Category: Scotland, Notables

Categories: Scotland | Europe, Notables

For a country with a resident population of only five million, Scotland has produced a surprisingly large number of people who have made a significant contribution to science, philosophy, economics, and more, plus warriors, explorers, inventors, writers, poets, and more. Scots have made their name across the globe achieving greatness but it is a humble wordsmith, Robert Burns, who has been judged the greatest-ever Scot in a poll of academics and historians. When Ralph Waldo Emerson traveled to Britain, he looked at the poor Scottish ground studded with stones and asked his friend Thomas Carlyle what could be grown in that soil. “We grow men,” said Carlyle.

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Alexander (Abercromby) Abercromby IInd Laird of Glasshaugh Scotland - abt 1729

Alexander (Abercromby) Abercromby Laird of Glasshaugh 05 Nov 1678 Fordyce, Banffshire, Scotland - 23 Dec 1728

Hugh (Abercromby) Twelfth Lord Sempill 16 May 1688 Aberdeenshire Scotland - 25 Nov 1746

Robert (Abercromby) Duff 08 May 1835 Fetteresso, Kincardineshire, Scotland, United Kingdom - 15 Mar 1895

James Adam 21 Jul 1732 Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland - 20 Oct 1794

John Adam 03 Jul 1721 Linktown, Fife, Scotland - 1792

Robert Adam 03 Jul 1728 Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland - 03 Mar 1792

William Adam bef 24 Oct 1689 Abbotshall, Fife, Scotland - 24 Jun 1748

William Adam 1738 Linktown, Fife, Scotland - 27 Nov 1820

William Adam abt 1610 Monikie, Angus, Scotland - 1679

Alexander Adams 27 Dec 1780 Arbroath, Angus, Scotland - 27 Oct 1871

John Adams 02 Jul 1857 Hutchesontown, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland - 30 Sep 1934

Robert Adams 26 Jul 1856 Rawalpindi, Punjab, India - 13 Feb 1928

Elizabeth (Adie) Copeland 1921 Marylebone, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom - 27 Apr 2013

Andrew (Agnew) Agnew Vth Baronet of Lochnaw 21 Dec 1687 Lochnaw, Wigtownshire, Scotland - abt 14 Aug 1771

Patrick Agnew 1578 Leswalt, Wigtownshire, Scotland - 29 Oct 1661

Frederick Aikman 06 Feb 1828 Marylebone, Middlesex, England - 05 Oct 1888

Charles Aitchison 20 May 1832 Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland, United Kingdom - 18 Feb 1896

James Aitchison 26 May 1920 Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland, United Kingdom - 13 Feb 1994

John Aitken 06 Feb 1849 Low Park Farm, Kilchenzie, Kintyre, Argyleshire, Scotland - 17 Aug 1921

Robert Aitken bef 08 Feb 1828 Cupar, Fife, Scotland - 18 Sep 1887

Robert Aitken 22 Jan 1734 Dalkeith, Midlothian, Scotland - 13 Jul 1802

Margaret (Albu) Baird 13 Mar 1907 Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa - 1996

James Alexander 16 Oct 1803 Stirling, Scotland - 02 Apr 1885

James Alexander 27 May 1691 Perthshire, Scotland - 02 Apr 1756

John Alexander abt 1590 Ayrshire, Scotland - abt 1662

Archibald Alison 21 Jan 1826 Edinburgh, Edinburghshire, Scotland, United Kingdom - 05 Feb 1907

William Alison 12 Nov 1790 Edinburgh, Edinburghshire, Scotland - 22 Sep 1859

Georgina (Allan) Logan 06 Mar 1910 Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom - 01 May 1969

John Allan 03 Jan 1747 Edinburgh Castle, Edinburgh, Scotland - 07 Feb 1805

James Anderson 05 Feb 1739 Currie, Midlothian, Scotland - 15 Oct 1808

James Anderson 17 Jan 1738 Long Hermiston, Midlothian, Scotland - 06 Aug 1809

James Anderson 05 Aug 1662 Scotland - 03 Apr 1728

John Anderson 1665 Fortrose, Ross-shire, Scotland - 28 Mar 1736

Rona (Anderson) Jackson 03 Aug 1926 Edinburgh, Scotland - abt 23 Jul 2013

William Eric Anderson 27 May 1936 Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland, United Kingdom - 22 Apr 2020

