List of Scots

This is a list of notable people from Scotland.

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Architects and master masons

James Adam (1732–1794), son of William Adam
John Adam (1721–1792), eldest son of William Adam
Robert Adam (1728–1792), architect, son of William Adam
William Adam (1689–1748), father of James, John and Robert; architect and mason
James Alison (1862–1932), architect responsible for the appearance of late Victorian Hawick
John Macvicar Anderson (1835–1915)
Robert Rowand Anderson (1834–1921)
George Ashdown Audsley (1838–1925), architect, artist, illustrator, writer, and pipe organ designer
William James Audsley (1833–1907)
Ormrod Maxwell Ayrton (1874–1960), FRIBA
John Baird (1798–1859), influential figure in the development of Glasgow Georgian and Victorian Architecture
Andrew Balfour (1863–1943), architect, work including Holmlea Primary School, Glasgow
Isobel Hogg Kerr Beattie (1900–1970), possibly the first woman to practise architecture in Scotland
John Begg (1866–1937), architect who practised in London, South Africa and India, and taught at Edinburgh College of Art
William Bryce Binnie (c. 1885–c. 1963)
Alexander Black (c.1790–1858)
Hippolyte Blanc (1844–1917)
Thomas Bonnar (c.1770–1847), interior designer and architect
James MacLellan Brown (c. 1886–1967), city architect of Dundee, designer of the Mills Observatory
Thomas Brown (1781–1850), architect, works including Bellevue Church, Edinburgh
Thomas Brown (1806–1872), architect notable for prison design
Sir George Washington Browne (1853–1939)
Sir William Bruce (c. 1630–1710)
David Bryce (1803–1876)
William Burn (1789–1870)
John Burnet (1814–1901), architect who lived and practised in Glasgow
Sir John James Burnet (1857–1938), Edwardian architect, son of John Burnet
James Burton (1761–1837), famous London property developer and architect; father of Decimus Burton and James Burton (Egyptologist)
James Byres of Tonley (1733–1817), architect, antiquary and dealer in Old Master paintings and antiquities
Edward Calvert (c. 1847–1914)
Charles Cameron (1743–1812)
Alexander Buchanan Campbell (1914–2007)
Alexander Lorne Campbell (1871–1944), architect founder of Scott & Campbell
Colen Campbell (1676–1729)
Colin Robert Vaughan Campbell, 7th Earl Cawdor (born 1962)
John Campbell (1857–1942)
John Chesser (1819–1892), architect largely based in Edinburgh
Sir John Ninian Comper (1864–1960), Gothic Revival architect
George Corson (1829–1910)
David Cousin (1809–1878), architect, landscape architect and planner
James Craig (1739–1795)
James Hoey Craigie (1870–1930)
Alexander Hunter Crawford (1865–1945), architect and businessman, owner of Crawford's Biscuits
Alexander Davidson (1839–1908), architect active in Australia
William Gordon Dey (1911–1997), architect who specialised in college buildings
John Douglas of Pinkerton (c.1709–1778), architect who designed and reformed several country houses
Sir Robert Drummond of Carnock (died 1592), Master of Work to the Crown of Scotland
Sir James Duncan Dunbar-Nasmith, (1927–2023), leading conservation architect
Alan Dunlop (born 1958)
John Murray Easton (1889–1975), architect, winner of the Royal Gold Medal for architecture
Alexander Edward (1651–1708), Episcopalian clergyman, draughtsman, architect and landscape designer
Archibald Elliot (1760–1823)
Reginald Francis Joseph Fairlie (1883–1952), architect of the National Library of Scotland
James Fergusson (1808–1886)
Claude Waterlow Ferrier (1879–1935), architect, specialising in the Art Deco style
James Leslie Findlay (1868–1952)
Kathryn Findlay (born 1953–2014)
Robert Findlay (1859–1951)
George Topham Forrest (1872–1945)
William Fowler (1824–1906), architect
Malcolm Fraser (born 1959)
Patrick Allan Fraser (1812–1890), architect and painter
Andrew Frazer (died 1792)
Thomas Gildard (died 1895), architect of Britannia Music Hall
James Gibbs (1682–1754)
Charles Lovett Gill (1880–1960)
James Gowan (1923–2015), postmodernist architect of the "engineering style"
Sir James Gowans (1821–1890), maverick Edinburgh architect and builder
James Gillespie Graham (1776–1855)
John Edgar Gregan (1813–1855)
David Hamilton (1768–1843)
Sir James Hamilton of Finnart (c.1495–1540), Master of Work to the Crown of Scotland
Thomas Hamilton (1784–1858)
John Henderson (1804–1862), architect chiefly remembered as a church architect
James Macintyre Henry (1852–1929)
William Hastie (1753/1763–1832)
Gareth Hoskins (1967–2016), architect, UK Architect of the year 2006
Edith Mary Wardlaw Burnet Hughes (1888–1971), considered Britain's first practising woman architect, who established her own firm in 1920
Ernest Auldjo Jamieson (1880–1937), architect specialising in country houses, largely for wealthy family friends
George Meikle Kemp (1795–1844), carpenter, draughtsman, and architect, best known as the designer of the Scott Monument
Robert Kerr (1823–1904), co-founder of the Architectural Association
Sir William Hardie Kininmonth (1904–1988), architect whose work mixed a modern style with Scottish vernacular
Alexander Laing (1752–1823), architect
William Leiper (1839–1916)
David Lennox (1788–1873), bridge-builder and master stonemason, working in Australia
John Lessels (1809–1883)
Ian G Lindsay (1906–1966)
Robert Lorimer (1864–1929)
David MacGibbon (1831–1902)
Kate Macintosh (born 1937), architect of Dawson's Heights in Southwark
Alexander George Robertson Mackenzie (1879–1963), architect, in London and Aberdeen
Alexander Marshall Mackenzie (1848–1933)
Charles Rennie Mackintosh (1868–1928), architect, designer and watercolourist; husband and business partner of Margaret McDonald
James Marjoribanks MacLaren (1853–1890), associated with the Arts and Crafts movement and Scottish Vernacular architecture
Thomas MacLaren (1863–1928), architect who worked in worked in London, and the United States
Andy MacMillan (1928–2014), architect, educator, writer and broadcaster
Ebenezer James MacRae (1881–1951), City Architect for Edinburgh
Thomas P. Marwick (1854–1927), architect based in Edinburgh, important to the architectural character of Marchmont
Robert Matheson (1808–1877), architect and Clerk of Works for Scotland
Robert Matthew (1906–1975)
John McAslan, CBE (born 1954), designed many buildings around the world, such as the new departures concourse at London King's Cross railway station, the Iron Market in Port-au-Prince and the Olympia Park in Moscow
Alexander McGill (died 1734), mason and architect, who worked in partnership with James Smith
John McLachlan (1843–1893), architect
George McRae (1858–1923), architect who migrated to Australia and pursued his career in Sydney
Sir Frank Charles Mears (1880–1953)
Adam Menelaws (born between 1748 and 1756–1831)
James Miller (1860–1947)
Sydney Mitchell (1856–1930)
Robert Morham (1839–1912), City Architect for Edinburgh
Richard Murphy (born 1955), architect, winner of the 2016 RIBA House of the year
Gordon Murray (born 1954)
Sir James Murray of Kilbaberton (died 1634), master wright and architect
John Mylne (died 1621), master mason
John Mylne of Perth (c. 1585–1657), master mason
John Mylne (1611–1667), master mason and architect
Robert Mylne (1633–1710), stonemason and architect, last Master Mason to the Crown of Scotland
Robert Mylne (1733–1811), architect and civil engineer, remembered for Blackfriars Bridge, London
Walter Newall (1780–1863)
Peter Nicholson (1765–1844)
John Paterson (died 1832)
Robert Hamilton Paterson (1843–1911), partner in the architectural practice, Hamilton-Paterson and Rhind
David Paton (1801–1882), architect and builder, who worked in the United States in the 1830s
John Dick Peddie (1824–1891)
John More Dick Peddie (1853–1921)
Frederick Thomas Pilkington (1832–1898)
James Playfair (1755–1794), father of William Henry
William Henry Playfair (1790–1857)
B. Marcus Priteca (1889–1971)
Robert Reid Raeburn (1819–1888), architect who worked in and around Edinburgh
Robert Reid (1774–1856), King's architect and surveyor for Scotland
David Rhind (1808–1883)
James Robert Rhind (1854–1918)
John Rhind (1836–1889), architect from Inverness
George Richardson (c. 1737–c. 1813), architectural and decorative draftsman
John Thomas Rochead (1814–1878)
Thomas Ross (1839–1930)
Fred Rowntree (1860–1927), Arts and Crafts architect
Witold Rybczynski (born 1943)
James Salmon (1873–1924), grandson of James Salmon (1805–1888)
James Salmon (1805–1888), grandfather of James Salmon (1873–1924)
William Schaw (c. 1550–1602), Master of Works to James VI of Scotland for building castles and palaces
John Scrimgeour of Myres (fl. 16th century), Master of Work for royal buildings for James V and Mary, Queen of Scots
James Robb Scott (1882–1965), chief architect of the Southern Railway
James Sellars (1843–1888)
Richard Norman Shaw (1831–1912), architect known for his country houses and for commercial buildings
Archibald Simpson (1790–1847), one of the major architects of Aberdeen
James Smith (c. 1645–1731)
James Smith of Jordanhill (1782–1867), architect, merchant, antiquarian, geologist, biblical critic and man of letters
John Smith (1781–1852), first official city architect of Aberdeen
Robert Smith (1722–1777), emigrant to America
William Smith (1817–1891)
John Soutar (1881–1951)
James Souttar (1840–1922), worked in Sweden
Basil Spence (1907–1976)
John James Stevenson (1831–1908)
James Stirling (1926–1992)
John Tait (1787–1856), architect based in Edinburgh
Thomas S. Tait (1882–1954)
Bruce James Talbert (1838–1881), architect and interior designer
Sir Andrew Thomas Taylor (1850–1937), architect and Conservative Party municipal councillor
Alexander "Greek" Thomson (1817–1875)
James Thomson (died 1927), City Engineer, City Architect, and Housing Director of Dundee
Ramsay Traquair, architect and academic with strong links to Canada
James Campbell Walker (1821–1888), architect specialising in poorhouses and schools
William Wallace (died 1631)
Frederick Walters (1849–1931), notable for Roman Catholic churches
George Henry Walton (1867–1933)
Thomas Lennox Watson (c. 1850–1920)
William Weir (1865–1950)
Charles Wilson (1810–1863)
Robert Wilson (1834–1901), architect for the Edinburgh Board of Education
George Wittet (1878–1926), architect working mostly in Bombay, India
William Young (1843–1900), designer of Glasgow City Chambers

