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-lrb- 2007 -rrb- presbyterianism 20,000 insular pictish scots , scottish english . historically norn and orcadians
 orkney 48,322
orcadians

orcadians are the native population of the orkney islands .
historically , they are descended from the picts , norse and scots .
jim baikie british comics artist , who is best known for his work with alan moore on `` skizz '' william balfour baikie -lrb- 1825 -- 1864 -rrb- , explorer and naturalist george mackay brown -lrb- 1921 -- 1996 -rrb- , poet , author , playwright mary brunton -lrb- 1778 -- 1818 -rrb- , author of `` self-control '' , `` discipline '' and other novels joseph storer clouston -lrb- 1870-1944 -rrb- , author and historian thomas clouston -lrb- 1840 -- 1915 -rrb- , psychiatrist , superintendent of the royal edinburgh asylum james copland -lrb- 1791 -- 1870 -rrb- , physician and prolific medical writer stanley cursiter -lrb- 1887 -- 1976 -rrb- , artist william towrie cutt -lrb- 1898 -- 1981 -rrb- , author walter traill dennison -lrb- 1826 -- 1894 -rrb- , orcadian folklorist kris drever , folk singer and guitarist magnus erlendsson -lrb- saint magnus -rrb- -lrb- c.1070-c .1117 -rrb- , earl of orkney c.1105-1117 matthew forster heddle -lrb- 1828 -- 1897 -rrb- , mineralogist , author of `` the mineralogy of scotland '' malcolm laing -lrb- 1762 -- 1818 -rrb- , author of the `` history of scotland from the union of the crowns to the union of the kingdoms '' samuel laing -lrb- 1780 -- 1868 -rrb- , author of `` a residence in norway '' , and translator of the `` heimskringla , the icelandic chronicle of the kings of norway '' samuel laing -lrb- 1812 -- 1897 -rrb- , chairman of the london , brighton & south coast railway , and introducer of the system of `` parliamentary '' trains with fares of one penny a mile .
kristin linklater , born 1946 , voice teacher , actor , director and author magnus linklater -lrb- b. 1942 -rrb- , journalist , son of eric linklater john d mackay -lrb- b. 1909 -rrb- , headmaster and orkney patriot ernest marwick -lrb- 1915 - 1977 -rrb- , writer noted for his writings on orkney folklore and history murdoch mckenzie -lrb- d. 1797 -rrb- , hydrographer f. marian mcneill -lrb- 1885-1973 -rrb- folklorist , best known for writing `` the silver bough '' edwin muir -lrb- 1887 -- 1959 -rrb- , author and poet dr. john rae -lrb- 1813 -- 1893 -rrb- , arctic explorer robert rendall -lrb- 1898 -- 1967 -rrb- , poet , and amateur naturalist rognvald kali kolsson -lrb- saint rognvald -rrb- -lrb- c.1103-1158 -rrb- , earl of orkney 1136-1158 julyan sinclair , television presenter thomas stewart traill -lrb- 1781 -- 1862 -rrb- , professor of medical jurisprudence at edinburgh university and editor of the 8th edition of the `` encyclopædia britannica '' cameron stout -lrb- b. 1971 -rrb- winner of big brother in 2003 , brother of julyan sinclair james wallace -lrb- fl .
1684 -- 1724 -rrb- , physician and botanist william walls -lrb- 1819 -- 1893 -rrb- , lawyer and industrialist thomas webster -lrb- 1773 -- 1844 -rrb- , scottish geologist and architect the wrigley sisters jennifer and hazel , international folk duo
