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Architects

• Robert Adam (1728–1792)
• William Adam (1689–1748) Father of Robert and architect and builder
• Robert Rowand Anderson (1834–1921)
• Sir William Bruce (c.1630-1710)
• Edward Calvert (c. 1847 – 1914)
• Charles Cameron (1743–1812)
• Colen Campbell (1676–1729)
• Alan Dunlop (1958-present)
• James Leslie Findlay (1868–1952)
• James Gibbs (1682-1754)
• Ian G Lindsay (1906–1966)
• Robert Lorimer (1864–1929)
• Charles Rennie Mackintosh (1868–1928), architect, designer and watercolourist, husband of Margaret MacDonald (Artist)
• Robert Matthew (1906–1975)
• James Miller (1860–1947)
• Gordon Murray (1954-present)
• James Playfair (1755–1794), father of William Henry
• William Henry Playfair (1790–1857)
• David Rhind (1808–1883)
• James Robert Rhind, (1854–1918)
• Basil Spence (1907–1976)
• James Stirling (1926–1992)
• Thomas S. Tait (1882–1954)
• Alexander 'Greek' Thomson (1817–1875)
• Frederick Thomas Pilkington (1832–1898)

Artists

• Cosmo Alexander (c. 1724 – 1772), noted portraitist in the United States^[1]
• John Alexander ( -1733), painter and engraver
• David Allan (1744-1796), painter of historical subjects
• John Amabile (born 1964), interior designer
• Muirhead Bone (1876–1953), etcher
• Mark Boyle (1934–2005)
• Robert Brough (1872-1905), painter
• John Byrne (born 1940)
• James Cadenhead (1858-1927), painter
• George Paul Chalmers (1836-1878), painter
• Robert Colquhoun (1914–1962)
• Jack M. Ducker (1890-unknown), painter who specialized in highland landscapes
• Ian Hamilton Finlay (1925-2006), sculptor and installation artist
• John Watson Gordon (1788-1864), painter
• James Guthrie (1859-1930), painter
• George Heriot (1563-1624), Scottish goldsmith, jeweler, and philanthropist
• Peter Howson (born 1958)
• John Kelso Hunter (1802-1873), self-taught portrait painter and author of two books
• Hew Lorimer (1907–1993), sculptor and brother of architect Robert Lorimer
• Margaret MacDonald (1865–1933), wife of Charles Rennie Mackintosh
• Robert MacBryde (1913–1966)
• Dugald MacColl (1859–1948)
• James MacGillivray, sculptor (1856–1938)
• David Mach (born 1956), sculptor and installation artist
• William MacTaggart (1903-1981), landscape painter
• R. R. McIan (1803-1856), painter
• William McTaggart (1835-1910), landscape painter
• William Miller, engraver (1796–1882)
• Alexander Nasmyth (1758–1840), landscape painter
• Patrick Nasmyth (1787–1831), landscape painter, son of Alexander
• John Pettie (1839-1893), painter
• Henry Raeburn (1756–1823), portrait painter
• John Robertson Reid (1851-1926), painter
• Alexander Runciman (1736-1785), painter of historical and mythological subjects
• Archibald Skirving (1749-1819), Scottish portrait painter
• Reverend John Thomson (1778–1840), landscape painter and minister of Duddingston Kirk
• Jack Vettriano (born 1951)
• Alison Watt (1965- ), painter
• David Wilkie (1785-1841), painter
• Christopher Wood (born 1962), contemporary abstract landscape painter
• Ian Fairweather (1891-1974), Scottish/Australian painter

