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- Orcadians, who reside primarily in Orkney, are the descendants of Iron Age Picts, Norwegian Vikings and Scots. Because Orkney is a trading hub Orcadians are found all over the world. Jim Baikie British comics artist, who is best known for his work with Alan Moore on Skizz. William Balfour Baikie (1825–1864), explorer and naturalist George Mackay Brown (1921–1996), poet, author, playwright Mary Brunton (1778–1818), author of Self-Control, Discipline and other novels Stanley Cursiter (1887–1976), artist William Towrie Cutt (1898–1981), author Walter Traill Dennison (1826–1894), Orcadian folklorist Kris Drever, folk singer and guitarist Magnus Erlendsson (Saint Magnus) (c.1070-c.1117), Earl of Orkney c.1105-1117 Matthew Forster Heddle (1828–1897), mineralogist, author of The Mineralogy of Scotland Malcolm Laing (1762–1818), author of the History of Scotland from the Union of the Crowns to the Union of the Kingdoms Samuel Laing (1780–1868), author of A Residence in Norway, and translator of the Heimskringla, the Icelandic chronicle of the kings of Norway Samuel Laing (1812–1897), 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 (b.1942), journalist, son of Eric Linklater John D Mackay (b.1909), headmaster and Orkney patriot Murdoch McKenzie (d.1797), hydrographer Edwin Muir (1887–1959), author and poet Dr. John Rae (1813–1893), Arctic explorer Rognvald Kali Kolsson (Saint Rognvald) (c.1103-1158), Earl of Orkney 1136-1158 Julyan Sinclair, television presenter Thomas Stewart Traill (1781–1862), professor of medical jurisprudence at Edinburgh University and editor of the 8th edition of the Encyclopædia Britannica Cameron Stout (b.1971) winner of Big Brother in 2003, brother of Julyan Sinclair William Walls (1819–1893), lawyer and industrialist The Wrigley Sisters Jennifer and Hazel, international folk duo
- Orkneylaiset ovat Orkneysaarten asukkaita, jotka polveutuvat saarelle 700- ja 800-luvuilla tulleista skandinaaveista ja heitä edeltäneistä piktiläisistä asukkaista. Geneetisesti orkneylaiset ovat lähempänä Pohjanmeren kuin Atlantin kansoja. Orkneylaisten on kuvailtu tuntevan itsensä ensin orkneylaisiksi ja vasta toissijaisesti skoteiksi. Äidinkielenään he puhuvat skotin kielen paikallista murretta sekä standardienglantia.
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