Day: 30 July 2018

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1528126573801{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]List of Famous Scottish PeopleThe People within this list are usually native to the country however sometimes we may have included those that have either lived within the country for most of their adult life or have made a significant contribution to the country in their personal endeavours.Famous Scottish People are in the following Categories[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/2″][mk_table]ExplorersArthur Anderson1792 – 1868Sir Alexander Mackenzie1764 – 1820Alexander Selkirk1676 – 1721Dr. David Livingstone1813 – 1873[/mk_table][mk_table]MilitaryThe Marquis of Montrose1612 – 1650John Graham of Claverhouse, Viscount Dundee1648 – 1689Douglas Haig1861-1928John Paul ‘Jones’1747 – 1792[/mk_table][mk_table]Religion & MysticismJohn Knoxc.1510 – 1572Thomas the Rhymerc.1210 – c.1290Brahan Seerearly 17th centurySir William Alexander Smith1854 – 1914[/mk_table][mk_table]EngineeringSir William Arrol1839 – 1913Andrew Meikle1719 – 1811Thomas Telford1757 – 1834James Watt1736 – 1819Robert Adam1728 – 1792[/mk_table][mk_table]Popular CultureAly BainEvelyn GlennieTom AndersonNeil GowRobert CarlyleSir Harry LauderRobbie ColtraneDougie MacLeanSir Peter Maxwell DaviesIan McDiarmidSheena EastonKevin McKiddBill ForsythDonnie MunroSean ConneryAnnie LennoxBilly ConnollyEwan McGregorKelly Macdonald[/mk_table][mk_table]ArtThe Glasgow SchoolThe Scottish Colourists1920s – 1930sColquhoun & MacBrydeKen Currie1960 –Charles Rennie Mackintosh1868 – 1928Jack Vettriano1951 – Present[/mk_table][mk_table]Actors & ActressesEwan McGregor31 March 1971Gerard Butler13 November 1969Annie Lennox25 December 1954Calvin Harris17 January 1984Shirley Manson26 August 1966David O’Hara9 July 1965Joan Baez9 January 1941[/mk_table][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][mk_table]Historical FiguresRobert the Bruce1274 – 1329Rob Roy Macgregor1671 – 1734Flora MacDonald1722 – 1790William Wallacec.1270 – 1305Bonnie Prince Charlie1720 – 1788[/mk_table][mk_table]Politics, Economics & Social ReformAndrew Carnegie1835 – 1919David Dale1739 – 1806Rev Henry Duncan1774 – 1846Sir Patrick Geddes1854 – 1932Ramsay McDonald1866 – 1937Adam Smith1723 – 1790W. E. Gladstone1809 – 1898[/mk_table][mk_table]RoyaltyMary Queen of Scots1542 – 1587James VI (Scotland) & I (England)1566 – 1625Macbeth1005 – 1057[/mk_table][mk_table]Science & TechnologyJames Clerk-Maxwell1831 – 1879Sir James Dewar1842 – 1923Sir Charles Lyell1797 – 1875John ‘Tar’ MacAdam1736 – 1836Charles MacIntosh1766 – 1843John Muir1838 – 1914James ‘Paraffin’ Young1811 – 1883Alexander Graham Bell1847 – 1922John Napier1550 – 1617Sir Alexander Fleming1881 – 1955John Dunlop1840 – 1921John Logie Baird1888 – 1946[/mk_table][mk_table]LiteratureSir Walter Scott1771 – 1832J.M. Barrie1860 – 1937Robert Louis Stevenson1850 – 1894Iain Banks1954 – 2013Irvine Welsh1958 – PresentRobert Burns1759-1796[/mk_table][mk_table]SportsSir Charles (Chay) Blyth1940 –James Braid1870 – 1950Jim Clark1936 – 1968David Coulthard1971 –Kenny Dalglish1951 –Jimmie Guthrie1897 – 1937Colin Montgomerie1963 –Graeme Obree1965 –Jackie Stewart1939 –Sir Chris Hoy1976–PresentAndy Murray1987–PresentDanny MacAskill1985–PresentKatherine Grainger1975–Present[/mk_table][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][mk_table]ComposersRobert Burns (1759–1796)James Clapperton (born 1968)Hamish MacCunn (1868–1916)Charles Macintosh (1839–1922)Robert Carver (c. 1485–c. 1570)Lindsay Davidson (born 1973)John Blackwood McEwen (1868–1948)James MacMillan (born 1959)Ronald Center (1913–1973)James Dillon (born 1950)Edward McGuire (born 1948)Stuart MacRae (born 1976)Erik