Business

• Arthur Anderson (1792–1868), co-founder of P&O
• James Gordon Bennett, Sr. (1795–1872) founder and publisher of the New York Herald
• Alexander Berry (1781–1873), town of Berry named after him, possibly first millionaire in Australia
• David Buick (1854–1929) founded the Buick car company
• Andrew Carnegie (1835–1919), steel magnate, major philanthropist
• William Davidson (1740–1890) entrepreneur and founder of the first colony in New Brunswick, Canada
• Dr. Henry Duncan (1774–1846) Church of Scotland Minister. Started the world's first savings bank in Ruthwell, Dumfries and Galloway
• Sir Tom Farmer (born 1940), entrepreneur
• Thomas Blake Glover (1838–1911) Nagasaki-based trader in 19th century Japan
• Robert Gordon (1668–1731), founder of the Robert Gordon University
• George Heriot (1563–1624), goldsmith and founder of George Heriot's School
• Tom Hunter, entrepreneur and philanthropist, founder of Sports Division
• Irvine Laidlaw (born 1943) Scotland's 6th richest man and founder of the modern conference company
• John Law (1671–1729), advocate of paper money and founder of the Mississippi Company
• Thomas Leishman, founder of United Breweries, India
• Stewart Milne, founder of Stewart Milne Group and majority shareholder of Aberdeen FC
• William Paterson (1658–1719), founder Bank of Scotland and Bank of England
• George Watson (1654–1723), first chief accountant of the Bank of Scotland, and founder of George Watson's College
• William Walls (1819–1893), lawyer and industrialist, influenced the development of 19th century Glasgow
• Wilson, Sons (1837 - present) Edward and Fleetwood Pellow Wilson (One of South America's largest shipping brokers)

Composers

• Robert Burns (1759–1796)
• Robert Carver (c.1485–c.1570)
• Ronald Center (1913–1973)
• Erik Chisholm (1904–1965)
• Lindsay Davidson (born 1973)
• James Dillon (born 1950)
• Iain Hamilton (1922–2000)
• Hamish MacCunn (1868–1916)
• John Blackwood McEwen (1868–1948)
• Edward McGuire (born 1948)
• John McLeod (born 1934)
• James MacMillan (born 1959)
• Gordon McPherson (born 1965)
• Stuart MacRae (born 1976)
• Thea Musgrave (born 1928)
• Morris Pert (born 1947)
• Francis George Scott (1880–1958)
• Ronald Stevenson (born 1928)
• William Sweeney (born 1950)
• William Wallace (1860–1940)
• Judith Weir (born 1954)
• Thomas Wilson (1927–2001)

Engineers and inventors

• Sir William Arrol (1839–1913), bridge builder
• Alexander Bain (1818–1903), fax machine
• John Logie Baird (1888–1946), television
• Alexander Graham Bell (1847–1922), telephone, National Geographic, Hydrofoil
• Henry Bell (1767–1830), ran Europe's first commercially successful steamboat
• James Braid (1795–1860), hypnosis
• James Chalmers (1782–1853), adhesive postage stamp
• Sir Dugald Clark (aka Clerk), (1854–1932), first two stroke cycle engine (the Clark cycle)
• Robert Davidson (1804–1894), first electric locomotive
• James Dewar (1842–1923), inventor of the Thermos flask and co-developer of cordite
• William Dickson (1860–1935), motion picture camera and the world's first film
• John Boyd Dunlop (1840–1921), the modern rubber tyre
• Sir Alexander Fleming (1881–1955), isolated Penicillin from the fungus Penicillium notatum
• James Harrison (1816–1893), pioneer in mechanical refrigeration
• James Bowman Lindsay (1799–1862), inventor of the constant electric light bulb
• Charles Macintosh (1766–1843), patented waterproofing
• Kirkpatrick MacMillan (1813–1878), the bicycle
• John Loudon McAdam (1756–1836), modern road construction
• Sir Robert McAlpine (Concrete Bob), (1847–1934), road builder
• Patrick Miller, steamboat pioneer
• William Murdoch (1754–1839), pioneer of gas lighting
• James Nasmyth (1808–1890), Steam Hammer
• John Rennie the Elder (1761-1821), engineer, designer of the "new" 19th Century London Bridge
• Robert Stirling Newall (1812–1889), engineer, improved wire rope and submarine cable laying.
• John Shepherd-Barron (born 1925), inventor of the Automatic Teller Machine
• William Symington (1764–1831), engineer, built the first practical steam boat
• Thomas Telford (1757–1834) architect, civil engineer, bridge designer
• Robert William Thomson (1822–1873)
• Sir Robert Watson-Watt (1893-1973), Developed Radar
• James Watt (1736–1819), engineer, significantly improved the steam engine
• James Young Simpson (1811–1870), introduced chloroform into surgery
• Archibald Cochrane, 9th Earl of Dundonald, (1749-1831) made many general useful inventions, particularly in the navy
• Sir Thomas Cochrane, 10th Earl of Dundonald (1775 - 1860), designed many inventions to do with naval technology as well as steam engines
• William John Macquorn Rankine (1820 - 1872), developed a complete theory of the steam engine and indeed of all heat engines
• John Loudon McAdam, a type of road construction pioneered by the Scotsman John Loudon McAdam in around 1820
• Sir James Dewar (1842 – 1923), invented the vacuum flask

