| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Spottiswoode Aitken |
Actor |
16-Apr-1868 |
26-Feb-1933 |
Silent film actor |
| John Anderson |
Politician |
8-Jul-1882 |
4-Jan-1958 |
Chancellor of the Exchequer, 1943-45 |
| Tommy Armour |
Golf |
24-Sep-1894 |
12-Sep-1968 |
Winner of 3 Majors |
| Alexander Graham Bell |
Inventor |
3-Mar-1847 |
2-Aug-1922 |
Inventor of the telephone |
| Sir Charles Bell |
Doctor |
Nov-1774 |
28-Apr-1842 |
New Idea of Anatomy of the Brain |
| Tony Blair |
Head of State |
6-May-1953 |
|
UK Prime Minister, 1997-2007 |
| James Boswell |
Author |
29-Oct-1740 |
19-May-1795 |
The Life of Samuel Johnson |
| Ewen Bremner |
Actor |
23-Jan-1972 |
|
Julien Donkey-Boy |
| Gilbert Burnet |
Religion |
18-Sep-1643 |
17-Mar-1715 |
Bishop of Salisbury |
| John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute |
Head of State |
25-May-1713 |
10-Mar-1792 |
UK Prime Minister, 1762-63 |
| Donald Cammell |
Film Director |
17-Jan-1934 |
24-Apr-1996 |
Performance |
| Ian Charleson |
Actor |
11-Aug-1949 |
6-Jan-1990 |
Chariots of Fire |
| William Cochran |
Physicist |
30-Jul-1922 |
28-Aug-2003 |
Crystallography |
| George Combe |
Paranormal |
21-Oct-1788 |
14-Aug-1858 |
Scottish phrenologist |
| Iain Conn |
Business |
c. 1963 |
|
CEO Refining & Marketing, BP |
| Sean Connery |
Actor |
25-Aug-1930 |
|
James Bond |
| James Connolly |
Politician |
5-Jun-1868 |
12-May-1916 |
Irish nationalist, shot after Easter Uprising |
| Ronnie Corbett |
Comic |
4-Dec-1930 |
31-Mar-2016 |
The Two Ronnies |
| Finlay Currie |
Actor |
20-Jan-1878 |
9-May-1968 |
Great Expectations |
| Thomas Davidson |
Paleontologist |
17-May-1817 |
14-Oct-1885 |
British Fossil Brachiopoda |
| Arthur Conan Doyle |
Novelist |
22-May-1859 |
7-Jul-1930 |
Creator of Sherlock Holmes |
| Lindsay Duncan |
Actor |
7-Nov-1950 |
|
Perfect Strangers |
| John Dury |
Religion |
1596 |
26-Sep-1680 |
The Reformed Librarie-Keeper |
| Fish |
Singer |
25-Apr-1958 |
|
Lead singer of Marillion, 1981-88 |
| Robert Garioch |
Poet |
9-May-1909 |
26-Apr-1981 |
Scots dialect poet |
| Iain Glen |
Actor |
24-Jun-1961 |
|
Resident Evil: Apocalypse |
| Kenneth Grahame |
Novelist |
8-Mar-1859 |
6-Jul-1932 |
The Wind in the Willows |
| Douglas Haig |
Military |
19-Jun-1861 |
29-Jan-1928 |
British Field Marshall in WWI |
| Elizabeth Sanderson Haldane |
Author |
27-May-1862 |
24-Dec-1937 |
Descartes: His Life and Times |
| John Scott Haldane |
Doctor |
3-May-1860 |
14-Mar-1936 |
Breathing regulated by CO2 |
| Richard Burdon Haldane |
Government |
30-Jul-1856 |
19-Aug-1928 |
Lord Chancellor, 1912-15 and 1924 |
| Francis Horner |
Economist |
12-Aug-1778 |
8-Feb-1817 |
Bullion Report |
| Leonard Horner |
Geologist |
17-Jan-1785 |
5-Mar-1864 |
Scottish geologist, educator |
| David Hume |
Philosopher |
7-May-1711 |
25-Aug-1776 |
Empiricist nonpareil |
| James Hutton |
Geologist |
3-Jun-1726 |
26-Mar-1797 |
Theory of the Earth |
| Frieda Inescort |
Actor |
29-Jun-1901 |
26-Feb-1976 |
A Place in the Sun |
