Notable Residents
- Patrick MacKellar, (1717–1778), born in Argyll, military engineer, considered the most competent engineer in America.
- Baron Robertson of Port Ellen KT, GCMG, FRSA, FRSE, PC (born 12 April 1946, George Islay MacNeill Robertson,) is a British Labour politician who was the tenth Secretary General of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation, between October 1999 and January 2004.
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