Artists

Businesspersons

Robert Aitken (1734–1802), Philadelphia printer, the first to publish an English language Bible in the United States
Alexander Aikman (1755–1838), Jamaican printer, newspaper publisher, and landowner.
Arthur Anderson (1792–1868), co-founder of P&O
Alexander Arbuthnot (died 1585), printer, work including George Buchanan's first History of Scotland
Sir George Gough Arbuthnot (1848–1929), businessman and civic leader in British India
John Bartholomew, Sr. (1805–1861), cartographer and engraver, founder of John Bartholomew and Son Ltd
John Bartholomew Jr. (1831–1893), cartographer
John Christopher Bartholomew (1923–2008), cartographer and geographer
John George Bartholomew (1860–1920), cartographer and geographer
John (Ian) Bartholomew (1890–1962), cartographer and geographer
William Beardmore, 1st Baron Invernairn (1856–1936), founder of William Beardmore and Company engineers and shipbuilders
James Gordon Bennett, Sr. (1795–1872), founder and publisher of the New York Herald
Alexander Berry (1781–1873), town of Berry is named after him, possibly the first millionaire in Australia
David Berry (1795–1889), livestock breeder, landowner and benefactor; brother of Alexander Berry
Peter Buchan (1790–1854), editor, publisher, and collector of ballads and folktales
David Buick (1854–1929), founded the Buick car company
Sir George Burns, 1st Baronet (1795–1890), shipping magnate
Sir James Burns (1846–1923), businessman, shipowner and philanthropist in Australia
James Burns (1789–1871), shipowner born in Glasgow
John Burns, 1st Baron Inverclyde (1829–1901), shipowner, chairman of Cunard
Agnes Campbell, Lady Roseburn (1637–1716), printer, described as "Scotland's wealthiest early modern printer".
Andrew Carnegie (1835–1919), steel magnate, major philanthropist
Thomas Catto, 1st Baron Catto (1879–1959), businessman, Governor of the Bank of England.
William Chambers of Glenormiston (1800–1883), publisher
Sir Arnold Clark (1928–2017), founder of Arnold Clark motor group
Catherine Cranston (1849–1934), leading figure in the development of tea rooms, patron of Charles Rennie Mackintosh and others
William Cunninghame of Lainshaw (1731–1799), tobacco merchant
David Dale (1739–1806), merchant and businessman, established the weaving community of New Lanark
William Davidson (1740–1890), entrepreneur and founder of the first colony in New Brunswick, Canada
Adam Dawson (1793–1873), Linlithgow and owner of St Magdalene distillery
George Dempster of Dunnichen and Skibo (1732–1818), advocate, landowner, agricultural improver, politician and business man
Peter Denny (1821–1895), shipbuilder and shipowner, with William Denny and Brothers
John Dewar, Sr. (1805–1880), founder of John Dewar & Sons, Scotch whisky distillers
Dr. Henry Duncan (1774–1846), Church of Scotland Minister; started the world's first savings bank in Ruthwell, Dumfries and Galloway
John Elder (1824–1869), marine engineer and shipbuilder
Sir Tom Farmer (born 1940), entrepreneur
Robert Fleming (1845–1933), financier, founder of Robert Fleming & Co. merchant bank
B. C. Forbes (1880–1954), founder of Forbes magazine
Alexander Fordyce (died 1789), banker, involved in the bank run on Neal, James, Fordyce and Down in 1772
Hugh Fraser (1817–1853), founder of House of Fraser group of department stores
Anita Margaret Frew (born 1957), businessperson
Martin Gilbert (born 1955), Chief Executive of Aberdeen Asset Management
James Gillespie (1726–1797), snuff-maker and philanthropist
Ann Gloag (born 1942), 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
Sir Angus Grossart (1937–2022), chairman of merchant bank Noble Grossart
Andrew Halyburton (died 1507), merchant, 'Conservator of the Scottish privileges in the Low Countries'
Willie Haughey (born 1956), entrepreneur and founder of City Refrigeration Holdings
George Heriot (1563–1624), goldsmith and founder of George Heriot's School
Tom Hunter (born 1961), entrepreneur and philanthropist, founder of Sports Division
John Lawson Johnston (1839–1900), creator of Bovril
Irvine Laidlaw (born 1942), 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
Sir Thomas Lipton (1848–1931), founder of Lipton's Tea
Sir George Mathewson, (born 1940), former chairman of the Royal Bank of Scotland
Jim McColl (born 1951), founder of Clyde Blowers
William McEwan (1827–1913), founder of McEwans brewers
Stewart Milne (born 1950), founder of Stewart Milne Group and majority shareholder of Aberdeen F.C.
Michelle Mone (born 1971), founder of Ultimo
Sir David Murray (born 1951), founder of Murray International Metals
Thomas Napier (1802–1881), builder, emigrant to Australia
William Paterson (1658–1719), founder of Bank of Scotland and Bank of England
Alexander Cameron Sim (1840–1900), pharmacist and entrepreneur active in Japan, founder of the Kobe Regatta & Athletic Club
Robert Smith, Baron Smith of Kelvin (born 1944), Chair of the Green Investment Bank
Brian Souter (born 1954), entrepreneur and co-founder of Stagecoach Group
James Stirling (1800–1876), builder of steam locomotives, brother of Robert Stirling
Thomas Sutherland (1834–1922), founder of The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation and HSBC Holdings plc
David Couper Thomson (1861–1954), proprietor of the newspaper and publishing company D. C. Thomson & Co. Ltd
George Thomson (1815–1866), marine engineer and shipbuilder
William Walls (1819–1893), lawyer and industrialist, influenced the development of 19th-century Glasgow
William Douglas Weir, 1st Viscount Weir (1877–1959), industrialist, engineer and politician
George Watson (1654–1723), first chief accountant of the Bank of Scotland; founder of George Watson's College
Wilson, Sons, founded in 1837 by Edward and Fleetwood Pellow Wilson; one of South America's largest shipping brokers
Andrew Yule (1834–1902), businessman who founded Andrew Yule and Company in India
Sir David Yule, 1st Baronet (1858–1928), businessman based in India
George Yule (1829–1892), merchant in England and India, fourth President of the Indian National Congress

Composers

Robert Burns (1759–1796)
Robert Carver (c. 1485–c. 1570)
Ronald Center (1913–1973)
Erik Chisholm (1904–1965)
James Clapperton (born 1968)
John Clerk of Penicuik (1676–1755)
James Dillon (born 1950)
Thomas Erskine, 6th Earl of Kellie (1732–1781)
Iain Hamilton (1922–2000)
Tobias Hume (c.1579–1645)
Hamish MacCunn (1868–1916)
John Blackwood McEwen (1868–1948)
Edward McGuire (born 1948)
Alexander Mackenzie (1847–1935)
Charles Macintosh (1839–1922), composer, performer and naturalist
Robert Mackintosh (c.1745–1807)
James MacMillan (born 1959)
Stuart MacRae (born 1976)
William Marshall (1748–1833)
John McLeod (1934–2022)
Gordon McPherson (born 1965)
Stuart Mitchell (born 1965)
Thea Musgrave (born 1928)
James Oswald (1710–1769)
Morris Pert (1947–2010)
Francis George Scott (1880–1958)
James Scott Skinner (1843–1927), composer, dancing master, and fiddler
Robert Archibald Smith (1780–1829), composer known for his collection Scotish Minstrel
Ronald Stevenson (1928–2015)
William Sweeney (born 1950)
Julian Wagstaff (born 1970)
William Wallace (1860–1940)
Judith Weir (born 1954)
Thomas Wilson (1927–2001)

Criminals

William Armstrong of Kinmont (Kinmont Willie) (fl. 16th century), border reiver
Sawney Bean, semi-mythical head of a clan in 15th- or 16th-century Scotland, reportedly executed for mass murder and cannibalism
Bible John, nickname of supposed serial killer
Robert Black (born 1947), serial killer convicted of the kidnapping and murder of four girls
Geordie Bourne (died 1597), border reiver
Ian Brady (1938–2017), one of the Moors murderers
Deacon Brodie (1741–1788), Edinburgh city councillor and burglar
Michael Brown (born 1966), fraudster
Henry John Burnett (1942–1963), murderer, last man to be hanged in Scotland
Colonel Francis Charteris (c. 1675–1732), nicknamed "The Rape-Master General"
Robert Crichton, 8th Lord Crichton of Sanquhar (died 1612), peer, executed for the murder of a fencing teacher, John Turner
Williamina "Minnie" Dean (1844–1895), emigrant to New Zealand, found guilty of infanticide and hanged; the only woman to receive the death penalty in New Zealand
William John Duff (born 1962), dentist convicted for fraud and reckless endangerment
Paul John Ferris (born 1963), gangster and author
Donald Forbes (1935–2008), murderer, convicted of two separate murders
Arthur Furguson (1883–1938), con artist
Jimmy Gauld (1931–2004), footballer and match fixing ringleader
John Gow (c. 1698–1725), notorious pirate
Sir Robert Graham of Kinpont (died 1437), assassin of James I of Scotland
Sir Archibald Grant 2nd Baronet (1696–1778), fraudster, expelled from parliament, and agricultural improver
David Haggart (1801–1821), thief and murderer
Archibald Hall (a.k.a. Roy Fontaine) (1924–2002), serial killer and thief
James Hamilton of Bothwellhaugh and Woodhouselee (died 1581) assassin of James Stewart, 1st Earl of Moray, Regent of Scotland
Thomas Watt Hamilton (1952–1996), perpetrator of the Dunblane school massacre
John the Painter (1752–1777), highwayman, burglar, shoplifter, robber, and rapist, who committed acts of terror in British naval dockyards in 1776–77
William Kidd (1645–1701), mutineer and pirate
Sonny Leitch (born c. 1933), career criminal and jailbreaker
"Captain" James MacLaine (1724–1750), highwayman, known as the "Gentleman Highwayman"
Jamie Macpherson (1675–1700), outlaw
Peter Manuel (1927–1958), serial killer
John Maxwell, 9th Lord Maxwell (c. 1583–1613), Catholic nobleman, murderer of the Laird of Johnstone
Edith McAlinden (born 1968), murderer, guilty of triple murder in Glasgow
Ian McAteer (born 1961), Glasgow gangster
William McCoy (c. 1763 – 1798), sailor and a mutineer on board HMS Bounty
Thomas McGraw (1952–2007), known as "The Licensee" or "Wan-Baw McGraw", gangster
Frank McPhee (1948–2000), Glasgow gangland boss
Patrick Meehan (1927–1994), safe blower, convicted of murder but given a royal pardon
Anthony Joseph Miller (1941–1960), the last teenager to be executed in the United Kingdom
Robert Mone (born 1948), convicted murderer
James Morrison (1760–1807) seaman and mutineer who took part in the Mutiny on the Bounty
Susan Newell (1893–1923), murderer, the last woman to be hanged in Scotland
Dennis Nilsen (born 1945), serial killer
Colin Norris (born 1976), nurse convicted of murdering four elderly patients in a hospital in Leeds
Dora Noyce (1900–1977), Edinburgh brothel keeper
Johnny Ramensky (1905–1972), career criminal who used his safe-cracking abilities as a commando during World War II
Robert Sempill, 3rd Lord Sempill (c. 1505–1576), lord of Parliament, murderer
Robert Stewart, Master of Atholl (died 1437), assassin of James I of Scotland
Walter Stewart, Earl of Atholl (died 1437), assassin of James I of Scotland
Arthur Thompson (1931–1993), Glasgow gangster
Peter Tobin (born 1946), convicted serial killer and sex offender
Andrew Walker (1954–2021), army corporal who killed three colleagues in a payroll robbery

Economists

Sir Kenneth Alexander (1922–2001), university administrator
Adam Anderson (1692/1693–1765), economic historian
Duncan Black (1908–1991), social choice theorist
Sir Alexander Cairncross (1911–1998), founder of the UK Government Economic Service
Frances Anne Cairncross (born 30 August 1944), economist, journalist and academic
John Marcus Fleming (1911–1976), IMF deputy director of research
David Greenaway (born 1952), university administrator
John Law (c. 1671–1729), founder of Banque Générale in France
James Loch (1780–1855), economist, advocate, barrister, estate commissioner and Member of Parliament
Joseph Lowe (died 1831), journalist and political economist
Ronald MacDonald (born 1955)
Henry Dunning Macleod (1821–1902), credit theorist
Ailsa McKay (1963–2014), feminist economist, Professor of Economics at Glasgow Caledonian University and United Nations adviser
Sir James Mirrlees (1936–2018), Nobel Laureate
Anton Muscatelli (born 1962), Principal and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Glasgow
Brian Quinn (born 1936), former Deputy Governor of the Bank of England and Chairman of Celtic FC
John Rae (1796–1872), polymath
Gavin Clydesdale Reid (born 1946)
Adam Smith (1723–1790), moral philosopher, author of The Wealth of Nations, the first modern work on economics

