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• James Adam (1732–1794), son of William Adam
• John Adam (1721–1792), eldest son of William Adam
• Robert Adam (1728–1792), architect, son of William Adam
• William Adam (1689–1748), father of James, John and Robert; architect andmason
• James Alison (1862–1932), architect responsible for the appearance of late Victorian Hawick
• John Macvicar Anderson (1835–1915)
• Robert Rowand Anderson (1834–1921)
• George Ashdown Audsley (1838–1925), architect, artist, illustrator, writer, andpipe organ designer
• William James Audsley (1833–1907)
• Ormrod Maxwell Ayrton (1874–1960), FRIBA
• John Baird (1798–1859), influential figure in the development of GlasgowGeorgian andVictorian Architecture
• Andrew Balfour (1863–1943), architect, work includingHolmlea Primary School, Glasgow
• Isobel Hogg Kerr Beattie (1900–1970), possibly the first woman to practise architecture in Scotland
• John Begg (1866–1937), architect who practised in London,South Africa andIndia, and taught atEdinburgh College of Art
• William Bryce Binnie (c. 1885–c. 1963)
• Alexander Black (c.1790–1858)
• Hippolyte Blanc (1844–1917)
• Thomas Bonnar (c.1770–1847), interior designer and architect
• James MacLellan Brown (c. 1886–1967), city architect of Dundee, designer of theMills Observatory
• Thomas Brown (1781–1850), architect, works including Bellevue Church, Edinburgh
• Thomas Brown (1806–1872), architect notable for prison design
• Sir George Washington Browne (1853–1939)
• Sir William Bruce (c. 1630–1710)
• David Bryce (1803–1876)
• William Burn (1789–1870)
• John Burnet (1814–1901), architect who lived and practised in Glasgow
• Sir John James Burnet (1857–1938), Edwardian architect, son of John Burnet
• James Burton (1761–1837), famous London property developer and architect; father ofDecimus Burton andJames Burton (Egyptologist)
• James Byres of Tonley (1733–1817), architect, antiquary and dealer in Old Master paintings and antiquities
• Edward Calvert (c. 1847–1914)
• Charles Cameron (1743–1812)
• Alexander Buchanan Campbell (1914–2007)
• Alexander Lorne Campbell (1871–1944), architect founder of Scott & Campbell
• Colen Campbell (1676–1729)
• Colin Robert Vaughan Campbell, 7th Earl Cawdor (born 1962)
• John Campbell (1857–1942)
• John Chesser (1819–1892), architect largely based in Edinburgh
• Sir John Ninian Comper (1864–1960),Gothic Revival architect
• George Corson (1829–1910)
• David Cousin (1809–1878), architect, landscape architect and planner
• James Craig (1739–1795)
• James Hoey Craigie (1870–1930)
• Alexander Hunter Crawford (1865–1945), architect and businessman, owner of Crawford's Biscuits
• Alexander Davidson (1839–1908), architect active in Australia
• William Gordon Dey (1911–1997), architect who specialised in college buildings
• John Douglas of Pinkerton (c.1709–1778), architect who designed and reformed several country houses
• Sir Robert Drummond of Carnock (died 1592),Master of Work to the Crown of Scotland
• Sir James Duncan Dunbar-Nasmith, (1927–2023), leading conservation architect
• Alan Dunlop (born 1958)
• John Murray Easton (1889–1975), architect, winner of the Royal Gold Medal for architecture
• Alexander Edward (1651–1708), Episcopalian clergyman, draughtsman, architect and landscape designer
• Archibald Elliot (1760–1823)
• Reginald Francis Joseph Fairlie (1883–1952), architect of theNational Library of Scotland
• James Fergusson (1808–1886)
• Claude Waterlow Ferrier (1879–1935), architect, specialising in the Art Deco style
• James Leslie Findlay (1868–1952)
• Kathryn Findlay (1953–2014)
• Robert Findlay (1859–1951)
• George Topham Forrest (1872–1945)
• William Fowler (1824–1906), architect
• Malcolm Fraser (born 1959)
• Patrick Allan Fraser (1812–1890), architect and painter
• Andrew Frazer (died 1792)
• Thomas Gildard (died 1895), architect ofBritannia Music Hall
• James Gibbs (1682–1754)
• Charles Lovett Gill (1880–1960)
• James Gowan (1923–2015),postmodernist architect of the "engineering style"
• Sir James Gowans (1821–1890), maverick Edinburgh architect and builder
• James Gillespie Graham (1776–1855)
• John Edgar Gregan (1813–1855)
