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The following is a list of some of famous people from Scotland:
Actors (see also 'Humourists')
- Ian Bannen, (1928-1999)
- Billy Boyd, (born 1968)
- Gerard Butler, (born 1969)
- Robert Carlyle, (born 1961)
- Hamish Clark, (born 1967)
- Robbie Coltrane, (born 1950)
- Sean Connery, (born 1930)
- Billy Connolly (born 1942)
- Tom Conti, (born 1941)
- James Cosmo, (born 1948)
- Brian Cox, (born 1946)
- Alan Cumming, (born 1965)
- Craig Ferguson, (born 1962)
- Rikki Fulton, (born 1924)
- Dougie Henshall, (born 1965)
- James Robertson Justice, (1905-1975)
- Deborah Kerr, (born 1921)
- Fulton Mackay, (1922-1987)
- David McCallum, (born 1933)
- Angus McFadyen, (born 1963)
- Ewan McGregor, (born 1971)
- Peter Mullan, (born 1954)
- Bill Paterson, (born 1945)
- Dougray Scott, (born 1965)
- Alastair Sim, (1900-1976)
- John Gordon Sinclair, (born 1962)
Architects
Artists
- John Byrne, (born 1940)
- Robert Colquhoun
- Peter Howson
- Margaret MacDonald, (1865-1933), wife of Charles Rennie Mackintosh
- Robert MacBryde
- Dugald MacColl
- James MacGillivray, sculptor
- David Mach, (born 1956), sculptor and installation artist
- Alexander Nasmyth, (1758-1840), landscape painter
- Patrick Nasmyth, (1787-1831), landscape painter, son of Alexander
- Henry Raeburn, (1756-1823), portrait painter
- David Wilkie (1785 -1841) painter
Business
- Arthur Anderson, (1792-1868), co-founder of P&O
- Alexander Berry, (1781-1873), Australias first Millionaire?? Had a town named after him.
- David Buick, founded the Buick car company
- Andrew Carnegie, (1835-1919), ruthless steel magnate and death-bed philanthropist
- Thomas Blake Glover, (1838-1911) Nagasaki-based trader in 19th century Japan
- Irvine Laidlaw Scotland's 2nd richest man and founder of the modern conference company
- William Paterson, (1658-1719), founder Bank of England
Composers
Engineers and Inventors
- Sir William Arrol, (1839-1913), bridge builder
- John Logie Baird, (1888-1946), television
- Alexander Graham Bell, (1847-1922), telephone, National Geographic, Hydrofoil
- Henry Bell, (1767-1830), ran Euope's first commercially successful steamboat
- John Shepherd-Barron, automatic teller machine (ATM)
- James Chalmers, (1782-1853), adhesive postage stamp
- Sir Dugald Clerk, (1854-1932), two-stroke Clerk Cycle engine
- Robert Davidson, first electric locomotive, 1837
- John Boyd Dunlop, the modern rubber tyre
- Charles Macintosh, (1766-1843), patented waterproofing
- Kirkpatrick MacMillan, (18131878) the bicycle
- John McAdam modern road construction
- Sir Robert McAlpine (Concrete Bob), (1847-1934), road builder
- Patrick Miller of Dalswinton, steamboat pioneer.
- James Nasmyth, (1808-1890), Steam Hammer
- William Symington, (1764-1831), engineer, built the first practical steam boat
- Thomas Telford, (1757-1834) architect, civil engineer, bridge designer
- James Watt, (1736-1819), engineer, significantly improved the steam engine
Explorers
- William Bruce, (1867-1921) Antarctica
- David Douglas, explorer, botanist
- Alexander Forbes, American Pacific coast
- James Augustus Grant, (1827-1892), eastern Africa
- Alexander Gordon Laing (17931826), first European to reach Timbuktu
- David Livingstone, (1813-1873), explorer, missionary in Africa
- Alexander MacKenzie (explorer)
- Archibald Menzies (1754-1852)
- Thomas Mitchell (1792-1855), Australia
- Mungo Park (1771-1806), Africa
- John Rae, Canadian Arctic
- James Clark Ross, (1800-1862), Antarctica
- John McDouall Stuart, (18151866), most famous of all Australia's inland explorers
Humourists
Musicians
- Ian Anderson singer, flautist, songwriter, and guitarist Jethro Tull
- Ali Bain fiddler
- David Byrne (born 1952)
- Phil Cunningham accordionist
- Justin Currie (born 1964), singer, songwriter and bassist with Del Amitri
- Donovan (born 1946)
- Fish (born 1958)
- Sheena Easton (born 1959)
- Roddy Frame songwriter Aztec Camera
- Franz Ferdinand, band
- Bobby Gillespie, singer with Primal Scream
- Evelyn Glennie (born 1965), percussionist
- Alex Harvey (1935-82), singer, songwriter, and guitarist
- Hamish Henderson folk song collector and writer
- Annie Lennox (born 1954)
- Sir Harry Lauder (1870-1950)
- Lulu (born 1948)
- James Kerr (Jim), (born 1959)
- Mark Knopfler (born 1949), guitarist, Dire Straits frontman
- Canon Sydney MacEwan, singer
- Ewan MacColl (1915-1989), folk-singer/songwriter
- Dougie MacLean contemporary folk songwriter
- John McGeoch (1955-2004)
- Kenneth McKellar
- Shirley Manson (born 1966), singer/songwriter, Garbage frontwoman
- Michael Marra songwriter
- Bob Powell (born 1961) composer
- Craig Reid (born 1962) songwriter The Proclaimers
- Charles Reid (Charlie) (born 1962) songwriter The Proclaimers
- Ricky Ross (born Dundee 22nd December 1957) songwriter Deacon Blue
- Bon Scott AC/DC frontman