Engineers and inventors

James Abernethy (1814–1896), civil engineer
Neil Arnott (1788–1874), physician and inventor of the Arnott waterbed
Sir William Arrol (1839–1913), bridge builder
Alexander Bain (1810–1877), inventor and engineer, first to invent and patent the electric clock and fax machine
Charles Baird (1766–1843), engineer who played an important part in the industrial and business life of St. Petersburg
Francis Baird (1802–1864), engineer in St. Petersburg; son of Charles Baird
Hugh Baird (1770–1827), civil engineer, who designed and built the Union Canal
John Logie Baird (1888–1946), television
Nicol Hugh Baird (1796–1849), surveyor, engineer and inventor who emigrated to Canada
Alexander Graham Bell (1847–1922), telephone, National Geographic Society, hydrofoil
Henry Bell (1767–1830), ran Europe's first commercially successful steamboat
Rev Patrick Bell (1799–1869), Church of Scotland minister, and inventor of the reaping machine
George Bennie (1891–1957), the Bennie Railplane
Sir James Black (1924–2010), beta-blockers
Robert Blair (1748–1828), aplanatic telescope
Benjamin Blyth (1819–1866), civil engineer
Benjamin Blyth II (1849–1917), civil engineer
Sir Thomas Bouch (1822–1880), railway engineer, designer of the original Tay Rail Bridge
Robert Henry Bow (1827–1909), civil engineer and photographer
James Braid (1795–1860), hypnosis
James Bremner (1784–1856), naval architect, harbour builder and ship-raiser
David Brewster (1781–1868), lenticular stereoscope
George Brown (1650–1730), arithmetician and inventor
Walter Brown (1886–1957), engineer and mathematician
Sir George Bruce of Carnock (c.1550–1625), merchant and mining engineer
Richard Henry Brunton (1841–1901), "father of Japanese lighthouses"
Dorothy Donaldson Buchanan (1899–1985), civil engineer, first woman member of the Institution of Civil Engineers
Duncan Cameron (1825–1901), inventor of the "Waverley" pen nib, owner of The Oban Times newspaper
James Chalmers (1782–1853), adhesive postage stamp
Sir Dugald Clark (a.k.a. Clerk) (1854–1932), first two stroke cycle engine (the Clark cycle)
Archibald Cochrane, 9th Earl of Dundonald (1749–1831), made many general useful inventions, particularly in the navy
Thomas Cochrane, 10th Earl of Dundonald (1775–1860), designed many inventions to do with naval technology and steam engines
Dr James C. Crow (1789–1856), creator of the sour mash process for creating bourbon whiskey
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
Captain Thomas Drummond (1797–1840) army officer, civil engineer, and pioneer in use of the Drummond light
Victoria Drummond (1894–1978), marine engineer, first woman member of Institute of Marine Engineering, Science and Technology
John Boyd Dunlop (1840–1921), the modern rubber tyre
Henry Dyer (1848–1918), engineer, contributor to Western-style technical education in Japan
Sir Peter Fairbairn (1799–1861), engineer and inventor, and mayor of Leeds, West Yorkshire
Sir William Fairbairn, 1st Baronet (of Ardwick) (1789–1874), civil engineer, structural engineer and shipbuilder
Patrick Ferguson (1744–1780), the Ferguson rifle
Sir Alexander Fleming (1881–1955), isolated penicillin from the fungus Penicillium notatum
Sir Sandford Fleming, (1827–1915), engineer and inventor, who emigrated to Canada; he proposed worldwide standard time zones, and engineered much of the Intercolonial Railway and the Canadian Pacific Railway
Alexander John Forsyth (1768–1843), Presbyterian clergyman who invented the percussion cap
William George Nicholson Geddes (1913–1993), civil engineer
David Gow (born 1957), inventor of the i-Limb prosthetic hand
Thomas Lomar Gray (1850–1908), engineer noted for his pioneering work in seismology
James Gregory (1638–1675), the Gregorian telescope
Thomas Graeme Nelson Haldane (1897–1981), engineer
William Handyside (1793–1850), engineer involved in important construction projects in St. Petersburg
James Harrison (1816–1893), pioneer in mechanical refrigeration
George Johnston (1855–1945), engineer, designer and constructor of Scotland's first automobile
James Kennedy (1797–1886), locomotive and marine engineer
David Kirkaldy (1820–1897), engineer, whose pioneering testing works now houses the Kirkaldy Testing Museum
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
Thomas McCall (1834–1904), cartwright, developer of the bicycle
Andrew Meikle (1719–1811), mechanical engineer, inventor of the threshing machine
Patrick Miller (1730–1815), steamboat pioneer
Thomas Morton (1781–1832), shipwright and inventor of the patent slip
William Murdoch (1754–1839), pioneer of gas lighting
David Napier (1790–1869), marine engineer
David Napier (1785–1873), engineer, founder of D. Napier & Son, an early precision engineering company which later made automobiles and aero engines
James Robert Napier (1821–1879), engineer and inventor of Napier's diagram
John Napier (1550–1617), Logarithm
Robert Napier (1791–1876), marine engineer, "the father of Clyde Shipbuilding"
Robert D. Napier (1821–1885), engineer
James Nasmyth (1808–1890), steam hammer
Robert Stirling Newall (1812–1889), engineer, improved wire rope and submarine cable laying
James Newlands (1813–1871), civil engineer, Borough Engineer of Liverpool as Borough Engineer
Murdoch Paterson (1826–1898), Inverness engineer and architect, chief engineer of the Highland Railway
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
John Shepherd-Barron (1925–2010), inventor of the automatic teller machine
Hugh Smellie (1840–1891), engineer, Locomotive Superintendent
Thomas Smith (1752–1814), early lighthouse engineer
Charles Spalding (1738–1783), Edinburgh confectioner and improver of the diving bell
Alan Stevenson (1807–1865), lighthouse engineer
Charles Alexander Stevenson (1855–1950), lighthouse engineer
David Stevenson (1815–1886), lighthouse designer
David Alan Stevenson (1854–1938), lighthouse engineer
Robert Stevenson (1772–1850), civil engineer, designer and builder of lighthouses
Thomas Stevenson (1818–1887), pioneering lighthouse designer and meteorologist; father of Robert Louis Stevenson
Matthew Stirling (1856–1931), Locomotive Superintendent of the Hull and Barnsley Railway
Patrick Stirling (1820–1895), railway engineer, and Locomotive Superintendent of the Great Northern Railway
Reverend Dr Robert Stirling (1790–1878), clergyman, and inventor of the Stirling engine
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

Explorers

Albert Armitage (1864–1943), Royal Navy Captain who was part of the Jackson–Harmsworth Expedition, which explored Franz Josef Land and rescued Fridtjof Nansen and his men from certain death; later part of the Discovery Expedition in Antarctica
John Arthur, OBE (1881–1952), British Army Captain and medical missionary for over thirty years in Kenya; known simply as Doctor Arthur to generations of Africans
William Balfour Baikie (1824–1864), naturalist, philologist and surgeon on the 1854 Niger Expedition; explored the Benue River and helped open up Nigeria to British trade while supporting the abolition of the slave trade
Peter Belches (1796–1890), Royal Navy Lieutenant who explored the Swan River and its surrounding area while aboard Admiral Sir James Stirling's HMS Success
Alexander Berry (1781–1873), merchant and surgeon who established the first European settlement on the south coast of New South Wales
Henry Robertson Bowers (1883–1912), Royal Navy Lieutenant who was part of the ill-fated Terra Nova Expedition, which attempted to be the first to reach the South Pole
Robert Brown (1842–1895), scientist, explorer, and author
James Bruce (1730–1794), traveller and travel writer who spent more than a dozen years in North Africa and then Ethiopia, where he traced the origins of the Blue Nile
William Speirs Bruce (1867–1921), naturalist, oceanographer, polar scientist and leader of the Scottish National Antarctic Expedition; established the first permanent weather station there and became the first to widely explore the Weddell Sea
David Buchan (1780–1838), Royal Navy Captain who conducted expeditions in Newfoundland and Labrador and Spitsbergen
Sir Alexander Burnes (1805–1841), diplomat and explorer of Afghanistan
Colin Campbell (1686–1757), entrepreneur, merchant and co-founder of the Swedish East India Company, the largest trading company in Sweden throughout the 18th century; King Frederick I of Sweden's ambassador to the Emperor of China
Hugh Clapperton (1788–1827), Royal Navy Captain and traveller who explored many lakes and rivers in Africa; one of the first white people to see Lake Chad
John Dundas Cochrane (1793–1825), Royal Navy Captain and traveller who crossed Eurasia on foot to reach the Kamchatka Peninsula
William Cormack (1796–1868), agriculturalist, author and philanthropist; first European to explore the interior of Newfoundland and Labrador, while also building friendly relations with the native Beothuk people
Robert Bontine Cunninghame Graham (1852–1936), Don Roberto, adventurer, journalist, politician and writer who carried out many activities in Argentina, Mexico, Morocco, Spain and the United States
David Douglas (1799–1834), botanist and gardener who explored parts of the remote Scottish Highlands, as well as North America and Hawaii; second person to summit Mauna Loa volcano; introduced hundreds of plants to Great Britain, including the Douglas fir
Douglas Douglas–Hamilton (1903–1973), Lord Clydesdale, aviator and the first to see Mount Everest from above while carrying out the first detailed scientific survey of the Himalayas, the extremities he endured also helped demonstrate the need for pressurised cabins inside aircraft
Alexander Forbes (1778–1862), author and merchant; first British consul to Mexico; published one of the first accounts in English of California (then a province of Mexico)
Henry Ogg Forbes (1851–1932), botanist and ornithologist in both the Maluku Islands and New Guinea; director of the Canterbury Museum in New Zealand for three years
Simon Fraser (1776–1862), fur trader who was employed by the North West Company and charted much of what is now the Canadian province of British Columbia; built the area's first trading ports; explored the 854-mile Fraser River
George Glas (1725–1765), adventurer, merchant and seaman who traded between Brazil, the Canary Islands and north-western Africa
Sir Alexander Richard Glen (1912–2004), explorer of the Arctic, and wartime intelligence officer
Robert Gordon (1580–1661), antiquary, cartographer, geographer, mathematician and poet who created and revised many maps, including the first atlas of Scotland after being asked via a letter from King Charles I of England
James Augustus Grant (1827–1892), British Army Lieutenant who accompanied John Hanning Speke in the search and discovery of the source of the River Nile; the Grant's gazelle is named in his honour
Sir James Hector (1834–1907), geologist, naturalist and surgeon on the Palliser Expedition, the main goal of which was to find possible routes for the Canadian Pacific Railway; went on to manage what is now the Royal Society of New Zealand for thirty-five years
Isobel Wylie Hutchison (1889–1982), Arctic traveller and botanist
Alexander Keith Johnston (1844–1879), cartographer and geographer to a commission for the survey of Paraguay; died while leading the Royal Geographical Society's expedition to Lake Malawi
John Kirk (1832–1922), botanist, naturalist and physician; British administrator in Zanzibar; supported the abolition of the slave trade along with his associate David Livingstone
Alexander Gordon Laing (1793–1826), British Army Major who was the first Westerner to discover the ancient city of Timbuktu
Macgregor Laird (1808–1861), merchant and shipbuilder; pioneered British trade on the Niger River; his ship Sirius was the first to cross the Atlantic Ocean run entirely on steam power; supported the abolition of the slave trade
William Lithgow (1582–1645), alleged spy, traveller and writer who claimed to have peregrinated over 35,000 miles throughout various parts of the world
David Livingstone (1813–1873), medical missionary and one of Africa's most celebrated explorers; discovered Victoria Falls, among other things; strongly opposed the slave trade; his meeting with H. M. Stanley gave rise to the quotation "Dr. Livingstone, I presume?"
Gregor MacGregor (1786–1845), adventurer, coloniser, land speculator and soldier who fought in South America during the Spanish American wars of independence, before later helping to colonise parts of the continent
John MacGregor (1825–1892), artist, barrister, philanthropist and travel writer; descendant of Rob Roy MacGregor; developed canoe sailing and popularised canoeing as a recreational sport, paddling and sailing them in both Europe and the Middle East
Alistair Mackay (1878–1914), doctor and polar explorer, one of the first expedition to reach the south magnetic pole
Sir Alexander Mackenzie (1764–1820), merchant who traced the 1,080-mile Mackenzie River and completed the first east to west overland crossing of the Americas (north of Mexico) to reach the Pacific Ocean; this predated the Lewis and Clark Expedition by a decade
Harry McNish (1874–1930), carpenter on Sir Ernest Shackleton's Imperial Trans–Antarctic Expedition; later responsible for much of the work that ensured the crew's survival after the ship was destroyed
Archibald Menzies (1754–1852), botanist, naturalist and surgeon on the Vancouver Expedition, which circumnavigated the globe, touched five continents and changed the course of history for the American indigenous people and the continent's European colonisation
Sir Thomas Mitchell (1792–1855), British Army Lieutenant Colonel and surveyor in south-eastern Australia who became the Surveyor General of New South Wales; led several expeditions along the Darling River and beyond
John Muir (1838–1914), author and naturalist whose conservation and preservation activism led to the creation of many national parks in the United States; founded the Sierra Club in California, one of the most important conservation organisations in America
Sir John Murray (1841–1914), pioneering limnologist, marine biologist and oceanographer who assisted Charles Wyville Thomson on the Challenger expedition; first to note the existence of oceanic trenches, as well as the Mid–Atlantic Ridge
William Hutchison Murray (1913–1996), mountaineer and writer who helped discover a route through the ice fields of Khumbu Glacier to the South Col of Mount Everest's summit, later used by Sir Edmund Hillary and Sherpa Tenzing Norgay during their historic ascent
Walter Oudney (1790–1824), physician and African explorer, one of the first Europeans to accomplish a north–south crossing of the Sahara Desert
Mungo Park (1771–1806), botanist and surgeon who conducted many journeys to Africa and was the first Westerner to encounter the central portion of the Niger River
William Paterson (1755–1810), botanist, British Army Colonel and lieutenant governor, best known for leading early settlement in Tasmania
John Rae (1813–1893), physician who explored Northern Canada, mainly surveying parts of the Northwest Passage; later reported the fate of the lost Franklin Expedition
Sir John Richardson (1787–1865), naturalist and naval surgeon; traveled with Sir John Franklin in search of the Northwest Passage on the Coppermine Expedition of 1819–1822; they later surveyed 1,878 miles of previously unmapped coast and made many natural history discoveries
Sir James Clark Ross (1800–1862), Royal Navy Admiral who led the first successful expedition to reach the north magnetic pole; discovered the Ross Sea, Victoria Land, and volcanoes Mount Erebus and Mount Terror in Antarctica
Sir John Ross (1777–1856), Royal Navy Admiral who discovered the Boothia Peninsula, the Gulf of Boothia and King William Island while exploring the Arctic
John Ross (1817–1903), drover who explored deserts, mountain ranges and rivers in South Australia, before later leading an expedition to establish a route for the Australian Overland Telegraph Line
Alexander Selkirk (1676–1721), sailor who spent four years as a castaway after being marooned on the Juan Fernández Islands off the coast of Chile; his story is the inspiration behind Daniel Defoe's well-known character and novel Robinson Crusoe
Henry Sinclair (c. 1345–c. 1400), nobleman rumoured to have explored Greenland and North America one hundred years before Christopher Columbus
Sir James Stirling (1791–1865), colonial administrator and Royal Navy Admiral who established the Swan River Colony and became the first Governor of Western Australia
John McDouall Stuart (1815–1866), surveyor and one of Australia's most famous explorers; led the first expedition to successfully traverse the continent from south to north and return
Sir Charles Wyville Thomson (1830–1882), marine zoologist, natural historian and the chief scientist on the pioneering Challenger Expedition, which lay the foundation for modern oceanography
Joseph Thomson (1858–1895), geologist and an important figure in the Scramble for Africa; headed many expeditions, including taking over one following the death of Alexander Keith Johnston; the Thomson's gazelle is named in his honour
Tom Weir, MBE (1914–2006), author, broadcaster and climber who is best known for his long-running television series, Weir's Way, which helped popularise hillwalking and the great outdoors
Thomas Braidwood Wilson (c. 1792–1843), surgeon and explorer in Australia
John Wood (1812–1871), cartographer, naval officer and surveyor who explored many Asian rivers and compiled several maps of South Asia, which remained standard for most of the 19th century
Sir James Wordie (1889–1962), geologist, chief of scientific staff on Sir Ernest Shackleton's Imperial Trans–Antarctic Expedition

