Editing Hamilton, South Lanarkshire (section)

==Notable people==
===Science and exploration===
* [[Charles Alston (botanist)|Charles Alston]] (botanist)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Charles Alston 1685-1760 - Book Owners Online |url=https://www.bookowners.online/Charles_Alston_1685-1760 |access-date=2022-09-30 |website=www.bookowners.online |language=en-GB}}</ref>
* [[Matthew Baillie]] (scientist) (attended the local grammar school)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://history.rcplondon.ac.uk/inspiring-physicians/matthew-baillie|title= Matthew Baillie|publisher=Royal College of Physicians|access-date=16 October 2022}}</ref>
* [[William Cullen]] (physician & chemist)<ref name=slc/>
* [[David Livingstone]] (explorer and missionary) (Born in Blantyre and lived in Hamilton as an adult.)<ref>{{cite book|author=Blaikie, William Garden|title=The Personal Life of David Livingstone|publisher=Project Gutenberg|year=2004|orig-year=1880|url=https://www.gutenberg.org/files/13262/13262-h/13262-h.htm}}</ref>
* [[John Roberton (born 1776)|John Roberton]] (physician and controversial social reformer)<ref>{{cite journal|url=https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/628B8FCE6A7327DB2FDFEA67E958A97F/S0025727300043416a.pdf/medical_police_politics_and_police_the_fate_of_john_roberton.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221016144142/https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/628B8FCE6A7327DB2FDFEA67E958A97F/S0025727300043416a.pdf/medical_police_politics_and_police_the_fate_of_john_roberton.pdf |archive-date=2022-10-16 |url-status=live|title=Medical Police. Politics and Police: The fate of John Roberton|first=Brenda M. |last=White|journal=Medical History |year=1983|volume=27 |issue=4 |page=412|doi=10.1017/s0025727300043416 |pmid=6358727 |pmc=1140047 }}</ref>
* [[John Roberton (born 1797)|John Roberton]] (obstetrician and social reformer)<ref>{{cite ODNB|url=http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/23740 |title=Roberton, John (1797–1876)|year=2004 |doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/23740 | access-date=16 October 2022|last1=Mottram |first1=Joan }}</ref>

===Business, military and political===
* [[William George Stewart Adams|W. G. S. Adams]] (political scientist)<ref>''Hamilton Advertiser'', 14 November 1874; John Turner, ''Lloyd George's Secretariat'' (Cambridge University Press, 1980), p. 21.</ref>
* [[Alexander Cairncross (economist)|Alexander Cairncross]] (economist) (educated at Hamilton Academy)<ref>{{cite book|author=Andrew C. Scott|title=At the Crossroads of Time: How a Small Scottish Village Changed History|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gebRDwAAQBAJ&pg=PP162|accessdate=4 January 2021|date=15 February 2020|publisher=Amberley Publishing|isbn=978-1-4456-9833-5|page=162}}</ref>
* [[Alexander Cullen (architect)|Alexander Cullen]] (architect)<ref>{{cite web|title=Alexander Cullen (junior)|url=http://www.scottisharchitects.org.uk/architect_full.php?id=200527|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140716225414/http://www.scottisharchitects.org.uk/architect_full.php?id=200527|url-status=dead|archive-date=16 July 2014|website=Dictionary of Scottish Architects|accessdate=18 December 2015}}</ref>
* [[Doug Finley]] (Canadian [[Senate of Canada|Senator]] and principal operational strategist of the [[Conservative Party of Canada]])<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/senator-doug-finley-was-deeply-committed-to-canada/article11881399/ | location=Toronto | work=The Globe and Mail | title=Senator Doug Finley was deeply committed to Canada | date=May 12, 2013}}</ref> 
* [[William Logan (temperance campaigner)|William Logan]] (philanthropist)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://gdl.cdlr.strath.ac.uk/mlemen/mlemen050.htm |title=Memoirs and portraits of 100 Glasgow Men|first=James|last= Maclehose|year=1886|publisher= Glasgow Digital Library}}</ref>
* [[Margo MacDonald]] (politician)<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/10744561/Margo-MacDonald-obituary.html |date=4 April 2014|title=Obituary: Margo MacDonald|newspaper=The Telegraph|access-date=16 October 2022}}</ref>
* Sir [[George Arthur Mitchell]] (businessman)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.glasgowwestaddress.co.uk/1909_Glasgow_Men/Mitchell_George_Arthur.htm|website=glasgowwestaddress.co.uk|title=George Arthur Mitchell|access-date=16 October 2022}}</ref>
* [[Iain Stewart (politician)|Iain Stewart]] (politician)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://events.holyrood.com/speaker/iain-stewart/|title=Iain Stewart MP|publisher=Holyrood Events| access-date=16 October 2022}}</ref>

