List of Scots

List of Scots is an incomplete list of notable people from Scotland.

Actors (see also 'Humorists')

Ian Bannen (1928-1999)
Billy Boyd (born 1968)
Gerard Butler (born 1969)
Peter Capaldi (born 1958)
Robert Carlyle (born 1961)
Hamish Clark (born 1967)
Robbie Coltrane (born 1950)
Sean Connery (born 1930)
Billy Connolly (born 1942)
Tom Conti (born 1941)
James Cosmo (born 1948)
Brian Cox (born 1946)
Alan Cumming (born 1965)
Craig Ferguson (born 1962)
Rikki Fulton (1924-2004)
Janey Godley (born 1961)
Dougie Henshall (born 1965)
James Robertson Justice (1905-1975)
Deborah Kerr (born 1921)
John Laurie (1897-1980)
Fulton Mackay (1922-1987)
David McCallum (born 1933)
Angus McFadyen (born 1963)
Ewan McGregor (born 1971)
Paul McGillion (born 1968)
Kevin McKidd (born 1973)
Peter Mullan (born 1954)
Daniela Nardini (born 1968)
Bill Paterson (born 1945)
Dougray Scott (born 1965)
Moira Shearer (born 1926)
Alastair Sim (1900-1976)
John Gordon Sinclair (born 1962)
David Tennant (born 1971)
Ian McDiarmid (born 1944)
Denis Lawson (born 1947)
John Hannah (born 1962)
David Hayman (born 1950)

Architects

Robert Adam, (1728-1792)
William Adam, (1689-1748) Father of Robert and architect and builder
Robert Rowand Anderson (1834 - 1921)
Charles Cameron, (1743-1812)
Robert Lorimer (1864 - 1929)
Charles Rennie Mackintosh, (1868-1928), architect, designer and watercolourist, husband of Margaret MacDonald (Artist)
Robert Matthew, (1906 - 1975)
James Playfair, (1755 - 1794), father of William Henry
William Henry Playfair, (1790-1857)
James Robert Rhind, (1854-1918)
James Stirling, (1926-1992)
Basil Spence, (1907-1976)
Thomas S. Tait, (1882 - 1954)
Alexander 'Greek' Thomson , (1817-1875)

Artists

John Amabile, (1864 - ), interior designer
Muirhead Bone, (1876 - 1953), etcher
Mark Boyle, (1934-2005)
John Byrne, (born 1940)
Robert Colquhoun
Ian Hamilton Finlay, (born 1925), sculptor and installation artist
Peter Howson
Hew Lorimer, (1907 - 1993), sculptor and brother of architect Robert Lorimer
Margaret MacDonald (Artist), (1865-1933), wife of Charles Rennie Mackintosh
Robert MacBryde
Dugald MacColl
James MacGillivray, sculptor
David Mach, (born 1956), sculptor and installation artist
Alexander Millar, painter
Alexander Nasmyth, (1758-1840), landscape painter
Patrick Nasmyth, (1787-1831), landscape painter, son of Alexander
Henry Raeburn, (1756-1823), portrait painter
Reverend John Thomson (1778 - 1840), landscape painter and minister of Duddingston Kirk
Jack Vettriano, (born 1951)
David Wilkie (1785 -1841) painter

Business

Arthur Anderson, (1792-1868), co-founder of P&O
Alexander Berry, (1781-1873), Australia's first Millionaire? Had a town named after him.
David Buick, founded the Buick car company
Andrew Carnegie, (1835-1919), steel magnate, major philanthropist
William Davidson,(1740-1790 entrepreneur and founder of the first colony in New Brunswick, Canada
Dr.Henry Duncan, (1774-1846) Church of Scotland Minister. Started the worlds first savings bank in Ruthwell, Dumfries and Galloway
Thomas Blake Glover, (1838-1911) Nagasaki-based trader in 19th century Japan
Tom Hunter, entrepreneur and philanthropist, founder of Sports Division
Irvine Laidlaw Scotland's 2nd richest man and founder of the modern conference company
John Law, (1671-1729), advocate of paper money and founder of the Mississippi Company
William Paterson, (1658-1719), founder Bank of England and Bank of Scotland
Robert Gordon, founder of The Robert Gordon University

Composers

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, first electric locomotive, 1837
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, 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 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
Robert Stirling Newall, (1812 - 1889), engineer, improved wire rope and submarine cable laying.
John Shepherd-Barron, inventor of the ATM
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)
James Watt, (1736-1819), engineer, significantly improved the steam engine
James Simpson, introduced chloroform into surgery