Humorists

Stanley Baxter (born 1926)
Danny Bhoy (born 1974)
Frankie Boyle (born 1972)
Rory Bremner (born 1961)
Kevin Bridges (born 1986)
Janet Brown (1924–2011)
Fred Cairns (1857–1896)
Susan Calman
Rhona Cameron (born 1965)
Stephen Carlin
Des Clarke
Alun Cochrane (born 1975)
Billy Connolly (born 1942)
Ronald Balfour Corbett (born 1930), known better as Ronnie Corbett
Ivor Cutler (1923–2006)
Karen Dunbar (born 1971)
Craig Ferguson (born 1962)
Gregor Fisher (born 1953), known better as the character Rab C. Nesbitt
Rikki Fulton (1924–2004)
George Gale (1929–2003), political cartoonist
Graeme Garden (born 1943)
Janey Godley (born 1961)
Greg Hemphill (born 1969)
Craig Hill
Armando Iannucci (born 1963)
Phil Kay
Ford Kiernan (born 1962)
Harry Lauder (1870–1950)
David Law (1908–1971), cartoonist
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), one half of The Krankies
Janette Tough (born 1947), A.K.A. Wee Jimmy Krankie
Danny Wallace (born 1976)

Military

General James Abercrombie (1706–1781), British Army commander-in-chief of forces in North America during the French and Indian War
Sir James Abercrombie, 1st Baronet of Edinburgh (died 1724), British Army officer and politician
Major Sir Ralph Anstruther, 7th Baronet (1921–2002), British Army officer and courtier, awarded the Military Cross
Major General Robert Keith Arbuthnott, 15th Viscount of Arbuthnott (1897–1966), senior British Army officer, serving in both World War I and World War II
William Baillie, professional soldier in Swedish and Scottish Covenanter service
General Sir David Baird, 1st Baronet (1757–1829), military leader
Gilbert Balfour, 16th-century mercenary captain, probably having a leading role in the murder of Lord Darnley
Michael Andreas Barclay de Tolly, Russian field marshal and minister of war during Napoleon's invasion in 1812 and War of the Sixth Coalition
Sir Andrew Barton (c. 1466–1511), sailor from Leith, served as High Admiral of the Kingdom of Scotland
King Robert the Bruce (1274–1329), Scotland's hero king and greatest warrior
Calgacus
Donald Cameron of Lochiel (c. 1700–1748), Jacobite commander during the 1745 rising
Richard Cameron (c. 1648–1680), Republican Covenanter and founder of the "Cameronians"
Lady Agnes Campbell (1526–1601), military leader in Ireland
Colin Campbell, 1st Baron Clyde (1792–1863)
Sir Colin Campbell (died 1296), warrior of Clan Campbell
Sandy Campbell (1898–1940), second lieutenant in the Royal Engineers, 9th Bomb Disposal Company; awarded the George Cross
Sir Alexander Inglis Cochrane (1758–1832), senior Royal Navy commander during the Napoleonic Wars, achieving the rank of admiral
Captain Archibald Cochrane (1783–1829), Royal Navy officer
Colonel Hugh Stewart Cochrane (1829–1884), recipient of the Victoria Cross for his actions during the Indian Mutiny
Air Chief Marshal the Honourable Sir Ralph Alexander Cochrane (1895–1977), pilot and Royal Air Force officer
Thomas Cochrane, 10th Earl of Dundonald (1775–1860), Admiral in the Royal Navy
Sir Thomas John Cochrane (1789–1872), Royal Navy First Sea Lord
Ninian Cockburn (died 1579), soldier, officer of the Garde Écossaise, political intriguer
Major General Samuel Cockburn (or Cobron) (c. 1574–1621), soldier in the service of Sweden
General Sir James Henry Craig (1748–1812), British military officer and colonial administrator
General Sir Alan Gordon Cunningham (1887–1983), British Army officer
Admiral of the Fleet Andrew Cunningham, 1st Viscount Cunningham of Hyndhope (1883–1963), admiral of the World War II, brother of Alan
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
Field Marshal John Dalrymple, 2nd Earl of Stair (1673–1747), soldier and diplomat, commander at the Battle of Dettingen
Tam Dalyell of the Binns (1615–1685), general
Sir Archibald Douglas (c. 1298–1333), Regent of Scotland and leader of Scots forces at the Battle of Halidon Hill
Sir James Douglas (c. 1287–1329), Warden of the Scottish Marches, military leader
Air Chief Marshal Hugh Caswall Tremenheere Dowding, 1st Baron Dowding (1882–1970), Air Officer Commanding RAF Fighter Command during the Battle of Britain
George Keith Elphinstone, 1st Viscount Keith (1746–1823), admiral active throughout the Napoleonic Wars
Major-General William George Keith Elphinstone (1782–1842), British Army officer
Lieutenant Francis Anthony Blair Fasson, (1913–1942), Royal Navy officer, posthumously awarded George Cross, who captured codebooks vital to breaking the Enigma cipher
Sir Adam Ferguson (1771–1855), keeper of the regalia in Scotland
John Forbes (1707–1759), general
Captain Douglas Ford (1918–1943), Royal Scots officer, prisoner of war, awarded the George Cross
Gregor Fraser, Pipe Major, 92nd (Gordon Highlanders) Regiment of Foot
Brigadier Simon Fraser, 15th Lord Lovat (1911–1995), prominent British Commando during the World War II
Air Vice Marshal Sir Matthew Brown Frew (1895–1974), senior officer in the Royal Air Force and World War I flying ace
Sir James Alexander Gordon (1782–1869), distinguished British officer in the Royal Navy
Patrick Leopold Gordon of Auchleuchries (1635–1699), general and rear admiral in Russia
James Graham, 1st Marquess of Montrose (1612–1650), Covenanter and Royalist leader of Highland Armies
John Graham, Viscount (Bonnie) Dundee (c. 1648–1689), Jacobite Highland Army leader
General Sir Thomas Graham, Lord Lynedoch (1748–1843), leading Napoleonic general
Aleksey Samuilovich Greig (1775–1845), Russian admiral
Samuel Greig (1736–1788), Russian admiral
Douglas Haig (1861–1928), Commander of British Forces during World War I
General Sir James Aylmer Lowthorpe Haldane (1862–1950), senior British Army officer
Lieutenant General Sir David Henderson (1862–1921), British Army officer, authority on tactical intelligence, first commander of the Royal Flying Corps, instrumental in establishing the Royal Air Force
Captain Ian Henry David Henderson (1896–1918), World War I flying ace
General Henry Sinclair Horne, 1st Baron Horne (1861–1929), World War I general
James Innes (c. 1700–1759), military commander and political figure in the Province of North Carolina
James John McLeod Innes (1830–1907), recipient of the Victoria Cross for action during the Indian Rebellion of 1857
John Paul Jones (1747–1792), father of the American Navy
Alexander Leslie, 1st Earl of Leven (1582–1661), general, soldier in Dutch, Swedish and Scottish Covenanter service
David Leslie, 1st Lord Newark (c. 1600–1682), cavalry officer and general in Swedish and Scottish Covenanter service
Major-General Edward Douglas Loch, 2nd Baron Loch (1873–1942), senior British Army officer
Granville Gower Loch (1813–1853), captain in the Royal Navy, killed in action in Burma
Henry Brougham Loch, 1st Baron Loch (1827–1900), soldier and colonial administrator
Sir Niall mac Cailein (died 1316), (Neil Campbell), nobleman and warrior in the service of King Robert I of Scotland
Alasdair Mac Colla (c. 1610–1647), Royalist soldier
Rob Roy MacGregor (1671–1734)
Hugh Mackay (c. 1640–1692), general who served during the Revolution of 1688
Colin Mackenzie (c. 1754–1821), soldier in British India
Alexander Slidell MacKenzie, U.S. Navy
Ranald Slidell Mackenzie, U.S. cavalryman
General Sir Harry Aubrey de Vere Maclean (1848–1920), general, commander of the Moroccan Army
Major-General Sir Fitzroy Maclean, 1st Baronet (1911–1996), soldier, writer and politician; reputed to be one of the men composing the compound of "Commando types" who inspired the Ian Fleming character James Bond
Sam McDonald (1762–1802), "Big Sam", fencibles and gatekeeper for the Prince of Wales, noted for his unusual height
Archie McKellar (1912–1940), Battle of Britain ace pilot
Hugh Mercer (1726–1777), Continental Army general, fatally wounded at the Battle of Princeton
Bill Millin (1922–2010), personal piper to Simon Fraser, 15th Lord Lovat
Robert Monro (died c. 1680), general
Richard Montgomery, Continental Army
Admiral Sir Graham Moore (1764–1843), career officer in the Royal Navy, brother of Sir John Moore
Lieutenant-General Sir John Moore (1761–1809), general, victor of the Battle of Corunna
Andrew Moray (died 1297), military leader during the Scottish Wars of Independence
Thomas Randolph, 1st Earl of Moray (c. 1278–1332), fought with King Robert I and James Lord of Douglas to regain Scotland's independence
Admiral Sir Charles John Napier (1786–1860), naval officer and MP
Captain Ian Patrick Robert Napier (1895–1977), World War I flying ace credited with twelve aerial victories
William Napier, 9th Lord Napier (1786–1834), Royal Navy officer, politician and diplomat
John Pitcairn (1722–1775), Marine officer, killed at the battle of Bunker Hill
John Reid (1721–1807), British general and musical composer, who left a bequest to fund a chair in Music at the University of Edinburgh
Acting Sergeant John Rennie (1920–1943), posthumously awarded the George Cross
Roderick Sinclair, 19th Earl of Caithness (1906–1965), British brigadier, 1st Commander of the Sri Lanka Army
Sir James Shaw Kennedy (1788–1865), general and military writer
John Small (died 1796), British Army officer and Lieutenant-Governor of Guernsey
Dr John Small (1823–1879), British Deputy Surgeon General
James Dunlop Smith (1858–1921), official in the Indian Army
Somerled (died 1164), 12th-century warlord
Sir David Stirling (1915–1990), British Army colonel and founder of the Special Air Service
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
Sir John Urry (or Hurry) (died 1650), professional soldier
William Wallace (c. 1270–1305), a.k.a. The Wallace
Sir Andrew Wood of Largo (died 1515), sea captain and Lord High Admiral of Scotland