===Art and literature===
* [[Joanna Baillie]] (poet) (lived in the town as a child)<ref>{{cite book|url=https://electricscotland.com/history/baillie/chapter01.htm|title=Life and Work of Joanna Baillie|first=Margaret Sprague |last=Carhart|year=1923|publisher=New Haven Yale University Press}}</ref>
* [[Martin Boyce]] (artist)<ref>{{cite news|author=Charlotte Higgins |url=https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2011/dec/05/martin-boyce-turner-prize-winner |title=Martin Boyce wins Turner prize 2011 |work=[[The Guardian]] |date=5 December 2011 |accessdate=3 January 2016}}</ref>
* [[David Carlyle]] (actor)<ref>{{cite news |last=Jenkins |first=Carla |website=Glasgow Live |title=It's A Sin's David Carlyle on being nominated for a BAFTA and growing up gay in Glasgow |url=https://www.glasgowlive.co.uk/whats-on/whats-on-news/its-sins-david-carlyle-being-21886102 |date=17 October 2021 |access-date=25 May 2022}}</ref>
* [[Thomas Clark (writer)|Thomas Clark]] (writer)<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/uk-world-news/grassroots-2012-former-hamilton-kid-878353/|title=Grassroots 2012: Former Hamilton kid Thomas Clark sparks revival of football at Hawick High School|access-date=29 October 2022|archive-date=13 May 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160513142937/http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/uk-world-news/grassroots-2012-former-hamilton-kid-878353|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* [[Robin Jenkins]] (novelist) (attended Hamilton Academy)<ref>Scottish Secondary Teachers' Association Magazine, February 1950, feature on Hamilton Academy in the article series 'Famous Scottish Schools'</ref>
* [[John Mather (artist)|John Mather]] (artist)<ref>Judy Blyth, '[http://adbonline.anu.edu.au/biogs/A100426b.htm  Mather, John (1848? - 1916)]', ''[[Australian Dictionary of Biography]]'', Volume 10, [[Melbourne University Press|MUP]], 1986, pp 438-439. Retrieved 2010-04-01</ref>

===Sport===
* [[Jim Bett]] (Aberdeen & Scotland footballer)<ref>{{cite book | last = Lamming | first = Douglas | title = A Scottish Soccer Internationalists Who's Who, 1872–1986 | type = Hardback | publisher = Hutton Press | year = 1987 | isbn = 0-907033-47-4 | id = () }}</ref>
* [[Craig Brown (footballer, born 1940)|Craig Brown]] (Scotland football manager and former Aberdeen FC Manager)<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=jTutDwAAQBAJ&dq=Stonelaw&pg=PT9 The Game of My Life], Craig Brown, Kings Road Publishing, 2013, {{ISBN|9781782192695}}</ref>
* [[Jamie Burnett]] (snooker professional)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.improveyoursnooker.net/2013/08/15/jamie-burnett/|title=Jamie Burnett|publisher=Improve Your Snooker|access-date=16 October 2022|archive-date=16 October 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221016183201/https://www.improveyoursnooker.net/2013/08/15/jamie-burnett/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* [[Bill Carnihan]] (footballer)<ref>{{Cite web |title=William D. CARNIHAN |url=https://bethlehemsteelsoccer.org/biocarnihanw.html |access-date=March 15, 2025 |website=Bethlehem Steel Soccer}}</ref>
* [[Davie Cooper]] (Clydebank, Rangers, Motherwell & Scotland footballer)<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://www.scotzine.com/legends-of-scotland/davie-cooper/ | title=Davie Cooper &#124; Scotzine | access-date=2 April 2016 | archive-date=14 April 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160414013404/http://www.scotzine.com/legends-of-scotland/davie-cooper/ | url-status=dead }}</ref>
* [[Barry Ferguson]] (Rangers & Scotland Captain)<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2009/mar/02/scottish-premier-league-hamilton-rangers|title=Ferguson relishes Hamilton homecoming as Rangers stay top|date=2 March 2009|newspaper=The Guardian| access-date=16 October 2022}}</ref>
* [[Steven Fletcher (footballer)|Steven Fletcher]] (Wolves & Scotland footballer)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.scotsman.com/sport/football/hibs/steven-fletcher-on-losing-his-father-aged-ten-craig-levein-and-4-6-0-the-infamous-sunderland-lamborghini-and-being-the-only-hibs-fan-to-get-something-good-out-of-5-1-3787781|title=Steven Fletcher on losing his father aged ten|newspaper=The Scotsman|date=30 July 2022| access-date=16 October 2022}}</ref>
* [[Elenor Gordon]] (swimmer)<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/local-news/hamilton-olympic-swimmer-elenor-gordon-3839083|title=Hamilton Olympic swimmer Elenor Gordon McKay dies aged 81|date=12 July 2014| newspaper=Daily Record| access-date=16 October 2022}}</ref>
* [[Paul Hartley]] (Dundee manager & Scotland footballer)<ref>{{Hugman|8482|Paul Hartley|access-date=3 January 2020}}</ref>
* [[David Herd (footballer)|David Herd]] (Arsenal, Manchester United & Scotland footballer)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://hamiltonacciesfc.co.uk/recent-passing-of-david-herd/|title=Recent Passing Of David Herd|date=18 October 2016|publisher=Hamilton Academical Football Club|access-date=16 October 2022|archive-date=22 January 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170122212206/http://www.hamiltonacciesfc.co.uk/recent-passing-of-david-herd/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* [[John Paul McBride]] (St. Johnstone footballer)<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/former-celtic-starlet-john-paul-4320296  |title=Former Celtic starlet John Paul McBride given 32 weeks to pay £160 fine for possessing cocaine|date=25 September 2014|newspaper=Daily Record| access-date=16 October 2022}}</ref>
* [[Walter McGowan]] (boxer)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/boxing/35591287|title=Former world flyweight champion Walter McGowan dies|publisher=BBC Sport|date=16 February 2016|access-date=16 October 2022}}</ref>
* [[Paul McStay]] (Celtic & Scotland footballer)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.scottishfa.co.uk/players/?pid=299&lid=1|title= Paul McStay|publisher=Scottish Football Association| access-date=16 October 2022}}</ref>
* [[Jackie Oakes]] ([[Blackburn Rovers F.C.]], [[Manchester City F.C.]] and [[Queen of the South F.C.]] footballer)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://qosfc.com/legend-1058|title= Jackie Oakes|publisher= Queen of the South F.C. |access-date=16 October 2022}}</ref>
* [[Phil O'Donnell (footballer)|Phil O'Donnell]] (Motherwell, Celtic, Sheffield Wednesday & Scotland footballer)<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2008/jan/01/newsstory.sportobituaries|title=Obituary: Phil O'Donnell|first=Ewan|last=Murray|date=1 January 2008|newspaper=The Guardian|access-date=16 October 2022}}</ref>
* [[Bobby Shearer]] (Rangers & Scotland footballer)<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.scotsman.com/news/obituaries/bobby-shearer-2469133|date=7 November 2006|newspaper=The Scotsman| title=Bobby Shearer|access-date=16 October 2022}}</ref>
* [[Jock Stein]] (Celtic & Scotland manager) born Burnbank<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/scotland/sportscotland/asportingnation/article/0091/ | title=BBC – A Sporting Nation – Jock Stein dies 1985}}</ref>
* [[John Fox Watson]] (Real Madrid & Fulham footballer)<ref>{{cite web| title = ScottishLeague.net SFAQs| url = http://www.scottishleague.net/archive/archive113.htm| publisher = ScottishLeague.net| accessdate = 2008-09-30}}</ref>

