Editing South Uist (section)

==Notable residents==
[[File:Loch Druidibeg - geograph.org.uk - 242658.jpg|thumb|Stilligarry]]
* [[Angus Peter Campbell]] (born 1952) poet and novelist with a high importance to modern [[Scottish Gaelic literature]], as well as journalist, broadcaster and actor.
* [[Kathleen MacInnes]] (born 1969), singer, TV presenter and actress
* [[Danny Alexander]] (born 1972), [[Liberal Democrats (UK)|Liberal Democrat]] [[Scottish MPs|Member of Parliament]]; lived at West Geirnish on South Uist for three years as a child<ref>[http://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/Article.aspx/1890704 "Alexander hears jobs and cuts fears"]. (27 Aug 2010) Aberdeen. ''Press and Journal''.</ref>
* Fr. [[Allan MacDonald (poet)|Allan MacDonald]] ({{langx|gd|Maighstir Ailean}}) (1859–1905), [[Roman Catholic priest]] at Daliburgh, folklore collector, and highly important poet in [[Scottish Gaelic literature]]
* [[Flora MacDonald (Scottish Jacobite)|Flora MacDonald]] (1722–1790), born at Milton; known for her help of the fugitive [[Prince Charles Edward Stuart]] after the [[Battle of Culloden]]
* [[Etienne Macdonald]] Although not a resident of the island, the family of this marshall of [[Napoléon Bonaparte]] originated in Howbeg, South Uist
* [[Angus McPhee]] (1916–1997), born at Iochdar; outsider artist
*[[Margaret Fay Shaw]] (1903–2004), American photographer and folklorist