Professor Lawrence Ogilvie was born at the old UP manse on Pitsligo Street in 1898. He was lecturer in applied mycology at Bristol University.

Professor Allan Downie, born in Rosehearty in 1907, was professor of bacterio logy at Uverpool University and was credited with a number of important breakthroughs. His close friend Dr Danny Gordon wrote a detailed account of his life in 1989.

The Rev. Walter Gregor, Parish Minister of Pitsligo from 1863-1897, was one of Britain's best known folklorists and his work is of intense value today.

Captain Tom Robertson, who built 52 Pitsligo Street, Rosehearty, was the son of the town's postmaster. He went to sea in 1865 and from 1871 began a career as master on a number of full rigged ships. In 1879 he was awarded the Royal Humane bronze medal for diving into shark infested waters to rescue a member of his crew. Again further awards were presented to him in 1895 while serving as master of the steamship Hawkhurst. A fierce fire raged while on the high seas between Antwerp and Rio de Janeiro. Rather than abandon ship his determination to reach his destination, a further distance of 2300 miles, he fought the fire with all he had and continued to port.His heroic services were rewarded by the government and companies involved.

Captain John Duncan, while a junior seaman, took command of a ship when the captain lost his nerve at the height of a terrifing gale. He was on the Australian run for years with the Ardencluthia; she was crewed by Rosehearty men. In 1880 he and his steam assisted clipper Devonshire perished off the coast of Java while running into a hurricane. Duncan was a daring but ruthless Captain.

Carnegie Family. They were regular visitors to Rosehearty. After all, there were family links. They were descended from Captain Joe Bogue, a character well known on the East Coast. He died in 1877. The last name on his gravestone is his great-grandson Air Marshal David Vaughan Carnegie, who died in 1964.

Robert Henry Johnston. Born in Rosehearty in 1891, son of John D Johnston and Barbara Ann Watt, he started working life as a cooper. After service with the Gordon Highlanders in the first world war he was at various times Fishery Officer at Wick, Lossiemouth, Kirkwall and Fraserburgh. In 1921 he married Jeanette Muir, a native of Kirkwall. During the second world war he was transferred to the Ministry of Food in Edinburgh. In 1948 he became Chief Inspector of Fisheries for Scotland where he remained until he retired to Aberdeen in 1954.