Editing Airdrie, North Lanarkshire (section)

==Notable people==

*[[Bill Adam]] – racing driver
*[[Ian Aitken (journalist)|Ian Aitken]] - political journalist
*[[Joe Allen (painter)|Joe Allen]] - painter
*[[Ian Bannen]] – actor<ref>{{cite web |title=Ian Bannen |url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/1999/nov/05/guardianobituaries1 |website=The Guardian |access-date=17 September 2022 |language=en |date=5 November 1999}}</ref>
*[[The Big Dish (band)|The Big Dish]] – pop/rock band
*[[John Carmichael (VC)|John Carmichael]] – soldier and recipient of the [[Victoria Cross]] 
*[[Reece Clarke]] – ballet dancer
*[[John Craig (geologist)|John Craig]] – geologist and lexicographer
*[[Paul Craig (fighter)|Paul Craig]] - Mixed Martial Artist
*[[Leo Cushley]] – Roman Catholic archbishop of St Andrews and Edinburgh
*[[Ryan Dalziel]] – racing driver
*[[Anton Danyluk]] - ''[[Love Island (2015 TV series)|Love Island]]'' 2019 participant
*[[Ross Davidson]] – actor
*[[Hugh de Largie]] – Australian politician
*[[Nathan Evans (Scottish musician)|Nathan Evans]] - singer
*[[William Whigham Fletcher]] - biologist
*[[Emily Gerard]] – writer, whose works inspired Bram Stoker's [[Dracula]] and coined the term [[Nosferatu]]
*[[John Graham, 1st Viscount of Dundee]] – also known as 'Bluidy Clavers' and 'Bonnie Dundee'. Royalist and [[Jacobitism|Jacobite]] soldier
*[[Walker Hamilton]] – writer
*[[Grant Harrold]] – broadcaster, and former Royal [[butler]] to [[HRH Prince Charles]] and [[The Duchess of Cornwall]]
*[[Amanda Hendrick]] – high-fashion model
*[[Dee Hepburn]] – actress, best known for her role in [[Gregory's Girl]]
*[[David Keenan]] – writer, musician 
*[[Jim Lambie]] – [[Turner Prize]] nominated artist.
*[[David Ross Lauder]] – soldier and recipient of the [[Victoria Cross]]
*[[Jason Leitch]] - National Clinical Director for Scotland. Dux of Airdrie Academy
*[[George G. Macfarlane|Sir George G. Macfarlane]], engineer, scientific administrator and public servant.
*[[Alesha MacPhail]] - murder victim
*[[John O'Neill (VC)|John O'Neill]] – soldier and recipient of the [[Victoria Cross]].
*[[James Bell Pettigrew]] - anatomist and naturalist
*[[William Robinson (swimmer)|William Robinson]] – swimmer, won silver in the Men's 200 metre Breaststroke at the [[1908 Summer Olympics|1908 Olympics]] in London.
*[[Jim Traynor]] – sports broadcaster and journalist.
*[[Kenny Williams (wrestler)|Kenny Williams]] – Scottish professional wrestler with [[Insane Championship Wrestling]]
*[[Wilson baronets|Sir John Wilson]] – [[Baronet]] (Wilson Baronetcy of Airdrie, which continues today with the 5th Baronet)

===Footballers===
*[[John Armstrong (footballer born 1936)|John Armstrong]]
*[[Barry Bannan]]
*[[Dick Black (footballer)|Dick Black]]
*[[George Brown (footballer born 1928)|George Brown]]
*[[Jackie Campbell]]
*[[Sandy Clark]]
*[[Bobby Cumming]]
*[[Torrance Gillick]]
*[[Dick Hendrie]]
*[[Drew Jarvie]]
*[[Alan Lawrence]] – Nicknamed 'Nipper'.
*[[Brian McClair]]
*[[Bob McFarlane (footballer, died 1898)|Bob McFarlane]]
*[[John McGregor (footballer born 1963)|John McGregor]]
*[[Ian McMillan (footballer)|Ian McMillan]]
*[[Robert Main (footballer)|Robert Main]]
*[[Alan Morton]] – Nicknamed 'The Wee Blue Devil'.
*[[Billy Neil (footballer, born 1939)|Billy Neil]] - Olympian
*[[Ally Roy]]
*[[Matthew Scott (footballer, born 1872)|Matthew Scott]]
*[[Gardner Speirs]]
*[[Alexander Thomson (footballer)|Sandy Thomson]] 
*[[James White (Scottish footballer)|James White]]
*[[Martin Woods]]