- Gordon Brown
Dr James Gordon Brown (born 20 February 1951) is the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, the First Lord of the Treasury, the Minister for the Civil Service, the current Member of Parliament for Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath and the Leader of the Labour Party since 27 June 2007. Before this, he served as Chancellor of the Exchequer under Tony Blair from 1997 to 2007.
- Gordon Brown
Gordon Lamont Brown (1 November 1947 - 19 March 2001) was a Scottish international rugby union footballer. He was inducted into the International Rugby Hall of Fame in 2001. Born in Troon, "Broon frae Troon", as he was affectionately known, played for West of Scotland, Scotland and the British Lions.
- Alex James
Alexander Wilson James was a Scottish footballer, and is most noted for his success with Arsenal, where he is regarded as one of the club's greatest players of all time. Alex James played as an inside forward, as a supporting player for the main strikers. He was famed for the excellent quality of his passing and supreme ball control, leading many modern-day comparisons with Arsenal forward Dennis Bergkamp.
- Johann Hari
Johann Hari (born January 21, 1979) is a British journalist and writer. He is a columnist for "The Independent" and the "Evening Standard". His work has also appeared in the "New York Times", the "Los Angeles Times", The New Republic, "Le Monde" and "Ha'aretz".
- Donald MacIntyre
Donald Macintyre (12 September 1831-15 April 1903) was a Scottish recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.
- Andy Gray
Andrew Mullen Gray (born November 30, 1955 in Glasgow) was a Scottish football player and is now a football pundit for Sky Sports.
- Andy Gray
Andrew David Gray (born November 15 1977 in Harrogate, North Yorkshire, England) is a Scottish football player currently at Burnley F.C. He is the son of the former Scotland defender Frank Gray and nephew of Leeds United legend Eddie Gray. He started his career as a midfield player but later moved into a forward position. Andy began his career with Leeds United and has also played for Nottingham Forest, Bury, Preston North End, Oldham Athletic, Bradford City, …
- Andy Gray
Andy Gray is a Scottish actor and comedy writer. He co-wrote and co-starred in the BBC Radio Scotland sketch show "Naked Radio", and its later television counterpart "Naked Video", before becoming well known as the appropriately named "Chancer", best friend and source of problems to Willie Melvin (Gerard Kelly) in the 1987 sitcom "City Lights". He is well known for pantomime, usually co-writing the script and appearing as the dame, …
- Alex Salmond
Alexander Elliot Anderson Salmond, known as Alex Salmond (born December 31, 1954), is the current First Minister of Scotland, heading a minority government. He is Leader of the Scottish National Party (SNP), Member of Parliament for the constituency of Banff and Buchan, and the Member of the Scottish Parliament for Gordon. He is currently serving his second term as leader of the SNP, taking over from John Swinney.
- Robert Burns
Robert Burns - known as Rabbie Burns, Scotland's favourite son, the Ploughman Poet, the Bard of Ayrshire and (in Scotland) simply as The Bard (January 25, 1759 - July 21, 1796) was a poet and a lyricist. He is widely regarded as the national poet of Scotland, and is celebrated worldwide. He is the best-known of the poets who have written in the Scots language, …
- Alex Ferguson
Sir Alexander Chapman Ferguson CBE (born 31 December 1941 in Govan, Glasgow) is a Scottish football manager and former player, currently managing Manchester United F.C. He has won more trophies than any other manager in the history of English football and has been in charge of Manchester United for more than 1,000 matches. With 20 years under his belt, he is the second-longest serving manager in the history of Manchester United after Sir Matt Busby.
- Edwin Morgan
Professor Edwin Morgan OBE (born April 27, 1920) is a Scottish poet and translator who is associated with the Scottish Renaissance. He is widely recognised as one of the foremost Scottish poets of the 20th century. In 1999, Morgan was made the first Glasgow Poet Laureate. In 2004, he was named as the first Scottish national poet: The Scots Makar.
- Same
Same (John) Shaw (VC, DCM) (?-27 December 1859) was a Scottish recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.