- Jimmy Shand
- Andy Stewart (1933-1994)
- James Ure (Midge), (born 1953)
- Angus Young AC/DC guitarist
- Malcolm Young AC/DC
- Lena Zavaroni (1963-1999)
Philosophers
- Adam Smith, (1723-1790), economist, free trade, laisser-faire, division of labour
- Henry Home, Lord Kames, (1696-1782)
- David Hume, (1711-1776), inspired Immanuel Kant
- James McCosh, (1811-1894)
- Duns Scotus, (1266-1308)
Rulers, Politicians
- Tony Blair, (born 1953), UK Prime Minister
- Gordon Brown, (born 1951), Labour Chancellor of the Exchequer
- Robert the Bruce, Robert I of Scotland
- Bonnie Prince Charlie, The Young Pretender to the throne of Great Britain
- Donald Dewar, (born 1937), Scotland First Minister
- Robert Cunninghame-Graham ('Don Roberto') aristocrat socialist
- Jo Grimond, (1913-1993), Liberal Party leader from 1956 to 1967
- James VI of Scotland and I of England, (1603-1625)
- Jimmy Maxton, leader of the Independent Labour Party
- Tom Johnston (Tam), post WW2 Secretary of State for Scotland
- Mary, Queen of Scots, (1542-1587)
- Macbeth, King on the receiving end of a bad press
- John MacCormick, Nationalist
- John A. Macdonald, First Prime Minister of Canada
- Margo MacDonald, Nationalist
- Ramsay MacDonald, (1866-1937), UK Prime minister
- Malcolm MacDonald
- Alexander MacKenzie, second Prime Minister of Canada
- John MacLean, revolutionary
- Alex Salmond, Politician (SNP leader 1990-2000 & 2004-)
- Jim Sillars, founder of Scottish Labour Party, MP
- John Smith, (1938-1994) Labour Party leader
- David Steel, (born 1938), Liberal Party leader from 1976 to 1988
- William Wallace, (c. 1270-1305), a.k.a. Braveheart
Scientists
See List of Scottish scientists
Sportsmen and -women
- Ken Buchanan, (born 1945), world champion boxer
- Jim Clark Formula 1 driver
- David Coulthard, (born 1971), Formula 1 driver
- Kenny Dalglish, (born 1951), footballer and a manager of Liverpool F.C.
- Alex Ferguson footballer and a manager of Manchester United F.C.
- Wyndham Halswelle, runner
- Dougal Haston (1940 - 1977), mountaineer.
- Eric Liddell (1902-1945), athlete, one of the two subjects of Chariots of Fire
- Jackie Lockhart curler, skip of Scotland team that won the 2002 world championships
- Benny Lynch, (1913-1946), world champion boxer
- Hamish MacInnes mountaineer
- Colin MacRae world champion rally driver
- Ally McCoist, (born 1962), football player
- Liz McColgan (Liz), (born 1964), athlete
- Billy McNeill footballer and a manager of Glasgow Celtic F.C.
- Graham Obree broke world hour record (on a home-made bike)
- Jackie Stewart world champion Formula 1 driver
- Andrew Watson world's first black international football player, captain and administrator
- Jim Watt world champion boxer, won the WBC World Lightweight title
- David Wilkie swimmer
Television Personalities
Theologians
- William Robinson Clark, (1829-1912) Born Daviot, Aberdeenshire became Dean of Taunton and prebendary of Wells 1859-1880 and Professor of Theology, mental and moral philosophy - University of Toronto, Canada 1888-1912. External link: William Robinson Clark (http://www.oliveweb.clara.net/clark-hogg/ch-gallery-clark-william-robinson.htm) and obitituary (http://www.oliveweb.clara.net/clark-hogg/ch-gallery-clark-william-robinson-obituary.htm).
- Alexander Henderson (1583-1646)
- John Knox, (c.1513-1572)
- Thomas McCrie
- John Duns Scotus, (c.1266-1308)
- George Wishart, (1513-1546)
Writers
See List of Scottish writers
Others
- Alison Balfour, a "notorious witch"
- Rev Dr Andrew Bell, (1853-1852), Educationist, developer of the Madras System
- Helen Duncan, "Hellish Nell", the last woman to be tried under the witchcraft act
- Muriel Gray, (born 1959), author, broadcaster and businesswoman
- Douglas Haig, (1861-1928), commander-in-chief of British forces during World War I
- Hamilton, a Scots clan
- Elsie Inglis, medical reformer and suffragette
- John Paul Jones, (1747-1792), admiral of the Russian and American Navies
- Captain Kidd, (1645-1701), pirate
- Flora Macdonald, jacobite and empire loyalist
- Rob Roy MacGregor, romantic outlaw
- John James Richard Macleod, (1876-1935)
- John Muir, (1838-1914), 19th century environmentalist
- James Murdoch,(1856-1921) journalist and teacher in Japan and Australia
- Robert Noble
- Allan Pinkerton, (1819-1884), US detective
- John Charles Walsham Reith, (1889-1971), a.k.a Lord Reith, first Director General of BBC
- Alexander Selkirk, (1676-1723), inspiration for Robinson Crusoe, by Daniel Defoe
- Christian Shaw, started the Paisley thread industry
- Moira Shearer
- Mary Slessor, missionary and advocate for women's rights
- Elizabeth, Countess of Sutherland, enthusiastic contributor to the Highland Clearances
- Robert William Thomson
See also: List of people by nationality, List of Kings of the Picts
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