[4] During the Second World War, deputy leader of the Nazi party Rudolf Hess, crash landed in Floors Farm, west of the village.

The audio equipment manufacturer Linn Products has its factory to the southwest of Waterfoot.

[8] Waterfoot today is purely residential in character, having expanded as a commuter dormitory village, primarily in the latter half of the 20th century.

[11] Winifred Drinkwater, the world's first female commercial airline pilot, was born in Waterfoot on 11 April 1913.

[12] Neil Munro, Scottish author, lived in Waterfoot during the early years of the 20th Century.