John Howison manufactured shawls and tartans at his premises in Drummond Street; he is also described as a woollen and linen draper. He lived at Rosehall, opposite the cemetery.
William McTaggart is acclaimed as one of Scotland's finest painters, specialising in sea and skyscapes inspired by his childhood in Kintyre (Argyll), and subsequent frequent visits there.
The Rev Dr John Ross, United Presbyterian China Missionary, is revered by millions of Koreans for the translation of the New Testament into Korean, and his grave is the most frequently visited one in Newington Cemetery.
Alice and Frederic Salomon, brother and sister, died just three years apart. They are buried in the first two plots of the cemetery's Jewish section, although they were not the first burials.