Famous Residents (past and Present)
- Bertie Auld Footballer and one of the Lisbon Lions who played with Celtic
- Stuart Braithwaite Singer and musician with the band Mogwai
- William Craig Brownlee Clergyman, author and Professor of Languages at Rutgers University
- Eric Caldow Scottish internationalist footballer who played with Rangers
- James Mackinnon Fowler Australian politician and founding member of the Victorian Socialist League
- Gordon Gibb Businessman, CEO of of Flamingo Land Ltd and former chairman of Bradford City Football Club.
- Sir Robert Giffen Financial editor of The Times newspaper and President of the Royal Statistical Society
- Andy Kerr Labour Politician and former Scottish Executive Health Minister
- Sir Harry Lauder Singer, comedian and music hall entertainer
- Thomas Leiper Tobacco merchant
- Una McLean Actress and comedian
- Ricky Warwick Singer and guitarist with rock bands The Almighty and Circus Diablo currently new vocalist with Thin Lizzy
- James Wilson Revolutionary leader who participated in the Scottish Insurrection of 1820
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Famous quotes containing the words famous and/or residents:
“A famous theatrical actress
Played best in the role of malefactress.
Yet her home-life was pure
Except, to be sure,
A scandal or two just for practice.”
—Anonymous.
“Most of the folktales dealing with the Indians are lurid and romantic. The story of the Indian lovers who were refused permission to wed and committed suicide is common to many places. Local residents point out cliffs where Indian maidens leaped to their death until it would seem that the first duty of all Indian girls was to jump off cliffs.”
—For the State of Iowa, U.S. public relief program (1935-1943)