Forfar is the county town of Angus, Scotland and the administrative centre for Angus Council, with a new multi-million pound office complex located on the outskirts of the town. As of 2021, the town has a population of 16,280.
Frank Robert Hill was a Scottish football player and manager.
Wilfrid Lawson Low was a Scottish footballer who played as a centre-half for Aberdeen and Newcastle United.
David Bruce Smith is a Scottish former professional football player and manager.
Jim Clunie was a Scottish football player and manager.
David Prophet McLean was a Scottish footballer who played as a striker, scoring consistently throughout his career. At club level he represented Celtic, Preston North End, Sheffield Wednesday, Third Lanark, Rangers, Bradford, Dundee and Forfar Athletic. He had one cap for Scotland.
Steve Murray is a Scottish former footballer who played as a midfielder. He spent the majority of his career in the north-east of Scotland, with Dundee and Aberdeen. Murray also enjoyed success with Glasgow club Celtic and represented Scotland once. He later managed Forfar Athletic and Montrose.
David Dickie Howie was a rugby union player, who represented Scotland and Kirkcaldy RFC. He enlisted as a trooper in the local yeomanry in September 1914, at the start of the First World War. After undergoing training in England, he was commissioned second lieutenant in the Royal Field Artillery in April 1915 and despatched to Gallipoli in August. During the evacuation of Anzac Bay, he contracted pneumonia, and died in Cairo, Egypt, after shooting himself with a revolver while in a state of delirium. He is buried at the Cairo War Memorial Cemetery.
Jan "Jacky" Willem Hurter Morkel was a South African international rugby union player, who also played first class cricket. Morkel played at centre for Somerset West RFC and Western Province. He was selected for South Africa for the 1912–13 tour of the Home Nations and France. He played in 18 games on the tour, including all five test matches, and scored four tries, two of them against Ireland. His brother, Gerhard, and his cousins 'Boy' and Dougie, were also on the tour. Jacky Morkel also represented Transvaal in cricket.
Joseph Thomas Gordan Shaughnessy is an Irish professional defender who plays for Dundee. Shaughnessy has previously played for Aberdeen, Forfar Athletic, Falkirk, St Johnstone, Southend United and St Mirren. He has represented the Republic of Ireland national under-21 football team at international level.
Nicky Alister Low is a Scottish footballer who plays as a midfielder and has signed for Clydebank until end of 2022-2023 season.
George 'Dod' Brewster was a Scottish former professional football centre-half who played for Aberdeen, Everton, and Wolverhampton Wanderers.
Richard "Dickie" Ewen was a Scottish former professional footballer, who played for Aberdeen FC, Forfar Athletic FC, and subsequently for several Highland Football League Clubs.
Ian Fleming is a Scottish former football player and manager. He played for Kilmarnock, Aberdeen, Sheffield Wednesday and Dundee and was then player-manager of Brechin City.
Jordon Brown is a Scottish professional footballer, who currently manages Scottish League One club Peterhead.
Michael Alexander Rose is a Scottish professional footballer who plays as a defender. Rose began his career with Aberdeen and has also played on loan for Forfar Athletic.
John Stewart Wyllie, also known as Jock Wyllie (1884–1940) was a Scottish professional footballer who played as a centre half.
George William Stanger is a professional footballer who plays as a defender for Alloa Athletic.
Bill Connon was a Scottish rugby union player. He became the 101st President of the Scottish Rugby Union. He was also a golf administrator in the north-east of Scotland and organised the Northern Open tournament for a number of years.
The 2022–23 season will be Dumbarton Football Club's first in Scottish League Two, the fourth tier of Scottish football, having finished ninth in the division in 2021–22 season and been relegated via the playoffs. Dumbarton will also compete in the Scottish League Cup and the Scottish Cup.