Monarchs and royalty

Musicians

Philosophers

John Abercrombie (1780–1844)
John Anderson (1726–1796), philosopher, radical and benefactor of Anderson's Institution
John Anderson (1893–1962)
Alexander Bain (1818–1903), philosopher and educationalist
Hector Boece (1465–1536), known in Latin as Boethius, first Principal of King's College in Aberdeen
H. Bricmore (fl. 14th century), scholastic philosopher
Thomas Brown (1778–1820)
Thomas Carlyle (1795–1881)
William Cleghorn (1718–1754), philosopher
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)
Alasdair MacIntyre (born 1929)
John Macmurray (1891–1976)
John Mair, otherwise known as Major (1467–1550), teacher of George Buchanan, John Knox, and influencer of Calvin and Loyola
William Manderstown (c. 1485–1552), philosopher and Rector of the University of Paris
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
William Small (1734–1775), Professor of Natural Philosophy at the College of William and Mary and member of the Lunar Society
Adam Smith (1723–1790), economist, free trade, division of labour
Dugald Stewart (1753–1828), common sense philosopher

Physicians and medical professionals

David Abercromby (died c.1702), physician and writer
Francis Adams (1796–1861), medical doctor and translator of Greek medical works
Dr John Adamson (1809–1870), physician, pioneer photographer, physicist, lecturer and museum curator
James Ormiston Affleck (1840–1922), physician and medical author
Margaret Forbes Alexander (living), nurse, educator, researcher and writer
William Pulteney Alison (1790–1859), physician, social reformer and philanthropist
John Maxwell Anderson (1928–1982), surgeon and cancer specialist
Sir Thomas McCall Anderson (1836–1908), professor of practice of medicine at the University of Glasgow
Archibald Arnott (1772–1855), British Army surgeon best remembered as Napoleon's last doctor on St. Helena
Asher Asher (1837–1889), first Scottish Jew to enter the medical profession
Matthew Baillie (1761–1823), physician and pathologist
Sir Dugald Baird (1899–1986), specializing in obstetrics and fertility
Sir Andrew Balfour (1873–1931), medical officer who specialised in tropical medicine
Edward Balfour (1813–1889), surgeon, orientalist and pioneering environmentalist in India
George William Balfour (1823–1903), physician, known as a heart specialist
Thomas Graham Balfour (1813–1891), physician noted for his work in medical statistics
Sir George Ballingall (1780–1855), Regius Professor of military surgery
William Mitchell Banks (1842–1904), surgeon
Major General William Burney Bannerman (1858–1924), military surgeon
Andrew Whyte Barclay (1817–1884), physician, Lumleian Lecturer, and Harveian Orator
George Steward Beatson (died 1874), surgeon-general, Honorary Physician to the Queen
Colonel Sir George Thomas Beatson (1848–1933), physician, pioneer in the field of oncology
William Beattie (1793–1875), physician and writer
James Begbie (1798–1869), physician, president of the Medico-Chirurgical Society of Edinburgh and of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh
James Warburton Begbie (1826–1876), physician
Benjamin Bell of Hunthill (1749–1806), considered to be the first Scottish scientific surgeon
Sir Charles Bell (1774–1842), surgeon, anatomist, neurologist and philosophical theologian
John Bell (1763–1820), anatomist and surgeon
Sir James Whyte Black (1924–2010), physician and pharmacologist, winner of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
Dame Emily Mathieson Blair (1892–1963), nurse, Matron-in-Chief of the Princess Mary's Royal Air Force Nursing Service and the British Red Cross Society
Sir Gilbert Blane of Blanefield (1749–1834), physician who instituted health reform in the Royal Navy
James Borthwick of Stow (1615–1675), surgeon and first teacher of anatomy
James Braid (1795–1860), surgeon and "gentleman scientist", influential pioneer of hypnotism and hypnotherapy
John Milne Bramwell (1852–1925), physician, surgeon and medical hypnotist
William A. F. Browne (1805–1885), one of the most significant asylum doctors of the nineteenth century
Sir Thomas Lauder Brunton (1844–1916), physician known for treatment of angina pectoris
William Buchan (1729–1805), physician, writer on medicine for a lay readership
Maura Buchanan (living), nursing administrator, former president of the Royal College of Nursing
Francis Buchanan-Hamilton (1762–1829), physician who made significant contributions as a geographer, zoologist, and botanist while living in India
Sir Thomas Burnet (1638–1704), physician to Charles II, James II, William and Mary, and Queen Anne
Ewan Cameron (1922–1991), physician who worked with Linus Pauling on Vitamin C research
Murdoch Cameron (1847–1930), Regius Professor of Midwifery at the University of Glasgow
Robina Thomson Cameron (1892–1971), district nurse, community leader and nursing inspector
Dugald Campbell (died 1940), doctor from the isle of Arran; government physician on Hawaii
Sir James Cantlie (1851–1926), physician, pioneer of First aid
John Cheyne (1777–1836), physician, and medical writer; identified Cheyne–Stokes respiration, with William Stokes
Colin Chisholm (1755–1825), surgeon, medical writer and Fellow of the Royal Society
Mairi Lambert Gooden-Chisholm of Chisholm (1896–1981), military nurse and ambulance driver during World War I, awarded the Military Medal
Sir Robert Christison (1797–1882), toxicologist and physician
Sir James Clark (1788–1870), physician who was Physician-in-Ordinary to Queen Victoria
Hugh Francis Clarke Cleghorn of Stravithie (1820–1895), physician, botanist, and forester who worked in India
Sir Thomas Smith Clouston (1840–1915), psychiatrist
Dr Samuel Cockburn (1823–1915), advocate and practitioner of homeopathy
John Coldstream (1806–1863), physician
James Copland (1791–1870), physician and prolific medical writer
John Craig (died 1620), physician and astronomer; physician to James VI of Scotland
David Craigie (1793–1866), physician and medical writer
Sir Alexander Crichton (1763–1856), physician, including the Emperor of Russia's personal physician, and author
Sir James Crichton-Browne (1840–1938), leading psychiatrist and medical psychologist
William Cumin (died 1854), Regius Professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at the University of Glasgow
David Douglas Cunningham (1843–1914), doctor and researcher in India, pioneer in aerobiology
Daniel John Cunningham (1850–1909), physician, zoologist, and anatomist; author of medical textbooks
Sir David Deas (1807–1876), medical officer in the Royal Navy
Ian Donald (1910–1987), physician, pioneer of the use of diagnostic ultrasound in medicine
Sir David Dumbreck (1805–1876), British Army medical officer
Andrew Duncan, the elder (1744–1828), physician, professor at Edinburgh University, pioneer of forensic medicine
Andrew Duncan, the younger (1773–1832), physician, first professor of medical jurisprudence at Edinburgh University
James Matthews Duncan (1826–1890), physician, practitioner of and author on obstetrics
William Ronald Dodds Fairbairn (1889–1964), psychiatrist, psychoanalyst, central figure in the development of the object relations theory of psychoanalysis
Sir Walter Farquhar (1738–1819), physician, whose clientele included the future King George IV and William Pitt the Younger
William Fergusson (1773–1846), inspector-general of military hospitals; medical writer
Charles Finnigan (1901–1967), dental surgeon, Surgeon Rear-Admiral in the Royal Navy, Honorary Dental Surgeon to the Queen
James Forbes (1779–1837), inspector-general of army hospitals
George Fordyce (1736–1802), physician, lecturer on medicine, and chemist
Sir William Fordyce (1724–1792), physician, voted a gold medal for his work on rhubarb by the Society of Arts
David Kennedy Fraser (1888–1962), psychologist, educator and amateur mathematician
Margaret Neill Fraser (1880–1915), First World War nurse and notable amateur golfer, who died in Serbia
John Gairdner (1790–1876), physician and president of the College of Surgeons of Edinburgh
Sir William Tennant Gairdner (1824–1907), Professor of Medicine in the University of Glasgow
Maxwell Garthshore (1732–1812), physician
Marion Gilchrist (1864–1952), first female graduate of the University of Glasgow; first woman to qualify in medicine from a Scottish university; leading activist in Women's suffrage movement
Theodore Gordon (1786–1845), inspector of army hospitals
Robert Edmond Grant (1793–1874), physician and biologist
James Gregory (1753–1821), physician and classicist
Jane Stocks Greig (1872–1939), medical doctor and public health specialist in Australia
Robert Marcus Gunn (1850–1909), ophthalmologist
Daniel Rutherford Haldane (1824–1887), prominent physician, president of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh
Evelina Haverfield (1867–1920), suffragette and World War I nurse in Serbia
Alexander Henderson (1780–1863), physician and author
David Kennedy Henderson (1884–1965), psychiatrist
Sir James William Beeman Hodsdon (1858–1928) eminent surgeon, president of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh 1914–1917
Thomas Charles Hope (1766–1844), physician and chemist, discoverer of the element strontium
Joseph Hume (1777–1855), physician and Radical MP
John Hunter (1728–1793), surgeon, after whom the Hunterian Museum at the Royal College of Surgeons is named
Sir Robert Hutchison (1871–1960), physician and paediatrician
Elsie Inglis (1864–1917), medical reformer and suffragette
John Scott Inkster, (1924–2011) anesthesiologist
Robert Jackson (1750–1827), physician-surgeon, reformer, and inspector-general of army hospitals
Louisa Jordan (1878–1915), nurse who died in Serbia during the First World War; NHS Louisa Jordan Hospital was named after her
James Keill (1673–1719), physician, philosopher, medical writer and translator
John Martin Munro Kerr (1868–1960), Regius Professor of Midwifery at the University of Glasgow
R. D. Laing (1927–1989), psychiatrist and author
Thomas Latta (1796–1833), pioneer of the saline solution method of treatment
John Lauder (1683–1737), surgeon, deacon of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh
Robert Lee (1793–1877), obstetrician, and personal physician to Prince Mikhail Semyonovich Vorontsov, Governor-General of the Crimea
Lieutenant-General Sir William Boog Leishman (1865–1926), pathologist and army medical officer
Sir John Liddell (1794–1868), Director-General of the Medical Department of the Royal Navy; senior medical officer of the Royal Hospital at Greenwich
James Lind (1716–1794), physician, pioneer of naval hygiene in the Royal Navy
Sir Henry Duncan Littlejohn (1826–1914), surgeon, forensic scientist and public health pioneer
Robert Lumsden (1903–1973), ear, nose and throat (ENT) surgeon
Sir William Macewen (1848–1924), surgeon, pioneer in modern brain surgery
Jessie MacLaren MacGregor (1863–1906), one of the first women to be awarded an MD from the University of Edinburgh
William Mackenzie (1791–1868), ophthalmologist, who wrote one of the first British textbooks of ophthalmology
Sir William Alexander Mackinnon (1830–1897), Director-General of the British Army Medical Service
Thomas John MacLagan (1838–1903), Dundee doctor and pharmacologist
Patrick Manson (1844–1922), physician who made important discoveries in parasitology, founder of the field of tropical medicine
Mary Adamson Anderson Marshall (1837–1910), physician, one of the members of the Edinburgh Seven, the first women to study medicine at the University of Edinburgh
Douglas Mary McKain (1789–1873), New Zealand nurse, midwife and businesswoman
Agnes McLaren (1837–1913), doctor, first to give medical assistance to women in India
Gavin Milroy (1805–1886), physician and medical writer
Alexander Monteith of Auldcathie (1660–1713), surgeon, deacon of the Incorporation of Surgeons of Edinburgh
Neil Gordon Munro (1863–1942), physician and anthropologist, who studied the Ainu people
Flora Murray (1869–1923), medical pioneer, and a member of the Women's Social and Political Union suffragettes
Sir Robin MacGregor Murray (born 1944), psychiatrist and Professor of Psychiatric Research
Duncan Napier, Victorian botanist and medical herbalist
Sir Alexander Nisbet (1795–1874), naval surgeon, H.M. Inspector of Hospitals for the Royal Navy
William Nisbet (1759–1822), physician, author of widely used medical books that emphasized practice
Sir Alexander Ogston (1844–1929), surgeon, famous for his discovery of Staphylococcus
Alexander Pennycuik (1605–1695), military surgeon, Surgeon General of the Scots forces in Ireland
David Pitcairn (1749–1809), physician
Archibald Pitcairne (1652–1713), physician and author
Richard Poole (1783–1871), physician, psychiatrist, and phrenologist
George Hogarth Pringle (1830–1872), surgeon, pioneer of antiseptic surgery in Australia
John James Pringle (1855–1922), dermatologist
Laidlaw Purves (1842–1917), aural and ophthalmic surgeon
John Rattray (1707–1771), surgeon, surgeon to Prince Charles Edward Stuart and golfer
David Boswell Reid (1805–1863), physician, chemist and inventor
Agnes Reston (1771–1856), wartime nurse during the Peninsular War, known as the Heroine of Matagorda, for her outstanding bravery
John Roberton (1776–1840), physician and social reformer
John Roberton (1797–1876), physician and social reformer
Thomas Ferguson Rodger (1907–1978), physician, Royal Army Medical Corps brigadier, and Professor of Psychological Medicine
Elizabeth Ness MacBean Ross (1878–1915), physician who worked in Persia, and died in Serbia
Catherine Murray Roy, military nurse during World War I, awarded the Military Medal for conspicuous gallantry
John Rutherford (1695–1779), physician and professor at the University of Edinburgh Medical School; grandfather of Sir Walter Scott
Helenus Scott (1760–1821), physician, active in India
Lyall Stuart Scott (1920–1977), surgeon and urologist
Thomas Shortt (1788–1843), army physician, who drafted Napoleon's official autopsy report
James Young Simpson (1811–1870), introduced chloroform into surgery
David Skae (1814–1873), physician who specialised in psychological medicine
Alexander Small (1710–1794), surgeon and scholar
John Smith (1825–1910), dentist, philanthropist and pioneering educator, founder of the Edinburgh school of dentistry
James Carmichael Smyth (1741–1821), physician and medical writer
William Somerville (1771–1860), physician, inspector of the Army Medical Board, husband of Mary Somerville
James Syme (1799–1870), pioneering surgeon
Michael Waistell Taylor (1824–1892), physician and antiquary
Thomas Stewart Traill (1781–1862), physician, chemist, mineralogist, meteorologist, zoologist and scholar of medical jurisprudence
Gordon Turnbull, psychiatrist and author
Andrew Ure (1778–1857), physician, scholar and chemist
Charles Howard Usher (1865–1942), ophthalmologist
James Wardrop (1782–1869), surgeon and ophthalmologist
Robert Watt (1774–1819), physician and bibliographer
Alexander Allan Innes Wedderburn (9 May 1935 – 23 February 2017), psychologist and emeritus Professor of Psychology at the Heriot-Watt University.
Sir David Wilkie (1882–1938), surgeon, pioneer of surgical research and undergraduate teaching
Robert Willis (1799–1878), physician, librarian, and medical historian
James Wilson (1765–1821), anatomist
Professor Nairn Hutchison Fulton Wilson (born 1950), Honorary Professor of Dentistry, former Dean and Head of King's College London Dental Institute
Alexander Wood (1725–1807), surgeon, and friend of the poet Robert Burns
Alexander Wood (1817–1884), physician, inventor of the first true hypodermic syringe
John McLeod (surgeon) (c. 1777 – 1820), naval surgeon and travel writer

