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page 1People associated with Shetland
Hugh MacDiarmid
Scottish poet, pen name of Christopher Murray Grieve (1892–1978)
Jakob Jakobsen
Faroese linguist (1864–1918)
William Smith
English captain who discovered the South Shetland Islands
Douglas Henshall
British television, film and stage actor
William Edmondstoune Aytoun
British writer and lawyer (1813-1865)
Ian Bairnson
Scottish musician, guitarist (1953–2023)
Henry I Sinclair, Earl of Orkney
Scottish and Norwegian nobleman
Sigurd Magnusson
Norwegian noble
Leif Larsen
Norwegian sailor and resistance fighter (1906-1990)
Jo Grimond
British soldier, politician and academic (1913-1993)
Thomas Edmondston
British botanist (1825-1846)
Sjúrður
Sjúrður (or Sigurd), was, around the year 1300, lawman of Shetland and was also possibly lawman of the Faeroe Islands.
Harry Horse
British artist (1960–2007)
Richard Holland
15th-century Scottish cleric and poet
Robert Stewart, 1st Earl of Orkney
recognized illegitimate son of James V, King of Scotland
Samuel Hibbert-Ware
British geologist and antiquarian (1782-1848)
Jen Hadfield
Scottish poet and artist