People educated at Coleraine Academical Institution

William James Nesbitt is an actor from Northern Ireland. From 1987, Nesbitt spent seven years performing in plays that varied from the musical Up on the Roof to the political drama Paddywack (1994). He made his feature film debut playing talent agent Fintan O'Donnell in Hear My Song (1991). He got his breakthrough television role playing Adam Williams in the romantic comedy-drama series Cold Feet, which won him a British Comedy Award, a Television and Radio Industries Club Award, and a National Television Award.

British general practitioner and fraudster (1899–1983)

Northern Irish professional golfer

British rower

British rower

former Commandant General of the Royal Marines (born 1963)

Scottish politician (born 1959)

Irish rugby union player

British statistician and civil servant (1922–2019)

Irish rugby union footballer and coach