Famous Scots - features of famous Scottish people from past to present


John Paul Jones sailed to America at the age of 12. He would become "father of the US Navy". Let us know who you'd like featured here! Who's your pick for the "Famous Scot of the Millennium"?

Thursday, December 26th, 2019

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*NEW* John Paul Jones
Robert Adam
Sir James Matthew Barrie
Bay City Rollers
Alexander Graham Bell
Joseph Black
Robert the Bruce
Sir William Bruce
Robert Burns
Sir William Burrell
Robert Carlyle
Andrew Carnegie
Robbie Coltrane
Sean Connery
Billy Connolly
Kenny Dalglish
Andrew de Moray
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
John Boyd Dunlop
Sheena Easton
Adam Ferguson
Sir Alexander Fleming
Andrew Fletcher
Bill Forsyth
Evelyn Glennie
Greyfriars Bobby
Douglas Haig
Patrick Hamilton
William "Captain" Kidd
Annie Lennox
Eric Liddell
Sir Thomas Lipton
David Livingstone
The Loch Ness Monster
King MacBeth
Hugh MacDiarmid
Flora MacDonald
Sir John A. MacDonald
Rob Roy MacGregor
Sir Alexander Mackenzie
Charles Mackintosh
Charles Rennie Mackintosh
Dugald MacTavish
Mary Queen of Scots
James Clerk Maxwell
Ian McDiarmid
Ewan McGregor
Colin Montgomerie
John Muir
Thomas Muir
The Queen Mother
Sir Walter Scott
Scottish Connections
Adam Smith
Robert Louis Stevenson
Jackie Stewart
Rod Stewart
John McDouall Stuart
William Wallace
James Watt