Editing Fife (section)

==Notable Fifers==
* [[Robert Adam]], architect
* [[Stuart Adamson]], musician ([[Big Country]], [[the Skids]])
* [[Robert Hope Moncrieff Aitken]], [[Lieutenant]] in the 13th, [[Bengal Native Infantry]], awarded the [[Victoria Cross]]
*[[William Allan (classicist)|William Allan]], classicist at the University of Oxford
* [[Ian Anderson (musician)|Ian Anderson]], musician, frontman of [[Jethro Tull (band)|Jethro Tull]]
* [[Iain Banks]], writer
* [[Lady Anne Barnard]], travel writer, artist and socialite of the period
* [[Andrew Whyte Barclay]], physician, [[Lumleian Lecturer|Lumleian lecturer]], and [[Harveian Orator|Harveian orator]]
* [[Jim Baxter]], footballer
* [[David Beaton|David Bethune]], Archbishop of St Andrews
* [[George Bethune (politician)|George Bethune]], MSP for Kilrenny
* [[James Beaton|James Bethune]], Archbishop of St Andrews
* [[James Beaton (archbishop of Glasgow)|James Bethune]], Archbishop of Glasgow
* [[Janet Beaton|Janet Bethune]], noblewoman
* [[Mary Beaton|Mary Bethune]], attendant of [[Mary, Queen of Scots]]
* [[Elizabeth Bethune]], mistress of King [[James V of Scotland]]
* [[Guy Berryman]], bassist from the band [[Coldplay]]
* [[James Black (pharmacologist)|Sir James Black]], pharmacologist and nobel prize winner
* Sir [[Ernley Blackwell]], lawyer and civil servant
* [[Edith Bowman]], BBC Radio 1/6 DJ
* [[Caroline Brazier (librarian)|Caroline Brazier]], librarian
* [[Gordon Brown]], former British Prime Minister and [[Chancellor of the Exchequer]] and former MP for [[Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath]]
* [[Scott Brown (footballer, born June 1985)|Scott Brown]], [[Scotland]] and [[Celtic F.C.]] footballer
* [[Gregory Burke]], playwright
* [[Kenn Burke]], ballet dancer
* [[Andrew Carnegie]], industrialist and philanthropist
* [[Henry Chisholm]], steel industry executive
* [[Jim Clark]], two-times Formula One World Drivers' Champion
* [[James Clephan]], Lieutenant on board [[HMS Spartiate (1798)|HMS ''Spartiate'']] during the [[Battle of Trafalgar]]
* [[Archibald Constable]], publisher, bookseller and stationer
* [[Kenneth Cranham]], actor
* [[King Creosote]], musician
* [[Lawrence Daly]], General Secretary of the NUM
* [[David Danskin]], principal founding member of [[Arsenal F.C.|Arsenal FC]]
* [[James Dewar (judge)|James Dewar]], judge
* [[Barbara Dickson]], singer and actress
* [[Thomas Millie Dow]], artist, a member of the [[Glasgow School]]
* [[Peter Dumbreck]], racing driver and [[1998 Macau Grand Prix]] winner
* [[Philip Charles Durham]], sailor and captain of [[HMS Defiance (1783)|HMS ''Defiance'']] at [[Battle of Trafalgar|Trafalgar]]
* [[Marjorie Fleming]], child writer and poet
* [[Sandford Fleming|Sir Sandford Fleming]], engineer, who proposed worldwide standard [[time zones]], engineered on the [[Intercolonial Railway]] and the [[Canadian Pacific Railway]]
* [[Valentine Fleming]], member of parliament and father of the author [[Ian Fleming]]
* [[John Forbes (British Army officer)|John Forbes]], named the city of [[Pittsburgh]]
* [[Chris Fusaro]], rugby player
* [[William Gear]], artist
* [[Thomas Lomar Gray]], engineer noted for his pioneering work in seismology
* [[Martin Grehan]], footballer
* [[Samuel Greig]], Russian admiral and "Father of the Russian Navy"
* [[Thomas Hardy (minister)|Thomas Hardy]], minister of religion, [[Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland]] and Professor of Ecclesiastical History at [[Edinburgh University]]
* [[Alexander Henderson (theologian)|Alexander Henderson]], theologian, and an important ecclesiastical statesman
* [[Shirley Henderson]], actress
* [[George Horne_(rugby_union)]], rugby player
* [[Peter Horne]], rugby player
* [[Bob Howie]] and [[Dave Howie]], rugby players
* [[Ninian Imrie]], army officer and geologist
* [[Richard Jobson (television presenter)|Richard Jobson]], filmmaker, television presenter, musician, [[the Skids]]
* [[Peter Johnstone (footballer)|Peter Johnstone]], Celtic FC footballer
* [[Henrietta Keddie]], novelist who wrote under the pseudonym [[Sarah Tytler]]