• David Hamilton (1768–1843)
• Sir James Hamilton of Finnart (c. 1495–1540), Master of Work to the Crown of Scotland
• Thomas Hamilton (1784–1858)
• John Henderson (1804–1862), architect chiefly remembered as a church architect
• James Macintyre Henry (1852–1929)
• William Hastie (1753/1763–1832)
• Gareth Hoskins (1967–2016), architect, UK Architect of the year 2006
• Edith Mary Wardlaw Burnet Hughes (1888–1971), considered Britain's first practising woman architect, who established her own firm in 1920
• Ernest Auldjo Jamieson (1880–1937), architect specialising in country houses, largely for wealthy family friends
• George Meikle Kemp (1795–1844), carpenter, draughtsman, and architect, best known as the designer of the Scott Monument
• Robert Kerr (1823–1904), co-founder of theArchitectural Association
• Sir William Hardie Kininmonth (1904–1988), architect whose work mixed a modern style with Scottish vernacular
• Alexander Laing (1752–1823), architect
• William Leiper (1839–1916)
• David Lennox (1788–1873), bridge-builder and master stonemason, working in Australia
• John Lessels (1809–1883)
• Ian G Lindsay (1906–1966)
• Robert Lorimer (1864–1929)
• David MacGibbon (1831–1902)
• Kate Macintosh (born 1937), architect of Dawson's Heights inSouthwark
• Alexander George Robertson Mackenzie (1879–1963), architect, in London and Aberdeen
• Alexander Marshall Mackenzie (1848–1933)
• Charles Rennie Mackintosh (1868–1928), architect, designer and watercolourist; husband and business partner of Margaret McDonald
• James Marjoribanks MacLaren (1853–1890), associated with theArts and Crafts movement andScottish Vernacular architecture
• Thomas MacLaren (1863–1928), architect who worked in worked in London, and the United States
• Andy MacMillan (1928–2014), architect, educator, writer and broadcaster
• Ebenezer James MacRae (1881–1951), City Architect for Edinburgh
• Thomas P. Marwick (1854–1927), architect based in Edinburgh, important to the architectural character ofMarchmont
• Robert Matheson (1808–1877), architect andClerk of Works for Scotland
• Robert Matthew (1906–1975)
• John McAslan, CBE (born 1954), designed many buildings around the world, such as the new departures concourse atLondon King's Cross railway station, the Iron Market inPort-au-Prince and the Olympia Park in Moscow
• Alexander McGill (died 1734), mason and architect, who worked in partnership with James Smith
• James Mckissack (1875–1940), cinema architect
• John McLachlan (1843–1893), architect
• George McRae (1858–1923), architect who migrated to Australia and pursued his career in Sydney
• Sir Frank Charles Mears (1880–1953)
• Adam Menelaws (born between 1748 and 1756–1831)
• James Miller (1860–1947)
• Sydney Mitchell (1856–1930)
• Robert Morham (1839–1912), City Architect for Edinburgh
• Richard Murphy (born 1955), architect, winner of the 2016 RIBA House of the year
• Gordon Murray (born 1954)
• Sir James Murray of Kilbaberton (died 1634), master wright and architect
• John Mylne (died 1621), master mason
• John Mylne of Perth (c. 1585–1657), master mason
• John Mylne (1611–1667), master mason and architect
• Robert Mylne (1633–1710), stonemason and architect, last Master Mason to the Crown of Scotland
• Robert Mylne (1733–1811), architect and civil engineer, remembered forBlackfriars Bridge, London
• Walter Newall (1780–1863)
• Peter Nicholson (1765–1844)
• John Paterson (died 1832)
• Robert Hamilton Paterson (1843–1911), partner in the architectural practice, Hamilton-Paterson and Rhind
• David Paton (1801–1882), architect and builder, who worked in the United States in the 1830s
• John Dick Peddie (1824–1891)
• John More Dick Peddie (1853–1921)
• Frederick Thomas Pilkington (1832–1898)
• James Playfair (1755–1794), father of William Henry
• William Henry Playfair (1790–1857)
• B. Marcus Priteca (1889–1971)
• Robert Reid Raeburn (1819–1888), architect who worked in and around Edinburgh
• Robert Reid (1774–1856), King's architect and surveyor for Scotland
• David Rhind (1808–1883)
• James Robert Rhind (1854–1918)
• John Rhind (1836–1889), architect from Inverness
