When you visit Burns' Corridor, visit some other Icon's homes lying between Largs & Gretna.
THE ICON LIST [Burns lifetime (1759 - 1796) in red]
Thomas Soulis ((?)1244-1304) Giffen (near Beith) and perhaps Kilmarnock, Ayrshire. Scottish “rebel”.
John Balliol (c.1249-c. 25 November 1314) Elected King of Scots
William Wallace (12??-1305) born (probably New Cumnock, Ayrshire - prove me wrong) murdered in London.
Robert the Bruce (1274-1329) Carrick, Ayrshire. King of Scotland from 25 March 1306
Robert II (1316-1390) born in Dundonald, Ayrshire, became King of Scots in 1371
William Cochrane (1605-1686)
John Montgomerie (? -1731) Giffen near Beith, Ayrshire. Colonel. Colonial Governor of New York and New Jersey from 1728 to 1731.
Richard Oswald 1705-1784
Mary (Ramsay) Oswald (- 1788)
John Paul Jones (1747-92) born on an estate near Kirkcudbright.
Sir Gilbert Blane (1749 - ) born in Blanefield, near Kirkoswald, Ayrshire.
William Murdoch, (1754-1839) Born at Bello Mill, Lugar, Ayrshire
John Loudon MacAdam (1756-1836) Born in Ayr
Robert Burns (1759-1796) born Alloway, two miles south of Ayr.
Isabel M'Ghie (1760-1836)
William Symington (1763-1831) born in Leadhills, Dumfriesshire
Sir James Shaw (1764-1843) born in Riccarton, Ayrshire. Former Lord Mayor of London.
Sir Thomas Makdougall Brisbane (1773-1860) Major-General, 1st Baronet, GCH, GCB Largs, soldier, colonial Governor and astronomer.
Henry Eckford (1775-1832) born in Irvine, Ayrshire.
John Galt (1779-1839) born in Irvine.
Thomas Morton (1783-1862 ) born in Mauchline, Ayshire.
Betsy Miller (1790-1864) born in Saltcoats, Ayrshire.
James Steadman (1790-1865) (inventor of Screw Propeller)
John D ick (1792-1860) [a brother of Maxwell D ick] by 1839 held five eighths of Ayr Observer.
John Fulton (1800-1854) born in Fenwick, Ayrshire drove forward the Industrial Revolution.
John (Johnnie) Walker (1805-1857)
Edgar Alan Poe (1809-1849) was schooled in Irvine
James George Smith Neill (1810-1857) born in Dalry, Ayrshire. Brigadier-General. Cawnpore.
Kirkpatrick Macmillan (1813-1878) Born in Keir Mill near Thornhill, Dumfriesshire.
Andrew Barclay (1815-1900) born in Dalry, Ayrshire. Enginesmith.
Dr Thomas Boyle Grierson (1818-1889) born in Dumfries.
James D ick (1823-1902) born in Kilmarnock, Ayrshire. Millionaire
Maxwell D ick (inventor)
James Clerk Maxwell (1831-1879) born in Glenlair, nr St John's Town of Dalry, Dumfries & Galloway
Joseph Heughan (1837-1902) of Auchencairn, Kirkcudbrightshire.
John Boyd Dunlop, (1840-1921) born in Dreghorn, Ayrshire.
Henry Faulds (1843-1930) Beith, Ayrshire. Surgeon, Missionary. Pioneer of fingerprinting.
William Fife III (1857-1944) born in Fairlie Scottish yacht designers and builders.
Joseph Thompson (1858-1895)
J M Barrie (1860-1937) Dumfries
Andrew Fisher (1862-1921) born in Crosshouse, Ayrshire. Prime Minister of Australia 3 times.
John Boyd Orr (1880-1971) 1st Baron Boyd-Orr, CH, DSO, MC born in Kilmaurs, Ayrshire.
Sir Alexander Fleming (1881-1955) born at Lochfield Farm near Darvel in Ayrshire, Scotland.
Jane Haining (1897-1944) born in Dunscore, Dumfriesshire.
Sir Thomas Blane Hunter. (1961- ) born in New Cumnock, Ayrshire. Scotland's first billionaire.
William (Bill) Shankly (1913-1981) born in Glenbuch, Ayrshire. Liverpool manager and saint.
Gavin Maxwell, (1914-?)
George Burley (1956-)
Chris J Rollie Writer (NCB)
The Twelve Apostles (near Dumfries)