Portora Royal School - Famous Old Portorans

Famous Old Portorans

See also Category:People educated at Portora Royal School

• Oscar Wilde, playwright
• Samuel Beckett, winner of Nobel Prize in Literature
• Rev Henry Francis Lyte, Anglican minister and Hymn writer
• Nigel Dodds, politician – MLA and Member of Parliament, Deputy Leader of the Democratic Unionist Party
• Neil Hannon, singer and song writer
• His Grace The Most Rev. Dr. Michael Jackson, Church of Ireland Lord Archbishop of Dublin (and formerly Lord Bishop of Clogher)
• Harry West, politician (Ulster Unionist Party leader and Stormont Minister)
• Edward Cooney, Cooneyite founder
• Sir Jim Kilfedder, former Unionist MP
• Billy McComb, world famed entertainer and magician
• James David Bourchier, journalist and Bulgarian confidant
• Ken Fleming, civil engineer and foundations specialist
• John Beavor-Webb, yacht Designer and Master of Graceful Line.
• Dr E. Charles Nelson – botanist.
• John White – Surgeon General New South Wales
• Desmond Arthur, early 20th century pilot.
• James Gamble, founder of Procter & Gamble.
• Jimmy Moore, Bishop of Connor
• Sir Charles Tegart, Commissioner of the Indian Police and Palestine fort builder.