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Janice
Annal
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Local
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William
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A
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Mary
Brunton
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Wrote
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Born Orkney, 1778 |
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Alistair
Buchan
Community |
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Chief Executive of Orkney Islands Council. |
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Stanley
Cursiter
Art |
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One of
Scotland's top painters of the 20th Century. |
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Peter
Maxwell
Davies
Music |
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A
great composer who has adopted Orkney as his home. |
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Lives in Orkney
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Brian
Hall
Business |
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Local
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Magnus
Linklater
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A top
journalist who became editor of The Scotsman. |
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Born in Orkney |
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John D.
McKay
Education |
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Head
of Sanday School who wrote an important letter.
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Sarah
McKay
Police |
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Has never regretted
her decision to join the police force.
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Born in Orkney |
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Murdoch
Mackenzie
Maps |
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Saved
many lives with his charts of the sea around Orkney. |
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Edwin
Muir
Writer |
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A poet
and novelist who became a Professor at Harvard.
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Harald
Robertson
Vet |
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A vet
who has travelled and lived in many countries.
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Cameron
Stout
Media |
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His
kindness and decency helped him win TV's Big
Brother.
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Professor
Thomas
Stewart
Traill |
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Doctor
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Walter
Traill
Dennison |
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Recorded
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Professor
William
Turmeau |
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Chairman of the Scottish Environment Protection
Agency.
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William
Walls
Business |
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Industrialist who had a Glasgow street named after
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Wrigley
Sisters
Music |
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Two
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