Explorers

• William Alexander, 1st Earl of Stirling (1570–1640)
• William Alexander (the younger), (1602–1638)
• Albert Armitage
• John Arthur
• William Balfour Baikie (1824–1864), Africa, surgeon and naturalist on the 1854 Niger expedition
• Peter Belches
• Alexander Berry
• Henry Robertson Bowers
• James Bruce (1730–1794), traveller and travel writer
• William S. Bruce (1867–1921) Antarctica, first to widely explore the Weddell Sea
• David Buchan
• Colin Campbell (1686–1757), co-founder of the Swedish East India Company
• David Douglas (1799–1834), explorer, botanist, introduced about 240 species of plants to Great Britain, including the Douglas-fir
• Hugh Clapperton
• John Dundas Cochrane
• William Cormack
• Robert Bontine Cunninghame Graham ("Don Roberto"), (1852–1936)
• William Kennedy Dickson
• Douglas Douglas-Hamilton, 14th Duke of Hamilton (1903–1973), Mount Everest, aviator and first man to see Everest from above
• Alexander Forbes, American Pacific coast
• Henry Ogg Forbes
• George Glas
• Robert Gordon of Straloch (1580–1661), map maker of Scotland
• James Augustus Grant (1827–1892), eastern Africa, member of the exhibition that found the sources of the Nile
• James Hector
• Alexander Keith Johnston (1844–1879)
• John Kirk
• Alexander Gordon Laing (1793–1826), first European to reach Timbuktu
• Macgregor Laird
• William Lithgow
• David Livingstone (1813–1873), explorer, missionary in Africa, discovered Victoria Falls
• John MacGregor
• Gregor MacGregor
• Alexander Mackenzie (1764–1820), Canada & Arctic Ocean
• Harry McNish
• Archibald Menzies (1754–1852)
• Major Sir Thomas Mitchell (1792–1855), Australia
• John Muir (1838–1914)
• John Murray
• Mungo Park (1771–1806), Africa, first European to reach the Niger
• William Paterson
• John Rae (1813–1893), Canadian Arctic
• John Richardson
• Sir James Clark Ross (born in London), (1800–1862), Antarctica, discovered the Ross Sea, Victoria Land, and the volcanoes Mount Erebus and Mount Terror
• Henry Sinclair, 1st Earl of Orkney (c. 1345 – c. 1400), allegedly explored North America in 1398
• John McDouall Stuart (1815–1866), most famous of all Australia's inland explorers, led the first expedition to successfully traverse the continent from south to north
• Joseph Thomson
• John Wood
• James Wordie
• Charles Wyville Thomson
• Tom Weir (1914–2006), climber, author and broadcaster

Humorists

• Stanley Baxter (born 1926)
• Rory Bremner (born 1961)
• Janet Brown (born 1924)
• Des Clarke
• Billy Connolly (born 1942)
• Ronald Balfour Corbett (Ronnie), (born 1930)
• Ivor Cutler (born 1923)
• Graeme Garden (born 1943)
• Janey Godley (born 1961)
• Greg Hemphill (born 1969)
• Ford Kiernan (born 1962)
• Brian Limond (born 1975)
• Doon Mackichan (born 1962)
• Chic Murray (1919–1985)
• Frankie Boyle
• Rikki Fulton
• Harry Lauder
• Ronnie Corbett
• Craig Ferguson (born 1962)
• Jimmy Kranky
• Janette Kranky
• Rab C Nesbitt

Musicians

Please refer to List of Scottish musicians

Philosophers

• John Abercrombie (1780–1844)
• John Anderson (1893–1962)
• Thomas Brown (1778–1820)
• Adam Ferguson (1723–1816)
• Sir William Hamilton (1788–1888)
• Henry Home, Lord Kames (1696–1782)
• David Hume (1711–1776), inspired Immanuel Kant (Himself of Scottish Heritage through his mother)
• John Mair, othewise known as Major, (1467–1550), teacher of George Buchanan, John Knox, and influencer of Calvin and Loyola
• Alasdair MacIntyre (born 1929)
• John Macmurray (1891–1976)
• James McCosh (1811–1894)
• Thomas Reid (1710–1796), played an integral role in the Scottish Enlightenment
• Duns Scotus (1266–1308)
• Adam Smith (1723–1790), Economist, Free Trade, Laissez-faire, Division of Labour
• Dugald Stewart (1753-1828), common sense philosopher.