| Alaric Jacob |
Journalist |
8-Jun-1909 |
26-Jan-1995 |
A Window in Moscow |
| James II |
Royalty |
16-Oct-1430 |
3-Aug-1460 |
King of Scotland, 1437-60 |
| Leander Starr Jameson |
Head of State |
9-Feb-1853 |
26-Nov-1917 |
Last Prime Minister of Capetown |
| Ben Jelen |
Singer/Songwriter |
8-Jul-1979 |
|
Come On |
| Alexander Gordon Laing |
Explorer |
27-Dec-1793 |
26-Sep-1826 |
Explorer killed returning from Timbuktu |
| Harry Lauder |
Singer |
4-Aug-1870 |
26-Feb-1950 |
Roamin' in the Gloamin' |
| John Mackenzie |
Film Director |
16-Aug-1932 |
8-Jun-2011 |
The Long Good Friday |
| Bruce Marshall |
Novelist |
24-Jun-1899 |
18-Jun-1987 |
The White Rabbit |
| Arthur Marwick |
Historian |
29-Feb-1936 |
17-Sep-2006 |
The Deluge |
| David Maxwell Fyfe |
Politician |
29-May-1900 |
27-Jan-1967 |
UK Home Secretary, 1951-54 |
| James Clerk Maxwell |
Physicist |
13-Jun-1831 |
5-Nov-1879 |
Maxwell's equations |
| Hugh McDermott |
Actor |
20-Mar-1906 |
29-Jan-1972 |
The Seventh Veil |
| William McGonagall |
Poet |
1825 |
29-Sep-1902 |
The Tay Bridge Disaster |
| Fergus Millar |
Historian |
5-Jul-1935 |
|
Rome the Greek World, and the East |
| Keith Moffatt |
Mathematician |
12-Apr-1935 |
|
Fluid dynamics |
| Jamie Muir |
Drummer |
? |
|
Experimental percussionist |
| Ian Nish |
Scholar |
3-Jun-1926 |
|
Japanese Foreign Policy specialist |
| John Ogilby |
Publisher |
1600 |
4-Sep-1676 |
Royal Cosmographer, printer |
| Jane G. Pepper |
Agriculturalist |
c. 1945 |
|
Pennsylvania Horticultural Society |
| Lesley Rankine |
Singer |
11-Apr-1965 |
|
Vocalist for Ruby and Silverfish |
| Ian Richardson |
Actor |
7-Apr-1934 |
9-Feb-2007 |
House of Cards |
| Malcolm Rifkind |
Politician |
21-Jun-1946 |
|
UK Foreign Secretary, 1995-97 |
| Peter J. Robertson |
Business |
1947 |
|
Vice Chairman of Chevron |
| Sir Walter Scott |
Author |
15-Aug-1771 |
21-Sep-1832 |
Ivanhoe |
| Richard Norman Shaw |
Architect |
7-May-1831 |
17-Nov-1912 |
Late 19th c. British architect |
| Sir Robert Sibbald |
Doctor |
15-Apr-1641 |
Aug-1722 |
Scottish physician and antiquary |
| Alastair Sim |
Actor |
9-Oct-1900 |
19-Aug-1976 |
Scrooge in A Christmas Carol |
| John Smibert |
Painter |
24-Mar-1688 |
2-Apr-1751 |
The Bermuda Group |
| Iain Duncan Smith |
Politician |
9-Apr-1954 |
|
Conservative Party leader, 2001-03 |
| Muriel Spark |
Novelist |
1-Feb-1918 |
13-Apr-2006 |
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie |
| Dennis Stevenson |
Business |
19-Jul-1945 |
|
Chairman of HBOS |
| Robert Louis Stevenson |
Author |
13-Nov-1850 |
3-Dec-1894 |
Treasure Island |
| Balfour Stewart |
Physicist |
1-Nov-1828 |
19-Dec-1887 |
Studied magnetism, radiant heat |
| Marie Stopes |
Scientist |
15-Oct-1880 |
2-Oct-1958 |
Scientist and birth control advocate |
| Ken Stott |
Actor |
1955 |
|
Messiah series |
| Stuart Sutcliffe |
Musician |
23-Jun-1940 |
10-Apr-1962 |
Briefly a Beatle |
| James Syme |
Doctor |
7-Nov-1799 |
26-Jun-1870 |
Leading Scottish surgeon |
| Archibald Campbell Tait |
Religion |
21-Dec-1811 |
