Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index Scotland, part of the United Kingdom, seems to have more than its fair share of famous and influential men and women for its size and population. The following is a list of some of the best known. Table of contents 1 Actors 2 Architects 3 Artists 4 Business 5 Composers 6 Engineers and Inventors 7 Humourists 8 Musicians 9 Philosophers 10 Rulers, Politicians 11 Scientists 12 Sportsmen and -women 13 Television Personalities 14 Theologians 15 Writers 16 Others Actors Billy Boyd, (born 1968) Robert Carlyle, (born 1961) Robbie Coltrane, (born 1950) Sean Connery, (born 1930) Billy Connolly (born 1942) Tom Conti, (born 1941) Brian Cox Alan Cumming, (born 1965) Rikki Fulton, (born 1924) James Robertson Justice Deborah Kerr, (born 1921) Fulton Mackay, (1922-1987) Ewan McGregor, (born 1971) David Niven, (1909-1983) Alastair Sim, (1900-1976) Architects Charles Rennie Mackintosh, (1868-1928), husband of Margaret MacDonald James Stirling, (1926-1992) Artists Robert Colquhoun Margaret MacDonald, (1865-1933), wife of Charles Rennie Mackintosh Robert MacBryde Dugald MacColl James MacGillivray, sculptor Alexander Nasmyth, (1758-1840), landscape painter Patrick Nasmyth, (1787-1831), landscape painter, son of Alexander David Wilkie (1785 -1841) painter Business Arthur Anderson, (1792-1868), co-founder of P&O Alexander Berry, (1781-1873), Australias first Millionair?? Had a town named after him. David Buick, founded the Buick car company Andrew Carnegie, (1835-1919), ruthless steel magnate and death-bed philanthropist Composers Hamish MacCunn James Macmillan Engineers and Inventors Sir William Arrol, (1839-1913), bridge builder Alexander Graham Bell, (1847-1922), telephone, National Geographic, Hydrofoil John Logie Baird, (1888-1946), television James Chalmers, (1782-1853), adhesive postage stamp Sir Dugald Clerk, (1854-1932), two-stroke Clerk Cycle engine John Boyd Dunlop, the modern rubber tyre Sir Robert McAlpine (Concrete Bob), (1847-1934), road builder Charles Macintosh, (1766-1843), patented waterproofing John McAdam modern road construction James Nasmyth, (1802-1890), Steam Hammer Thomas Telford, (1757-1834) James Watt, (1736-1819) Humourists Ronald Balfour Corbett (Ronnie), (born 1930) Stanley Baxter, (born 1926) Janet Brown, (born 1924) Graeme Garden, (born 1943) Rory Bremner, (born 1961) Musicians Ian Anderson singer, flautist, songwriter, and guitarist Jethro Tull Ali Bain fiddler David Byrne, (born 1952) Phil Cunningham accordionist Donovan, (born 1946) Fish, (born 1958) Sheena Easton Roddy Frame songwriter Aztec Camera Evelyn Glennie, (born 1965), percussionist 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 Freuder Knopfler, (born 1949) Michael Marra songwriter Dougie MacLean contemporary folk songwriter Ewan MacColl, (1915-1989), folk-singer/songwriter Kenneth McKellar Graig Reid (born 1962) songwriter The Proclaimers Charles Reid (Charlie) (born 1962) songwriter The Proclaimers Jimmy Shand Andy Stewart, (1933-1994) James Ure (Midge), (born 1953) Lena Zavaroni (1963-1999) Philosophers Henry Home, Lord Kames, (1696-1782) David Hume, (1711-1776), inspired Immanuel Kant James McCosh, (1811-1894) 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 Alex Salmond, Nationalist (SNP leader 1990-2000) 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 James Dewar, (1842-1923), low temperature physicist, invented the vacuum flask Alexander Fleming, (1881-1955), biologist Professor George Forbes, (1849-1936), electrical engineering, hydro-electric power generation Thomas Graham, (1805-1869), chemist James Hutton, (1726-1797), put geology on a scientific basis Joseph Lister, (1827-1912), surgeon, pioneered antisepsis techniques James Clerk Maxwell, (1831-1879), thermodynamics and electromagnetic theorist John Napier, (1550-1617), mathematician (see logarithms) Mary Fairfax Sommerville, mathematician and astronomer Robert Watson-Watt, (1892-1973), invented radar Paraffin Young a.k.a. James Young, James (Paraffin) Young Sportsmen and -women Ken Buchanan, (born 1945), world champion boxer Jimmy 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 Dougal Haston mountaineer Benny Lynch, (1913-1946), world champion boxer Hamish MacInnes mountaineer Colin MacRae world champion rally driver Ally McCoist, (born 1962), football player Elizabeth McColgan (Liz), (born 1964), althlete 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 Jim Watt world champion boxer, won the WBC World Lightweight title Television Personalities Nicky Campbell, (born 1962) Gail Hipgrave (Gail Porter), (born 1971) John Leslie (John Leslie Stott), (born 1965), television presenter Lorraine Kelly, (born 1959), television presenter and journalist Carol Smillie, (born 1961) Theologians 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" Helen Duncan, "Hellish Nell", the last woman to be tried under the witchcraft act Craig Ferguson, (born 1962) Muriel Gray, (born 1959), author, broadcaster and businesswoman Douglas Haig, (1861-1928), commander-in-chief of British forces during World War I Elsie Inglis, medical reformer and suffragette John Paul Jones, (1747-1792), admiral of the Russian and American Navies Captain Kidd, (1645-1701), pirate David Livingstone, (1813-1873), explorer, missionary Flora Macdonald, jacobite and empire loyalist Rob Roy MacGregor, romantic outlaw John James Richard Macleod, (1876-1935) John Muir, (1838-1914), 19th century environmentalist Robert Noble Allan Pinkerton, (1819-1884), US detective Sir William Ramsay John Charles Walsham Reith, (1889-1971), a.k.a Lord Reith, first Director General of BBC James Clark Ross, (1800-1862), explorer 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 Adam Smith, (1723-1790), economist, free trade, laisser-faire, division of labour Elizabeth, Countess of Sutherland, enthusiastic contributor to the Highland Clearances Josephine Tey, (1896-1952), writer Robert William Thomson Kirsty Wark, (born 1955), journalist and broadcaster See also: List of people by nationality, List of Kings of the Picts This article is from Wikipedia. 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