The British joint secretary of the British-Irish Intergovernmental Conference and a Presbyterian minister who helped broker loyalist ceasefires in 1994 are honoured in Queen Elizabeth's birthday honours list.
Mr Chris MacCabe has held his current post since 2000 and was previously head of political affairs at the Northern Ireland Office. He is to become a Companion of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath.
The Rev Roy Magee, the retired minister at Dundonald Presbyterian church in east Belfast, receives an OBE. He received an MBE in 1998. In addition to his work in youth and community development, Mr Magee is also a member of the Parades Commission.
They are among 45 people from Northern Ireland chosen for honours. Some 37 of the awards made to people from Northern Ireland come from outside the state sector, and 18 of those honoured were nominated by members of the public rather than civil servants. Three Queen's Police Medals are awarded to officers serving with the PSNI.
An OBE was awarded to Mr Colin Parry, whose son was killed by an IRA bomb in Warrington in 1993. He set up the Tim Parry/Johnathan Ball Trust and later opened a peace centre in Warrington.
Among others honoured, Prof Jean Orr, Professor of Nursing at Queen's University and head of the School of Nursing and Midwifery, also receives a CBE, as does Mr Brian Rowntree, chairman of the Housing Executive.
The managing director of Belfast International Airport, Mr Albert Harrison, receives an MBE. Mr Thomas McCluskie, an expert on maritime history and the Titanic, also receives an MBE. Mr McCluskie is the current governor of the RNLI.
Fiona Tyrrell adds:
Among recipients in the Republic is the Irish victim support campaigner, Ms Ann Meade, who receives an MBE. Ms Meade is the administrator of Victim Support Ireland and helped set up Tourist Victim Support Service. In the 10 years since its inception it has assisted more than 1,000 British tourists.
Mrs Aileen Frances Kerr has been awarded an MBE for her services to British war pensioners and ex-servicemen and women through her work in Leopardstown Park Hospital. Mrs Agnes Byrne, a British citizen who has been resident in Ireland since early childhood, has been honoured for her service to the British embassy, where she has worked since 1975.
As a cleaner she has provided "unstinting service" during this time, the embassy said.