Photographers

• Albert Watson (born 1942), fashion and celebrity photographer
• Harry Benson World-renowned celebrity and pop culture photographer

Rulers, politicians, soldiers

• James Alexander (1691–1756), attorney general of New Jersey^[1]
• Cardinal David Beaton (c. 1494 – 1546)
• Tony Blair (born 1953) (born in Scotland), Former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1997 - 2007)
• Gordon Brown (born 1951), Labour Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, (2007–present)
• Calgacus
• Richard Cameron (c. 1648 – 1680), Republican Covenanter and founder of the "Cameronians"
• Colin Campbell, 1st Baron Clyde (1792–1863)
• Colin Campbell
• Sir Thomas Cochrane, 10th Earl of Dundonald (1775–1860), Admiral in the Royal Navy
• James Connolly (1868–1916) Irish socialist leader, executed by firing squad following the Easter Rising.
• Robert Bontine Cunninghame Graham ("Don Roberto"), (1852–1936), first socialist Member of Parliament (MP)
• Donald Dewar (1937–2000), former First Minister of Scotland
• Sir Archibald Douglas (c. 1298 – 1333), Regent of Scotland and leader of Scots forces at the Battle of Halidon Hill
• James Douglas, 4th Earl of Morton (1525–1581), Regent of Scotland
• Alec Douglas-Home (1903–1995), British Prime minister
• Andrew Fletcher of Saltoun (1653–1716)
• John Forbes (1707–1759), Scottish general
• Annabel Goldie (born 1950), leader of the Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
• James Graham, 1st Marquess of Montrose (1612–1650), Covenanter and Royalist leader of Highland Armies
• Viscount (Bonnie) Dundee (c. 1648 – 1689), Jacobite Highland Army leader
• Jo Grimond (1913–1993), Liberal Party leader from 1956-67
• Douglas Haig (1861–1928), Commander of British Forces during World War I
• James Hamilton, 2nd Earl of Arran (1516–1575), Regent of Scotland.
• Keir Hardie (1856–1915)
• David B. Henderson (1840-1906), Politician and Speaker of the House of Representatives from 1899 to 1903
• King James IV (1473–1513)
• James VI of Scotland and I of England (1603–1625)
• Charles I of Scotland and of England (1625-1649)
• Tom Johnston (Tam), (1882–1965), World War II Secretary of State for Scotland
• John Paul Jones (1747–1792), father of the American Navy
• Charles Kennedy (born 1959), leader of the Liberal Democrats 1999-2006
• Arthur MacArthur, Sr. Governor of Wisconsin and grandfather of Gen. Douglas MacArthur
• Macbeth of Scotland (c. 1005 – 1057), High King of Scotland
• Jack McConnell (born 1960), First Minister of Scotland (2001-2007)
• John MacCormick (1904–1961), nationalist
• John A. Macdonald (1815–1891), first Prime Minister of Canada
• Margo MacDonald (born 1943), nationalist
• Malcolm MacDonald (1901–1981)
• Ramsay MacDonald (1866–1937), British Prime minister
• Rob Roy MacGregor (1671–1734)
• Alexander Mackenzie (1822–1892), second Prime Minister of Canada
• Colin Mackenzie (c. 1754 – 1821), soldier in British India
• Alexander Slidell MacKenzie, US NAvy
• Ranald Slidell Mackenzie, US Cavalryman
• William McKinley, US President
• John MacLean (1879–1923), revolutionary
• Henry McLeish (born 1948) former First Minister
• Mary, Queen of Scots (1542–1587)
• Jimmy Maxton (1885–1946), leader of the Independent Labour Party
• Hugh Mercer Continental Army General
• Richard Montgomery Continental Army General
• Viscount Montgomery British Field Marshal
• Andrew Moray (died 1297) military leader during the Scottish Wars of Independence
• George Smith Patton US General-World War II
• Jerry Rawlings (born 1947), former president of Ghana; partly of Scottish descent
• Robert the Bruce (1274–1329), Robert I of Scotland
• Alex Salmond (born 1954), current First Minister
• Jim Sillars (born 1937), founder of Scottish Labour Party (1976), MP
• John Smith (1938–1994) Labour Party leader
• David Steel (born 1938), Liberal Party leader from 1976-88
• Nicol Stephen (born 1960), former leader of the Scottish Liberal Democrats
• Lord Stirling, American Revolutionary War General
• Prince Charles Edward Stuart (1720–1788), Jacobite Field Marshal and heir to the throne of Great Britain.
• Archibald Sinclair, 1st Viscount Thurso (1890–1970), Liberal Party leader from 1935-45
• William Wallace (c. 1270 – 1305), a.k.a. The Wallace
• General Sir Thomas Graham, Lord Lynedoch (1748 - 1843), leading Napoleonic General.
• Sir Thomas John Cochrane (1789 - 1872), Royal Navy First Sea Lord.

