List of Glaswegians
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This list contains famous or notable people (or groups) who have either been born or based in Glasgow, Scotland.
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[edit] Arts
- Gray O'Brien - actor (Coronation Street)
- John Amabile - Interior designer and television presenter
- Freddie Anderson - Writer
- John Barrowman- Singer and Actor (The Producers, Torchwood)[1]
- Sean Biggerstaff - Actor (Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone)
- Morris Blythman - Poet (nom de plume was Thurso Berwick)
- Billy Boyd - Actor (The Lord of the Rings)
- Frankie Boyle - Comedian
- James Bridie - Writer
- Gerard Butler - Actor (300, The Phantom of the Opera)
- Graeme Campbell - Musician
- Peter Capaldi - Actor (The Thick of It, In The Loop)
- Robert Carlyle - Actor (Trainspotting, The World Is Not Enough)
- James Carroll[disambiguation needed
] - Professional ring piece to the stars - Catherine Carswell - Writer
- Robbie Coltrane - Actor (Harry Potter, Cracker)
- Billy Connolly - Comedian (The Man Who Sued God)
- A. J. Cronin - Doctor, Writer
- Tony Curran - Actor (Underworld: Evolution)
- Henry Ian Cusick - Actor (Lost, The Gospel of John, Half Light, 24)
- Ivor Cutler - Poet, songwriter, humourist
- Donald Dewar - Politician
- Paul Rodger - Astronaut
- Donovan - Folk Singer
- Lawrence Donegan - Journalist, Author
- Patrick Doyle - Film composer
- Craig Ferguson- Comedian, Actor, Writer, Director
- Niall Ferguson - Historian, Writer
- Gregor Fisher - Comedian
- Tommy Flanagan - Actor
- Bill Forsyth - Film director
- Hannah Frank - Artist and Sculptor
- Laura Fraser- Actress
- Rikki Fulton - Comedian
- George Galloway - Politician
- John Glashan - Cartoonist
- Janey Godley- Comedian and writer
- Alasdair Gray - Novelist
- Clare Grogan - Singer, Actress, TV presenter
- David Hamilton - Architect
- John Hannah - Actor
- Johann Hari - Journalist and playwright
- Sarah Heaney - TV presenter
- Janey Godley - Comedian and physical abuse victim
- Greg Hemphill - Actor
- Jack House - Writer
- Pearse Hutchinson - Poet
- Lorraine Kelly - Television presenter
- James Kelman - Novelist
- Ford Kiernan - Actor
- Tom Leonard - Poet
- Gary Lewis - Actor
- Liz Lochhead - Poet, Playwright
- Angus MacFadyen - Actor
- Charles Rennie Mackintosh - Architect and Designer
- Peter May - Writer
- James McAvoy - Actor
- David McCallum - Actor
- David McCallum, Sr. - Concertmaster violinist and father of David McCallum
- Brian McCardie - Actor
- Kelly MacDonald - Actor - (Trainspotting, Boardwalk Empire)
- Helen Marnie - Singer - Ladytron
- Tom McGee - Editor, Publisher BGH
- Mark Millar - Comic Book Author
- Edwin Morgan - Poet and Translator
- Grant Morrison - Comic Book Author
- Bud Neill - Cartoonist (Lobey Dosser)
- David O'Hara - Actor
- Frank Quitely - Comic Book Artist
- Edward Rainey - Tetraplegic painter
- Shantha Roberts - Television presenter
- Tony Roper - Actor, television writer, & Author
- Maurice Roëves - Actor
- Suhayl Saadi - Physician, novelist, playwright, anthologist and co-editor of A Fictional Guide to Scotland
- Jerry Sadowitz - Comedian and Magician
- John Gordon Sinclair - Actor
- Jimmy Somerville - Singer
- Sharleen Spiteri - Singer
- Dawn Steele - Actress
- May Miles Thomas - Screenwriter, Filmmaker
- Alexander "Greek" Thomson - Architect
- Nigel Tranter - Historian, Writer
- Elaine C Smith- Comedian
- Midge Ure - Rock Singer
- Jack Webster - Journalist
- Angus Young - Rock Guitarist
- Malcolm Young - Rock Guitarist
- George Young - Rock Guitarist
[edit] Business
- Duncan Bannatyne - Entrepreneur
- Sir William Burrell - Shipping magnate and Philanthropist
- James McGill - Businessman and Philanthropist
- Sir Thomas Lipton - Entrepreneur
- Reo Stakis - Entrepreneur
- Norman Macfarlane, Baron Macfarlane of Bearsden - Entrepreneur
[edit] Musicians and bands