Edmund Anstice 1899 Monkton and Prestwick, Ayrshire, Scotland, United Kingdom - 1979

John Anstruther 27 Mar 1753 Elie House, Fife, Scotland - 26 Jan 1811

John Anstruther bef 27 Dec 1718 Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland - 04 Jul 1799

Robert Anstruther 31 Dec 1757 Scotland - 07 Mar 1833

William Anstruther-Gray 05 Mar 1905 Scotland - 06 Aug 1985

Alexander Arbuthnot abt 1748 Montrose, Scotland - 29 Apr 1818

John (Arbuthnot) Arbuthnot of Kittybrewster 11 Feb 1912 Powis House, Kittybrewster, Aberdeen, Scotland - 13 Jun 1992

William (Arbuthnot) Arbuthnot of Edinburgh 24 Dec 1766 Scotland - 18 Sep 1829

George Armour 24 Apr 1812 Campbeltown, Argyll, Scotland - 13 Jun 1881

Robert (Arnot) Balfour 1574 Kinross, Kinross-shire, Scotland - 10 Aug 1663

Neil Arnott 15 May 1788 Arbroath, Scotland - Mar 1874

William Arnott 06 Dec 1827 Dysart, Fife, Scotland, United Kingdom - 22 Jul 1901

Henry Atholl abt 1163 Perth, Perthshire, Scotland - bef Jan 1211

Malcolm Atholl 1130 Atholl, Perthshire, Scotland - bef 1198

George (Auchinleck) Auchinleck IIIrd of Balmanno abt 1560 Balmanno, Perthshire, Scotland - bef 25 Feb 1639

George Auchinleck 03 Mar 1932 Queenston Bank, Dirlton, East Lothian, Scotland - 17 Mar 1990

William Aytoun 21 Jun 1813 Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland - 04 Aug 1865

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Matthew Baillie 27 Oct 1761 Shotts Manse, Lanarkshire, Scotland - 23 Sep 1823

James Bain 09 Dec 1947 Newtonmore, Scotland - 23 Jan 2016

Francis (Balfour) Balfour of Fernie bef 1746 Scotland - 07 May 1818

Isaac Balfour 31 Mar 1853 Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland - 30 Nov 1922

James (Balfour) Balfour Ist of Glenawley abt 1570 Scotland - abt 1634

James Balfour abt 1525 Pittendreich,Mid,Lothian,Scotland - abt 1583

Michael Balfour 1564 Burleigh Castle, Milnathort, Fife, Scotland - abt 15 Mar 1619

George Bannatyne 22 Dec 1545 Forfar, Angus, Scotland - 1608

George Barclay 03 Jul 1780 Cupar, Fifeshire, Scotland - 10 Aug 1857

Robert Barr 22 Dec 1868 Falkirk, Stirlingshire, Scotland

William Barr 1881 Falkirk, Stirlingshire, Scotland

John Beard 11 Nov 1858 Heaton Norris, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom - 24 Nov 1924

Mary (Beaton) Beaton Lady Boyne 1543 Dunnottar, Aberdeenshire, Scotland - 1598

Alexander Bell 03 Mar 1847 Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland, United Kingdom - 02 Aug 1922

Katherine (Bellenden) Sinclair bef 1510 Scotland. - bef Jan 1568

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David (Bethune) Beaton Archbishop of St Andrews abt 1494 - 29 May 1546

John (Bethune) Bethune II of Craigfoodie bef 05 Aug 1670 Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland - 17 Apr 1734

Janet (Black) Campbell 26 Mar 1827 Arthurlie, Renfrewshire, Scotland, United Kingdom - 10 Feb 1907

Robert Blair 13 Mar 1834 Linlithgow, West Lothian, Scotland - 28 Mar 1859

William (Borthwick) Borthwick Third Lord Borthwick abt 1465 Scotland. - aft 28 May 1543

William (Borthwick) Borthwick Second Lord Borthwick abt 1445 Scotland - 20 May 1503

William (Borthwick) Borthwick First Lord Borthwick abt 1413 Scotland - Oct 1483

John Bowie 1688 Scotland - Apr 1759

Alexander (Boyd) Boyd Third Lord of Kilmarnock 1452 Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland - aft 1508

James (Boyd) Boyd Second Lord of Kilmarnock abt 1469 Scotland - 1484

Margaret (Boyd) Boyd of Bonshaw 1477 Bonshaw, Dumfriesshire, Scotland - 31 Aug 1559

