Buildings, Castles & Monuments
Notable People From Stevenston
- Edward Boyd – Award-winning T.V and radio crime writer from Stevenston.
- Thomas Christie – Printer and Stationer.
- Robert Cunninghame – Inherited the Barony of Stevenston and established the biggest, most productive colliery in Ayrshire.
- Alexander Hamilton – One of the founding fathers of the USA.
- Hugh Hogarth – Founder of the Baron Line
- Francis Love – Poet and song-writer from Stevenston. A book of his poems was published post-humously in 1863.
- James Morrison – First Provost of Stevenston
- William Ritchie – Born in Stevenston and known as the ‘Father of Belfast Shipbuilding’.