Famous burials

Some of Belfast's most famous figures are buried in Belfast City Cemetery.

They include:

Vere Foster (1819 - 1900) - champion of the poor in Ireland, especially in relation to education
Margaret Byers (died February 1912) - pioneer of women's education in Belfast and principal of Victoria College
Margaret M Pirre (died June 1935) – wife of Viscount Pirrie and financial supporter of the Royal Victoria Hospital
Sir William Whitla (1851 - 1933) - a leading physician and former pro-Vice Chancellor of Queen's University, Belfast
Sam Thompson (1916-1965) - playwright and author of Over The Bridge
Rinty Monaghan (died 1984) - first Irish boxer to be honoured by the Boxing Hall of Fame
Florence Lewis (died August 1908) - mother of famous author CS Lewis
Daniel Joseph Jaffe (died 1871) - prominent linen merchant who built the first synagogue in Belfast
Sir Edward Harland (1830 - 1895) - MP for north Belfast between 1886 and 1895 and co-founder of the shipbuilding company

Viscount Pirrie (1847 - 1924) - apprenticed to Harland and Wolff shipbuilders and associated with the building of the Titanic
Sir Robert Baird (1855 - 1934) - owner of the Belfast Telegraph newspaper for 48 years.

Other well known citizens buried in the cemetery include Sir Robert Anderson (co-owner of the Anderson and McAuley department store), WH Lynn (architect of many of Belfast's most prominent buildings) and famous tobacco merchant Thomas Gallaher.

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