Robert (Boyd) Boyd First Lord Boyd of Kilmarnock bef 1428 Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland - bef 14 Oct 1482

Robert (Boyd) Boyd Fifth Lord Boyd of Kilmarnock abt 1517 Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland - 03 Jan 1590

Robert (Boyd) Boyd Fourth Lord of Kilmarnock 1485 Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland - 1558

Thomas (Boyd) Boyd IInd of Kilmarnock abt 1305 Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland - aft Oct 1367

Thomas (Boyd) Boyd IIIrd of Kilmarnock abt 1360 Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland - 1410

John Boyle Apr 1688 - 22 May 1740

Rory Bremner 1960s

Alexander (Brodie) Brodie XIX of that Ilk 17 Aug 1697 Asliesk, Elginshire, Scotland - 09 Mar 1754

Elizabeth (Brodie) Gordon 20 Jun 1794 London, England - 31 Jan 1864

George (Brodie) Brodie XVII of that Ilk 1667 Morayshire - 06 Jan 1716

James (Brodie) Brodie XVIII of that Ilk 1695 - 02 Oct 1720

James (Brodie) Brodie XXIst Brodie of Brodie 31 Aug 1744 Brodie, Scotland - 17 Jan 1824

Thomas Brodie 26 Dec 1832 Edinburgh, Edinburghshire, Scotland, United Kingdom - 06 Sep 1896

Walter Brodie 28 Jul 1884 Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland - 22 Aug 1918

William Brodie 22 Jan 1815 Banff, Banffshire, Scotland, United Kingdom - 30 Oct 1881

William Brodie 1741 Scotland - 01 Oct 1788

Eric Melrose Brown 21 Jan 1919 London, England - 21 Feb 2016

George Brown abt 1438 - Jan 1515

John Brown abt 1626 Muikirk Parish, Ayrshire, Scotland - abt 01 May 1685

James (Browne) Crichton-Browne 29 Nov 1840 Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland - 31 Jan 1938

William Browne 1805 Scotland, United Kingdom - 1885

Alexander (Bruce) Bruce Earl of Carrick bef 1317 Scotland - 19 Jul 1333

Edward (Bruce) Lord Bruce of Kinloss 1548 Derby, Derbyshire, England - 1611

George (Bruce) Bruce of Carnock bef 1536 Blairhall, Clackmannanshire, Scotland - aft 06 May 1625

James Bruce abt 1395 Scotland - 1447

Marjorie Bruce abt 1296 Dundonald, Kyle, Ayrshire, Scotland - Oct 1317

Robert (Bruce) Bruce King Robert Ist of Scots 11 Jul 1274 Writtle, Essex, England - 07 Jun 1329

Robert (Bruce) Bruce Fourth Lord of Annandale abt 1195 Annandale, Dumfriesshire, Scotland - abt 1245

Robert (Bruce) Lord of Annandale and Earl of Carrick jure uxoris abt Jul 1243 Writtle, Essex, England - bef 04 Apr 1304

Robert (Bruce) Bruce IIIrd of Clackmannan abt 1371 Clackmannan, Clackmannanshire, Scotland - bef 1406

Robert (Bruce) Bruce IInd of Clackmannan abt 1343 Clackmannan, Clackmannanshire, Scotland - abt 1389

Thomas (Bruce) Bruce Ist of Clackmannan abt 1318 Clackmannan, Clackmannanshire, Scotland - bef 1348

Neil (Brus) de Brus 1279 Carrick, Scotland - Sep 1306

Elizabeth (Burgh) Queen Consort of Scotland abt 1289 Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland - 26 Oct 1327

Gilbert Burnet 18 Sep 1643 Edinburgh, Scotland - 17 Mar 1715

James Burns 14 Feb 1864 Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom

John Burns 12 Dec 1897 Scotland, United Kingdom - 17 Jun 1957

Robert Burns 25 Jan 1759 Alloway, Ayrshire, Scotland - 21 Jul 1796

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Colin Calder 16 Apr 1860 Dingwall, Ross and Cromarty, Scotland, United Kingdom - 25 Jan 1907

James (Callander) Campbell bef 10 Oct 1744 Saint Ninians, Stirlingshire, Scotland - 21 May 1831

Ewen Cameron 1811 Scotland - 25 Apr 1843

Jeanie Cameron 1695 Lochaber, Inverness-shire, Scotland - 1773

Archibald (Campbell) Campbell Fourth Earl of Argyll Aug 1508 Carrick, Argyllshire, Scotland - 02 Dec 1558