- Jack McConnell
Jack Wilson McConnell (born June 30, 1960 in Irvine, North Ayrshire) is a former First Minister of Scotland, current leader of the Scottish Labour Party and Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for the Motherwell and Wishaw constituency. To date he is the longest serving First Minister in the history of the Scottish Parliament. McConnell became an MSP in the first elections to the Scottish Parliament in 1999, later holding the positions of Finance Minister, …
- Adam Smith
Adam Smith FRSE (baptised June 5 1723 O.S. / June 16 N.S. - July 17, 1790) was a Scottish moral philosopher and a pioneering political economist. He is a major contributor to the modern perception of economics. One of the key figures of the intellectual movement known as the Scottish Enlightenment, he is known primarily as the author of two treatises: "The Theory of Moral Sentiments" (1759), …
- Walter Scott
Sir Walter Scott, 1st Baronet (15 August 1771 - 21 September 1832) was a prolific Scottish historical novelist and poet popular throughout Europe during his time. In some ways Scott was the first author to have a truly international career in his lifetime, with many contemporary readers all over Europe, Australia, and North America. His novels and poetry are still read, and many of his works remain classics of both English-language literature and specifically, …
- Andy Murray
Andrew "Andy" Murray (born 15 May 1987 in Glasgow), is a Scottish tennis player, who represents both Scotland and Great Britain. Murray is currently the UK's highest ranked player, with a current world ranking of #14 as of July 16, 2007. In December 2005, he won the BBC Scotland Sports Personality of the Year Award, and the sport section of the Top Scot awards. His elder brother Jamie is the UK's best ranked doubles player.
- Sean Connery
Sir Thomas Sean Connery is an Academy Award-winning Scottish actor and producer who is perhaps best known as the first actor to portray James Bond in cinema. He starred in seven Bond films (six EON-produced films, 1962–67 and 1971; and an unofficial Columbia-produced "Thunderball"-remake in 1983). Connery is known for his Scottish accent and rugged good looks. He repeatedly is named as one of the most attractive men alive by magazines, …
- John Smith
John Smith QC (13 September 1938 - 12 May 1994) was a Scottish politician who served as leader of the Labour Party from July 1992 until his sudden death from a heart attack on 12 May 1994.
- Wendy Alexander
Wendy Alexander (born 27 June, 1963, Glasgow) is a Scottish Labour Party Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for Paisley North. Prior to entering the Scottish Parliament,Alexander worked in the private, voluntary and public sectors and for the international management consultancy Booz Allen Hamilton. This included a period as Special Adviser to the Secretary of State for Scotland (Donald Dewar). From 1999 to 2002 she was a minister in the Scottish Executive, …
- William Wallace
Sir William Wallace (c. 1270-August 23, 1305) was a knight and Scottish patriot, who led a resistance against the English occupation of Scotland during the Wars of Scottish Independence. He is considered the greatest hero in Scotland's history. Wallace was the inspiration for the poem "The Acts and Deeds of Sir William Wallace, Knight of Elderslie" by the 15th century minstrel Blind Harry. The 1995 film "Braveheart" is based on the poem.
- William Wallace
Sir William Wallace (1860-1940) was a Scottish classical composer. Born in Greenock, he studied medicine in Glasgow, Vienna and Paris before deciding to study music at the Royal Academy in London in 1889. Wallace was greatly influenced by Liszt, and introduced the symphonic poem to Britain. His compositions include the symphonic poem, "Sir William Wallace" (1905; based on his namesake, the freedom fighter William Wallace, one of Scotland’s national heroes), …
- William Wallace
William "Willie" Semple Brown Wallace (born June 231940, in Kirkintilloch) is a former Scottish football player and coach. He started his playing career with Stenhousemuir in 1958, moving to Raith Rovers a year later. It was in Kirkcaldy that "Wispy", as Wallace was nicknamed, developed his reputation as a top-class goal poacher, his skills being rewarded with a first Scottish League cap.
- William Wallace
William Wallace (May 11, 1843 - February 18, 1897) was a Scottish philosopher, born at Cupar in Fife the son of master-builder James Wallace and mother Jane (Jean) Kellock. He was educated at St Andrews University and Balliol College, Oxford, where he went as an exhibitioner in 1864. In 1872 he was elected a fellow of Merton College and in 1882 succeeded T.H. Green as Whyte's Professor of Moral Philosophy.
- William Wallace
William Wallace (d.1631) was a Scottish master mason and architect. He served as King's Master Mason under James VI. From 1615 Wallace is known to have been the leading mason working on the King's Lodgings at Edinburgh Castle. On 18 April 1617 he was appointed King's Master Mason, holding this post until his death. Wallace was commissioned in 1618 to rebuild the north range of Linlithgow Palace, which had collapsed in 1605. He was responsible for design as well as building, …
- John Smith
John Smith (October 27 1831 - March 5 1909) was a Scottish-born Ontario businessman and political figure. He represented Peel in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1893 to 1908 as a Liberal member. He was born in Inverness in 1831, the son of Andrew Smith, and came to Peel County, Upper Canada with his family in 1832. He was educated in Chinguacousy Township. Smith was an auctioneer and served on the town council for Brampton.
