East Lothian - Notable People From East Lothian

Notable People From East Lothian

  • Gospatric II, Earl of Lothian, d.1138
  • Gospatric III, Earl of Lothian, d.1166
  • Waltheof, Earl of Dunbar, d.1182
  • Alexander II, King of Scots, 1198–1249
  • Black Agnes, 4th Countess of Moray, c.1312-1369
  • Sawney Bean, cannibal and outlaw, 15th to 16th century
  • William Dunbar, medieval poet, 1460–1520
  • John Mair or Major, philosopher, 1467–1550
  • John Knox, leading Protestant reformer in Scotland and founder of Presbyterianism, c.1510-1572
  • John Cockburn, agricultural improver, 1695–1758
  • Andrew Meikle, inventor of the Threshing machine, 1719–1811
  • John Brown (theologian), 1722–1787
  • Rev. Dr. John Witherspoon, signatory to the United States Declaration of Independence,1723–1794
  • Jane Welsh Carlyle, 1801–1866, letter-writer, and wife of Thomas Carlyle, 1801–1866
  • Sir William Fergusson, 1st Baronet, surgeon,1808–1877
  • Samuel Smiles, author of Self-Help, 1812–1904
  • Mary Balfour Herbert, watercolour painter, 1817–1893
  • Samuel Morison Brown, chemist, poet and essayist, 1817–1856
  • John Muir, father of the US National Parks,1838–1914
  • Eleanor Mildred Sidgwick, Principal of Newnham College, 1845–1936
  • James Porteous, inventor of the Fresno Scraper, 1848–1922
  • Peter Hume Brown, historian, 1849–1918
  • Arthur Balfour, Prime Minister, 1902–1905
  • John Bellany, painter, b.1942
  • Rhona Cameron, comedienne and activist, b.1965

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