Fife - Notable Fifers

Notable Fifers

  • Robert Adam, architect
  • Stuart Adamson, musician (Big Country)
  • Ian Anderson, musician, frontman of Jethro Tull
  • Iain Banks, writer
  • Jim Baxter, footballer
  • Guy Berryman, bassist from the band Coldplay
  • Andrew Christine, tabloid cartoonist
  • Sir Ernley Blackwell, lawyer and civil servant
  • Edith Bowman, Radio 1 DJ
  • Gordon Brown, former British Prime Minister and Chancellor of the Exchequer; current MP for Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath
  • Scott Brown (Scottish footballer), Scotland and Celtic F.C footballer
  • Gregory Burke, playwright
  • Andrew Carnegie, industrialist and philanthropist
  • Jim Clark, two-times Formula One World Drivers' Champion
  • James Clephan, Lieutenant on board HMS Spartiate during the Battle of Trafalgar
  • Kenneth Cranham, actor
  • Barbara Dickson, singer and actress
  • Philip Charles Durham, sailor and captain of HMS Defiance at Trafalgar
  • John Forbes (British Army officer), named the city of Pittsburgh
  • Shirley Henderson, actress
  • Bob Howie and Dave Howie, rugby players
  • William McEvoy, Served in the Scot's Guards
  • King Creosote, musician
  • Deborah Knox, Olympic Gold medallist
  • Craig Levein, Scottish former professional footballer and manager
  • Jackie Leven, singer/songwriter
  • Robert Lindsay of Pitscottie, 16th century writer
  • Douglas Mackinnon, director
  • Adam Martin, ambassador, bridged the gap between the communities of Glasgow and Fife.
  • Val McDermid, writer
  • Aileen Paterson, author/illustrator
  • Ian Rankin, writer
  • David Rollo, rugby player
  • Craig Russell (British author), writer
  • Dougray Scott, actor
  • Alexander Selkirk, seafarer and inspiration for Robinson Crusoe
  • Sir Jimmy Shand, accordion player
  • Adam Smith, philosopher and economist
  • Jordan Smith, actor
  • Lawrence Storione, miner and anarchist organiser
  • Michaela Tabb, first female snooker referee to appear on the Crucible
  • John Thomson (footballer), former Celtic F.C goalkeeper
  • KT Tunstall, musician
  • Jack Vettriano, artist
  • Sir David Wilkie, painter
  • James Wilson, signer of US Declaration of Independence, appointed by George Washington to first Supreme Court
  • James Yorkston, musician
  • Jocky Wilson, darts player
  • Ken McNaught, Footballer, Former Aston Villa F.C Centre Back, 1982 European Cup Winner
  • Willie McNaught, Scottish Footballer, Former Raith Rovers F.C Defender

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