• George Richardson (c. 1737–c. 1813), architectural and decorative draftsman
• John Thomas Rochead (1814–1878)
• Thomas Ross (1839–1930)
• Fred Rowntree (1860–1927),Arts and Crafts architect
• Witold Rybczynski (born 1943)
• James Salmon (1873–1924), grandson of James Salmon (1805–1888)
• James Salmon (1805–1888), grandfather of James Salmon (1873–1924)
• William Schaw (c. 1550–1602),Master of Works to James VI of Scotland for building castles and palaces
• John Scrimgeour of Myres (fl. 16th century), Master of Work for royal buildings for James V and Mary, Queen of Scots
• James Robb Scott (1882–1965), chief architect of theSouthern Railway
• James Sellars (1843–1888)
• Richard Norman Shaw (1831–1912), architect known for his country houses and for commercial buildings
• Archibald Simpson (1790–1847), one of the major architects ofAberdeen
• James Smith (c. 1645–1731)
• James Smith of Jordanhill (1782–1867), architect, merchant, antiquarian, geologist, biblical critic and man of letters
• John Smith (1781–1852), first official city architect of Aberdeen
• Robert Smith (1722–1777), emigrant to America
• William Smith (1817–1891)
• John Soutar (1881–1951)
• James Souttar (1840–1922), worked inSweden
• Basil Spence (1907–1976)
• John James Stevenson (1831–1908)
• James Stirling (1926–1992)
• John Tait (1787–1856), architect based in Edinburgh
• Thomas S. Tait (1882–1954)
• Bruce James Talbert (1838–1881), architect and interior designer
• Sir Andrew Thomas Taylor (1850–1937), architect and Conservative Party municipal councillor
• Alexander "Greek" Thomson (1817–1875)
• James Thomson (died 1927), City Engineer, City Architect, and Housing Director of Dundee
• Ramsay Traquair, architect and academic with strong links to Canada
• James Campbell Walker (1821–1888), architect specialising inpoorhouses and schools
• William Wallace (died 1631)
• Frederick Walters (1849–1931), notable for Roman Catholic churches
• George Henry Walton (1867–1933)
• Thomas Lennox Watson (c. 1850–1920)
• William Weir (1865–1950)
• Charles Wilson (1810–1863)
• Robert Wilson (1834–1901), architect for the Edinburgh Board of Education
• George Wittet (1878–1926), architect working mostly inBombay, India
• William Young (1843–1900), designer ofGlasgow City Chambers

• Robert Aitken (1734–1802),Philadelphia printer, the first to publish an English language Bible in the United States
• Alexander Aikman (1755–1838), Jamaican printer, newspaper publisher, and landowner.
• Arthur Anderson (1792–1868), co-founder of P&O
• Alexander Arbuthnot (died 1585), printer, work includingGeorge Buchanan's first History of Scotland
• Sir George Gough Arbuthnot (1848–1929), businessman and civic leader inBritish India
• John Bartholomew, Sr. (1805–1861), cartographer and engraver, founder ofJohn Bartholomew and Son Ltd
• John Bartholomew Jr. (1831–1893), cartographer
• John Christopher Bartholomew (1923–2008), cartographer and geographer
• John George Bartholomew (1860–1920), cartographer and geographer
• John (Ian) Bartholomew (1890–1962), cartographer and geographer
• William Beardmore, 1st Baron Invernairn (1856–1936), founder ofWilliam Beardmore and Company engineers and shipbuilders
• James Gordon Bennett, Sr. (1795–1872), founder and publisher of theNew York Herald
• Alexander Berry (1781–1873), town ofBerry is named after him, possibly the first millionaire in Australia
• David Berry (1795–1889), livestock breeder, landowner and benefactor; brother of Alexander Berry
• Peter Buchan (1790–1854), editor, publisher, and collector of ballads and folktales
• David Buick (1854–1929), founded the Buick car company
• Sir George Burns, 1st Baronet (1795–1890), shipping magnate
• Sir James Burns (1846–1923), businessman, shipowner and philanthropist in Australia
• James Burns (1789–1871), shipowner born in Glasgow
• John Burns, 1st Baron Inverclyde (1829–1901), shipowner, chairman ofCunard
• Agnes Campbell, Lady Roseburn (1637–1716), printer, described as "Scotland's wealthiest early modern printer".
• Andrew Carnegie (1835–1919), steel magnate, major philanthropist
• Thomas Catto, 1st Baron Catto (1879–1959), businessman, Governor of the Bank of England.
