The most famous person connected to Dumfries and Galloway is Robert Burns ... but there are other claims to fame to be made by the south west of Scotland:
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James Matthew Barrie
Playwright and novelist best known for Peter Pan. - Robert Burns
Scottish poet and writer of traditional Scottish folk songs. - Thomas Carlyle
Scottish essayist, historian and influential social critic. - David Coulthard
Formula 1 racing driver from Twynholm. - Samuel Crockett
Writer with prodigious output inspired by Galloway landscape. - Henry Duncan
Founder of a great banking movement. - Jane Haining
A missionary who die for her beliefs. - John Paul Jones
Upheld ideals of liberty and independence from tyranny. - Jessie Marion King
Artist and illustrator. - John Laurie
Actor most famous for 'Dad's Army'. - William Nicholson
The Bard of Galloway. - Thomas Telford
Scottish Civil Engineer. - The Wicker Man
Filmed almost entirely on location in Dumfries and Galloway. - Ray Wilson
Singer with Stiltskin and has been a front person for Genesis. - Other Nominations
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