Rulers and politicians

Sir William Arbuthnot, 1st Baronet (1766–1829), Lord Provost of Edinburgh and Lord Lieutenant of the City of Edinburgh
James Abercromby, 1st Baron Dunfermline (1776–1858), barrister and Speaker of the House of Commons between 1835 and 1839
Sir Andrew Agnew, 7th Baronet (1793–1849), politician and prominent promoter of Sunday Sabbatarianism
James Alexander (1691–1756), attorney general of New Jersey^[1]
John Baird (1790–1820), revolutionary
Robert Barton of Over Barnton (died 1540), merchant, sailor and politician; as Comptroller, Master of the Mint and Lord High Treasurer
Cardinal David Beaton (c. 1494–1546)
Dr. James Beaton (1473–1539), church leader, and the Keeper of the Great Seal of Scotland
Sir Robert Duncan Bell (1878–1953), colonial administrator in India; Acting Governor of Bombay in 1937
Tony Blair (born 1953), Labour Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1997–2007)
Henry Brougham, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux (1778–1868), statesman, one of the founders of the Edinburgh Review, Lord Chancellor
Gordon Brown (born 1951), Labour Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (2007–2010)
James Bryce, 1st Viscount Bryce, (1838–1922), academic, jurist, historian and Liberal politician
Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman (1836–1908), statesman, Liberal Party politician and Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1905–1908)
Alexander Chalmers (Polish: Aleksander Czamer) (1645–1703), four time mayor of Warsaw
Charles I of Scotland and of England (1625–1649)
Sir Hugh Cleghorn (1752–1837), first colonial secretary to Ceylon
Adam Cockburn, Laird of Ormiston, Lord Ormiston (1656–1735), administrator, politician and judge
Sir Alexander Cockburn, 12th Baronet (1802–1880), lawyer, politician and judge, Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales
Archibald Cockburn (c. 1738–1820), politician
John Cockburn of Ormiston (died 1583), early supporter of the Scottish Reformation
John Cockburn of Ormiston (died 1758), politician, known as the father of Scottish husbandry
Sir Richard Cockburn of Clerkington (died 1627), senior government official, Keeper of the Privy Seal of Scotland
James Connolly (1868–1916), Irish socialist leader, executed by firing squad following the Easter Rising
John Crawfurd (1783–1868), colonial administrator, diplomat, physician and author
Dubacan of Angus (fl 10th century), first named mormaer, Mormaer of Angus
Robert Bontine Cunninghame Graham ("Don Roberto") (1852–1936), first socialist Member of Parliament (MP)
Sir Frederick Currie, 1st Baronet (1799–1875)
James Dalrymple, 1st Viscount of Stair (1619–1695), lawyer and statesman
John Dalrymple, 1st Earl of Stair, Secretary of State over Scotland, implicated in the Massacre of Glencoe
Tam Dalyell (1932–2017), British Labour politician
Ian Davidson (born 1950), Labour Co-operative politician
Ruth Davidson (born 1978), leader of the Scottish Conservative Party since 2011
Donald Dewar (1937–2000), former First Minister of Scotland
Robert Dinwiddie (1693–1770), Lieutenant-Governor of Virginia 1751–1758
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
Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville (1742–1811), advocate and Tory politician
Mountstuart Elphinstone (1779–1859), statesman and historian, associated with the government of British India
William Elphinstone (1431–1514), statesman, Bishop of Aberdeen and founder of the University of Aberdeen
Alex Fergusson (1949–2018), third Presiding Officer of the Scottish Parliament
Andrew Fletcher of Saltoun (1653–1716)
Archibald Fletcher (1746–1828), political reformer
Liam Fox (born 1961), Conservative politician
George Galloway (born 1954), Respect Party
Annabel Goldie (born 1950), former leader of the Scottish Conservative Party
Charles Grant, 1st Baron Glenelg (1778–1866), politician and colonial administrator
Sir Robert Grant (1779–1838), lawyer and politician
Iain Gray (born 1957), Scottish Labour Party politician
Jo Grimond (1913–1993), Liberal Party leader from 1956 to 1967
James Hamilton, 2nd Earl of Arran (1516–1575), Regent of Scotland
Andrew Hardie (died 1820), revolutionary
Keir Hardie (1856–1915)
Patrick Harvie (born 1973), co-convenor of the Scottish Greens since 2003
Alexander Henderson (c. 1583–1646), theologian, ecclesiastical statesman and co-author of the National Covenant
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
Francis Horner (1778–1817), Whig politician, journalist, lawyer and political economist
King James IV (1473–1513)
James VI of Scotland and I of England (1603–1625)
Archibald Johnston, Lord Warriston (1611–1663), judge, statesman and co-author of the National Covenant
James Johnston (1655–1737), envoy extraordinary to Prussia, Secretary of State over Scotland, and Lord Clerk Register
Charles Kennedy (1959–2015), leader of the Liberal Democrats 1999–2006
Sir William Kirkcaldy of Grange (c. 1520–1573), politician and soldier, who held Edinburgh Castle on behalf of Mary, Queen of Scots
Johann Lamont (born 1957), leader of the Scottish Labour Party since 2011
John Loughton (born 1987), political campaigner and winner of reality show Big Brother: Celebrity Hijack in 2008
Sir John Lyon, Thane of Glamis (c1340–1382), Chamberlain of Scotland between 1377 and 1382
Arthur MacArthur, Sr. Governor of Wisconsin and grandfather of Gen. Douglas MacArthur
Macbeth of Scotland (c. 1005–1057), High King of Scotland
John MacCormick (1904–1961), nationalist
John A. Macdonald (1815–1891), first Prime Minister of Canada
Malcolm MacDonald (1901–1981)
Ramsay MacDonald (1866–1937), Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
Ken Macintosh (born 1962), fifth Presiding Officer of the Scottish Parliament
Alexander Mackenzie (1822–1892), second Prime Minister of Canada
John P Mackintosh (1929–1978), Labour MP, Politics Professor at Edinburgh University and proponent of devolution
John MacLean (1879–1923), revolutionary
Máel Coluim, Earl of Angus (fl 13th century), mormaer of Angus c.1214-1240; last of the male line with that title
Tricia Marwick (born 1953), fourth Presiding Officer of the Scottish Parliament
Mary, Queen of Scots (1542–1587)
Jimmy Maxton (1885–1946), leader of the Independent Labour Party
Jack McConnell (born 1960), First Minister of Scotland (2001–2007)
Christina McKelvie (born 1968), Scottish National Party
William McKinley (1843–1901), US President
Henry McLeish (born 1948), former First Minister
Duncan McNeill, 1st Baron Colonsay (1793–1874), advocate, judge and Tory politician
George Mealmaker (1768–1808), radical organiser and writer
Thomas Muir (1765–1799), political reformer
John Murdoch (1818–1903), land reform campaigner, newspaper owner and editor
Jim Murphy (born 1967), Labour Party
Robert Dale Owen (1801–1877), American social reformer and politician
Jerry Rawlings (born 1947), former president of Ghana; partly of Scottish descent
George Reid (born 1939), second Presiding Officer of the Scottish Parliament 2003–2007
Jimmy Reid (1932–2010), trade union activist, orator, politician, and journalist
Willie Rennie (born 1967), leader of the Scottish Liberal Democrats since 2011
Alex Salmond (born 1954), former First Minister of Scotland (2007–14) and former leader of the Scottish National Party
Sir John Scot, Lord Scotstarvit (1585–1670), laird, advocate, judge, politician and author
Tavish Scott (born 1956), former leader of the Scottish Liberal Democrats
Tommy Sheridan (born 1964), Solidarity
Jim Sillars (born 1937), founder of Scottish Labour Party, MP
Archibald Sinclair, 1st Viscount Thurso (1890–1970), Liberal Party leader from 1935 to 1945
William Skirving (c. 1745–1796), radical
Ian Smith (1919–2007), Prime Minister of Rhodesia
John Smith (1938–1994), Labour Party leader
David Steel (born 1938), Liberal Party leader from 1976 to 1988, first Presiding Officer of the Scottish Parliament
Nicol Stephen (born 1960), former leader of the Scottish Liberal Democrats
Nicola Sturgeon (born 1970), First Minister of Scotland (since 2014) and Leader of the Scottish National Party
John Swinney (born 1964), Scottish National Party (SNP) politician
Alexander Wedderburn, 1st Earl of Rosslyn (1733–1805), Lord Chancellor of Great Britain from 1793 to 1801
Sir William Wedderburn, 4th Baronet (1838–1918), civil servant in India and politician
Elizabeth (Eliza) Wigham (1820–1899), leading suffragist and abolitionist
Jane Wigham (née Smeal) (1801–1888), leading Scottish abolitionist
James Wilson (1760–1820), revolutionary
James Wilson (1742–1798), one of the Founding Fathers of the United States, signatory of the United States Declaration of Independence
Robert Crichton Wyllie (1798–1865), physician and businessman, Minister of Foreign Affairs in the Kingdom of Hawaii

