Notable Former Pupils
See also: Category:People educated at Beath High SchoolNotable alumni of Beath High School include:
- Stuart Adamson, Musician with The Skids and Big Country
- Sir James Whyte Black, winner of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1988 for his work leading to the discovery of Propranolol and Cimetidine
- Scott Brown, Celtic and Scotland midfielder
- Archie Campbell, Rangers, Cowdenbeath and Morton forward
- Harry Ewing, Baron Ewing of Kirkford, politician
- Ron Ferguson, author and newspaper columnist
- Jennie Lee, Baroness Lee of Asheridge, politician
- William McLaren, Artist and illustrator
- Iain Paxton, Scotland rugby international
- Ian Rankin, crime novelist
- Jim Leishman, (footballer, football manager, politician)
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