Explorers

William Balfour Baikie, (1824-1864), Africa, surgeon and naturalist on the 1854 Niger expedition
James Bruce, (1730-1794), traveller and travel writer.
William S. Bruce, (1867-1921) Antarctica, first to widely explore the Weddell Sea
David Douglas, (1799-1834), explorer, botanist, introduced about 240 species of plants to Great Britain, including the Douglas-fir
Alexander Forbes, American Pacific coast
Robert Gordon of Straloch, map maker of Scotland
James Augustus Grant, (1827-1892), eastern Africa, member of the exhibition that found the sources of the Nile
Alexander Gordon Laing (1793–1826), first European to reach Timbuktu
David Livingstone, (1813-1873), explorer, missionary in Africa, discovered Victoria Falls
Alexander Mackenzie (explorer)
Archibald Menzies (1754-1852)
Major Sir Thomas Mitchell (1792-1855), Australia
Mungo Park (1771-1806), Africa, first European to reach the Niger
John Rae, (1813-1893), Canadian Arctic
Sir James Clark Ross (born in London), (1800-1862), Antarctica, discovered the Ross Sea, Victoria Land, and the volcanoes Mount Erebus and Mount Terror
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
Henry Sinclair, 1st Earl of Orkney, allegedly explored North America in 1398
John Muir
Colin Campbell, founder of the Swedish East India Company
Tom Weir climber, author and broadcaster

Humourists

Ronald Balfour Corbett (Ronnie), (born 1930)
Stanley Baxter, (born 1926)
Rory Bremner, (born 1961)
Janet Brown, (born 1924)
Billy Connolly (born 1942)
Ivor Cutler (born 1923)
Craig Ferguson, (born 1962)
Graeme Garden, (born 1943)
Janey Godley, (born 1961)
Doon Mackichan, (born 1962)
Alexander Selkirk
Chic Murray

Inventors

Please see List of Scottish inventors

Musicians

Please see List of Scottish musicians

Philosophers

John Abercrombie, (1780-1844)
John Anderson, (1893-1962)
Thomas Brown, (1778-1820)
Adam Ferguson, (1723-1816)
Sir William Hamilton, (1788-1856)
Henry Home, Lord Kames, (1696-1782)
David Hume, (1711-1776), inspired Immanuel Kant
John Mair, othewise known as Major, (1467 - 1550), teacher of George Buchanan, John Knox, and influencer of Calvin and Loyola
Alasdair MacIntyre, (born 1929)
James McCosh, (1811-1894)
Thomas Reid, (1710-1796), played an integral role in the Scottish Enlightenment
Duns Scotus, (1266-1308)
Adam Smith, (1723-1790), Eeconomist, Free Trade, Laisser-faire, Division of Labour
John MacMurray, (1891 - 1976)

Rulers, Politicians, Soldiers

William Wallace, (c. 1270-1305), a.k.a. The Wallace
Robert the Bruce, Robert I of Scotland
Alex Salmond, Scottish National Party leader
Gordon Brown, (born 1951), Labour Chancellor of the Exchequer
Tony Blair, (born 6 May 1953), Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
Bonnie Prince Charlie, The Young Pretender to the throne of Great Britain
Donald Dewar, (born 1937), First Minister of Scotland
Robert Cunninghame-Graham ('Don Roberto'), first socialist MP
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
Thomas Cochrane, Admiral in the Royal Navy
Charles Kennedy, leader of the Liberal Democrats 1999-2006
Mary, Queen of Scots, (1542-1587)
Macbeth of Scotland, High King of Scotland
John MacCormick, Nationalist
John A. Macdonald, First Prime Minister of Canada
Margo MacDonald, Nationalist
Ramsay MacDonald, (1866-1937), UK Prime minister
Malcolm MacDonald
Alexander Mackenzie, second Prime Minister of Canada
John MacLean, revolutionary
Jerry Rawlings, former president of Ghana. He is partly of Scottish descent.
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
Alec Douglas-Home, (1903-1995), UK Prime minister
Calgacus
Colin Campbell
Abbot Bernard de Linton, author of the Declaration of Arbroath
Cardinal David Beaton
King James IV
James Graham, 1st Marquess of Montrose, Covenanter and Royalist Leader of Highland Armies
Richard Cameron, Republican Covenanter and founder of the “Cameronians”
Viscount (Bonnie) Dundee, Jacobite Highland Army leader
Andrew Fletcher of Saltoun
Rob Roy MacGregor
Keir Hardie
James Connolly
Colin Campbell, 1st Baron Clyde
Jack McConnell, Current First Minister

Scientists

See List of Scottish scientists

Sportspeople

See also Scottish Sports Hall of Fame.

