People of Balfron have contributed their skills in many places and fields.
- Alexander ‘Greek’ Thomson, architect
- The Barnwell Brothers, engineers
- Colin Gregor, rugby union player
- Andrew Dow Griffen, benefactor
- Craig Mathieson, adventurer
- Douglas N. Muir, Senior Curator of Philately
- Professor George Eason, mathematician
- George Thomson, missionary
- James “Jimmy” Greenock, professional footballer
- Jean Kay of Edenbellie, abducted
- Colonel John Robert Dunkeld, soldier and hotelier
- John Hart, rugby union player
- Dr Brian Keighley, GP
- Brian McGinley, football referee
- John Macgregor, shipbuilder
- John McLintock, benefactor and entrepreneur
- John Napier of Merchiston, inventor of logarithms
- Julian Richard Smith, Member of Parliament
- Lauren Gray, curler
- Logan Gray, curler
- Richard Barnwell, managing director of Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Co. Ltd
- Robert Dunmore of Kelvinside, merchant
- Sir Robert Muir, Professor of Pathology
- Ross Murdoch, swimmer
- Stewart Campbell, rugby union player
- Rev. Thomas H. Burns-Begg. minister at the North Church
- Sir William Bilsland, baker
- William Lockhart, Master Baker
- William Cooper Thomson, missionary
- Saint Kessog
See also:
- Photo album – The people of Balfron