Editing Isle of Lewis (section)

== Notable residents ==
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* [[Aonghas Caimbeul]], [[Scottish Gaelic]] [[war poet]], [[World War II]] [[POW]], and author of the award-winning memoir ''Suathadh ri Iomadh Rubha''.<ref>Ronald Black (1999), ''An Tuil: Anthology of 20th century Scottish Gaelic Verse'', pg. 757.</ref>
* [[Alistair Darling]], Baron Darling of Roulanish, of Great Bernera in the county of Ross and Cromarty,<ref>{{cite web |title=The Rt Hon Lord Darling |url=https://www.chathamhouse.org/about/governance/rt-hon-lord-darling |website=[[Chatham House]] |access-date=3 March 2020}}</ref> former [[Chancellor of the Exchequer]] and MP for [[Edinburgh Central (UK Parliament constituency)|Edinburgh Central]], had a converted [[blackhouse]] at Breaclete and had ancestral links with Great Bernera.<ref>{{cite news|title=Darling hit with holiday home tax|url=http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/scotland.cfm?id=1102332004|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130202010251/http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/scotland.cfm?id=1102332004|archive-date=2 February 2013|publisher=[[The Scotsman]]|access-date=22 March 2007|author=Angus Howarth|date=20 March 2004}}</ref>
* [[Kenny Boyle]], from [[Cromore]], award winning actor, author, and playwright<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.stornowaygazette.co.uk/lifestyle/christmas/is-kenny-the-first-cromore-actor-3049561 | title=Is Kenny The First Cromore Actor? | date=27 November 2020 }}</ref>
* [[Kenneth Grant Fraser]], pioneer Christian missionary doctor in [[South Sudan]]
* [[Sheilagh M. Kesting]], first woman minister to be nominated to be [[Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland]]
* [[Dòmhnall MacAmhlaigh]] professor, scholar, and Scottish Gaelic poet
* [[Angus MacAskill]], the tallest non-pathological giant in recorded history (7&nbsp;ft 9 in, or 2.36 m) – born in Berneray and briefly lived in Stornoway before emigrating to Canada
* [[Murdo Stewart MacDonald]] from Great Bernera – Clipper Captain and Lloyds Surveyor of Shipping
* [[Callum Macdonald]] from Great Bernera – Foremost publisher of Scottish poetry in the 20th century
* [[Cathy MacDonald]], BBC Alba television presenter; comes from Iarsiadar, Uig
* [[John MacKay (journalist)|John MacKay]], anchorman of STV News at 6 Central
* [[Alexander Mackenzie (explorer)|Alexander MacKenzie]], explorer, for whom the [[Mackenzie River]] in Canada is named
* [[Colin Mackenzie]], 1st Surveyor-General of India
* [[Anne MacKenzie (journalist)|Anne MacKenzie]], [[BBC]] current affairs presenter and radio presenter
* [[Ken MacLeod]], science fiction writer
* [[:gd:Maighread Stiùbhart|Maighread Stiùbhart]], Gaelic singer and folklorist
* [[Mary Anne MacLeod]], mother of U.S. president [[Donald Trump]]
* [[Kevin MacNeil]], novelist, poet and playwright
* Donald Macrae, physician, professor of neurology at University of California San Francisco School of Medicine. Awarded the [[Military Cross]] in World War II.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.stolinsky.com/2018/06/18/my-story-part-2/|title=My Story: Part 2: Stolinsky &#124; Conservative Political & Social Commentary}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Donald Macrae, Neurology: San Francisco|url=http://texts.cdlib.org/view?docId=hb5f59n9gs;NAAN=13030&doc.view=frames&chunk.id=div00024&toc.depth=1&toc.id=&brand=calisphere|website=Calisphere|publisher=University of California|access-date=20 July 2017}}</ref>
* [[Hans Matheson]], plays the title role in a television serialisation of [[Boris Pasternak]]'s novel, ''[[Doctor Zhivago (novel)|Doctor Zhivago]]''
* [[Alyth McCormack]], singer
* [[Iain Morrison (musician)|Iain Morrison]], musician
* [[John Munro (poet)|John Munro]], [[Scottish Gaelic]] [[war poet]] and winner of the [[Military Cross]] during [[World War I]]
* [[Linda Norgrove]], kidnapped by the Taliban in Afghanistan, and killed in rescue effort
* [[Arthur Pink]], Christian evangelist and Biblical scholar
* [[Donald Stewart (MP)|Donald Stewart]], politician and former President of the Scottish National Party
* [[Louisa Caroline Stewart-Mackenzie]] (1827–1903) socialite and art collector
* [[Derick Thomson]], Scottish Gaelic poet, from Point, and educated in Stornoway
* [[Alasdair White]], musician (Fiddle, Whistle, Pipes, Bouzouki) plays with [[Battlefield Band]]