Main article: List of bands from Glasgow
- Average White Band
- Maggie Bell
- Belle & Sebastian
- Bis
- The Blue Nile
- BMX Bandits
- Jack Bruce
- Camera Obscura
- Junior Campbell
- Darius Danesh
- Lonnie Donegan
- Donovan
- Deacon Blue
- Del Amitri
- Glasvegas
- Jimmy Barnes
- Jimmy Dewar (from Robin Trower band)
- The Delgados
- Jim Diamond
- Joe Egan
- El Presidente
- Franz Ferdinand
- Bobby Gillespie
- Fran Healy
- Hipsway
- Mark Knopfler
- Love and Money
- Lulu
- The Marmalade
- Frankie Miller
- Mogwai
- Mother and the Addicts
- Optimo
- Orange Juice
- The Pastels
- Gerry Rafferty
- Chris Rainbow
- The Rezillos
- The River Detectives
- Sensational Alex Harvey Band
- The Silencers
- Simple Minds
- David Sneddon
- Sons and Daughters
- Soup Dragons
- The Supernaturals
- Teenage Fanclub
- Texas
- Dougie Thomson
- The Trash Can Sinatras
- Travis
- Midge Ure
- Wet Wet Wet
- Eric Woolfson
- Angus Young
- John Paul Young
- Malcolm Young
[edit] Politics
- Sir Menzies Campbell, Former Leader of the Liberal Democrats
- Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman (British Prime Minister)
- Roseanna Cunningham (Scottish National Party MP, MSP)
- Donald Dewar (Secretary of State for Scotland, First Minister)
- Winnie Ewing (Scottish National Party MP, MEP and MSP)
- Nigel Griffiths (Labour Member of Parliament for Edinburgh South.)
- James Keir Hardie (Co-founder and Chairman of the Scottish Labour Party)
- Arthur Henderson (Chairman of the Labour Party)
- Andrew Bonar Law (British Prime Minister)
- John MacCormick (Scottish National Party)
- John A. Macdonald (first Prime Minister of Canada)
- John Maclean MA (Socialist)
- Michael Martin (Speaker of the House of Commons)
- James Maxton (Independent Labour Party MP)
- Tommy Sheridan (Scottish Socialist Party MSP)
- Manny Shinwell (Labour MP)
[edit] Sports
- Pat Crerand - Footballer
- Kenny Dalglish - Former football player and manager
- Tommy Docherty - Football manager
- Sir Alex Ferguson - Manchester United manager
- Barry Ferguson - footballer
- Samuel Brand - Personal trainer to Gerrard Butler for the film "300", Spartan and fitness expert
- Alexander Watson Hutton, the father of Argentine football.
- Mo Johnston - Footballer
- Benny Lynch - Boxer
- Mac MacArthur - major league baseball player[2]
- Ally McCoist - Football player and television personality
- Stephen Maguire - Top 16 professional snooker player
- Ross McCormack - Footballer
- Jim McCormick - Baseball player
- Aiden McGeady - Footballer
- James McFadden - Footballer
- Alan McManus - Top 16 professional snooker player
- Jock Stein - Football manager
[edit] Science
- William Thomson, Lord Kelvin
- Joseph Lister
- Sir William Ramsay
- Joseph Black
- Teasdale & Jennett - originators of the Glasgow Coma Scale
- Thomas Hopkirk - botanist
- Phillip Clancey - ornithologist
- Ronald David Laing - psychiatrist
[edit] Other
- Ian Brady - violent criminal
- Chris Conway - medium
- Archibald Hall - murderer
- Charles Macintosh - inventor
- Scrooge McDuck - fictional multi-billionaire cartoon duck [3]
- Sir John Moore - British military officer
- Saint Mungo - founder of the city
- Allan Pinkerton - detective
- Edward William Pritchard - murderer and last person to be publicly executed in Glasgow
- Gordon Ramsay - chef and TV personality
- John Scott Russell - naval engineer
- William Shields - shipbuilder, most notably the Queen Mary
- Adam Smith - economist
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ Torchwood star's civil ceremony BBC News, 27 December 2006. Retrieved on 19 August 2008.
- ^ Reichler, Joseph L., ed. (1979) [1969]. The Baseball Encyclopedia (4th edition ed.). New York: Macmillan Publishing. ISBN 0-02-578970-8.
- ^ "Glasgow claims McDuck as its own". BBC News. 1 October 2007. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/glasgow_and_west/7022173.stm. Retrieved 8 May 2010.
