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Rev. Matthew Armour [2] (1820-1903), Sanday's radical Free Kirk Minister
Sir Peter Maxwell Davies (b.1934), composer and Master of the Queen's Music
Lt.-Col. George Faulknor Francis Horwood (1838-1897), Deputy Lieutenant of Orkney
Andrew Greig (b.1951), Scottish writerJo Grimond (1913-1993), Liberal Party leader and MP for Orkney and Shetland 1950-1983David Harvey (b.1948), footballerEric Linklater (1899-1974), novelist, playwright, journalist, essayist and poetWilliam Sichel (b.1951), ultra distance runnerLuke Sutherland (b.1971), writer of novels Jelly Roll , Sweetmeat and Venus as a Boy
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