Scientists

Sportspeople

See also Scottish Sports Hall of Fame.

• Robert Archibald (born 1980), 1st Scottish NBA player
• Alain Baxter (born 1973), alpine skier
• Jim Baxter (1939–2001), footballer
• Ken Buchanan (born 1945), world champion boxer
• Sir Matt Busby (1909–1994), former football manager, won the European Cup in 1968
• Jim Clark (1936–1968), Formula One driver
• Steph Cook (born 1972) modern pentathlete, Olympic gold medallist
• Davie Cooper (1956–1995), footballer
• David Coulthard (born 1971), Formula One driver
• Kenny Dalglish (born 1951), retired footballer and manager of Liverpool F.C.
• Sir Alex Ferguson (born 1941), retired footballer and current manager of Manchester United F.C.
• Darren Fletcher (born 1984), international footballer
• David Florence (born 1982), slalom canoeist
• Dario Franchitti (born 1973), Indy Car Driver
• Marino Franchitti (born 1978), Indy Car Driver
• Drew Galloway (born 1985), professional wrestler
• Wyndham Halswelle (1882–1915), Olympic champion runner
• Dougal Haston (1940–1977), mountaineer
• Stephen Hendry (born 1969), professional snooker player, 7 times World champion
• John Higgins (born 1975), professional snooker player, 3 times World champion
• Chris Hoy (born 1976), world, Olympic and Commonwealth champion track cyclist
• Gerry Hughes (born 1958), sailor, first single-handed atlantic crossing by a deaf person
• Jimmy Johnstone (1944–2006), football player
• Denis Law (born 1940), football player
• Eric Liddell (1902–1945), athlete, one of the two subjects of Chariots of Fire
• Jackie Lockhart (born 1965), curler, skip of Scotland team which won the 2002 world championships
• Benny Lynch (1913–1946), world champion boxer
• Hamish MacInnes (born 1930), mountaineer
• Craig MacLean (born 1971), world, Olympic and Commonwealth champion track cyclist
• Rhona Martin (born 1966), curler, Olympic gold medallist
• Catriona Matthew (born 1969), golfer
• Ally McCoist (born 1962), football player
• Liz McColgan (born 1964), athlete
• William McGregor (1846–1911), founder of the Football League in England
• Myra McKinlay (born 1974), golfer
• Billy McNeill (born 1940), footballer and a manager of Celtic F.C.
• Colin McRae (1968–2007), world champion rally driver
• David Millar (born 1977), road cyclist
• Robert Millar (born 1958), professional cyclist, "King of the Mountains" in 1984 Tour de France
• Willie Miller (born 1955), International footballer and captain of Aberdeen when they won Cup Winners' Cup in 1983
• Janice Moodie (born 1973), golfer
• Andy Murray (born 1987), tennis player
• Jamie Murray (born 1986), tennis player, doubles, Wimbledon winner 2007 mixed doubles
• Graeme Obree (born 1965), world record holding cyclist
• Bill Shankly (1914–1981), football manager
• Jock Stein (1922–1985), football manager, won the European Cup with Celtic F.C.
• Sir Jackie Stewart (born 1939), world champion Formula One driver
• Bobby Thomson (born 1923), Scots-born American baseball player
• Andrew Watson (born 1857, date of death unknown) world's first black international football player, captain and administrator
• Jim Watt (born 1948), world champion boxer, won the WBC World Lightweight title
• David Wilkie (born 1954), swimmer

