Notable Former Pupils
See also: Category: People educated at Dumfries Academy- Sir J.M.Barrie - writer of Peter Pan attended the school from 1873, and it was here where his first play Bandelero the Bandit was performed by the Dumfries Amateur Dramatic Club in 1877
- Rev. Dr. Henry Duncan, founder of the first savings bank
- Sir James Anderson, who captained the SS Great Eastern on the Transatlantic telegraph cable laying voyages in 1865 and 1866
- Sir James Crichton-Browne, eminent psychiatrist and president of the Medico-Psychological Association
- James Oswald Dykes, ordained to the Presbyterian ministry in 1859
- Jane Haining, Church of Scotland missionary who ultimately lost her life to the Nazis rather than betray her convictions
- Sir Alexander Knox Helm, civil servant who held several important diplomatic posts
- Dave Halliday, one of the highest goalscorers in UK football history and manager of Aberdeen to the Scottish League championship
- John Laurie, actor famous for Dad's Army
- Robin Philipson, artist
- John Hanson, singer
- Dougie Sharpe, Scottish Football League internationalist
- Maurice Elliott, professional footballer
- Alex Graham, cartoonist best known for the Fred Basset series
- Jock Wishart, who in 1998 set a new world record for circumnavigating the globe in a powered vessel
- Neil Oliver, archaeologist and author best known for his television work on the BBC series Coast and Two Men In A Trench
- Stephen Jardine, TV presenter
- Barry Nicholson, Scottish international footballer
- Davie Irons, professional footballer and manager
- Ian Gibson
- Roger White, CEO of soft drinks group A G Barr
- Stephen Halliday, CEO of international energy & metals consultancy organisation Wood Mackenzie
- Don Peattie, ex professional association footballer and now Head of Sport at City of Sunderland College
- Ben Trueman, semi professional hitman and part-time mystic
- Hugh McMillan, poet and now teacher at Dumfries Academy
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