Scientists

Sportspeople

Gary Anderson (born 1970), professional darts player
Robert Archibald (1980–2020), first Scottish NBA player
John Baird (1870–1905), footballer
Imogen Bankier (born 1987), badminton player, winner of the national championships
Alain Baxter (born 1973), alpine skier
Jim Baxter (1939–2001), footballer
Andy Beattie (1913–1983), professional football player and manager, the first manager of the Scottish national team
Eric Brown (1925–1986), professional golfer
Hamish Brown (born 1934), first person to walk all the Munros in a single trip
Kathryn Bryce (born 1997), cricketer in Scotland women's national cricket team, first Scots cricketer in the top ten of the ICC Women's Player Rankings
Sarah Bryce (born 2000), cricketer in Scotland women's national cricket team
Ken Buchanan (born 1945), world champion boxer
Euan Burton (born 1979), judo expert, who represented Great Britain at the 2008 and 2012 Summer Olympics in the Half-Middleweight (under 81 kg) Judo event
Sir Matt Busby (1909–1994), former football manager, won the European Cup in 1968
John Bute (also known as Johnny Dumfries) (1958–2021), peer and racing driver, winner of the 1988 24 Hours of Le Mans
Willie Carson (born 1942), jockey
Jim Clark (1936–1968), Formula One driver^[2]
John Cochrane (1798–1878), chess player
Steph Cook (born 1972), modern pentathlete, Olympic gold medallist
Gillian Cooke (born 1982), athlete and bobsledder
Davie Cooper (1956–1995), footballer
Kay Copland, sport shooter^[3]
David Coulthard (born 1971), Formula One driver^[4]
Stevie Crawford, professional football player and coach of Dunfermline Athletic F.C.
Kenny Dalglish (born 1951), retired footballer and former manager of Liverpool F.C.
George Fairbairn, professional rugby league footballer and Scotland coach
Crawford Fairbrother (1936–1986), Olympic high jumper
Sir Alex Ferguson (born 1941), retired footballer and former manager of Manchester United F.C.
Darren Fletcher (born 1984), international footballer
Ron Flockhart (1923–1962), racing driver, twice winner of the 24 Hours of Le Mans
David Florence (born 1982), slalom canoeist
Dario Franchitti (born 1973), Indy car driver
Marino Franchitti (born 1978), American Le Mans driver
Steve Frew (born 1973), gymnast, gold medallist in Commonwealth games 2002
Adam Kelso Fulton (1929–1994), international rugby player
Bernard Gallacher (born 1949), professional golfer
Drew Galloway (born 1985), professional wrestler^[5]
Richie Gray (born 1989), rugby player
Jack Grimmer (born 1994), footballer
Wyndham Halswelle (1882–1915), Olympic champion runner
Dougal Haston (1940–1977), mountaineer
Joe Hendry (1886–1966), footballer
Stephen Hendry (born 1969), professional snooker player, 7 time world champion
John Higgins (born 1975), professional snooker player, three-time 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^[6]
Jimmy Johnstone (1944–2006), football player
George Kerr (born 1937), judo expert, winner of the 1957 gold medal in the European Judo Championships
John Kerr (born 1980), ice dancer
Sinead Kerr (born 1978), ice dancer
Dominic Kinnear (born 1967), former soccer player, now the head coach of Houston Dynamo in Major League Soccer
Billy Kirkwood (born 1958), football player
Martin Laird (born 1982), golfer
Denis Law (born 1940), football player
Paul Lawrie (born 1969), golfer, winner 1999 Open Championship
Andrew Lemoncello (born 1982), long-distance runner
Eric Liddell (1902–1945), athlete, one of the two subjects of Chariots of Fire
Patricia Littlechild (born 1965), sport shooter^[7]
Jackie Lockhart (born 1965), curler, skip of Scotland team which won the 2002 world championships
Sandy Lyle (born 1958), golfer, winner of 1985 Open Championship and 1988 Masters Tournament
Benny Lynch (1913–1946), world champion boxer
Hamish MacInnes (1930–2020), mountaineer
Craig MacLean (born 1971), world, Olympic and Commonwealth champion track cyclist
Shona Marshall, sport shooter^[8]
Rhona Martin (born 1966), curler, Olympic gold medallist
Catriona Matthew (born 1969), golfer
Ally McCoist (born 1962), football player
Robert McCoig (1937–1998) badminton player.
James McFadden (born 1983), footballer
William McGregor (1846–1911), founder of the Football League in England
Neil McMenemy, triple jumper
Jackie McNamara (born 1973), footballer and manager
Billy McNeill (born 1940), footballer and a manager of Celtic F.C.
Allan McNish (born 1969), racing driver
Colin McRae (1968–2007), world champion rally driver
Dick McTaggart (born 1935), boxer
Micky Mellon (born 1972), ex-footballer, football manager
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
Colin Montgomerie (born 1963), golfer, winner of European Tour Order of Merit a record 8 times
Janice Moodie (born 1973), golfer
Hugh Munro (1856–1919), mountaineer, known for his list of mountains
Bernard Murphy (born 18??), footballer
Andy Murray (born 1987), tennis player, singles, Wimbledon winner 2013, 2016 gentleman's singles, 2012 Olympic Champion, men's singles, US Open champion 2012, men's singles.^[9]
Jamie Murray (born 1986), tennis player, doubles, Wimbledon winner 2007 mixed doubles
Steve Nicol (born 1961), footballer, most notably of Liverpool F.C.
Peter Niven (born 19??), jockey
Graeme Obree (born 1965), world record holding cyclist
Stewart Pitt (born 1968), slalom canoeist
Graeme Randall (born 1975), judo expert, World Judo Championships gold medallist
Shirley Robertson (born 1968), sailor and Olympic gold medallist
Bill Shankly (1913–1981), one of Liverpool F.C.'s most successful managers
Graeme Souness (born 1953), football player and manager
Ian Stark (born 1954), equestrian
Jock Stein (1922–1985), football manager, won the European Cup with Celtic F.C.
Sir Jackie Stewart (born 1939), world champion Formula One driver
Frederick Guthrie Tait (1870–1900), amateur golfer and soldier
Bobby Thomson (1923–2010), Scots-born American baseball player
Sam Torrance (born 1953), golfer
Lawrence Tynes (born 1978), Scots-born kicker for the New York Giants and Kansas City Chiefs
Steven Vidler (born 1977), middleweight judo expert, Commonwealth games bronze medallist
Andrew Watson (1856–1921), world's first black international football player, captain and administrator
Jim Watt (born 1948), world champion boxer, won the WBC World Lightweight title
Harry Weld-Forester (born 1981), cricketer
David Wilkie (born 1954), swimmer
Jocky Wilson (1950–2012), world professional darts champion in 1982 and 1989
Mike Zagorski (born 1979), cyclist

Television and radio personalities

Kaye 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), comedian
Gordon Buchanan (born 1972), wildlife filmmaker
Bryan Burnett, television and radio presenter
Nicky Campbell (born 1962)
Kelly Cates (born 1975)
Kate Copstick
Stuart Cosgrove (born 1952)
Tam Cowan (born 1969)
Cat Cubie (born 1981)
Romana D'Annunzio (born 1972)
Jim Delahunt
Dominik Diamond (born 1969)
Jack Docherty (born 1962)
John Dunn (1934–2004), radio presenter
Kieron Elliot
Jenni Falconer (born 1976)
Craig Ferguson (born 1962)
Tommy Flanagan (born 1965)
Sandy Gall (born 1927)
Kirsty Gallacher (born 1976)
George Galloway (born 1954)
Graeme Garden (born 1943)
Muriel Gray (born 1959), journalist
Amanda Hamilton (born 1974)
Sarah Heaney (born 1971)
Stuart Henry (1942–1995), disc jockey
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
Ross King (born 1961)
John Leslie (born 1965)
Viv Lumsden (born 1952)
Fred MacAulay (born 1956)
Cathy MacDonald
Phil MacHugh (born 1985)
Sarah Mack (born 1973)
John MacKay
Aggie MacKenzie (born 1955)
Sally Magnusson (born 1955)
Eddie Mair (born 1965)
Andrew Marr (born 1959)
Colin McAllister (born 1968)
Ian McCaskill (1938–2016)
Scottie McClue (born 1956)
Sheena McDonald (born 1954)
Gail McGrane (born 1975)
Paul McGuire
Gillian McKeith (born 1959)
Andrea McLean (born 1969)
Rhona McLeod
Michelle McManus (born 1980)
Cameron McNeish
Aasmah Mir (born 1971)
Paul Mitchell (born 1968)
Arthur Montford (1929–2014)
Nick Nairn (born 1959), celebrity chef
Shereen Nanjiani (born 1961)
Neil Oliver (born 1967)
Dawn Porter (born 1979)
Gail Porter (born 1971)
Angus Purden (born 1974)
Judith Ralston
Gordon Ramsay (born 1966), celebrity chef
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 Simpson
Carol Smillie (born 1961)
Sarah Smith (born 1968)
Iain Stirling (born 1988)
Grant Stott
Cameron Stout (born 1971)
Heather Suttie
Brian Taylor (born 1955)
Bill Torrance (born 1946)
Alison Walker (born 1963)
Kirsty Wark (born 1955), journalist
Tom Weir (1914–2006)
Jim White
Kirsty Young (born 1968)

Theologians, pastors and missionaries

David Laird Adams (1837–1892), minister and academic, professor of Hebrew and oriental languages at the University of Edinburgh.
Patrick Adamson, 16th-century Archbishop of St Andrews
Reverend William Menzies Alexander (1858–1929), medical and theological writer, Professor of Divinity
Tom Allan (died 1965), minister and evangelist, pioneer of practical church outreach in social work, primarily in the city of Glasgow
Charles Arbuthnot (1737–1820), Scottish abbot of the Scots Monastery, Regensburg
George Husband Baird (1761–1840), minister, educational reformer, linguist and Principal of the University of Edinburgh
Donald Macpherson Baillie (1887–1954), theologian, ecumenist, and parish minister
John Baillie (1886–1960), theologian and Church of Scotland minister
James Bannerman, (1807–1868), Free Church of Scotland theologian
William Barclay (1907–1978), author, Church of Scotland minister, Professor of Divinity and Biblical Criticism at the University of Glasgow
James Barr (1924–2006)
John Blackadder (c. 1622–1685), eminent Presbyterian Covenanter preacher
Robert Blackadder (d. 1508), first archbishop of Glasgow
Hugh Blair (1718–1800), minister of religion, author and rhetorician
James Blair (1656–1743), Church of England clergyman, missionary and founder of the College of William & Mary, in Williamsburg, Virginia
Robert Blair (1837–1907), Church of Scotland minister
David Bogue (1750–1825), nonconformist leader, and missionary to Penang
Thomas Boston (1676–1732), pastor and theologian
Claudius Buchanan (1766–1815), theologian, minister of the Church of England, and missionary to India
William Chalmers Burns (1815–1868), revival preacher, missionary to China
Richard Cameron (c. 1648–1680), a leader of the Covenanters
Andrew Cant (1590–1663), Presbyterian minister and leader of the Covenanters
Very Rev Alexander Carlyle (1722–1805), church leader, and autobiographer
James Chalmers (1841–1901), missionary, active in New Guinea
Dugald Christie (1855–1936), medical missionary in Mukden, China
William Robinson Clark (1829–1912), Dean of Taunton and later professor in Toronto
Thomas Richardson Colledge (1796–1879), medical missionary in China, founder and first president of the Medical Missionary Society of China
Daniel "Dan" Crawford (1870–1926), known as 'Konga Vantu', missionary of the Plymouth Brethren in central-southern Africa
William Cunningham (1805–1861), leading Free Church pastor and professor
David Dickson (c. 1583–1663), theologian and Covenanter
David Dickson (1780–1842), minister and writer
John Dudgeon (1837–1901), doctor, surgeon, translator, and medical missionary
Rev Alexander Duff (1806–1878), first overseas missionary of the Church of Scotland to India
Ebenezer Erskine (1680–1754), minister whose actions led to the establishment of the Secession Church
Ralph Erskine (1685–1752), preacher and poet
Andrew Martin Fairbairn (1838–1912), theological scholar, principal of Mansfield College, Oxford
Patrick Fairbairn (1805–1874), minister and theologian
Henry Faulds (1843–1930), missionary to Japan, physician, and scientist noted for the development of fingerprinting
Alexander Penrose Forbes (1817–1875)
George Hay Forbes (1821–1875), priest of the Scottish Episcopal Church, founder of the Pitsligo Press
John Forbes (1571–1606), Capuchin friar, known as Father Archangel
Peter Taylor Forsyth (1848–1921), theologian, principal of Hackney College, London
James Frazer (1854–1941), anthropologist of comparative religion and myth
Alexander Geddes (1737–1802), theologian and scholar
Alexander Gerard (1728–1795), minister, academic and philosophical writer
John George Govan (1861–1927), founder of the Faith Mission
Patrick Graham (d. 1478), first Archbishop of St Andrews
Daniel Gunn (1774–1848), Scottish congregational minister, latterly in Christchurch, Hampshire
Thomas Guthrie (1803–1873), divine and philanthropist
William Guthrie (1620–1665), author of "The Christian's Great Interest"^[10]
James Alexander Haldane (1768–1851), independent church leader
Robert Haldane (1764–1842), missionary preacher and lecturer; wrote a commentary on Romans
Patrick Hamilton (1504–1528), first Protestant martyr in Scotland, burnt at the stake in 1528
William Hastie (1842–1903), clergyman, theologian and translator of the Universal Natural History and Theory of Heaven by Immanuel Kant
Alexander Henderson (1583–1646)
James Hog (c. 1658–1734), minister at Carnock, known for his role in the Marrow controversy within the Church of Scotland
Richard Holloway (born 1933)
William Irvine (1863–1947), evangelist and founder of the Cooneyite and Two by Two sects
Robert Reid Kalley (1809–1888), physician and Presbyterian missionary notable for work in Portuguese-speaking territories
Dr John Kennedy (1819–1884), Highland preacher, author of Days of the Fathers in Ross-shire
John Knox (c. 1513–1572), leader of the Scottish Reformation
Thomas Leishman (1825–1904), minister and liturgical scholar
David Lindsay, 1st Duke of Montrose (1440–1495), first Scottish non-royal duke, Lord High Admiral of Scotland, Master of the Royal Household of Scotland, Great Chamberlain and Justiciar
David Livingstone (1813–1873), missionary and explorer in Africa
Alexander Mackay (1849–1890), Presbyterian missionary to Uganda
Hugh Martin (1822–1885), pastor and writer
Matilda, Countess of Angus, (fl. 13th century), heiress of Maol Choluim, countess in her own right
Robert Murray M'Cheyne (1813–1843), minister of the Gospel, missionary to the Jewish people
Thomas M'Crie the Elder (1772–1835), pastor and historian (wrote the 'Life of John Knox')
William Milligan (1821–1892), theologian, professor at the University of Aberdeen
Robert Moffat (1795–1883), missionary to Africa
Saint Mungo (also known as Saint Kentigern) (d. 614)
John Murray (1898–1975), Calvinist theologian and Presbyterian minister
George Newlands
John Paton (1824–1907), Protestant missionary to the New Hebrides Islands of the South Pacific
Alexander Peden (1626–1686), leading figures in the Covenanter movement
William Pettigrew (1869–1943), missionary to the Tangkhul Naga
Dr John Philip (1775–1851), missionary in South Africa
Robert Pont (or Kylpont) (1524–1606), reformer, lord of session, minister in Edinburgh and St. Andrews
The Revd Professor Norman Walker Porteous (1898–2003), translator of the Bible
Andrew Purves (born 1946), theologian
James Renwick (1662–1688), covenanter and martyr
Samuel Rutherford (c. 1600–1661), Presbyterian pastor, theologian and author, one of the Scottish Commissioners to the Westminster Assembly
John Duns Scotus (c. 1266–1308)
James Sharp (1613–1679), assassinated Archbishop of St Andrews
John Simson (c. 1668–1740), New Licht theologian, involved in a long investigation for heresy
Mary Slessor (1848–1915), missionary and advocate for women's rights
George Washington Sprott (1829–1909), minister and liturgical scholar
George Thomson (1819–1878), missionary and botanist in Cameroon
Thomas Torrance (1871–1959), missionary to China
Thomas F. Torrance (1913–2007), theologian
James Wedderburn (1585–1639), bishop of Dunblane, grandson of the poet James Wedderburn
John Welsh of Ayr (1568–1622), pastor exiled for faithful preaching; son-in-law to John Knox
John Willock (c. 1515–1585), Protestant reformer
George Wishart (1513–1546), Protestant reformer and martyr

