John Rae

John Rae

male, deceased (1893)
John Rae (September 30, 1813 - July 22, 1893) was a Scottish explorer of Canada's Arctic. Rae was born at the Hall of Clestrain in the parish of...
William Wright

William Wright

male, 227 years old
William Wright (1782-??) was a Scottish poet. Born in the Row, Ednam, he was largely paralysed from birth. He was particularly keen on nature...
Grizel Baillie

Grizel Baillie

female, deceased (1746)
Lady Grizel Baillie (December 25, 1665-December 6, 1746), was a Scottish song-writer. The eldest daughter of Sir Patrick Hume (or Home) of...
James Hutton

James Hutton

male, deceased (1797)
James Hutton (3 June 1726 O.S. (14 June 1726 N.S.), Edinburgh, Scotland - 26 March 1797) was a Scottish geologist, noted for formulating...
William Topaz McGonagall

William Topaz McGonagall

male, deceased (1902)
William Topaz McGonagall (1825 - 29 September, 1902) was a Scottish weaver, actor, and poet. He is comically renowned as one of the worst poets in...
William Robertson

William Robertson

male, deceased (1793)
William Robertson was a Scottish historian and Principal of the University of Edinburgh. ("The thirty years during which (he) presided over the...
Colin MacLaurin

Colin MacLaurin

male, deceased (1746)
Colin Maclaurin (February, 1698 - June 14, 1746) was a Scottish mathematician. He was born in Kilmodan, Argyll. His father, the Reverend John...
George Buchanan

George Buchanan

male, deceased (1582)
George Buchanan, BA, MA (February, 1506 - September 28, 1582) was a Scottish historian and humanist scholar. He was part of the Monarchomach movement.
Francis Charteris

Francis Charteris

male, deceased (1732)
Colonel Francis Charteris, ("baptised" 12 January 1672 - February 24 1732), nicknamed "The Rape-Master General," was a Scottish aristocrat who had...
Duncan Ban MacIntyre

Duncan Ban MacIntyre

male, deceased (1812)
Donnchadh Bàn Mac an t-Saoir is one of the most renowned of Scottish Gaelic poets and formed an integral part of one of the golden ages of Gaelic p...