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’.

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