Notable People
- Mungo Park (1771–1806), explorer of the African continent
- James Hogg (1770–1835), poet and author
- Gideon Lang, Australian pastoralist and parliamentarian
- Bobby Johnstone (1921–2001), Scotland international footballer and a member of the Hibernian Famous Five forward line
- Sandy McMahon (1871–1916), Scotland international footballer and Celtic's eighth highest all-time top goal scorer
- Andrew Lang (1844–1912), poet, novelist, literary critic and contributor to anthropology
- James Marr Brydone (1779–1866), surgeon who sighted the French fleet, signalling the beginning of the Battle of Trafalgar
- James Brown (J.B. Selkirk) (1832–1904), poet and essayist
- Peter Blake (b. 1951), film and television actor
- Rae Hendrie (b. 1977), television actress
- Tom Scott (1854–1927), artist
- John Rutherford (b. 1955), Scotland international rugby player and British and Irish Lion, won 42 caps at fly-half for his country, at the time a record in that position
- Tibbie Tamson, alleged to be, either, a victim of the Scottish witch trials, a suicide victim, a plague victim or a murder victim
- Frightened Rabbit, indie rock band
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