page_title: North Berwick
section_title: Notable people
hierarchical_section_title: North Berwick / Notable people
caption_attribution_description: English: Ancient Church, North Berwick, East Lothian. The Auld Kirk contains the graves of many famous people. John Blackadder, the Covenanting minister, died on the Bass Rock and is buried here.
context_page_description: North Berwick is a seaside town and former royal burgh in East Lothian, Scotland. It is situated on the south shore of the Firth of Forth, approximately 20 miles east-northeast of Edinburgh. North Berwick became a fashionable holiday resort in the nineteenth century because of its two sandy bays, the East Bay and the West Bay, and continues to attract holidaymakers. Golf courses at the ends of each bay are open to visitors.
context_section_description: John Adamson University Principal
  William Anderson (1750–1778), naturalist who sailed with James Cook
  Willie Anderson, golfer, four times U.S. Open Golf Champion, 1901, 1903–05
  John Blackadder, Presbyterian field-preacher who had a Free Church named after him
  Francis Chalmers Crawford FRSE (1851–1908), botanist
  Hew Dalrymple, Lord North Berwick, Lord President of the Court of Session
  Isobelle Ann Dods-Withers (1876–1939), artist
  John Fian, executed in 1591 for sorcery during the North Berwick witch trials.
  Alexander Home of North Berwick (d. 1597), Provost of Edinburgh
  David Huish, professional golfer
  Charles Lawrie (1923–1976), British golfer and golf course architect
  Catriona Matthew, golfer with seven professional victories, including the Women's British Open in 2009, and five Solheim Cup appearances
  Ben Sayers, golfer, golf course architect and golf club manufacturer; a statue of Sayers stands on Beach Road, near the Tantallon Golf Club
  Sir Edward Albert Sharpey-Schafer (1850–1935), Professor of Physiology at the University of Edinburgh from 1899 to 1933, and Emeritus Professor from 1933 until his death, commissioned the Scottish architect Robert Lorimer to design a substantial family house at North Berwick where he resided until his death.
  Leonard Small, Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland
  David Syme (1827–1908), Australian newspaper proprietor and author
  Ebenezer Syme (1825–1860), Australian newspaper proprietor and manager
caption: Parish Kirk, North Berwick. John Blackadder died on the Bass Rock and is buried here.
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