Editing Dingwall (section)

==Notable people==
*[[James Fraser of Brea]] theologian and prisoner on the [[Bass Rock]]<ref>{{cite book |last1=Aird |first1=Gustavus |author2=[[Gustavus Aird|Gustavus Aird's]] sketch is often bound with Fraser's Memoirs |title=Short Sketch of Rev. Mr Fraser |date=1891 |publisher=Melven |location=Inverness |pages=v-vi |url=https://archive.org/details/memoirsofjame00fras/page/n7 |access-date=23 February 2019}}</ref>
*[[James Alexander MacDonald (botanist)|Prof James Alexander MacDonald]] (1908–1997) botanist, born and raised in Dingwall.<ref>{{cite book|title=Biographical Index of Former Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 1783–2002|date=July 2006|publisher=The Royal Society of Edinburgh|isbn=0-902-198-84-X|url=https://www.royalsoced.org.uk/cms/files/fellows/biographical_index/fells_indexp2.pdf|access-date=22 June 2017|archive-date=4 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304074135/https://www.royalsoced.org.uk/cms/files/fellows/biographical_index/fells_indexp2.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* Major General [[Hector MacDonald|Sir Hector Archibald MacDonald]], Son of a local Crofter at Rootfield, Dingwall.<ref>{{cite book |title= Scottish Notes and Queries|editor1-first= John|editor1-last= Bulloch|volume= 1|chapter= The Ancestry of General Hector Macdonald|year= 1900|publisher= A. Brown & Co.|location= Aberdeen|page= 188|chapter-url= https://archive.org/stream/scottishnotesan03unkngoog#page/n213/mode/1up|access-date=10 April 2011}}</ref>
*[[John M'Gilligen]] of [[Fodderty]] who held [[conventicle]]s in houses throughout the county<ref>{{cite book |last1=M'Crie |first1=Thomas, D.D. the younger |title=The Bass rock: Its civil and ecclesiastic history |date=1847 |publisher=J. Greig & Son |location=Edinburgh |page=[https://archive.org/details/bassrockitscivil00mcri/page/n394 235]–259 |url=https://archive.org/details/bassrockitscivil00mcri|accessdate=22 December 2018}}{{PD-notice}}</ref>
*[[John Kennedy of Dingwall]], [[Free Church of Scotland (1843–1900)|Free Church of Scotland]] minister
*[[Duncan Leitch (minister)|Rev Duncan Leitch]], Moderator of the General Assembly of the [[Free Church of Scotland (since 1900)|Free Church of Scotland]] in 1952<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://gravestones.rosscromartyroots.co.uk/picture/number6886.asp|title=Ross & Cromarty Roots &#124; Duncan Leitch.|website=gravestones.rosscromartyroots.co.uk}}</ref>
*[[Julie Fowlis]], a folk singer and multi-instrumentalist<ref>{{Cite news| last = Denselow| first = Robin | title = Going back to her roots| newspaper = [[The Guardian]]| date = 1 August 2008| url =https://www.theguardian.com/music/2008/aug/01/folk.gaelic | access-date = 13 August 2008}}</ref>
*[[Kate Forbes]], [[Deputy First Minister of Scotland]] and member of the [[Scottish Parliament]] for [[Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch (Scottish Parliament constituency)|Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch]], was born and went to school in Dingwall.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Political class|url=https://www.ed.ac.uk/edit-magazine/supplements/political-class|access-date=2021-01-16|website=The University of Edinburgh|date=27 June 2017 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2019-10-04|title=Getting to know you: Kate Forbes|url=https://www.holyrood.com/inside-politics/view,getting-to-know-you-kate-forbes_13766.htm|access-date=2021-01-16|website=Holyrood Website|language=en}}</ref>
*[[Thomas Simpson (explorer)]], Arctic explorer and accused murderer (1808–1840)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://collections.dartmouth.edu/arctica-beta/html/EA15-67.html |title=Simpson, Thomas|publisher=Dartmouth College Library|access-date=9 October 2022}}</ref>
*[[Willie Logan (Loganair)|Willie Logan]], civil engineer and founder of aviation company [[Loganair]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.scottish-places.info/people/famousfirst769.html|title=William (Willie) Logan | publisher=Gazetteer for Scotland| access-date=9 October 2022}}</ref>
*[[Colin Calder]], founder of the Club Atletico Rosario Central  - Argentina on 24 December 1889<ref>{{cite news | url = https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-28192617 | title = Who were ye?: Scot who brought football to Messi city | work = BBC News | date = 9 July 2014| publisher =  | access-date =}}</ref>