Chisholm (1904–1965)Iain Hamilton (1922–2000)Alexander Mackenzie (1847–1935)William Marshall (1748–1833)John McLeod (born 1934)Gordon McPherson (born 1965)Stuart Mitchell (born 1965)Thea Musgrave (born 1928)Morris Pert (1947–2010)Francis George Scott (1880–1958)James Scott Skinner (1843–1927)Robert Archibald Smith (1780–1829)Ronald Stevenson (born 1928)William Sweeney (born 1950)Julian Wagstaff (born 1970)William Wallace (1860–1940)Judith Weir (born 1954)Thomas Wilson (1927–2001)[/mk_table][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][mk_table]PhilosophersJohn Abercrombie (1780–1844)Hector Boece (1465–1536)Sir William Hamilton (1788–1888)John Macmurray (1891–1976)John Anderson (1726–1796)Thomas Brown (1778–1820)Henry Home, Lord Kames (1696–1782)John Mair (1467–1550)John Anderson (1893–1962)William Cleghorn (1718–1754)David Hume (1711–1776)William Manderstown (c. 1485–1552)Alexander Bain (1818–1903)Adam Ferguson (1723–1816)Alasdair MacIntyre (born 1929)James McCosh (1811–1894)Thomas Reid (1710–1796)Duns Scotus (1265–1308)William Small (1734–1775)Adam Smith (1723–1790)Dugald Stewart (1753–1828)[/mk_table][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][mk_table]Television and radio personalitiesKaye Adams (born 1962)Ronni Ancona (born 1968)Dougie Anderson (born 1976)Fiona Armstrong (born 1956)Jackie Bird (born 1962)Edith Bowman (born 1975)Frankie Boyle (born 1972)Gordon BuchananBryan BurnettNicky Campbell (born 1962)Kelly Cates (born 1975)Kate CopstickStuart Cosgrove (born 1952)Tam Cowan (born 1969)Cat Cubie (born 1981)Romana D’Annunzio (born 1972)Jim DelahuntDominik Diamond (born 1969)Jack Docherty (born 1962)Kieron ElliotJenni Falconer (born 1976)Craig Ferguson (born 1962)Tommy Flanagan (born 1965))Sandy Gall (born 1927Kirsty Gallacher (born 1976)George Galloway (born 1954)Graeme Garden (born 1943)Muriel Gray (born 1959)Amanda Hamilton (born 1974)Sarah Heaney (born 1971)Stuart Henry (1942–1995)Mikey Hughes (born 1974)Hazel Irvine (born 1965)Stephen Jardine (born 1963)Alan Johnston (born 1962)Nicci Jolly (born 1981)Lorraine Kelly (born 1959)Fiona KennedyRoss King (born 1961)John Leslie (born 1965)Viv Lumsden (born 1952)Fred MacAulay (born 1956)Cathy MacDonaldPhil MacHugh (born 1985)Sarah Mack (born 1973)John MacKayAggie MacKenzie (born 1955)Sally Magnusson (born 1955)Eddie Mair (born 1965)Andrew Marr (born 1959)Colin McAllister (born 1968)Ian McCaskill (born 1938)Scottie McClue (born 1956)Sheena McDonald (born 1954)Gail McGrane (born 1975)Paul McGuireCameron McNeishPaul Mitchell (born 1968)Arthur Montford (1929–2014)Aasmah Mir (born 1971)Nick Nairn (born 1959)Shereen Nanjiani (born 1961)Neil Oliver (born 1967)Dawn Porter (born 1979)Gail Porter (born 1971)Angus Purden (born 1974)Judith RalstonGordon Ramsay (born 1966)Heather Reid (born 1969)Fyfe Robertson (1902–1987)Tom Russell (born 1948)Justin Ryan (born 1967)Isla St Clair (born 1952)Catriona Shearer (born 1981)Angus SimpsonCarol Smillie (born 1961)Sarah Smith (born 1968)Iain Stirling (born 1988)Grant StottCameron Stout (born 1971)Heather SuttieBrian Taylor (born 1955)Bill Torrance (1946)Alison Walker (born 1963)Kirsty Wark (born 1955)Tom Weir (1914–2006)Jim WhiteKirsty Young (born 1968)[/mk_table][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][mk_table]BusinesspersonsWilliam Beardmore, 1st Baron Invernairn (1856–1936)John (Ian) Bartholomew (1890–1962)James Gordon Bennett, Sr. (1795–1872)Alexander Berry (1781–1873)John George Bartholomew (1860–1920)John Bartholomew Jr. (1831–1893)John Bartholomew, Sr. (1805–1861)Keith Arbuthnott, 17th Viscount of Arbuthnott (born 1950)Robert Aitken (1734–1802)Arthur Anderson (1792–1868)Alexander Arbuthnot (died 1585)Sir George Gough Arbuthnot (1848–1929)David