Buildings, Castles & Monuments
Notable People From Irvine
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- Mary Andross – Irvine-born pioneer of dietetics
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- Martin Boyd – Inventor of the Automatic Tide Signalling Apparatus
- Lord David Boyle – Solicitor General for Scotland & Lord Justice General. From Irvine.
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- Anne Ross Cousin – Hull-born hymn writer who lived in Irvine.
E
- Henry Eckford – Shipbuilder, naval architect, politician and businessman from Irvine.
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- Duncan Forbes – Casualty at the Battle of Waterloo.
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- John Galt – Irvine-born author and entrepreneur who founded the town of Guelph in Canada.
- Bryce Gilliland – Irvine-born sailor who fought at the Battle of Trafalgar.
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- George Henry – Artist from the Glasgow School.
J
- Robert Logan Jack – Geologist who worked extensively in Australia
K
- Joan Kelly – Irvine-born poet
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- Alexander MacMillan – Book publisher from Irvine.
- Robert Bruce Mantell – Irvine born actor who was prolific for performing in Shakespeare plays.
- James Montgomery – Poet who was given the freedom of the Burgh.
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- Agnes Miller Parker – Irvine-born artist, engraver and illustrator.
- Sir David Paulin – Founder of the Scottish Life Assurance Company
- Frederick Pilkington – Salford-born architect who designed Trinity Church in Irvine.
- Edgar Allan Poe – Boston-born poet who briefly lived in Irvine.
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- Sisters of Sinai – Margaret and Agnes Smith, two sisters from Irvine who learned multiple languages and travelled throughout the Middle East and North Africa. They discovered and translated the earliest known version of the Syriac version of the Gospels.
- John Smith – Irvine-born miner who joined the International Brigade in 1937 and died fighting in the Spanish Civil War.
- James Steedman – Irvine inventor who designed a working design for the screw propeller.
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- Ross Tollerton – Irvine-born Victoria Cross recipient who earned the medal at the Battle of the Aisne.
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- Patrick Warner – Preacher from Musselburgh who became minister of Irvine Old Parish Church.