Alain Baxter, alpine skier
Ken Buchanan, (born 1945), world champion boxer
Sir Matt Busby, (1909-1994), football manager, won the European Cup in 1968
Jim Clark, (1936-1968), Formula 1 driver
David Coulthard, (born 1971), Formula 1 driver
Kenny Dalglish, (born 1951), footballer and a manager of Liverpool F.C.
Sir Alex Ferguson, (born 1941), footballer and a manager of Manchester United F.C.
Roberto Frankowski, (born 1987), junior world champion boxer
Wyndham Halswelle, (1882-1915), Olympic champion runner
Stephen Hendry (born 1969), professional snooker player, 7 times World champion.
Dougal Haston, (1940-1977), mountaineer
Chris Hoy, (born 1976), world, olympic and commonwealth champion track cyclist
Craig Maclean, (born 1971), world, olympic and commonwealth champion track cyclist
Jimmy Johnstone, (born 1944), 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 that won the 2002 world championships
Benny Lynch, (1913-1946), world champion boxer
Hamish MacInnes, (born 1930), mountaineer
Colin McRae, (born 1968), world champion rally driver
Rhona Martin curler, Olympic gold medallist
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.
David Millar, (born 1977), road cyclist
Robert Millar, (born 1958), professional cyclist, 'King of the Mountains' in 1984 Tour de France
Andrew Murray, (born 1987), tennis player
Graeme Obree (born ?), 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 1 driver
Bobby Thomson, (born 1923), Scots-born American baseball player
Andrew Watson, (1857-?) 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
Jim Baxter, footballer (September 29, 1939 – April 14, 2001)
Davie Cooper, footballer (February 25, 1956 - March 23, 1995)

Television Personalities

Ronni Ancona, (born 1968)
Edith Bowman, (born 1975)
Nicky Campbell, (born 1962)
Romana D'Annunzio, (born 1972)
Kirsty Gallacher, (born 1976)
Lorraine Kelly, (born 1959)
John Leslie (John Leslie Stott), (born 1965)
Gail Porter, (born 1971)
Carol Smillie, (born 1961)
Kirsty Wark, (born 1955)
Cameron Stout

Theologians

William Robinson Clark, (1829-1912) Born Daviot, Aberdeenshire became Dean of Taunton and prebendary of Wells 1859-1880 and Professor of Theology, mental and moral philosophy - University of Toronto, Canada 1888-1912. External link: William Robinson Clark and obitituary.
Alexander Penrose Forbes (1817-1875)
James Frazer (1854-1941), anthropologist of comparative religion and myth
Alexander Henderson (1583-1646)
Richard Holloway
John Knox, (c.1513-1572)
Thomas McCrie
George Newlands
Andrew Purves, born in Scotland, currently working at Pittsburgh Theological Seminary in USA
John Duns Scotus, (c.1266-1308)
Thomas Torrance, (born 1913)
George Wishart, (1513-1546)
Saint Mungo (or Kentigern)....
Rev Prof Norman Walker Porteous (1898-2003), translator of the Bible

Writers

See List of Scottish writers

Others

Alison Balfour, A "Notorious Witch"
Andrew Bell (educationalist), (1753-1832), Developer of the Madras System of Education (aka mutual instruction)
Veronica Deneuve, Exotic dancer and political activist.
Helen Duncan, "Hellish Nell", The Last woman to be tried under the Witchcraft Act
Donald Findlay
Douglas Haig, (1861-1928), Commander-in-chief of British Forces during World War I
Elsie Inglis, Medical Reformer and Suffragette
Alexander Kinloch Forbes, (1821-1865) Scholar of the Gujarati language and Colonial Administrator in British India
John Paul Jones, (1747-1792), Admiral of the Russian and American Navies
Captain Kidd, (1645-1701), Pirate
Flora Macdonald, Jacobite and United Empire Loyalist
Rob Roy MacGregor, Romantic Outlaw
Colin Mackenzie, (c.1754-1821), Soldier and Scholar in British India
John James Richard Macleod, (1876-1935)
John Muir, (1838-1914), 19th Century Environmentalist
James Murdoch,(1856-1921) Journalist and Teacher in Japan and Australia
Robert Noble
Allan Pinkerton, (1819-1884), US Detective
John Charles Walsham Reith, (1889-1971), a.k.a Lord Reith, First Director General of the BBC
Alexander Selkirk, (1676-1723), Inspiration for Robinson Crusoe, by Daniel Defoe
Christian Shaw, Started the Paisley Thread Industry
Mary Slessor, Missionary and Advocate for Women's Rights
Elizabeth, Countess of Sutherland, Enthusiastic Contributor to the Highland Clearances
Stella Tennant, Model
John Thomson (photographer) (1837 - 1921), photographer, geographer and explorer