| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Douglas Alexander |
Politician |
26-Oct-1967 |
|
British MP, Paisley and Renfrewshire South |
| Craig Armstrong |
Composer |
1959 |
|
Classical and film composer |
| John Barrowman |
Actor |
11-Mar-1967 |
|
Central Park West |
| Sean Biggerstaff |
Actor |
15-Mar-1983 |
|
Oliver Wood in Harry Potter series |
| Billy Boyd |
Actor |
28-Aug-1968 |
|
Pippin in The Lord of the Rings |
| Ian Brady |
Criminal |
2-Jan-1938 |
|
British serial killer, convicted of Moors Murders |
| Gordon Brown |
Politician |
20-Feb-1951 |
|
UK Prime Minister |
| Charlie Burchill |
Guitarist |
27-Nov-1959 |
|
Guitarist for Simple Minds |
| Gerard Butler |
Actor |
13-Nov-1969 |
|
Dracula 2000 |
| John Cameron |
Religion |
c. 1579 |
1623 |
Scottish Protestant theologian |
| Colin Campbell |
Military |
20-Oct-1792 |
24-Aug-1863 |
Commander-in-chief of India |
| Eddie Campbell |
Cartoonist |
10-Aug-1955 |
|
Deadface, From Hell |
| Menzies Campbell |
Politician |
22-May-1941 |
|
Leader, Liberal Democrats |
| Henry Campbell-Bannerman |
Head of State |
7-Sep-1836 |
22-Apr-1908 |
UK Prime Minister 1905-08 |
| Robert Carlyle |
Actor |
14-Apr-1961 |
|
The Full Monty |
| Maxwell Caulfield |
Actor |
23-Nov-1959 |
|
The Real Blonde |
| Ivor Cutler |
Poet |
15-Jan-1923 |
3-Mar-2006 |
Glasgow Dreamer |
| Kenny Dalglish |
Soccer |
4-Mar-1951 |
|
Celtic and Liverpool FC great |
| Alistair Darling |
Politician |
28-Nov-1953 |
|
Chancellor of the Exchequer |
| Donovan |
Singer/Songwriter |
10-May-1946 |
|
Mad about saffron |
| Brian Dougans |
Musician |
1968 |
|
The Future Sound of London |
| Carol Ann Duffy |
Poet |
23-Dec-1955 |
|
Mean Time |
| Craig Ferguson |
Talk Show Host |
17-May-1962 |
|
The Late Late Show |
| Niall Ferguson |
Historian |
18-Apr-1964 |
|
The House of Rothschild |
| Tommy Flanagan |
Actor |
3-Jul-1965 |
|
Dead Dogs Lie |
| Laura Fraser |
Actor |
24-Jul-1976 |
|
Virtual Sexuality |
| Sir James Frazer |
Anthropologist |
1-Jan-1854 |
7-May-1941 |
The Golden Bough |
| Arthur Henderson |
Politician |
13-Sep-1863 |
20-Oct-1935 |
Disarmament proponent, Nobel Prize winner |
| Russell Hunter |
Actor |
18-Feb-1925 |
25-Feb-2004 |
Scottish actor |
| Gordon Jackson |
Actor |
19-Dec-1923 |
15-Jan-1990 |
Butler on Upstairs, Downstairs |
| Bert Jansch |
Singer/Songwriter |
3-Nov-1943 |
|
Pentangle |
| Jim Kerr |
Singer |
9-Jul-1959 |
|
Frontman for Simple Minds |
| David Knopfler |
Musician |
27-Dec-1952 |
|
Dire Straits, brother of Mark Knopfler |
| Mark Knopfler |
Musician |
12-Aug-1949 |
|
Dire Straits |
| Ian Lang |
Politician |
27-Jun-1940 |
|
British MP for Galloway, 1979-97 |
| Phyllida Law |
Actor |
8-May-1932 |
|
The Winter Guest |
| Gary Lewis |
Actor |
30-Nov-1957 |
|
Gangs of New York |
| Frank Lloyd |
Film Director |
2-Feb-1886 |
10-Aug-1960 |
Mutiny on the Bounty |
| Lulu |
Singer |
3-Nov-1948 |
|
British singer of the 1960s and 70s |
| John A. Macdonald |
Head of State |
11-Jan-1815 |
6-Jun-1891 |
Canadian Prime Minister, founding father |
| Kelly Macdonald |
Actor |
23-Feb-1976 |
|
Trainspotting |
| Angus Macfadyen |
Actor |
21-Sep-1963 |
|
Braveheart |
| John MacGregor |
Politician |
14-Feb-1937 |
|
Leader, House of Commons, 1990-92 |
| Charles Rennie Mackintosh |
Architect |
7-Jun-1868 |
10-Dec-1928 |
Glasgow Style designer |
| Alistair MacLean |
Novelist |
28-Apr-1922 |
2-Feb-1987 |
The Guns of Navarone |
| Michael Martin |
Politician |
3-Jul-1945 |
|
Speaker of the House of Commons |
| James McAvoy |
Actor |
1-Jan-1979 |
|
Chronicles of Narnia |
| David McCallum |
Actor |
19-Sep-1933 |
|
Illya on The Man From U.N.C.L.E. |
| Donald Meek |
Actor |
14-Jul-1878 |
18-Nov-1946 |
Scottish-American character actor |
| David O'Hara |
Actor |
9-Jul-1965 |
|
Braveheart |
| Robert Dale Owen |
Activist |
9-Nov-1801 |
24-Jun-1877 |
The Wrong of Slavery |
| Ray Park |
Actor |
23-Aug-1974 |
|
Darth Maul |
| Allan Pinkerton |
Business |
25-Aug-1819 |
1-Jul-1884 |
Pinkerton National Detective Agency |
| Lynne Ramsay |
Film Director |
5-Dec-1969 |
|
Morvern Cellar |
| Sir William Ramsay |
Chemist |
2-Oct-1852 |
23-Jul-1916 |
Discovered noble gases |
| Robert Stevenson |
Engineer |
8-Jun-1772 |
12-Jul-1850 |
Scottish lighthouse designer |
| Al Stewart |
Singer/Songwriter |
5-Sep-1945 |
|
Year of the Cat |
| James Stirling |
Architect |
22-Apr-1926 |
25-Jun-1992 |
Pritzker-winning architect |
| Bobby Thomson |
Baseball |
25-Oct-1923 |
|
1951 home run brought Giants to the Series |
| Alexander R. Todd |
Chemist |
2-Oct-1907 |
10-Jan-1997 |
Studied nucleotides, ATP, etc |
| Victor W. Turner |
Anthropologist |
28-May-1920 |
1983 |
The Drums of Affliction |
| Mary Ure |
Actor |
18-Feb-1933 |
3-Apr-1975 |
Sons and Lovers |
| Mortimer Wheeler |
Archaeologist |
10-Sep-1890 |
22-Jul-1976 |
Archaeology from the Earth |
| Eric Woolfson |
Musician |
18-Mar-1945 |
|
Former Alan Parsons Project collaborator |
| Angus Young |
Guitarist |
31-Mar-1955 |
|
Schoolboy-clad guitarist for AC/DC |
| Malcolm Young |
Guitarist |
6-Jan-1953 |
|
Rhythm guitar for AC/DC |
