Notable People From Dalry

• Elizabeth ‘Bessie’ Dunlop – Woman from Dalry who was convicted of witchcraft and was consequently burnt at the stake at Castle-hill in Edinburgh.
• James Dunlop – Astronomer from Dalry
• George Houston – Landscape artist from Dalry.
• David Ross Lauder – Dalry-born Victoria Cross recipient who war awarded the medal for his actions in the Gallipoli campaign.
• William Riddet – Academic from Dalry who studied Dairying and Agriculture.
• William Gibson Sloan – Evangelical missionary