Famous Old Portorans
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- 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.
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