Ayr - Notable People

Notable People

  • William D. Brackenridge, (1810–1893), born in Ayr, botanist
  • Robert Burns, (1759–1796), Scotland's national bard, poet and writer of songs; born in Alloway
  • Gavin Gordon, (1901-1970), composer and singer
  • Shaykh Abdalqadir as-Sufi, born 1930 as Ian Dallas
  • Rikki Chamberlain, actor
  • William Dalrymple, (1723–1814) minister and moderator
  • Sydney Devine, singer
  • Karen Dunbar, comedian
  • Drew McIntyre (Drew Galloway), wrestler for WWE
  • Kirsty Hume, model and face of Chanel
  • William Maclure, (1763–1840), born in Ayr, noted geologist, drew the first geological map of the United States and was a president of the American Geological Society
  • Rhona Martin, skip of the Olympic gold curling team
  • John Loudon McAdam, (1756–1836), inventor of Tarmacadam road surface
  • Alan McInally, former footballer and now TV pundit
  • Thomas McIlwraith, 19th century Premier of Queensland, Australia
  • Lee McKenzie, BBC Formula 1 pit lane reporter
  • Glen Michael, children's TV presenter, Cartoon Cavalcade, often attends Ayr United matches
  • Stuart Murdoch, singer-songwriter, Belle & Sebastian
  • Sir David Murray, former Rangers F.C. chairman
  • Simon Neil, guitarist and lead singer of Biffy Clyro
  • Neil Oliver, BBC presenter of Coast and A History of Scotland
  • Alan Reid, MP for the Liberal Democrats
  • Mike Scott, Lead Singer/Songwriter of The Waterboys
  • Sir John Wallace of Craigie, Sheriff of Ayr and hero of the Battle of Sark
  • Donald Gray of The Donald Gray Show
  • Stephen Jnr Miller, Author of many bookings about Spelling, Punctuation and Mathematics. Also noted as being a Mason.

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