Editing Dunbar (section)

==Notable people==
=== Pre 1000===
* Saint [[Wilfrid]] (633–709) - 7th to early 8th century English [[bishop]] and [[saint]]; imprisoned for a time in Dunbar<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.englandsnortheast.co.uk/CuthbertWilfrid.html|title=Saint Cuthbert and Saint Wilfrid 657-688AD|website=www.EnglandsNortheast.co.uk|access-date=19 June 2017}}</ref>
* Saint [[Cuthbert]] (634–687) - early [[saint]] and [[evangelism|evangelist]] of the [[Northumbria]]n church, [[Bishop]] of [[Lindisfarne]],{{sfn|Hunt|1888}} at a time when [[Northumbria]] was a leader in promoting and spreading the message of Christianity in a British and wider European context<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.northumbrianassociation.com/index.php?page=the-gospel-story-the-truth|title=The Gospels Story - Northumbrian Association|website=www.NorthumbrianAssociation.com|access-date=19 June 2017}}</ref> and, he was, according to some authors, born in and initially brought up in Dunbar to a local noble family, before being fostered in the [[Melrose, Scottish Borders|Melrose]] area with a related or allied family as per the traditions of his class and time.<ref>Battiscombe, C. F. (ed), The Relics of Saint Cuthbert, Oxford University Press, 1956</ref>

===1001-1500===
* [[Black Agnes]] (1312–1369) - Countess of Dunbar and heroine of local folklore{{sfn|Vian|1888}}
* [[Joan Beaufort, Queen of Scots]] (1404–1445) - wife of [[King]] [[James I of Scotland]], who served as the [[Regent]] of [[Scotland]] in the immediate aftermath of his death and during the minority of her son [[James II of Scotland]], before being engulfed in a power struggle with members of the nobility. In desperation she took refuge in [[Dunbar Castle]] where she was subsequently besieged by her opponents, in which place and circumstances she died in the year 1445.{{sfn|Brown}}
* [[Alexander Stewart, Duke of Albany]] (1454–1485) - second son of [[King]] [[James II of Scotland]] and [[Mary of Guelders]], was [[Duke of Albany]], [[Earl of March]], Lord of [[Annandale, Dumfries and Galloway|Annandale]] and [[Isle of Man]] and the [[Warden of the Marches]], which altogether gave him an impressive power base in the east and west borders, centred on Dunbar Castle which he owned and lived in. He attempted to seize control of Scotland from his brother [[King]] [[James III of Scotland]], but was ultimately unsuccessful.{{sfn|Mackay|1898a|p=264-267}}
* [[John Stewart, Duke of Albany]] (1482–1536) - de facto ruler of Scotland and important soldier, diplomat, and politician in a Scottish and continental European context, was the only son of the above [[Duke of Albany]], and managed where his father had failed and became [[Regent]] of [[Scotland]], while he also became [[Count]] of [[Auvergne]] and [[Lauraguais]] in France and, lastly, inherited from his father the position of [[Earl of March]], which allowed him to likewise use [[Dunbar Castle]] as his centre of power in Scotland.{{sfn|Bonner}}{{sfn|Mackay|1898b|p=317-322}}

===1501-1900===
* [[James Hepburn, 4th Earl of Bothwell]] (1534–1578) - notorious third and last husband of [[Mary, Queen of Scots]], and owner of Dunbar Castle
* [[Alexander Dow]] (1735–1779) - influential [[Oriental studies|Orientalist]], author and British [[East India Company]] army officer; resident and educated in Dunbar for part of his boyhood
* [[Robert Wilson (engineer)|Robert Wilson]] (1803–1882) - one of the inventors of the ship's [[propeller]], born and bred in Dunbar from a local family
* Sir [[Anthony Home]] (1826–1914) - British soldier who was notable as a recipient of the [[Victoria Cross]] and the eventual achievement of the rank of [[Surgeon-General (United Kingdom)|Surgeon-General]] of the [[British Armed Forces]]; born and bred in Dunbar from a local family
* [[John Muir]] (1838–1914) - important conservationist, geologist, environmental philosopher, and pacifist; one of the founders of the United States system of National Parks and [[Sierra Club]], born in Dunbar
* [[Walter Runciman, 1st Baron Runciman]] (1847–1937) - major shipowner and maverick [[Liberal Party (UK)|Liberal]] politician, born in Dunbar to parents from Dunbar{{sfn|Johnstone|Cregier}}
* [[Reginald Wingate|General Sir Reginald Wingate]] (1861–1953) - 1st Baronet, army officer and colonial governor, 'the maker of the [[Anglo-Egyptian Sudan]]', [[Governor-General of the Sudan]] (1899–1916), British High Commissioner in Egypt (1917–1919), commander of military operations in the [[Hedjaz]] (1916–1919), for many years the senior general of the British army, long-time resident in Dunbar{{sfn|Daly}}
* [[Jack Hobens]] (1880–1944) - Scottish-American [[professional golfer]]
* Dr [[James Wyllie Gregor]] (1900–1980) - botanist, born in Dunbar

===1901-present===
* [[William Alexander Bain]] (1905–1971) - pharmacologist
* [[Sadie Aitken]] (1905–1985) - Scottish actor, theatre manager, film critic for BBC
* [[Hugh Trevor-Roper]] (1914–2003) - renowned English historian who boarded at [[Belhaven Hill School]]
* [[Davy Henderson]] (b. 1962) - Scottish musician ([[The Fire Engines]], [[The Nectarine No. 9]])
* [[Maria Lyle]] (b. 2000) - para-sprinter, won medals at both the Commonwealth and Paralympic Games