East Kilbride - Notable People

Notable People

• William and John Hunter, medical pioneers, were born at Long Calderwood within the present-day area of East Kilbride
• Lorraine Kelly, television presenter for GMTV moved to the town with her family when she was aged 13.
• Iain Harvie, guitarist with Scottish rock band Del Amitri, was an East Kilbride resident.
• Actor John Hannah was a resident of East Kilbride, residing in the Murray area
• Adair Turner, former Director-General of the Confederation of British Industry (CBI), lived there during his youth
• Liam Fox, Conservative MP for Woodspring was born and raised in the town
• Scottish rock band The Jesus and Mary Chain were formed in the town
• Muriel Gray, journalist and broadcaster, was born in the town
• Roddy Frame, frontman of Scottish indie band Aztec Camera, was born in the town
• David Scott, singer-songwriter of The Pearlfishers has many produced notable records from a recording studio in the East Kilbride Arts Centre.
• Ally McCoist, Scottish former professional footballer,lead actor in A Shot at Glory, and now manager of Rangers F.C. was brought up in the town
• Kirsty Young, Scottish television and radio presenter and actress was born in the town
• Kate Dickie, actress who appeared in the HBO series Game of Thrones and the 2012 film Prometheus, was born in East Kilbride.
• Ross Montgomery, Scottish darts player and resident of East Kilbride
• Marc Warren, Scottish professional golfer, lived and grew up in town, playing golf at East Kilbride Golf Club
• Blythe Duff, Scottish theatre and television actress of Taggart fame was born and raised in East Kilbride.
• David R. Ross, writer and historian, moved to East Kilbride as a child and resided in the town until his death
• Iain Stewart (geologist), Professor in Geology, Television Presenter and Actor was born and raised in East Kilbride.
• Allan Scott, athlete raised in the town that represented Great Britain at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, currently holds the Scottish 60m hurdle record.
• Adam Sinclair (actor),TV actor for Mile High and other now the new star of movie adaptation of Irvine Welsh's Ecstasy released April 2012.
• Hiding Place, Scottish rock band, were formed in East Kilbride
• Julie Wilson Nimmo (Actress) Famously starred as children's favourite Miss Hoolie in the BBC programme Balamory.Married to 'Still Game' Co-Creator Greg Hemphill.
• Robbie Winters (Scottish Footballer) Robbie started out at Scottish Premier league side Dundee United as a youth product,and after 4 eventful season's at Tannadice he moved on to fellow SPL side Aberdeen FC in a memorable transfer that saw Dons forward Billy Dodds move in the opposite direction (plus cash).Winters went on to play in Norwegian football before returning home to play for Livingston FC and Alloa FC in the twilight of his career.

• David Proctor (Footballer) Former Dundee United and Inverness Caledonian Thistle defender.

• Cult author George Orwell wrote his most famous novel 'cult classic' 1984 while a patient at Hairmyers Hospital in East Kilbride in late 1947 and much of 1948.Orwell was suffering from Tuberculosis while convalescing at Hairmyers.