Archibald (Campbell) Campbell Fifth Earl of Argyll 1538 Argyll, Scotland - 12 Sep 1573

Colin (Campbell) Campbell First Earl of Argyll bef 1436 Argyll, Scotland - 10 May 1493

Colin (Campbell) Campbell Sixth Earl of Argyll abt 1545 Argyllshire, Scotland - 10 Sep 1584

Donald Campbell abt 1260 Loudoun, Ayrshire, Scotland - abt 06 Apr 1320

Douglas Campbell 11 Jun 1922 Glasgow, Scotland - 06 Oct 2009

Dugald (Campbell) Campbell of Auchinbreck abt 1575 Auchenbreck, Argyleshire, Scotland - 1641

Duncan (Campbell) Campbell Ist of Campbell Lord Campbell 1370 Lochowe, Argyllshire, Scotland - 1453

Hugh (Campbell) Campbell IIIrd Earl of Loudoun bef 14 Jan 1674 Loudon, Ayrshire, Scotland - 20 Nov 1731

Hugh (Campbell) Campbell XVIth of Loudoun 1502 Loudon, Ayrshire, Scotland - Feb 1561

Islay (Campbell) Campbell of Succoth Lord Succoth 11 Aug 1734 Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland - 28 Mar 1823

John (Campbell) Campbell IVth Earl of Loudoun bef 06 May 1705 Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland - 27 Apr 1782

John (Campbell) Campbell Ist Earl of Loudoun 1598 Loudoun, Ayrshire, Scotland - 15 Mar 1663

Lewis Capaldi 1990s

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Charlotte (Carmichael) Stopes 05 Feb 1840 Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland, United Kingdom - 06 Feb 1929

Gershom Carmichael 1672 London, England - 26 Feb 1729

John (Carmichael) Carmichael of that Ilk aft 1541 Scotland - Jun 1600

John (Carmichael) Third Earl of Hyndford 15 Mar 1701 Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland - 19 Jul 1767

David Carnegie 24 Sep 1901 Scotland - 07 Nov 1963

Robert (Carnegie) Carnegie Vth of Kinnaird 1510 Perth, Perthshire, , Scotland - 05 Jan 1565

Helen (Carter) Russel abt 1836 Ireland - 04 Oct 1903

Alan (Cathcart) Cathcart Fourth Lord Cathcart abt 1537 Scotland - Dec 1618

Charles (Cathcart) Cathcart Eighth Lord Cathcart 1686 Scotland - 20 Dec 1740

Charles (Cathcart) Cathcart Ninth Lord Cathcart 21 Mar 1721 Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland - 14 Aug 1776

William (Cathcart) Cathcart Ist Earl Cathcart 17 Sep 1755 Petersham, London, England - 17 Jun 1843

Oswald Chambers 24 Jul 1874 Old Machar, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, United Kingdom - 15 Nov 1917

William Chisholm abt 1498 Cromlix, Perthshire, Scotland - bef 16 Dec 1564

James Clark 04 Mar 1936 Kilmany, Fife, Scotland - 07 Apr 1968

Dugald Clerk 31 Mar 1854 Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom - 12 Nov 1932

James (Clerk) Clerk-Rattray 03 Nov 1763 Edinburgh, Scotland - 19 Aug 1831

Andrew Coats 22 Jun 1814 Renfrewshire, Scotland - 10 Feb 1900

James Coats 01 Oct 1774 Abbey Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland - 19 Aug 1857

James Coats abt 20 Aug 1803 Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland, United Kingdom - abt 1845

Thomas Coats bef 18 Oct 1809 Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland - 15 Oct 1883

William Coats 25 Jul 1924 Glasgow, Scotland - 01 May 2009

Archibald (Cochrane) Cochrane Ninth Earl Dundonald 01 Jan 1748 Culross, Scotland - 01 Jul 1831

Douglas (Cochrane) Cochrane Twelfth Earl Dundonald abt 29 Oct 1852 Scotland, United Kingdom - abt 12 Apr 1935

John (Cochrane) Cochrane Second Earl Dundonald abt 1660 Renfrewshire Scotland - 16 May 1690

John Cochrane aft 1635 Scotland - aft 23 Jun 1707

Robert (Cochrane) Cochrane of that Ilk abt 1425 Paisley, Renfrew, Scotland - bef 08 May 1480

