Editing Pitcairn Islands (section)

== Notable people ==
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* [[Ned Young]] (b {{circa}} 1762, d 1800 on Pitcairn), mutineer from the famous HMS ''Bounty'' incident, and co-founder of the mutineers' Pitcairn Island settlement.
* [[Teraura]] (b {{circa}} 1775, d 1850 on Pitcairn), Tahitian noblewoman and tapa weaver, 'partner' of Ned Young, Matthew Quintal and Thursday October Christian I.
* [[William McCoy (mutineer)|William McCoy]] (b {{circa}} 1763, d 1798 on Pitcairn), a Scottish sailor and a mutineer on board HMS ''Bounty''.
* [[Fletcher Christian]] (b 1764, d 1793 on Pitcairn), Master's mate on board HMS ''Bounty'', died here at age 28.<ref name="Kirk 2012">{{cite book |last=Kirk |first=Robert W. |title=Paradise Past: The Transformation of the South Pacific, 1520–1920 |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_j8-YmmA7-EC&pg=PA61 |date=2012 |publisher=[[McFarland & Company]] |location=Jefferson, North Carolina |page=61 |chapter=A White Tribe at Botany Bay, 1788–1911 |isbn=978-0-7864-6978-9 |lccn=2012034746 |oclc=791643077 |access-date=12 September 2015 |archive-date=12 April 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160412202544/https://books.google.com/books?id=_j8-YmmA7-EC&pg=PA61 |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[Matthew Quintal]] (b 1766, d 1799 on Pitcairn), a Cornish able seaman and mutineer aboard HMS ''Bounty''
* [[John Adams (mutineer)|John Adams]] (b 1767, d 1829 on Pitcairn), the last survivor of the HMS ''Bounty'' mutineers who settled on Pitcairn Island in January 1790, the year after the mutiny
* [[Thursday October Christian I]] (1790–1831), the first son of [[Fletcher Christian]]
* [[George Adams (magistrate)|George Adams]] (1804–1873), served as Chief Magistrate on Pitcairn in 1848 
* [[Thursday October Christian II]] (1820–1911), a Pitcairn Islands political leader. Grandson of [[Fletcher Christian]] and son of [[Thursday October Christian I]]
* [[Simon Young (magistrate)|Simon Young]] (1823–1893), served as Magistrate of the Pitcairn Islands in 1849
* [[Moses Young]] (1829–1909), served as magistrate of Pitcairn Island four times, between 1865 and 1881
* [[James Russell McCoy]] (1845–1924), served as Magistrate of Pitcairn Island 7 times, between 1870 and 1904
* [[Benjamin Stanley Young]] (1851–1934), served as Magistrate of the Pitcairn Islands twice, from 1884 to 1885, and in 1892
* [[Rosalind Amelia Young]] (1853–1924), a historian from Pitcairn Islands
* [[William Alfred Young]] (1863–1911), served as President of the council, and Magistrate of Pitcairn Island three times, between 1897 and 1908
* [[Matthew Edmond McCoy]] (1868–1929), served as Magistrate of Pitcairn Island in 1909
* [[Gerard Bromley Robert Christian]] (1870–1919), served as Magistrate of Pitcairn Island from 1910 to 1919
* [[Edgar Allen Christian]] (1879–1960), a politician from Pitcairn and Chief Magistrate of Pitcairn Island on several occasions between 1923 and 1939
* [[Charles Richard Parkin Christian]] (1883–1971), a long-serving politician from Pitcairn and Chief Magistrate of Pitcairn Island for eleven years at various times between 1920 and 1957
* [[Frederick Martin Christian]] (1883–1971), a politician from Pitcairn and Chief Magistrate of Pitcairn Island on three occasions between 1921 and 1943
* [[John Lorenzo Christian]] (1895–1984), twice served as Chief Magistrate of Pitcairn Island: 1952–54 and 1961–66
* [[Ivan Christian]] (1919–1991), a politician from Pitcairn and Chief Magistrate of Pitcairn Island from 1976 to 1984
* [[Tom Christian]] (1935–2013), radio operator
* [[Brenda Christian]] (born 1953), a political figure from the Pitcairn Islands who served the territory as its first female Mayor from 8 November to 15 December 2004
* [[Jay Warren]] (born 1956), a political figure who served as the 3rd Mayor of Pitcairn Islands
* [[Charlene Warren-Peu]], a political figure who was the first woman elected in as Mayor for a full 3-year term
* [[Simon Young (mayor)|Simon Young]] (born 1965), a political figure who is the first non-native-born Pitcairn Islander to be elected as Mayor. He is an immigrant from Pickering in North Yorkshire, England, who emigrated to Pitcairn in 2000