Berry (1795–1889)Sir George Burns, 1st Baronet (1795–1890),Sir James Burns (1846–1923)James Burns (1789–1871)Peter Buchan (1790–1854)David Buick (1854–1929)John Burns, 1st Baron Inverclyde (1829–1901)Agnes Campbell, Lady Roseburn (1637–1716)Andrew Carnegie (1835–1919)Thomas Catto, 1st Baron Catto (1879–1959)William Chambers of Glenormiston (1800–1883)Sir Arnold Clark (1928-2017)Catherine Cranston (1849–1934)William Cunninghame of Lainshaw (1731–1799)David Dale (1739–1806)William Davidson (1740–1890)Adam Dawson (1793–1873)George Dempster of Dunnichen and Skibo (1732–1818)Peter Denny (1821–1895)John Dewar, Sr. (1805–1880)Dr. Henry Duncan (1774–1846)John Elder (1824–1869)Sir Tom Farmer (born 1940)B. 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Forbes (1880–1954)Alexander Fordyce (died 1789)Hugh Fraser (1817–1853)James Gillespie (1726–1797)Robert Gordon (1668–1731)Andrew Halyburton (died 1507)Anita Margaret Frew (born 1957)Ann Gloag (born 1942)Sir Angus Grossart (born 1937)Willie Haughey (born 1956)Martin Gilbert (born 1955)Thomas Blake Glover (1838–1911)George Heriot (1563–1624)Tom HunterJohn Lawson Johnston (1839–1900)Irvine Laidlaw (born 1943)John Law (1671–1729)Thomas LeishmanSir Thomas Lipton (1848–1931)Sir George Mathewson, (born 1940)Jim McColl (born 1951)William McEwan (1827–1913)Stewart Milne (born 1950)Thomas Napier (1802–1881)Alexander Cameron Sim (1840–1900)Robert Smith, Baron Smith of Kelvin (born 1944)Michelle Mone (born 1971)William Paterson (1658–1719)Brian Souter (born 1954)James Stirling (1800–1876)Sir David Murray (born 1951)Thomas Sutherland (1834–1922)David Coupar Thomson (1861–1954)George Thomson (1815–1866)William Walls (1819–1893)William Douglas Weir, 1st Viscount Weir (1877–1959)George Watson (1654–1723)Wilson, SonsAndrew Yule (1834–1902)Sir David Yule, 1st Baronet (1858–1928)George Yule (1829–1892)[/mk_table][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][mk_table]HumoristsStanley Baxter (born 1926)Rory Bremner (born 1961)Kevin Bridges (born 1986)Janet Brown (1924–2011)Fred Cairns (1857-1896)Frankie Boyle (born 1972)Stephen CarlinAlun Cochrane (born 1975)Rhona Cameron (born 1965)Susan CalmanBilly Connolly (born 1942)Des ClarkeRonald Balfour Corbett (born 1930)Ivor Cutler (1923–2006)Karen Dunbar (1971)Craig Ferguson (born 1962)Gregor Fisher (born 1953)George Gale (1929–2003)Janey Godley (born 1961)Armando Iannucci (born 1963)Rikki Fulton (1924–2004)Graeme Garden (born 1943)Greg Hemphill (born 1969)Craig HillPhil KayFord Kiernan (born 1962)Harry Lauder (1870–1950)David Law (1908–1971)Brian Limond (born 1974)Jimmy Logan (1928–2001)Fred MacAulay (born 1956)Doon Mackichan (born 1962)Chic Murray (1919–1985)Jerry Sadowitz (born 1961)Iain Stirling (born 1988)Ian Tough (born 1947)Janette Tough (born 1947)Danny Wallace (born 1976)[/mk_table][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][mk_title_box font_weight=”500″ font_family=”none”]More Articles About Scotland[/mk_title_box][vc_btn title=”All Scotland Caves” shape=”square” align=”center” button_block=”true” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fisolatedtraveller.com%2Fall-scotlands-caves%2F|||”][vc_btn title=”Museum of Scotland” shape=”square” align=”center” button_block=”true” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fisolatedtraveller.com%2Fmuseum-of-scotland%2F|||”][vc_btn title=”Facts About Edinburgh” shape=”square” align=”center” button_block=”true” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fisolatedtraveller.com%2F11-facts-might-not-know-edinburgh%2F|||”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][mk_title_box font_weight=”600″ font_family=”none” align=”center”]Enjoyed this post? 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