- John Smith
John Smith (1825-1910) was the founder of the Edinburgh school of dentistry. He was born in Scotland, the son of a dentist, and took over the practice in 1851. Recognising the need for improved training, he founded the Edinburgh Dental Dispensary in 1860 and wrote the "Handbook of Dental Anatomy and Surgery" (1864). The Dispensary grew into the Edinburgh Dental Hospital and School by 1879. Smith was also a moderately successful playwright.
- John Smith
John Smith (February 18 1894 - November 8 1977) was an Ontario businessman and political figure. He represented Lincoln in the Canadian House of Commons as a Progressive Conservative member from 1957 to 1962. He was born in Scotland in 1894, the son of Daniel Smith, and grew up there. Smith was a building contractor. He served in the Canadian Army during World War I. In 1924, he married Jean Wood.
- John Smith
John Smith (1781 - 1852) was a Scottish architect. He was the city architect of Aberdeen, and together with Archibald Simpson he built many of the granite buildings that gave that city the nickname 'The Granite City'.
- Walter Smith
Walter Smith OBE (born February 24 1948 in Lanark) is a Scottish former football player, but is better known as a football manager. He is currently the manager of Scottish Premier League club Rangers, his second spell in that capacity with the club.
- Alistair Darling
Alistair Maclean Darling (born November 28, 1953) is a British politician and Chancellor of the Exchequer since June 28, 2007. He is Labour Party Member of Parliament for Edinburgh South West in Scotland.
- Queen Elizabeth II
Elizabeth II (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary Windsor; born 21 April 1926) is Queen of sixteen sovereign states, holding each crown and title equally. However, she is more directly involved with the United Kingdom, where the Royal Family resides, and the Monarchy is historically indigenous. Apart from the United Kingdom, Elizabeth II is also Queen of Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Jamaica, Barbados, the Bahamas, Grenada, Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, Tuvalu, Saint Lucia, …
- Billy Connolly
William "Billy" Connolly, CBE, (born 24 November, 1942) is a Scottish comedian, musician, presenter, and actor. He is sometimes known, especially in his native Scotland, by the nickname "The Big Yin" (The Big One). The nickname was first used during Connolly's adolescent years to differentiate between himself and his father, William Connolly, Sr.
- Gordon Strachan
Gordon David Strachan OBE (born 9 February 1957, in Edinburgh) is a retired Scottish football player, and is now a football manager. He is currently manager of Celtic. During his largely successful playing career he played for Dundee (1974-1977), Aberdeen (1977-1984), Manchester United (1984-1989), Leeds United (1989-1995) and Coventry City (1995-1997). He also won 50 international caps for Scotland and is a member of the Scotland Football Hall of Fame.
- John Reid
John Reid (born 8 May 1947) is a British politician who is the former Home Secretary and Member of Parliament (MP) for the Scottish constituency of Airdrie and Shotts in the United Kingdom.
- John Reid
John Reid is a Scottish manager and music industry figure currently living and working in Australia. Between 1975 and 1978, Reid was the manager of British rock group Queen. For some 25 years he was the manager of Elton John, but their relationship ended with acrimonious legal action in 2000 over a leaked letter from his accountants detailing Elton's spending was found by Benjamin Pell and published in the Daily Mirror.
- Robert Louis Stevenson
Robert Louis (Balfour) Stevenson, was a Scottish novelist, poet, and travel writer, and a leading representative of Neo-romanticism in English literature. He was the man who "seemed to pick the right word up on the point of his pen, like a man playing spillikins", as G. K. Chesterton put it. He was also greatly admired by many authors, including Jorge Luis Borges, Ernest Hemingway, Rudyard Kipling and Vladimir Nabokov.
- James Brown
James Brown (October 14 1828 - April 24 1897) was an Ontario businessman and politician. He represented Hastings West in the Canadian House of Commons as a Conservative member from 1867 to 1882. He was born in Scotland in 1828 (1826 in some sources). He was an owner of a company which manufactured iron agricultural implements in Belleville and vice-president of the Belleville and North Hastings Railway. Brown was a lieutenant-colonel in the local militia, …
- James Brown
James Brown (born September 24, 1931) is a former Scottish first class cricketer. He played as a wicketkeeper and took a record 119 catches and 40 stumpings for them. In first class cricket his tally of 105 is easily the most by a cricketer for Scotland. He played club cricket with Perthshire and took 674 dismissals.
- James Brown
James Brown was a Scottish footballer who played at right half-back. In his early life, he worked in the coal-mining industry before leaving for England. He joined East Fife for the 1926-27 season, after which he was signed by Burnley. He became captain of Burnley in March 1932. In June 1935, he was signed by Manchester United for a fee of £1800. At United, he scored 1 goal in 110 games. In February 1939, he left United for Bradford.