Thomas (Cochrane) Cochrane Thirteenth Earl Dundonald 21 Feb 1886 - 23 May 1958

Thomas (Cochrane) Cochrane Eighth Earl Dundonald bef 23 Jul 1691 Ochiltree, Ayr, Scotland - 31 Oct 1778

Thomas (Cochrane) Cochrane Eleventh Earl Dundonald 14 Apr 1814 - 15 Jan 1885

William (Cochrane) Cochrane First Earl Dundonald Jan 1605 Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland - Nov 1685

William Cochrane 1658 Renfrewshire, Scotland - Aug 1717

Alexander (Cockburn) Cockburn of that Ilk and Henderland abt 1310 Scotland - abt 1370

James (Colquhoun) Colquhoun of Luss 07 Feb 1804 - 18 Dec 1873

Charles Colville 07 Aug 1770 Scotland - 27 Mar 1843

Charles (Colville) First Viscount Colville of Culross 23 Nov 1818 Beith, Ayr, Scotland - 06 Jul 1903

David (Colville) First Baron Clydesmuir 13 Feb 1894 Lanarkshire, Scotland - 31 Oct 1954

James (Colville) Colville Ist of Easter Wemyss aft 1493 East Wemyss, Fife, Scotland - bef 04 Dec 1540

Ronald (Colville) Second Baron Clydesmuir 21 May 1917 Clydesmuir, Braidwood, Lanarkshire Scotland - 02 Oct 1996

Alice Comyn abt 1266 Scotland

Elizabeth (Comyn) de Bromwich abt 01 Nov 1299 Scotland - 20 Nov 1372

John (Comyn) Comyn Lord of Badenoch abt 1275 Badenoch, Inverness, Scotland - 10 Feb 1306

John (Comyn) Comyn of Badenoch abt 1244 Scotland - 1302

John Comyn abt 1215 Scotland - bef 18 Jul 1278

Richard Comyn abt 1224 Scotland - aft 1264

Robert Comyn bef 1264 Scotland - 10 Feb 1306

William Comyn abt 1236 Kilbride, Lanarkshire, Scotland - bef 1286

William Comyn abt 1222 Scotland

John Coutts 28 Jul 1699 Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland - 1750

John Craig 1550 Craigston, Aberdeenshire, Scotland - abt 1620

Thomas (Craig) Craig of Riccarton abt 1538 Edinburghshire, Scotland - 26 Feb 1608

William (Cranstoun) Cranstoun First Lord Cranstoun abt 1545 Crailing, Roxburghshire, Scotland - 23 Jul 1627

George (Crauford) Crawfurd bef 04 Jul 1681 Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland - 24 Dec 1748

Reginald (Crawford) Crauford VIIth of Loudoun abt 1269 Loudon, Ayrshire, Scotland - 13 Feb 1307

Thomas (Crawford) Craufurd of Jordanhill abt 1526 Kilbirnie, Ayrshire, Scotland - 03 Jan 1603

James Crichton 19 Aug 1560 Cluny, Perthshire, Scotland - 03 Jul 1582

Robert (Crichton) Crichton Eighth Lord Crichton of Sanquhar abt 1568 Scotland - 29 Jun 1612

William (Crichton) Crichton First Lord Crichton abt 1383 Crichton Castle, Edinburghshire, Scotland - abt Jul 1454

William Cullen 15 Apr 1710 Hamilton, Lanarkshire, Scotland - 05 Feb 1790

Alexander Cumming abt 1670 Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland - 07 Feb 1725

David (Cuningham) Cuningham IIIrd of Robertland bef 1549 Robertland, Ayrshire, Scotland - 18 Dec 1607

David (Cuningham) Cuningham Ist Baronet of Robertland bef 1618 Robertland, Stewarton, Ayrshire, Scotland - abt 1666

John (Cuninghame) Cuninghame of Caprington bef 1613 Brownhill, Tarbolton, Ayrshire, Scotland - bef 20 Nov 1684

John Cuninghame 17 May 1750 Scotland - 24 Sep 1796

Alexander (Cunningham) Cunningham Fifth Earl of Glencairn abt 1510 Glencairn, Dumfries, Scotland - 1574

James (Cunningham) Cunningham Fourteenth Earl of Glencairn 01 Jun 1749 Scotland - 30 Jan 1791

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