People associated with Shetland

Scottish poet, pen name of Christopher Murray Grieve (1892–1978)

Faroese linguist (1864–1918)

English captain who discovered the South Shetland Islands

British television, film and stage actor

British writer and lawyer (1813-1865)

Scottish musician, guitarist (1953–2023)

Scottish and Norwegian nobleman

Norwegian noble

Norwegian sailor and resistance fighter (1906-1990)

British soldier, politician and academic (1913-1993)

British botanist (1825-1846)

Sjúrður (or Sigurd), was, around the year 1300, lawman of Shetland and was also possibly lawman of the Faeroe Islands.

British artist (1960–2007)

15th-century Scottish cleric and poet

recognized illegitimate son of James V, King of Scotland

British geologist and antiquarian (1782-1848)

Scottish poet and artist