Notable Residents and Visitors
Famous Bute people include
- Richard Attenborough, film director owned the Rhubodach estate on the island at one time;
- Andrew Bannatyne (1798 - 1871), politician, lawyer and businessman;
- Lieutenant Henry Robertson (Birdie) Bowers (1883–1912) polar explorer, who died with Scott in the Antarctic;
- Adam Crozier, former chief executive of the Royal Mail;
- The current Marquess of Bute is former Formula One racing driver Johnny Dumfries.
- Thomas Bannatyne Gillies Supreme Court Judge
- George Leslie Hunter, colourist painter;
- Edmund Kean, Shakespearean actor;
- Ashley Lilley, actress, played the role of Ali in the 2008 film adaptation of "Mamma Mia";
- Sir William Macewen FRS (1848–1924), surgeon;
- John William Mackail, writer and scholar;
- John Sterling, critic, journalist and poet;
- Hector Whitelaw Shinty player and Scotland Vice-captain;
- Bob Winter Glasgow's Lord Provost (2007 - 2012);
- Lena Zavaroni, singer was born and grew up in Rothesay.
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