===Entertainment and broadcasting===
* [[Jackie Bird]] (broadcaster) (attended school in Hamilton)<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.heraldscotland.com/default_content/12431316.best-days-life-jackie-bird-tv-presenter/|title=The best days of your life? Jackie Bird, TV presenter|date=4 July 2006|publisher=Herald Scotland|access-date=16 October 2022}}</ref>
* [[Laurie Brett]] (actress)<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/scotland/article726662.ece|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110604193653/http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/scotland/article726662.ece|url-status=dead|archive-date=4 June 2011|title=Well, would you just Adam and Eve it?|last=Brown|first=Allan|date=28 May 2006|publisher=The Sunday Times|access-date=11 February 2010}}</ref>
* [[Ian Buchanan]] (actor)<ref>{{cite web|url= https://celticlifeintl.com/ian-buchanan/|title=Ian Buchanan|publisher=Celtic Life International|access-date=16 October 2022}}</ref>
* [[Brian Connolly]] (musician)<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.scottish-places.info/people/famousfirst973.html |title= Brian Connolly|publisher= Gazetteer for Scotland|access-date=16 October 2022}}</ref>
* [[Patricia Dainton]] (actress)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b9eee6355|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160727152639/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b9eee6355|url-status=dead|archive-date=27 July 2016|title=Patricia Dainton|website=BFI|access-date=16 October 2022}}</ref>
* [[Harry Lauder|Sir Harry Lauder]] (entertainer) (lived in Hamilton)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://historic-hamilton.co.uk/2016/03/27/sir-harry-lauder/|title=Sir Harry Lauder|date=27 March 2016 |publisher=Historic Hamilton| access-date=16 October 2022}}</ref>
* [[Allan Lee]] (film editor)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0496788/|title=Allan Lee|publisher=IMDB| access-date=16 October 2022}}</ref>
* [[Marie McLaughlin]] (opera singer)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.roh.org.uk/people/marie-mclaughlin|title=Marie McLaughlin|publisher=Royal Opera House|access-date=16 October 2022}}</ref>
* [[Mark McManus]] (actor)<ref>{{cite news |title=Obituary: Mark McManus |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-mark-mcmanus-1420944.html |work=[[The Independent]] |date=7 June 1994|access-date=16 October 2022}}</ref>
* [[James MacPherson (actor)|James MacPherson]] (actor)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0534220/|title=James MacPherson|website=[[IMDb]] |access-date=16 October 2022}}</ref>
* [[Nicol Williamson]] (Actor, Tony Award nominee)<ref>{{Cite ODNB|id=104622|title=Williamson, (Thomas) Nicol (1936–2011)}}</ref>