3-Dec-1882 |
Archbishop of Canterbury, 1868-82 |
| D'Arcy Thompson |
Biologist |
2-May-1860 |
21-Jun-1948 |
On Growth and Form |
| KT Tunstall |
Singer/Songwriter |
23-Jun-1975 |
|
Eye to the Telescope |
| Tam White |
Singer |
c. 1944 |
|
Scottish blues singer and actor |
| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Edward Victor Appleton |
Physicist |
6-Sep-1892 |
21-Apr-1965 |
Ionosphere, shortwave radio |
| Charles Glover Barkla |
Physicist |
7-Jun-1877 |
23-Oct-1944 |
X-ray scattering |
| William Burke |
Criminal |
1792 |
28-Jan-1829 |
Cheap cadavers for science |
| Thomas Chalmers |
Religion |
17-Mar-1780 |
30-May-1847 |
Free Church of Scotland |
| William Chambers |
Publisher |
16-Apr-1800 |
20-May-1883 |
W. & R. Chambers, Ltd. |
| A. J. Clark |
Scientist |
19-Aug-1885 |
30-Jul-1941 |
Drug responses |
| William Cochran |
Physicist |
30-Jul-1922 |
28-Aug-2003 |
Crystallography |
| Bernard Crick |
Political Scientist |
16-Dec-1929 |
19-Dec-2008 |
In Defence of Politics |
| Lord Darnley |
Royalty |
7-Dec-1545 |
9-Feb-1567 |
Husband of Mary, Queen of Scots |
| David II |
Royalty |
5-Mar-1324 |
22-Feb-1371 |
King of Scotland, 1329-71 |
| Thomas De Quincey |
Author |
15-Aug-1785 |
8-Dec-1859 |
Confessions of an English Opium-Eater |
| T. R. Fraser |
Scientist |
5-Feb-1841 |
4-Jan-1920 |
Made poison and venom into medicine |
| Robert Garioch |
Poet |
9-May-1909 |
26-Apr-1981 |
Scots dialect poet |
| David Hume |
Philosopher |
7-May-1711 |
25-Aug-1776 |
Empiricist nonpareil |
| Russell Hunter |
Actor |
18-Feb-1925 |
25-Feb-2004 |
Scottish actor |
| James Hutton |
Geologist |
3-Jun-1726 |
26-Mar-1797 |
Theory of the Earth |
| Archibald Johnston |
Religion |
1611 |
22-Jul-1663 |
Scottish presbyterian patriot |
| Nicholas Kemmer |
Physicist |
7-Dec-1911 |
21-Oct-1998 |
Nuclear weapons and reactors |
| John Knox |
Religion |
c. 1514 |
24-Nov-1572 |
Scottish Reformation |
| Hugh MacDiarmid |
Poet |
11-Aug-1892 |
9-Sep-1978 |
A Drunk Man Looks at the Thistle |
| Compton MacKenzie |
Novelist |
17-Jan-1883 |
30-Nov-1972 |
Carnival |
| St. Margaret |
Royalty |
c. 1045 |
17-Nov-1093 |
Queen of Scotland |
| William McGonagall |
Poet |
1825 |
29-Sep-1902 |
The Tay Bridge Disaster |
| John Playfair |
Mathematician |
10-Mar-1748 |
20-Jul-1819 |
Huttonian Theory of the Earth |
| William Robertson |
Historian |
19-Sep-1721 |
11-Jun-1793 |
History of Scotland |
| Adam Smith |
Economist |
5-Jun-1723 |
17-Jul-1790 |
The Wealth of Nations |
| Robert Stevenson |
Engineer |
8-Jun-1772 |
12-Jul-1850 |
Scottish lighthouse designer |
| James Stirling |
Mathematician |
1692 |
5-Dec-1770 |
Methodus differentialis |
| James Syme |
Doctor |
7-Nov-1799 |
26-Jun-1870 |
Leading Scottish surgeon |
| Peter Guthrie Tait |
Physicist |
28-Apr-1831 |
4-Jul-1901 |
Treatise on Quaternions |
| Francis Henry Underwood |
Author |
12-Jan-1825 |
7-Aug-1894 |
Quabbin: The Story of a Small Town |
| George Wishart |
Religion |
c. 1513 |
1-Mar-1546 |
Scottish religious reformer and martyr |