Writers

Other notable people

John Adair (c. 1655–1722), surveyor and cartographer
Dr Hely Hutchinson Almond (1832–1903), educator and rugby union promoter
Jane Arthur (1827–1907), feminist and activist
Col. David Barclay (1610–1686), 1st Laird of Urie, a convert to Quakerism
Robert Barclay (1648–1690), Quaker, governor of the East Jersey colony
Andrew Bell (1753–1832), developer of the Madras system of education
Harry Benson (born 1929), celebrity and pop culture photographer
John Boyd (1925–2018), milliner based in London
James Braidwood (1800–1861), founder of the world's first municipal fire service in Edinburgh in 1824, and first director of the London Fire Engine Establishment
Thomas Braidwood (1715–1806), teacher of the deaf
John Brown (1826–1883), servant of Queen Victoria
John Brown (1627–1685), Covenanter martyr
Kenn Burke, ballet dancer
John Cairncross (1913–1995), intelligence officer and spy during World War II, alleged to be the fifth member of the Cambridge Five
Charles Cameron (1927–2001), magician, godfather of bizarre magic
Ajahn Candasiri (born 1947), Theravāda Buddhist nun who co-founded Chithurst Buddhist Monastery
Michael Caton-Jones (born 1957), film director
William Chambers (born 1979), award-winning hat designer
Walter Chepman (fl. c. 1500), merchant, notary and civil servant; in partnership with Androw Myllar in Scotland's first printing press
Mary Crudelius (née Maclean, 1839–1877), campaigner for women's education, and a supporter of women's suffrage
Alexander Cruden (1699–1770), compiler of an early concordance to the Bible
Lord Curriehill (1549–1617), prosecutor, ambassador, and judge
Alexander Dalrymple (1737–1808), geographer and the first Hydrographer of the British Admiralty
James Dawson (1806–1900), prominent champion of Australian Aborigines' interests
Dervorguilla of Galloway (c. 1210–1290), a 'lady of substance' in 13th-century Scotland, mother of king John I of Scotland, and founder of Sweetheart Abbey
Alexander Donaldson (1727–1794), appellant in the copyright case, Donaldson v Beckett; founder/publisher of the Edinburgh Advertiser
James Donaldson (1751–1830), publisher of the Edinburgh Advertiser; founder of Donaldson's Hospital
Bill Douglas (1934–1991), film director
The Rev. John Archibald Dunbar-Dunbar (1849–1905), philatelist, one of the "Fathers of Philately"
Helen Duncan (1897–1956), last woman to be tried under the Witchcraft Act 1735
William Dunlop (c. 1654–1700), Covenanter, adventurer, and Principal of the University of Glasgow
John Fairbairn (1794–1864), newspaper proprietor, educator, financier and politician of the Cape Colony
Sir David Ferrier (1843–1928), pioneering neurologist and psychologist
Donald Findlay (born 1951)
John Finlaison (1783–1860), first president of the Institute of Actuaries
Alexander Kinloch Forbes (1821–1865), scholar of the Gujarati language
William Forsyth (1737–1804), horticulturist, founding member of the Royal Horticultural Society, after whom the genus Forsythia is named
Lord Fountainhall (1646–1722), one of Scotland's leading jurists
Alexander Yule Fraser (1857–1890), mathematician, one of the founders of the Edinburgh Mathematical Society
Jenny Geddes (c. 1600–c. 1660), market trader, threw a stool at the Dean of Edinburgh in protest against the new prayer book
Patrick Geddes (1854–1932), biologist, sociologist, geographer, philanthropist and pioneering town planner
Sir Andrew Gilchrist (1910–1993), diplomat
Gilleasbaig of Menstrie (fl. 13th century), earliest attested member Campbell family, father of Sir Colin Campbell
Ewen Gillies (born 1825), serial emigrant and adventurer from St. Kilda, Scotland
Anna Gordon or Brown (1747–1810), ballad collector
Robert Gordon of Straloch (1580–1661), cartographer, poet, mathematician, antiquary, and geographer
Janet Gourlay (1863–1912) Egyptologist, born in Glasgow
Patrick Grant (born 1972), fashion designer
Angelica Gray (born 1990), model
Alasdair George Hay (born 1961), first and current chief fire officer of the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service
Robert Hay (1799–1863), traveller, antiquarian, and Egyptologist
Amanda Hendrick (born 1990), model
William Vallance Douglas Hodge (1903–1975), mathematician, geometer
Isobel Hoppar (born c. 1490), landowner, governess and political figure
John Horrocks (1816–1881), founder and innovator of modern European fly fishing
Kirsty Hume (born 1976), model
Sir John Ritchie Inch (1911–1993), police officer, Chief Constable of Edinburgh City Police
David Jones (born 1966), games programmer and entrepreneur, known for creating the Grand Theft Auto video game franchise
Princess Kaiulani Cleghorn of Hawaii (1876–1899), daughter of Archibald Cleghorn and Princess Miriam Likelike (sister of Queen Lili'iuokalani)
Christopher Kane (born 1982), fashion designer
James Kennedy (1930–1973), security guard for British Rail Engineering Limited, posthumously awarded the George Cross
Mariote Ker (floruit 1529), Scottish burgess
Simon Somerville Laurie (1829–1909), educator
Mikhail Lermontov, 19th-century Russian author of Scottish origin
Hercules Linton (1837–1900), surveyor, designer, shipbuilder, antiquarian and local councillor, designer of the Cutty Sark
James Loch (1780–1855), economist, advocate, barrister, estate commissioner
Sir Robert Hamilton Bruce Lockhart (1887–1970), diplomat, journalist and secret agent
Mary Lyon (1797–1849), first woman principal in America
Flora Macaulay (1859–1958), editor of The Oban Times newspaper
Flora MacDonald (1722–1790), Jacobite and United Empire Loyalist
Gillies MacKinnon, film director, writer and painter
Iain Macmillan (1938–2006), photographer, took the photograph for The Beatles' album Abbey Road
Jamie Macpherson (1675–1700), outlaw and author of MacPherson's Lament or Rant
Dame Sarah Elizabeth Siddons Mair (1846–1941), campaigner for women's education and women's suffrage
Gary McKinnon (born 1966), computer hacker
Lorna McNee, chef
Robert McQueen, Lord Braxfield (1722–1799), advocate and judge
James Murdoch (1856–1921), journalist and teacher
William McMaster Murdoch (1873–1912), First Officer aboard the RMS Titanic
Keith Murray, Baron Murray of Newhaven (1903–1993), academic and Rector of Lincoln College, Oxford
Androw Myllar (fl.1503–1508), first Scottish printer, in partnership with Walter Chepman
Eunice Olumide (born 1987), model
James Orrock (1829–1913), collector of art and Oriental ceramics
Robert Paterson (1715–1801), stonemason, who suggested to Sir Walter Scott the character of "Old Mortality"
Duncan Phyfe (1770–1854), United States most celebrated cabinetmaker
Natalie Pike (born 1983), model
James Pillans (1778–1864), classical scholar and educational reformer
Allan Pinkerton (1819–1884), North American detective
Timothy Pont (c. 1565–1614), cartographer and topographer, the first to produce a detailed map of Scotland
John Charles Walsham Reith (1889–1971), first Director General of the BBC
John Rennie (1842–1918), naval architect, Naval Constructor and Instructor for the Chinese Government
Jonathan Saunders, fashion designer
James Small (1835–1900), last laird of Dirnanean
Archibald Smith (1813–1872), mathematician and lawyer
William Stewart Easton Stephen (1903–1975), philatelist
Flora Stevenson (1839–1905), social reformer, interested in education
Louisa Stevenson (1835–1908), campaigner for women's university education, women's suffrage and well-organised nursing
Jock Stewart (1918–1989), executioner
Charlotte Carmichael Stopes (1840–1929), author, and campaigner for women's rights
Marie Charlotte Carmichael Stopes (1880–1958), author, palaeobotanist and campaigner for eugenics and women's rights
John Guthrie Tait (1861–1945), educator, principal of the Central College of Bangalore, and sportsman
Stella Tennant (born 1970), model
Mary Anne MacLeod Trump (1912–2000), philanthropist, mother of Donald Trump^[11]
John Thomson (1837–1921), photographer
James Tytler (1745–1804), apothecary, editor of the second edition of Encyclopædia Britannica; first person in Britain to fly (by ascending in a hot air balloon)
John Walker (1731–1803), minister of religion, natural historian and professor
Albert Watson (born 1942), fashion and celebrity photographer
Alexander Wilson (d. 1922), noted amateur photographer, working in Dundee
Margaret Wilson (c. 1667–1685), Covenanter martyr
Roderick Wright (1940–2005), disgraced Catholic bishop

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^ "Jim Clark". Formula 1. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
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^ "Drew McIntyre aiming to be Scotland's first WWE champion". bbc.com. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
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[2] "Jim Clark". Formula 1. Retrieved 6 June 2020.

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[4] "McLaren Racing – Heritage – David Coulthard". www.mclaren.com. Retrieved 9 September 2019.

[5] "Drew McIntyre aiming to be Scotland's first WWE champion". bbc.com. Retrieved 6 June 2020.

[6] Deborah Andrews (1992). Annual Obituary, 1991. St. James Pr. ISBN 1-55862-175-X. Retrieved 3 June 2010.

[7] "SCOTTISH SMALLBORE RIFLE ASSOCIA". www.ssra.co.uk. Retrieved 6 May 2020.

[8] "Shona Marshall | Commonwealth Games Federation". thecgf.com. Retrieved 1 March 2020.

[9] "Scottish Roots People – Andy Murray". www.scottishroots.com. Retrieved 3 September 2019.

[10] "William Guthrie – The Christian's Great Interest". www.covenantofgrace.com. Retrieved 3 September 2020.

[11] Kruse, Michael (December 2017). "The Mystery of Mary Trump". Politico. Retrieved 6 June 2020.

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