Television and radio personalities

• Ronni Ancona (born 1968)
• Edith Bowman (born 1975)
• Frankie Boyle (born 1972), comedian
• Nicky Campbell (born 1962)
• Romana D'Annunzio (born 1972)
• Jenni Falconer (born 1976)
• Kirsty Gallacher (born 1976)
• Muriel Gray (born 1959), journalist
• Sarah Heaney (born 1971)
• Lorraine Kelly (born 1959)
• John Leslie (born 1965)
• Eddie Mair (born 1965)
• Gail Porter (born 1971)
• Carol Smillie (born 1961)
• Cameron Stout (born 1971)
• Kirsty Wark (born 1955), journalist
• Craig Ferguson (born 1962)
• Alan Johnston (born 1962), journalist
• Gordon Ramsay (born 1966), celebrity chef

Theologians

• James Barr (1924–2006)
• Thomas Boston (1676-1732)
• William Robinson Clark (1829–1912), Dean of Taunton and later Professor in Toronto
• Alexander Penrose Forbes (1817–1875)
• James Frazer (1854–1941), anthropologist of comparative religion and myth
• Alexander Henderson (1583–1646)
• Richard Holloway (born 1933)
• John Knox (c. 1513 – 1572)
• Thomas McCrie
• Saint Mungo (also known as Saint Kentigern), (died 614)
• George Newlands
• The Revd Professor Norman Walker Porteous (1898–2003), translator of the Bible
• Andrew Purves
• John Duns Scotus (c. 1266 – 1308)
• Thomas Torrance (born 1913)
• George Wishart (1513–1546)

Writers

Other notable people

• Andrew Bell (1753–1832), developer of the Madras system of education
• N. Kim Campbell (born 1966), collector
• Alana Clark (born 1983), singer & song-writer
• Veronica Deneuve, exotic dancer and political activist.
• Helen Duncan (1897–1956), last woman to be tried under the Witchcraft Act
• Donald Findlay (born 1951)
• Alexander Kinloch Forbes (1821–1865) scholar of the Gujarati language
• Sir Andrew Gilchrist (1910–1993) diplomat
• Elsie Inglis (1864–1917), medical reformer and suffragette
• Captain Kidd (1645–1701), pirate
• Flora MacDonald (1722–1790), Jacobite and United Empire Loyalist
• Duncan MacLeod (born 1592), fictional character from Highlander:The Series
• John James Richard Macleod (1876–1935)
• Jamie Macpherson (1675–1700), outlaw and author of MacPherson's Lament or Rant
• James Murdoch (1856–1921) Journalist and Teacher
• Robert Noble
• Allan Pinkerton (1819–1884), North American detective
• John Charles Walsham Reith (1889–1971), First Director General of the BBC
• Alexander Selkirk (1676–1723), Inspiration for Robinson Crusoe
• Mary Slessor (1848–1915), missionary and advocate for women's rights
• Robert Louis Stevenson (1850–1894) Writer
• Stella Tennant (born 1970), model
• John Thomson (1837–1921), photographer
• Roderick Wright (1940-2005), Disgraced Catholic bishop
• Jerome "Chef" McElroy fictional character from South Park
• Dennis Nilsen (born 1945), serial killer
• John George Govan (1861-1927), founder of the Faith Mission
• William Irvine (1863-1947), evangelist and founder of the Cooneyite and Go-Preacher sects
• Charles Cameron (magician) Scottish Magician (1927-2001), godfather of bizarre magic.

References

1. ^ ^{a b} Who Was Who in America, Historical Volume, 1607-1896. Chicago: Marquis Who's Who. 1963. 

See also

• List of people by nationality
• List of Kings of the Picts
• List of monarchs of Scotland
• Scottish-American
• Scots-Quebecer
• Scottish-Canadian

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