List of Scots

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Actors

Main article: List of Scottish actors

Architects

• Robert Adam (1728–1792)
• William Adam (1689–1748) Father of Robert and architect and builder
• Robert Rowand Anderson (1834–1921)
• Mark Bingham (architect) 1968 - present
• Sir William Bruce (c.1630-1710)
• David Bryce (1803–1876)
• 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)
• John Lessels (1809–1883)
• 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
• John Alexander ( -1733), painter and engraver
• David Allan (1744–1796), painter of historical subjects
• 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 Fairweather (1891–1974), Scottish/Australian painter
• 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
• Robert MacBryde (1913–1966)
• Dugald MacColl (1859–1948)
• Margaret MacDonald (1865–1933), wife of Charles Rennie Mackintosh
• 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

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
• Ann Gloag (1942–Present) Co-founder of Stagecoach Group, born in Perth
• Thomas Blake Glover (1838–1911) Nagasaki-based trader in 19th century Japan
• Robert Gordon (1668–1731), founder of the Robert Gordon University
• Willie Haughey (1956–present) Entrepreneur and founder of City Refrigeration Holdings
• 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 F.C.
• Alexander Mitchell (1871–1934), entrepreneur
• Michelle Mone (born 1971), founder of Ultimo
• 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)
• Brian Souter (1954–present) Entrepreneur and co-founder of Stagecoach Group

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)
• Alexander Mackenzie (1847–1935)
• John McLeod (born 1934)
• James MacMillan (born 1959)
• Gordon McPherson (born 1965)
• Stuart MacRae (born 1976)
• William Marshall (1748–1833)
• Thea Musgrave (born 1928)
• Morris Pert (1947–2010)
• Francis George Scott (1880–1958)
• Ronald Stevenson (born 1928)
• William Sweeney (born 1950)
• Julian Wagstaff (born 1970)
• William Wallace (1860–1940)
• Judith Weir (born 1954)
• Thomas Wilson (1927–2001)

Criminals

• Robert Black (born 1947), serial killer and paedophile
• Ian Brady (born 1938), Moors murderer
• Dennis Nilsen (born 1945), serial killer

Economists

• Gavin Clydesdale Reid (1946-)
• Adam Smith (1723–1790)

Engineers and inventors

Further information: Scottish 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
• George Bennie (1891–1957), The Bennie Railplane
• Sir James Black (1924–2010), Beta-blockers
• Robert Blair (1748–1828), The aplanatic telescope
• James Braid (1795–1860), hypnosis
• David Brewster (1781–1868), Lenticular stereoscope
• James Chalmers (1782–1853), adhesive postage stamp
• Sir Dugald Clark (aka Clerk), (1854–1932), first two stroke cycle engine (the Clark cycle)
• Gerald Eric Connor (Electronic Engineer) (Born 1962)
• 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
• Patrick Ferguson (1744–1780), The Ferguson rifle
• Sir Alexander Fleming (1881–1955), isolated Penicillin from the fungus Penicillium notatum
• James Gregory (1638–1675), The Gregorian telescope
• 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), bicycle
• John Loudon McAdam (1756–1836), modern road construction
• Sir Robert McAlpine (Concrete Bob), (1847–1934), road builder
• Patrick Miller (1730–1815), steamboat pioneer
• William Murdoch (1754–1839), pioneer of gas lighting
• John Napier (1550–1617), Logarithm
• James Nasmyth (1808–1890), Steam Hammer
• William Paterson (1658–1719), The Bank of England
• William John Macquorn Rankine (1820–1872), developed a complete theory of the steam engine and indeed of all heat engines
• 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 (1925-2010), 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 (1811–1883), Invented a way of extracting paraffin oil
• 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

Explorers

• 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
• Simon Fraser, Canada, Fraser River in British Columbia
• 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

Humourists

• Stanley Baxter (born 1926)
• Frankie Boyle (born 1972)
• Rory Bremner (born 1961)
• Janet Brown (born 1924)
• Rhona Cameron (born 1965)
• Des Clarke
• Billy Connolly (born 1942)
• Ronald Balfour Corbett (born 1930), known better as Ronnie Corbett
• Ivor Cutler (1923–2006)
• Craig Ferguson (born 1962)
• Gregor Fisher, (born 1953) known better as the character Rab C. Nesbitt
• Rikki Fulton (1924–2004)
• Graeme Garden (born 1943)
• Janey Godley (born 1961)
• Greg Hemphill (born 1969)
• Craig Hill
• Armando Iannucci (born 1963)
• Ford Kiernan (born 1962)
• Harry Lauder (1870–1950)
• Brian Limond (born 1974)
• Doon Mackichan (born 1962)
• Chic Murray (1919–1985)
• Ian Tough (born 1947), one half of The Krankies
• Janette Tough (born 1947), A.K.A. Wee Jimmy Krankie
• Kevin Bridges (born 1986)

Musicians

Main article: 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 (1265–1308), teacher of William of Ockham
• Adam Smith (1723–1790), Economist, Free Trade, Division of Labour
• Dugald Stewart (1753–1828), common sense philosopher.