• William Chambers of Glenormiston (1800–1883), publisher
• SirArnold Clark (1928–2017), founder of Arnold Clark motor group
• Catherine Cranston (1849–1934), leading figure in the development oftea rooms, patron ofCharles Rennie Mackintosh and others
• William Cunninghame of Lainshaw (1731–1799), tobacco merchant
• David Dale (1739–1806), merchant and businessman, established the weaving community ofNew Lanark
• William Davidson (1740–1890), entrepreneur and founder of the first colony in New Brunswick, Canada
• Adam Dawson (1793–1873),Linlithgow and owner ofSt Magdalene distillery
• George Dempster of Dunnichen and Skibo (1732–1818), advocate, landowner, agricultural improver, politician and business man
• Peter Denny (1821–1895), shipbuilder and shipowner, withWilliam Denny and Brothers
• John Dewar, Sr. (1805–1880), founder ofJohn Dewar & Sons, Scotch whisky distillers
• Dr.Henry Duncan (1774–1846), Church of Scotland Minister; started the world's first savings bank in Ruthwell, Dumfries and Galloway
• John Elder (1824–1869), marine engineer and shipbuilder
• SirTom Farmer (born 1940), entrepreneur
• Robert Fleming (1845–1933), financier, founder ofRobert Fleming & Co.merchant bank
• B. C. Forbes (1880–1954), founder ofForbes magazine
• Alexander Fordyce (died 1789), banker, involved in thebank run onNeal, James, Fordyce and Down in 1772
• Hugh Fraser (1817–1853), founder ofHouse of Fraser group of department stores
• Anita Margaret Frew (born 1957), businessperson
• Martin Gilbert (born 1955), Chief Executive of Aberdeen Asset Management
• James Gillespie (1726–1797),snuff-maker and philanthropist
• Ann Gloag (born 1942), co-founder of Stagecoach Group, born in Perth
• Thomas Blake Glover (1838–1911), Nagasaki-based trader in 19th-century Japan
• Robert Gordon (1668–1731), founder of theRobert Gordon University
• Sir Angus Grossart (1937–2022), chairman of merchant bank Noble Grossart
• Andrew Halyburton (died 1507), merchant, 'Conservator of the Scottish privileges in theLow Countries'
• Willie Haughey (born 1956), entrepreneur and founder of City Refrigeration Holdings
• George Heriot (1563–1624), goldsmith and founder ofGeorge Heriot's School
• Tom Hunter (born 1961), entrepreneur and philanthropist, founder of Sports Division
• John Lawson Johnston (1839–1900), creator ofBovril
• Irvine Laidlaw (born 1942), Scotland's 6th richest man and founder of the modern conference company
• John Law (1671–1729), advocate of paper money and founder of theMississippi Company
• SirThomas Lipton (1848–1931), founder of Lipton's Tea
• Sir George Mathewson, (born 1940), former chairman of theRoyal Bank of Scotland
• Jim McColl (born 1951), founder of Clyde Blowers
• William McEwan (1827–1913), founder ofMcEwans brewers
• Stewart Milne (born 1950), founder of Stewart Milne Group and majority shareholder ofAberdeen F.C.
• Michelle Mone (born 1971), founder ofUltimo
• SirDavid Murray (born 1951), founder of Murray International Metals
• Thomas Napier (1802–1881), builder, emigrant to Australia
• William Paterson (1658–1719), founder ofBank of Scotland andBank of England
• Alexander Cameron Sim (1840–1900), pharmacist and entrepreneur active in Japan, founder of theKobe Regatta & Athletic Club
• Robert Smith, Baron Smith of Kelvin (born 1944), Chair of theGreen Investment Bank
• Brian Souter (born 1954), entrepreneur and co-founder ofStagecoach Group
• James Stirling (1800–1876), builder ofsteam locomotives, brother ofRobert Stirling
• Thomas Sutherland (1834–1922), founder ofThe Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation andHSBC Holdings plc
• David Couper Thomson (1861–1954), proprietor of the newspaper and publishing companyD. C. Thomson & Co. Ltd
• George Thomson (1815–1866), marine engineer and shipbuilder
• William Walls (1819–1893), lawyer and industrialist, influenced the development of 19th-century Glasgow
• William Douglas Weir, 1st Viscount Weir (1877–1959), industrialist, engineer and politician
• George Watson (1654–1723), first chief accountant of the Bank of Scotland; founder ofGeorge Watson's College
• Wilson, Sons, founded in 1837 by Edward and Fleetwood Pellow Wilson; one of South America's largest shipping brokers
