Famous People From Leith
- William Lindsay Alexander, theologian
- John Armstrong
- Adam Archibald - World War I recipient of the Victoria Cross
- Hugo Arnot - Scots historian. Buried in South Leith churchyard
- Andrew Barton, Privateer Lord High Admiral of Scotland d. 1511
- Robert Barton, brother of the above, Privateer and Lord High Treasurer of Scotland d. 1540
- Eric "Winkle" Brown, test pilot who has flown more types of aircraft than anyone else in history
- James Brown, footballer
- Paddy Buckley, footballer
- James Cohen, BBC Trust Audience Council for Scotland, member.
- John Coldstream, physician
- Helen Crummy
- Gordon Donaldson, historian
- Frank Doran, Labour politician
- Sir Tom Farmer, entrepreneur, founder of Kwik-Fit. Philanthropist- owner of Hibernian F.C.
- Colin Galbraith - author and poet
- Dick Gaughan - prominent folk singer from Leith
- John Gladstone - MP and father of William Ewart Gladstone.
- Leigh Griffiths, footballer
- John Hall - the Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland in 1601 which asked King James VI of Scotland to commission a revised Authorised Version of the Bible was Parish Minister of Leith for a time
- John Home, poet and dramatist
- John Hughes - football manager, formerly of Falkirk and Hibernian
- John Hunter - Second Governor of New South Wales
- Robert Jameson (1774–1854) - Scottish naturalist and mineralogist
- David Lindsay (d. 1613), chaplain of James VI of Scotland and Bishop of Ross - buried here
- Sam McCluskie, Labour politician and trade unionist
- Willie Merrilees - was at one time Scotland’s most famous policeman
- James Morton, footballer
- Eduardo Paolozzi - Pop Artist and sculptor
- Charlie and Craig Reid of the folk band The Proclaimers
- Henry Robb, shipbuilder
- Clarice Shaw (1883–1946), pioneering woman Labour Party politician and MP
- Chris Small - professional snooker player.
- Neil Smith, geographer
- Danny Swanson, footballer currently playing for Peterborough United
- Unicorn Kid Electronic music/chip music composer
- Irvine Welsh - author of Trainspotting and other novels.
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