- male, deceased (1996)
- George Mackay Brown (17 October 1921 - 13 April 1996), was a Scottish poet, author and dramatist, whose work has a distinctly Orcadian character....
- male, deceased (1893)
- John Rae (September 30, 1813 - July 22, 1893) was a Scottish explorer of Canada's Arctic. Rae was born at the Hall of Clestrain in the parish of...
- male, deceased (1959)
- Edwin Muir was a Scottish poet, novelist and translator born on a farm in Deerness on the Orkney Islands in the remote northeast of Scotland....
- female, deceased (1486)
- Margaret of Denmark (June 23, 1456 - before July 14, 1486) was the daughter of King Christian I of Denmark (1448-1481), Norway (1450-1481), and...
- male, deceased (1976)
- Stanley Cursiter, CBE (1887-1976) was a Scottish artist who played an important role in introducing Post-Impressionism and Futurism to Scotland....
- male, deceased (1652)
- James King, later Lord Eythin, (1589 - 1652) was a Scottish soldier, who served in the Swedish army, and who later supported King Charles I in the...
- male, deceased (1862)
- Dr. Thomas Stewart Traill (October 29 1781- July 30 1862) was a Orcadian professor of medical jurisprudence at the University of Edinburgh. Traill...
- male, deceased (890)
- Ragnvald "the Wise" Eysteinsson, was jarl (earl) in the northwest coast of Norway, called More, approximately of the Norwegian county today known...
- male, deceased (1926)
- William Guthrie Spence (7 August 1846 - 13 December 1926), Australian trade union leader and politician, played a leading role in the formation of...
- male, deceased (1977)
- Ernest Walker Marwick (1915- 1977) was an Orcadian writer noted for his writings on Orkney folklore and history. He was born in the Orkney parish...
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