People from Orkney

The list People from Orkney includes Robert Shaw, Cameron Stout, John Rae (explorer), Mary Brunton and Harald Leslie, Lord Birsay. The list consists of 117 members and 5 sublists.

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Orkney

Archipelago, county and council area in northern Scotland

Honyman family
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Nobility from Orkney
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- James King, 1st Lord Eythin
- William Honyman
People by populated place in Orkney
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People from Orkney by occupation
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Robert Shaw

English actor and novelist (1927–1978)

Overview: Robert Archibald Shaw (9 August 1927 – 28 August 1978) was an English actor, novelist, and playwright. He was nominated for an Oscar and a Golden Globe for his role as Henry VIII in the drama film A Man ...

Date of birth: 9 August 1927

Date of death: 28 August 1978

Age: 51 (age at death)

Nationality: British

Occupation: Actor

Gender: Male

Height: 5' 11" (180 cm)

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Male actors of Scottish descent 224T

20th-century English dramatists and playwrights 220T

20th-century English male writers 1,328T
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Cameron Stout

British reality tv personality

Overview: Cameron Stout (born 8 March 1971 in Stromness, Orkney) was the winner of Big Brother 2003. He received 1.9 million votes, 500,000 more than runner-up Ray Shah. Cameron is the elder brother of television ...

Date of birth: 8 March 1971

Age: 54

Nationality: Scottish

Occupation: Columnist

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Big Brother (British TV series) winners 23T

Scottish radio presenters 55T

Scottish Christians 36T
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Kris Drever

British musician

Overview: Kris Drever (born 31 October 1978) is a Scottish contemporary folk musician and songwriter who came to prominence in 2006 with the release of his debut solo album, Black Water. Drever is the vocalist and ...

Date of birth: 31 October 1978

Age: 46

Nationality: Scottish

Occupation: Guitarist

Gender: Male

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21st-century British guitarists 290T

Scottish male guitarists 77T

Lau (band) members 3T
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John Rae (explorer)

Scottish explorer

Overview: John Rae FRS FRGS (Inuktitut: ᐊᒡᓘᑲ, 30 September 1813 – 22 July 1893) was a Scottish surgeon who explored parts of northern Canada.

Date of birth: 30 September 1813

Date of death: 22 July 1893

Age: 79 (age at death)

Nationality: British

Occupation: Explorer

Gender: Male

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Franklin's lost expedition 20T

Scottish polar explorers 11T

Persons of National Historic Significance (Canada) 743T
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Luke Sutherland

Scottish writer and musician

Overview: Luke Sutherland (born 1971) is a Scottish novelist and musician. A full-time member of two independent bands and an occasional member of Mogwai, active also as a music producer, he has also published ...

Date of birth: 1971

Age: 53

Nationality: Scottish

Occupation: Musician

Gender: Male

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21st-century British male musicians 983T

21st-century male musicians 9,676T

British male violinists 207T
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George Mackay Brown

Poet

Overview: George Mackay Brown (17 October 1921 – 13 April 1996) was a Scottish poet, author and dramatist, whose work has a distinctly Orcadian character. He is considered one of the great Scottish poets of the ...

Date of birth: 17 October 1921

Date of death: 13 April 1996

Age: 74 (age at death)

Nationality: Scottish

Occupation: Writer

Gender: Male

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Claddagh Records artists 54T

20th-century British male writers 1,407T

Scottish male poets 103T
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Mary Brunton

British writer

Overview: Mary Brunton (née Balfour) (1 November 1778 – 7 December 1818) was a Scottish novelist. Her novels redefine femininity. Fay Weldon praised them as "rich in invention, ripe with incident, shrewd in comment ...

Date of birth: 1 November 1778

Date of death: 7 December 1818

Age: 40 (age at death)

Nationality: Scottish

Occupation: Author

Gender: Female

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19th-century British women writers 653T

19th-century British novelists 182T

19th-century Scottish writers 219T
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Solly McLeod

British actor

Overview: Solly McLeod is a British actor. He plays Tom Jones in the 2023 television miniseries adaptation Tom Jones for PBS and ITV.

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Laura Miranda Grimond

British Liberal Party politician

Overview: Laura Miranda Grimond, Lady Grimond (née Bonham-Carter; 13 October 1918 – 15 February 1994) was a British Liberal Party politician, and the wife of party leader Jo Grimond.

Date of birth: 13 October 1918

Date of death: 15 February 1994

Age: 75 (age at death)

Nationality: English

Occupation: Politician

Gender: Female

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Spouses of life peers 216T

Liberal Party (UK) parliamentary candidates 418T

Liberal Party (UK) councillors 63T
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Jennifer & Hazel Wrigley

Overview: Jennifer and Hazel Wrigley are an international folk music duo playing fiddle (Jennifer) and guitar/piano (Hazel). They are twin sisters, born in the Orkney Islands of Scotland. They started to play when ...

