Editing Strathaven (section)

==Notable people==
*[[Bertie Auld]], footballer and one of the [[Lisbon Lions]] who played with [[Celtic F.C.|Celtic]], lived in Strathaven<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/local-news/bertie-auld-given-planning-permission-2413069|title=Bertie Auld given planning permission to build two new houses|date=3 November 2011|newspaper=Daily Record|access-date=6 October 2022}}</ref>
*[[Stuart Braithwaite]], singer and musician with the band [[Mogwai]], attended [[Strathaven Academy]]<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.pressreader.com/uk/the-scotsman/20200404/282359746820425|title=Music Maker|newspaper=The Scotsman|date=4 April 2020|access-date=6 October 2022}}</ref>
*[[Eric Caldow]], Scottish international footballer who played with [[Rangers F.C.|Rangers]], founder of Strathaven Dynamo<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/local-news/rangers-hero-strathaven-dynamo-founder-14124694|title=Rangers hero and Strathaven Dynamo founder Eric Caldow remembered by the Avondale club|date=17 March 2019|newspaper=Daily Record| access-date=6 October 2022}}</ref>
*[[William Craig (botanist)|William Craig]], surgeon and botanist, President of the [[Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh|Edinburgh Botanical Society]] and Fellow of the [[Royal Society of Edinburgh]], born in Strathaven<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_indexp1.pdf|access-date=2018-08-01|archive-date=2016-03-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304074135/https://www.royalsoced.org.uk/cms/files/fellows/biographical_index/fells_indexp1.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref>
*[[Linda Fabiani]], [[Scottish National Party]] politician and former [[Scottish Executive]] Minister for Europe, External Affairs and Culture, lived in Strathaven<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/local-news/fabiani-vows-back-party-2440695|title=Fabiani vows to back her party|date=18 February 2009| newspaper=Daily Record| access-date=6 October 2022}}</ref>
*[[David Fernández (footballer, born 1976)|David Fernández]], Spanish footballer who spent most of his career in Scotland playing for clubs including [[Celtic F.C.|Celtic]] and [[Kilmarnock F.C.|Kilmarnock]], lived in Strathaven<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ukphonebook.com/telephone-directory/person-details/David-Fernandez-Strathaven_._zRVHdo10N9-F-uftiTxQdUm8HkBRnoWSAuQujOuthQd6EJTWO86e4evWZAqFpfJUdN|title= David Fernández|publisher=UK Phone Book| access-date=6 October 2022}}</ref> 
*[[James Fowler (Australian politician)|James Mackinnon Fowler]], Australian politician and founding member of the Victorian Socialist League, born in Strathaven<ref>{{cite web|url=http://exhibitions.senate.gov.au/pogg/members/fowler.htm|title=James Mackinnon Fowler (1863-1940)|publisher=The First Parliament of the Commonwealth of Australia|  access-date=6 October 2022}}</ref> 
*[[Gordon Gibb]], businessman, [[CEO]] of [[Flamingo Land Theme Park and Zoo|Flamingo Land Ltd]] and former chairman of [[Bradford City A.F.C.|Bradford City Football Club]], brought up in Strathaven<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.thetimes.com/article/gordon-gibb-more-ups-than-downs-sfs9fw5g8qc|title=Gordon Gibb: more ups than downs|date=12 July 2009|newspaper=[[The Times]]| access-date=6 October 2022}}</ref> 
*[[Robert Giffen|Sir Robert Giffen]], financial editor of ''[[The Times]]'' newspaper and President of the [[Royal Statistical Society]], born in Strathaven.<ref>{{cite DNB12 |wstitle= Giffen, Robert |volume= 2 |last=  Hall |first= Hubert |author-link= |pages=103-105 |short=1}}</ref>
*[[Andy Kerr (Scottish politician)|Andy Kerr]], Labour politician and former [[Scottish Executive]] Health Minister, lives in Strathaven.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/14440933.labour-ex-ministers-purchase-museum-mansion-sparks-landmark-facebook-defamation-case/|title=Labour ex-minister's purchase of museum mansion sparks landmark Facebook defamation case|date=21 April 2016|newspaper=Herald Scotland|  access-date=6 October 2022}}</ref> 
*[[Harry Lauder|Sir Harry Lauder]], singer, comedian and music hall entertainer<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nationalgalleries.org/art-and-artists/123028/sir-harry-lauder-sir-winston-churchill-lauders-estate-lauder-ha-strathaven-south-lanarkshire|title=Sir Harry Lauder (1870 - 1950) with Sir Winston Churchill (1874 - 1965) at Lauder's estate, Lauder Ha', in Strathaven, South Lanarkshire|website=National Galleries of Scotland}}</ref>
