Miscellaneous
- John Aikin, physician and writer
- John (Ian) Bartholomew, cartographer and former principal of John Bartholomew and Son Ltd.
- Thomas Spencer Baynes, publisher and writer
- James Blair (clergyman) — founder of the College of William & Mary
- John Brown, physician and author
- Archibald Cameron of Locheil, jacobite
- Robert Felkin, medical missionary; ceremonial magician, member of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn; author on Africa; explorer and anthropologist.
- William Jardine, merchant and surgeon
- Reginald Johnston, diplomat and pedagogue of Pu Yi, the last Emperor of China
- Bruce Kenrick, writer, minister, social activist and founder of Shelter
- James Matheson, businessman and MP for the Ross and Cromarty constituency
- Pippa Middleton, socialite and younger sister of HRH The Duchess of Cambridge
- James Middleton, businessman and younger brother of HRH The Duchess of Cambridge
- Macvey Napier, encyclopedist
- Mungo Park (explorer)
- Lord Playfair, scientist and parliamentarian
- Stella Rimington, former head of MI5
- Rev Bruce Kenrick, founder of Shelter (charity)
- Piers Sellers, astronaut
- William Smellie, encyclopedist
- Samuel Smiles, author and reformer
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