Editing Dunbar (section)

===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