People educated at Dollar Academy

Scottish chemist and physicist (1842–1923)

Scottish astronomer (1843-1914)

British journalist

Surveyor General of India

Scottish poet, writer, artist and gardener (1925–2006)

Royal Navy admiral of the fleet (1880-1960)

Scottish politician (1939–2025)

British colonial official (1850-1946)

Scottish rugby union player

British actor (1907–1983)

Anglo-Indian official, naturalist, and writer (1832–1917)

British film and television director

sport shooter

English church architect in America

Presenter and writer (born 1940)

British triathlete

British zoologist (1852-1912)

British zoologist

Scottish botanist, physician and rugby internationalist (1856-1939)

Scottish sport shooter