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John Gerard Anderson

educationalist and public servant

Overview: John Gerard Anderson (1836–1911), M.A., J.P., was a Scottish-born educationalist and public servant in colonial Queensland, Australia.

Date of birth: 1836

Date of death: 1911

Age: 74 (age at death)

Nationality: Scottish

Occupation: Educator

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Scottish emigrants to colonial Australia 187T

Scottish emigrants to Australia 479T

Scottish educational theorists 28T
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Ola Gorie

British jewellery designer

Overview: Ola Gorie (born 27 October 1937) is a Scottish jewellery designer, one of the founders of the modern craft movement in Scotland.

Date of birth: 27 October 1937

Age: 87

Nationality: Scottish

Occupation: Designer

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Scottish jewellery designers 1T

People from Kirkwall 16T

British jewellery designers 46T
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Harald Leslie, Lord Birsay

British judge

Overview: Harald Leslie, Lord Birsay KT, CBE, MBE (Mil.), TD, QC, DL (8 May 1905 – 27 November 1982) was a Scottish lawyer and judge, and Chairman of the Scottish Land Court.

Date of birth: 8 May 1905

Date of death: 27 September 1982

Age: 77 (age at death)

Nationality: Scottish

Occupation: Judge

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People educated at Earlston High School 9T

Chairs of the Scottish Land Court 10T

20th-century lawyers 3,077T
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Andrew Bannatyne

Canadian politician

Overview: Andrew Graham Ballenden Bannatyne (October 31, 1829 – May 18, 1889) was a Canadian politician, fur trader and leading citizen of Winnipeg, Manitoba.

Date of birth: 31 October 1829

Date of death: 18 May 1889

Age: 59 (age at death)

Nationality: Canadian

Occupation: Philanthropist

Gender: Male

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19th-century philanthropists 1,011T

Immigrants to pre-Confederation Manitoba 9T

Members of the Legislative Assembly of Assiniboia 25T
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Jimmy Hogarth

British musician

Overview: Jimmy Hogarth (born 1974, Orkney Islands, Scotland) is a London-based producer and songwriter, whose production and writing credits include, Amy Winehouse, Sia, Tom Grennan, Paolo Nutini, Duffy, Corinne ...

Date of birth: 12 September 1974

Age: 50

Nationality: British

Occupation: Songwriter

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British songwriters 278T

British record producers 529T

1974 births 15,555T
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James Aitken (bishop)

Scottish prelate

Overview: Bishop James Aitken (1613–1687) was a 17th-century Scottish prelate.

Date of birth: 1613

Date of death: 15 November 1687

Age: 74 (age at death)

Nationality: Scottish

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Members of the Convention of the Estates of Scotland 1678 30T

Members of the Parliament of Scotland 1681–1682 35T

Members of the Parliament of Scotland 1685–1686 39T
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Julyan Sinclair

Scottish television presenter

Overview: Julyan Sinclair is an Orcadian television and radio presenter. He won a BAFTA in 2002 for "Best New Television Presenter" for his work on various Scottish Television arts and entertainment programmes.

Date of birth: 1976

Age: 48

Nationality: Scottish

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Scottish television presenters 180T

1976 births 15,757T

Living people 968,467T
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Sigurd the Stout

Viking Earl of Orkney

Overview: Sigurd Hlodvirsson (circa 960 – 23 April 1014), popularly known as Sigurd the Stout from the Old Norse Sigurðr digri, was an Earl of Orkney. The main sources for his life are the Norse Sagas, which were ...

Date of birth: 960

Date of death: 1014

Age: 53 (age at death)

Nationality: Scottish

Occupation: Royalty

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11th-century rulers of the Kingdom of the Isles 12T

11th-century mormaers 10T

10th-century rulers in Europe 60T
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Thomas Stewart Traill

Scottish physician

Overview: Thomas Stewart Traill FRSE PRCPE MWS RSSA (29 October 1781 – 30 July 1862) was a British physician, chemist, meteorologist, zoologist and scholar of medical jurisprudence. He was the grandfather of the ...

Date of birth: 29 October 1781

Date of death: 30 July 1862

Age: 80 (age at death)

Nationality: Scottish

Occupation: Doctor

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19th-century philanthropists 1,011T

People from Kirkwall 16T

19th-century Scottish medical doctors 379T
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Betty Lindsay

Scottish civil engineer, working in Albania

Overview: Betty Lindsay (Minnie Elizabeth Barclay Lindsay) (9 October 1897 – 11 January 1953) was an early professional civil engineer working in Albania and, in 1921, may have been only the second female engineering ...

Date of death: 11 January 1953

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Scottish women engineers 18T

Women's Engineering Society 102T

20th-century women engineers 259T