest ranking Black officer in the British Armed forces), [[Tim Collins (British army officer)|Tim Collins]] (former [[Commanding Officer]] of the 1st Battalion, [[Royal Irish Regiment (1992)|Royal Irish Regiment]]), [[Michael Farrell
Notable academics who have worked at Queen's include [[Paul Bew, Baron Bew]], Sir [[David Bates (physicist)]], Sir [[Bernard Crossland]], [[Tony Hoare]], [[Michael Mann (sociologist)|Michael Mann]], poet and critic [[Philip Hobsbaum]], [[John H. Whyte]] and poet [[Philip Larkin]] was a sub-librarian at the university in the early 1950s.
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