Photographers

• Harry Benson, celebrity and pop culture photographer
• John Thomson (1837–1921), photographer
• Albert Watson (born 1942), fashion and celebrity photographer

Rulers, politicians, soldiers

• James Alexander (1691–1756), attorney general of New Jersey
• Cardinal David Beaton (c. 1494–1546)
• Tony Blair (born 1953), Labour Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
• Gordon Brown (born 1951), Labour Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, (2007–2010)
• Calgacus
• Richard Cameron (c. 1648–1680), Republican Covenanter and founder of the "Cameronians"
• Colin Campbell, 1st Baron Clyde (1792–1863)
• Sir Colin Campbell (d. 1296) Warrior of Clan 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)
• Sir Frederick Currie, 1st Baronet (1799–1875)
• James Currie (1756–1805) biographer of Robert Burns, early advocate of hydropathy
• Mark John Currie (1795–1874), explorer, founder settler of Western Australia, Admiral in the Royal Navy
• 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), Conservative Prime minister of the United Kingdom
• Iain Duncan Smith (born 1954), leader of the Conservative party
• Andrew Fletcher of Saltoun (1653–1716)
• John Forbes (1707–1759), Scottish general
• Liam Fox (1961- ) Conservative politician
• 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
• Iain Gray (born 1957), Scottish Labour Party politician
• 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 United States House of Representatives from 1899 to 1903
• Hugh Henry (born 1952), Scottish Labour politician
• 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), Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
• Rob Roy MacGregor (1671–1734)
• Archie McKellar (1912–1940) Battle of Britain ace pilot
• 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 S. Patton US General-World War II
• Jerry Rawlings (born 1947), former president of Ghana; partly of Scottish descent
• George Reid (born 1939)
• Robert the Bruce (1274–1329), Robert I of Scotland
• Alex Salmond (born 1954), current First Minister (since 2007), and leader of the Scottish National Party (SNP)
• Tavish Scott (born 1956), Leader of the Scottish Liberal Democrats
• Tommy Sheridan (born 1964), Solidarity
• 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
• Sir James Stirling (1791–1865), 1st Governor of Western Australia, Admiral in the Royal Navy
• Lord Stirling, American Revolutionary War General
• Prince Charles Edward Stuart (1720–1788), Jacobite Field Marshal and heir to the throne of Great Britain.
• John Swinney (born 1964), Scottish National Party (SNP) politician
• Archibald Sinclair, 1st Viscount Thurso (1890–1970), Liberal Party leader from 1935–45
• Nicola Sturgeon (born 1970), Deputy First Minister of Scotland, and Deputy Leader of the Scottish National Party (SNP)
• 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

Main article: List of Scottish scientists

Sportspeople

See also Scottish Sports Hall of Fame.

• Gary Anderson, (born 1970), professional darts player
• 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), American Le Mans 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
• Gary Jacobs, Scottish, British, Commonwealth, and European (EBU) welterweight champion boxer
• Jimmy Johnstone (1944–2006), football player
• Dominic Kinnear (born 1967), former soccer player, now the head coach of Houston Dynamo in Major League Soccer.
• 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
• 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 the European Cup Winners' Cup in 1983
• Janice Moodie (born 1973), golfer
• Colin Montgomerie (Born 1963), golfer, winner of European Tour Order of Merit a record 8 times
• Hugh Munro (1856–1919), mountaineer, famous for his list of mountains
• 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), One of Liverpool F.C.'s most successful managers
• 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
• Lawrence Tynes (born 1978), Scots-born Kicker for the New York Giants and Kansas City Chiefs
• 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
• Jocky Wilson (born 1950), World professional Darts Champion in 1982 and 1989
• Allan McNish (born 1969), racing driver

