text: Robert Rose, former NBL basketballer
  Jessicah Schipper, Australian swimmer
  Melanie Schlanger, Olympic gold medal winning swimmer
  Karrie Webb, Australia's most successful female professional golfer
  Chris Wright, Olympic swimmer
  David Crisafulli, (politician) incumbent Leader of the Liberal National Party of Queensland
  Feeder clubs
  Mackay Cutters – based in Mackay, Queensland
  Northern Pride – based in Cairns, Queensland
  Townsville Blackhawks – based in Townsville, Queensland
  The Cowboys players who do not make the NRL side train and play with feeder club in the Queensland Cup. These teams, based in the northern Queensland cities of Cairns, Mackay and Townsville, are separate entities but are affiliated with the Cowboys.
  From the 2023 NRL season, the club changed the affiliation agreement with the Queensland Cup teams, with the Cowboys sending all NRL contracted players not selected in the weekly squad to just the Townsville Blackhawks.
  Rivalries
  North Queensland's main rivals are the Brisbane Broncos. From 1999 to 2006, the two clubs were the only Queensland-based sides in the NRL. A one-side rivalry for nearly 10 years, the Brisbane side had not lost to North Queensland in 16 encounters. In 2004, the teams met in the finals for the first time, with North Queensland defeating Brisbane 10–0, to record their first win in the derby.