Notable People
- William D. Brackenridge, (1810–1893), born in Ayr, botanist
- Robert Burns, (1759–1796), Scotland's national bard, poet and writer of songs; born in Alloway
- Gavin Gordon, (1901-1970), composer and singer
- Shaykh Abdalqadir as-Sufi, born 1930 as Ian Dallas
- Rikki Chamberlain, actor
- William Dalrymple, (1723–1814) minister and moderator
- Sydney Devine, singer
- Karen Dunbar, comedian
- Drew McIntyre (Drew Galloway), wrestler for WWE
- Kirsty Hume, model and face of Chanel
- William Maclure, (1763–1840), born in Ayr, noted geologist, drew the first geological map of the United States and was a president of the American Geological Society
- Rhona Martin, skip of the Olympic gold curling team
- John Loudon McAdam, (1756–1836), inventor of Tarmacadam road surface
- Alan McInally, former footballer and now TV pundit
- Thomas McIlwraith, 19th century Premier of Queensland, Australia
- Lee McKenzie, BBC Formula 1 pit lane reporter
- Glen Michael, children's TV presenter, Cartoon Cavalcade, often attends Ayr United matches
- Stuart Murdoch, singer-songwriter, Belle & Sebastian
- Sir David Murray, former Rangers F.C. chairman
- Simon Neil, guitarist and lead singer of Biffy Clyro
- Neil Oliver, BBC presenter of Coast and A History of Scotland
- Alan Reid, MP for the Liberal Democrats
- Mike Scott, Lead Singer/Songwriter of The Waterboys
- Sir John Wallace of Craigie, Sheriff of Ayr and hero of the Battle of Sark
- Donald Gray of The Donald Gray Show
- Stephen Jnr Miller, Author of many bookings about Spelling, Punctuation and Mathematics. Also noted as being a Mason.
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