* [[Deborah Knox]], Olympic gold medallist in curling
* [[Craig Levein]], Scottish former professional footballer and manager
* [[Jackie Leven]], singer-songwriter
* [[Wallace Lindsay]], classical scholar, palaeographer, Professor of Humanity at St Andrews University
* [[Robert Lindsay of Pitscottie]], 16th-century writer
* [[George_Lauder_Sr.|George Lauder Sr]], Politician, industrialist
* [[George Lauder (industrialist)|George Lauder Jr]], Industrialist 
* [[Anne Macaulay]] musicologist, archaeologist, author and lecturer
* [[Douglas Mackinnon]], director
* [[Val McDermid]], writer
* [[Ken McNaught]], footballer, Aston Villa F.C. centre back, 1982 European Cup Winner
* [[Willie McNaught]], footballer, Raith Rovers F.C. defender
* [[Steve Mason_(musician)]], The Beta Band, King Biscuit Time, Black Affair
* [[Old Tom Morris]], [[greenskeeper]] [[St Andrews Links]] and 4 times champion of [[The Open Championship]]
* [[Tom Nairn]], political theorist of nationalism
* [[Rab Noakes]], singer, songwriter, record producer
* [[Aileen Paterson]], author/illustrator
* [[John Philip (missionary)|John Philip]], missionary in [[South Africa]]
* [[David Pitcairn]], physician
* [[John Pitcairn]], British [[Royal marines|Marine]] officer killed at the [[Battle of Bunker Hill]]
* [[William Pitcairn]], physician
* [[Ian Rankin]], writer
* [[The Proclaimers|Craig and Charlie Reid]], singer-songwriters of [[the Proclaimers]]
* [[David Rollo (rugby union)|David Rollo]], rugby player
* [[Craig Russell (British author)]], writer
* [[Clive Russell]], actor
* [[Saint Mungo]], missionary and patron saint/founder of Glasgow (born in [[Culross]]) 
* [[Dougray Scott]], actor
* [[John Scrimgeour of Myres]], [[Master of Work to the Crown of Scotland|Master of Work]] for royal buildings for James V and Mary, Queen of Scots
* [[Alexander Selkirk]], seafarer and inspiration for ''[[Robinson Crusoe]]''
* [[Jimmy Shand]], accordion player
* [[Daniel Sloss]], comedian
* [[Adam Smith]], philosopher and economist
* [[Jordan Smith (actor)|Jordan Smith]], actor
* [[Mary Fairfax Somerville]], science writer and polymath
* [[Catherine Steele]], plant biochemist
* [[David Steel]], former [[Presiding Officer of the Scottish Parliament|Presiding Officer]] of the [[Scottish Parliament]] and leader of the [[Liberal Party (UK)|Liberal party]] and [[Member of the Scottish Parliament|MSP]] for [[Lothians (Scottish Parliament electoral region)|Lothian]] and [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|MP]] for [[Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale (UK Parliament constituency)|Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale]]
* [[Ian Stewart (musician)|Ian Stewart]], co-founder of the [[Rolling Stones]]
* [[Lawrence Storione]], miner and anarchist organiser
* [[John Struthers (anatomist)|Sir John Struthers]], first [[Regius Professor]] of [[Anatomy]] at the [[University of Aberdeen]]
* [[John McDouall Stuart]], explorer of Australia's interior
* [[Michaela Tabb]], first female snooker referee to appear at the Crucible
* [[William Tennant (poet)|William Tennant]], scholar and poet
* [[John Thomson (footballer, born 1909)|John Thomson]], [[Celtic F.C.|Celtic]] and [[Scotland men's national football team|Scotland]] goalkeeper
* [[KT Tunstall]], musician
* [[Jack Vettriano]], artist
* [[William Montgomery Watt]], historian, Emeritus Professor in Arabic and Islamic Studies at the University of Edinburgh
* [[Andrew G. L. Whitelaw]], neonatologist, researcher, and medical academic
* [[David Wilkie (artist)|Sir David Wilkie]], painter
* [[Alexander Wilson (astronomer)|Alexander Wilson]], surgeon, type-founder, astronomer, mathematician and meteorologist
* [[James Wilson (Founding Father)|James Wilson]], signer of US Declaration of Independence and the US Constitution, appointed by [[George Washington]] to first [[Supreme Court of the United States|Supreme Court]]
* [[Jocky Wilson]], darts player
* [[James Yorkston]], musician
* [[Douglas Young (classicist)|Douglas Young]], poet, scholar, translator, and leader of the [[Scottish National Party]]