List of people from Glasgow
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This list contains famous or notable people (or groups) who have either been born or based in Glasgow, Scotland.
Arts
- John Amabile - Interior designer and televiasion presenter
- John Barrowman- Singer, Actor (The Producers/Torchwood)
- Sean Biggerstaff - Actor ("Harry Potter and the Philosophers's Stone")
- Morris Blythman - Poet (nom de plume was Thurso Berwick)
- Billy Boyd - Actor (The Lord of the Rings)
- Sir William Burrell - Shipping Merchang/Philanthropist
- Gerard Butler - Actor (Dracula 2000/Phantom of the Opera (2004))
- Peter Capaldi - Actor
- Robert Carlyle - Actor (Trainspotting/The World Is Not Enough)
- Robbie Coltrane - Actor (Harry Potter) (Cracker)
- Billy Connolly - Comedian (The Man Who Sued God)
- Tony Curran - Actor (Underworld: Evolution)
- Ivor Cutler - Poet, songwriter, humourist
- Kenny Dalglish -Footballer
- Donald Dewar - Politician
- Donovan - Folk Singer
- Lawrence Donegan - Journalist,Author
- Patrick Doyle - Film composer
- Craig Ferguson- Comedian, Actor, Writer, Director (The Drew Carey Show/The Late Late Show)
- Niall Ferguson - Historian, Writer
- Gregor Fisher - Comedian (Love Actually/Rab C Nesbitt)
- Bill Forsyth - Director (Gregory's Girl)
- Hannah Frank - Artist and Sculptor
- Laura Fraser- Actress
- Rikki Fulton - comedian (Scotch and Wry/Francie and Josie)
- George Galloway - Politician
- Bobby Gillespie - rock star
- John Glashan - Cartoonist
- Janey Godley- Comedian and writer
- Alasdair Gray - Novelist
- Clare Grogan - Singer, Actress, TV presenter
- David Hamilton - Architect
- John Hannah - Actor (The Mummy)
- Fran Healy - Singer
- Janey Godley - Comedian and abuse victim
- Greg Hemphill - Actor (Still Game)
- Pam Hogg - Fashion Designer
- Jack House - Writer
- Pearse Hutchinson - Poet
- Lorraine Kelly - Television presenter
- James Kelman - Novelist
- Ford Kiernan - Actor (Still Game)
- Tom Leonard - Poet
- Gary Lewis - Actor (Billy Elliot/Gangs of New York)
- Liz Lochhead - Poet, Playwright
- Charles Rennie Mackintosh - Architect, Designer
- John MacClean - Politician
- James McAvoy - Actor (The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe/The Last King of Scotland)
- David McCallum - Actor (The Man From U.N.C.L.E./NCIS)
- David McCallum, Sr. - Concertmaster violinist and father of David McCallum
- Angela McCluskey - Singer
- Mark Millar - Comic Book Author (Wanted (comics)/Civil War (comics))
- Edwin Morgan - Poet, Translator
- Grant Morrison - Comic Book Author (X-Men/Superman)
- Bud Neill - Cartoonist (Lobey Dosser)
- Frank Quitely - Comic Book Artist (X-Men/Superman)
- Suhayl Saadi - physician, novelist, playwright, anthologist, co-editor of A Fictional Guide to Scotland
- Jerry Sadowitz - Comedian and Magician
- John Gordon Sinclair - Actor (Gregory's Girl, That Sinking Feeling)
- Jimmy Somerville - Singer
- Sharleen Spiteri - Singer
- Dawn Steele - Actress (Monarch Of The Glen)
- Alexander "Greek" Thomson - Architect
- Nigel Tranter - Historian, Writer
- Elaine C Smith- Comedian (Rab C Nesbitt)
- Midge Ure - Rock Singer
- Jack Webster - Journalist who emigrated to Canada
- Angus Young - Rock Guitarist
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
Musicians and bands
- Angus Young
- Average White Band
- Belle & Sebastian
- Bis
- The Blue Nile
- BMX Bandits
- Jack Bruce
- Camera Obscura
- Darius Danesh
- David Sneddon
- Deacon Blue
- Del Amitri
- Jimmy Barnes
- Jimmy Dewar (from Robin Trower band)
- The Delgados
- Jim Diamond
- Joe Egan
- El Presidente
- Frankie Miller
- Franz Ferdinand
- Hipsway
- Love And Money
- Lulu
- Malcolm Young
- Mark Knopfler
- Midge Ure
- Mogwai
- Optimo
- Orange Juice
- The Pastels
- Gerry Rafferty
- Chris Rainbow
- The Rezillos
- The River Detectives
- The Supernaturals
- Sensational Alex Harvey Band
- SBC Sunshine
- Simple Minds
- The Silencers
- Sons and Daughters
- Soup Dragons
- Teenage Fanclub
- Texas
- Dougie Thomson
- The Trash Can Sinatras
- Travis
- Wet Wet Wet
- Eric Woolfson
- San Sebastian
Politics
- Sir Menzies Campbell, Leader of the British 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)
- 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)
Sports
- Pat Crerand - Footballer
- Kenny Dalglish - Football player and manager
- Tommy Docherty - Football manager
- Sir Alex Ferguson - Football manager
- Barry Ferguson - Rangers F.C and Scotland national team captain
- Mo Johnston - Football player
- Benny Lynch - Boxer
- Mac MacArthur - major league baseball player[1]
- Ally McCoist - Football player and television personality
- Stephen Maguire - Top 16 professional snooker player
- Jim McCormick - Baseball player
- Alan McManus - Top 16 professional snooker player
- Jock Stein - Football manager
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
Other
- Ian Brady - violent criminal
- Saint Mungo - Founder of the City
- Charles Macintosh - inventor
- Allan Pinkerton - detective
- Janey Menzies - Missionary to Africa
- John Scott Russell - naval engineer
- Adam Smith - economist
- William Shields - Shipbuilder, most notably the Queen Mary
See also
References
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