*[[Thomas Leiper]], tobacco merchant<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://dla.library.upenn.edu/dla/pacscl/detail.html?id=PACSCL_LCP_LCPLeiper|title=Thomas Leiper and family business records, 1771-1947|website=dla.library.upenn.edu|access-date=11 October 2020|archive-date=18 November 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181118161744/http://dla.library.upenn.edu/dla/pacscl/detail.html?id=PACSCL_LCP_LCPLeiper|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[Marion Jean Lyon]], the first women advertising manager of a major British publication, was born in Strathaven<ref>{{cite encyclopedia|author=Lizzie Broadbent |year=2023 |title=Lyon [''married name'' Raven-Hill], (Marion) Jean |encyclopedia= [[Oxford Dictionary of National Biography]] |publisher=[[Oxford University Press]] |doi=10.1093/odnb/9780198614128.013.90000380812}}</ref>
*[[Stuart McCall]], Scottish international footballer who played for [[Rangers F.C.|Rangers]], [[Everton F.C.|Everton]] and [[Bradford City A.F.C.|Bradford City]], lived in Strathaven<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/lifestyle/property/former-rangers-star-stuart-mccalls-12594048|title=Former Rangers star Stuart McCall's luxury country estate up for sale for £1million|date=25 May 2018|newspaper=Daily Record| access-date=6 October 2022}}</ref>
*[[Una McLean]], actress and comedian<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/latestnews/2019/una-mclean-river-city|title=BBC - Una McLean retires her River City role as matriarch Molly O'Hara - Media Centre|website=www.bbc.co.uk|access-date=11 October 2020|archive-date=11 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201011184501/https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/latestnews/2019/una-mclean-river-city|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[John Miller (Queen's Park footballer)|John Miller]], footballer for Scotland, Queen's Park F.C. and Pollock FC
*[[Aileen Neilson]], Paralympian, lives in Strathaven<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/local-sport/strathaven-woman-aileen-neilson-skip-14037507|title=Strathaven woman Aileen Neilson to skip Scotland at 'home' World Curling Championships|date=25 February 2019|newspaper= Daily Record| access-date=6 October 2022}}</ref>
*[[Corrie Scott]], swimmer and bronze medalist at the [[2014 Commonwealth Games]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.teamscotland.scot/athlete/corrie-scott/|title=Corrie Scott|access-date=31 August 2020|archive-date=11 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201011184504/https://www.teamscotland.scot/athlete/corrie-scott/|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[Jack Smart (footballer)|Jack Smart]], football player
* [[Andy Stewart (politician)|Andy Stewart]], Conservative MP from 1983–1992 for [[Sherwood (UK Parliament constituency)|Sherwood]], chaired Strathaven [[Unionist Party (Scotland)|Young Unionists]] in 1957–58.<ref>{{cite news | url = https://www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/letters/10389736/Dont-blame-old-people-for-the-financial-woes-of-the-rising-generation.html| title = Telegraph Letters - Lord Lexden on 'Tories and the Union' | accessdate = 20 October 2013 | location=London | work=The Daily Telegraph | date=19 October 2013}}</ref>
*[[Danny Thomson|Daniel Thomson]], footballer 
*[[Sara Vickers]], actor, born in Strathaven<ref>[https://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/ "Vickers, Sara Louise. F. 1985. 579/ 13. Strathaven"], Statutory registers – Births, [[ScotlandsPeople]], (registration required)</ref> 
*[[Ricky Warwick]], singer and guitarist with rock bands [[The Almighty (band)|The Almighty]] and [[Circus Diablo]], currently vocalist with [[Thin Lizzy]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.glasgowtimes.co.uk/entertainment/15138047.black-star-riders-owe-inspiration-to-scottish-roots/|title=Black Star Riders owe inspiration to Scottish roots|website=Glasgow Times}}</ref>
*[[James Wilson (revolutionary)|James Wilson]], revolutionary leader who participated in the [[Scottish Insurrection of 1820]]<ref name=craig/>
*[[Barry Leitch]], video game music composer