Television and radio personalities

• Kaye Adams (born 1962)
• Ronni Ancona (born 1968)
• Fiona Armstrong (born 1956)
• Edith Bowman (born 1975)
• Frankie Boyle (born 1972), comedian
• Nicky Campbell (born 1962)
• Kelly Cates (born 1975)
• Stuart Cosgrove (born 1952)
• Tam Cowan (born 1969)
• Romana D'Annunzio (born 1972)
• Dominik Diamond (born 1969)
• Jenni Falconer (born 1976)
• Craig Ferguson (born 1962)
• Tommy Flanagan (born 1965)
• Kirsty Gallacher (born 1976)
• George Galloway (born 1954)
• Muriel Gray (born 1959), journalist
• Sarah Heaney (born 1971)
• Mikey Hughes (born 1974)
• Hazel Irvine (born 1965)
• Stephen Jardine (born 1963)
• Alan Johnston (born 1962), journalist
• Nicci Jolly (born 1981)
• Lorraine Kelly (born 1959)
• Fiona Kennedy
• John Leslie (born 1965)
• Viv Lumsden (born 1952)
• Fred MacAulay (born 1956)
• Sally Magnusson (born 1955)
• Eddie Mair (born 1965)
• Andrew Marr (born 1959)
• Colin McAllister (born 1968)
• Gillian McKeith (born 1959)
• Andrea McLean (born 1969)
• Michelle McManus (born 1980)
• Paul Mitchell (born 1968)
• Nick Nairn (born 1959), Celebrity chef
• Shereen Nanjiani (born 1961)
• Gail Porter (born 1971)
• Gordon Ramsay (born 1966), celebrity chef
• Heather Reid (born 1969)
• Justin Ryan (born 1967)
• Catriona Shearer (born 1981)
• Carol Smillie (born 1961)
• Cameron Stout (born 1971)
• Heather Suttie
• Brian Taylor (born 1955)
• Bill Torrance (1946)
• Alison Walker (born 1963)
• Kirsty Wark (born 1955), journalist
• Kirsty Young (born 1968)

Theologians

See also: List of Moderators of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland

• Saint Mungo (also known as Saint Kentigern), (died 614)
• John Duns Scotus (c. 1266–1308)
• Patrick Hamilton, first Protestant martyr in Scotland, burnt at the stake in 1527
• George Wishart (1513–1546), Protestant martyr
• John Knox (c. 1513–1572), leader of the Scottish Reformation
• Alexander Henderson (1583–1646)
• William Guthrie (1620–1665), author of "The Christian's Great Interest"
• James Renwick (1662–1688), covenanter and martyr
• Thomas Boston (1676–1732), pastor and theologian
• Ralph Erskine (1685–1752), preacher and poet
• Thomas M'Crie the Elder (1772–1835), pastor and historian (wrote the 'Life of John Knox')
• Robert Murray McCheyne (1813–1843), minister of the Gospel, missionary to the Jewish people
• David Livingstone (1813–1873), missionary and explorer in Africa
• William Chalmers Burns (1815–1868), revival preacher, missionary to China
• Alexander Penrose Forbes (1817–1875)
• Hugh Martin (1821–1885), pastor and writer
• William Robinson Clark (1829–1912), Dean of Taunton and later Professor in Toronto
• James Frazer (1854–1941), anthropologist of comparative religion and myth
• Richard Holloway (born 1933)
• George Newlands
• John Murray (1898–1975), Calvinist theologian and Presbyterian minister
• The Revd Professor Norman Walker Porteous (1898–2003), translator of the Bible
• Andrew Purves
• Thomas Torrance (1913–2007)
• James Barr (1924–2006)

Writers

Main article: List of Scottish writers

Other notable people

• Andrew Bell (1753–1832), developer of the Madras system of education
• Alexander Donaldson (bookseller), appellant in the copyright case, Donaldson v Beckett; founder/publisher of the Edinburgh Advertiser
• James Donaldson (publisher), publisher of the Edinburgh Advertiser; founder of Donaldson's Hospital
• 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
• Kirsty Hume (born 1976), Model
• Elsie Inglis (1864–1917), medical reformer and [suffragette]
• Princess Kaiulani Cleghorn of Hawaii (1876–1899), Daughter of Archibald Cleghorn and Princess Miriam Likelike (sister of Queen Lili'iuokalani
• Captain Kidd (1645–1701), pirate
• Mary Lyon (1797–1849) First Woman Principal in America
• Flora MacDonald (1722–1790), Jacobite and United Empire Loyalist
• Jamie Macpherson (1675–1700), outlaw and author of MacPherson's Lament or Rant
• James Murdoch (1856–1921) Journalist and Teacher
• 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
• Stella Tennant (born 1970), model
• Betty Miller Unterberger (born 1922), historian, born in Scotland but reared in the United States, first woman professor at Texas A&M University
• Roderick Wright (1940–2005), Disgraced Catholic bishop
• 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 Two by Two sects
• Charles Cameron (magician) Scottish Magician (1927–2001), godfather of bizarre magic.

See also

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