Writers from Edinburgh

British writer and physician (1859–1930)

Scottish novelist and poet (1850-1894)

Scottish novelist, poet and playwright (1771–1832)

Scottish mathematician, physicist, and astronomer (1550–1617)

British novelist

Scottish novelist and writer (1918–2006)

Scottish writer

Scottish lawyer, diarist and author (1740–1795)

British politician (born 1967)

English writer of novels, plays and short stories

British writer

British author who promotes pseudoscientific theories

British novelist (1956–2018)

Scottish author of juvenile fiction (1825-1894)

Icelandic writer (1925-2011)

Scottish weaver, actor, poet (1825–1902)

Scottish novelist and poet (1897–1999)

Scottish economist

Scottish ornithologist and naturalist (1800–1874)

Scottish writer, journalist, translator, film critic and poet (1944–2011)

Scottish poet and novelist

Scottish author of children's books (1862–1946)

British author of crime fiction (1952–2024)

British Catholic nun and presenter of documentaries for the BBC on the history of art (1930-2018)

British socialite, courtesan and memoirist; (1754-1823)

Scottish lawyer and writer; (1745-1831)

Scottish poet and writer (1750-1774)

Minister of the Church of Scotland, Scottish theologian and historian, and Bishop of Salisbury; (1643-1716)

Scottish writer (1699-1746)

British writer and lawyer (1813-1865)

Scottish physician and antiquary (1641-1722)

Scottish philosopher (1808-1864)

British writer

Scottish author of the poem The Wallace

British writer and poet

British journalist (born 1932)

Scottish politician, judge, literary critic (1773-1850)

British biologist (1911–1973)

British writer, poet, biographer, and translator (1816–1909)

British writer (1899–1987)

British historian (1904–1976)

Royal Navy officer (1788-1844)

British minister and poet (1808-1889)

British author, critic and academic (1906-1994)

Scottish philosopher and revolutionary (c. 1760–1793)

English writer, poet, novelist (1780–1832)

American writer

British antiquarian (1758-1826)

Scottish advocate, judge, writer and historian; (1747-1813)

poet (1910-1996)

British historian

South African children's author

British writer (1892–1973)

Spanish Marquise and chronicler (1804–1882)

Scottish playwright

British poet (1765–1829)

British writer (1907-1995)

British suffragist (1840-1929)

British doctor (1729-1809)

Scottish archivist and historian, assistant keeper of the Public Record Office, London (1828-1912)