• Andrew Yule (1834–1902), businessman who foundedAndrew Yule and Company in India
• Sir David Yule, 1st Baronet (1858–1928), businessman based in India
• George Yule (1829–1892), merchant in England and India, fourth President of theIndian National Congress

• Robert Burns (1759–1796)
• Robert Carver (c. 1485–c. 1570)
• Ronald Center (1913–1973)
• Erik Chisholm (1904–1965)
• James Clapperton (born 1968)
• John Clerk of Penicuik (1676–1755)
• James Dillon (born 1950)
• Thomas Erskine, 6th Earl of Kellie (1732–1781)
• Iain Hamilton (1922–2000)
• Tobias Hume (c.1579–1645)
• Hamish MacCunn (1868–1916)
• John Blackwood McEwen (1868–1948)
• Edward McGuire (born 1948)
• Alexander Mackenzie (1847–1935)
• Charles Macintosh (1839–1922), composer, performer and naturalist
• Robert Mackintosh (c.1745–1807)
• James MacMillan (born 1959)
• Stuart MacRae (born 1976)
• William Marshall (1748–1833)
• John McLeod (1934–2022)
• Gordon McPherson (born 1965)
• Stuart Mitchell (born 1965)
• Thea Musgrave (born 1928)
• James Oswald (1710–1769)
• Morris Pert (1947–2010)
• Francis George Scott (1880–1958)
• James Scott Skinner (1843–1927), composer, dancing master, and fiddler
• Robert Archibald Smith (1780–1829), composer known for his collectionScotish Minstrel
• Ronald Stevenson (1928–2015)
• William Sweeney (born 1950)
• Julian Wagstaff (born 1970)
• William Wallace (1860–1940)
• Judith Weir (born 1954)
• Thomas Wilson (1927–2001)

• William Armstrong of Kinmont (Kinmont Willie) (fl. 16th century),border reiver
• Sawney Bean, semi-mythical head of a clan in 15th- or 16th-century Scotland, reportedly executed for mass murder andcannibalism
• Bible John, nickname of supposed serial killer
• Robert Black (born 1947),serial killer convicted of thekidnapping and murder of four girls
• Geordie Bourne (died 1597), border reiver
• Ian Brady (1938–2017), one of the Moors murderers
• Deacon Brodie (1741–1788), Edinburgh city councillor and burglar
• Michael Brown (born 1966),fraudster
• Henry John Burnett (1942–1963), murderer, last man to be hanged in Scotland
• Colonel Francis Charteris (c. 1675–1732), nicknamed "The Rape-Master General"
• Robert Crichton, 8th Lord Crichton of Sanquhar (died 1612), peer, executed for the murder of a fencing teacher, John Turner
• Williamina "Minnie" Dean (1844–1895), emigrant toNew Zealand, found guilty ofinfanticide and hanged; the only woman to receive the death penalty in New Zealand
• William John Duff (born 1962), dentist convicted for fraud and reckless endangerment
• Paul John Ferris (born 1963), gangster and author
• Donald Forbes (1935–2008), murderer, convicted of two separate murders
• Arthur Furguson (1883–1938),con artist
• Jimmy Gauld (1931–2004), footballer andmatch fixing ringleader
• John Gow (c. 1698–1725), notoriouspirate
• Sir Robert Graham of Kinpont (died 1437), assassin of James I of Scotland
• Sir Archibald Grant 2nd Baronet (1696–1778), fraudster, expelled from parliament, and agricultural improver
• David Haggart (1801–1821), thief and murderer
• Archibald Hall (a.k.a. Roy Fontaine) (1924–2002), serial killer and thief
• James Hamilton of Bothwellhaugh and Woodhouselee (died 1581) assassin ofJames Stewart, 1st Earl of Moray, Regent of Scotland
• Thomas Watt Hamilton (1952–1996), perpetrator of the Dunblane school massacre
• John the Painter (1752–1777), highwayman, burglar, shoplifter, robber, and rapist, who committed acts of terror in British naval dockyards in 1776–77
• William Kidd (1645–1701), mutineer and pirate
• Sonny Leitch (born c. 1933), career criminal andjailbreaker
• "Captain" James MacLaine (1724–1750),highwayman, known as the "Gentleman Highwayman"
• Jamie Macpherson (1675–1700), outlaw
• Peter Manuel (1927–1958), serial killer
• John Maxwell, 9th Lord Maxwell (c. 1583–1613), Catholic nobleman, murderer of the Laird of Johnstone
• Edith McAlinden (born 1968), murderer, guilty of triple murder in Glasgow
• Ian McAteer (born 1961), Glasgow gangster
• William McCoy (c. 1763 – 1798), sailor and a mutineer on boardHMSBounty
• Thomas McGraw (1952–2007), known as "The Licensee" or "Wan-Baw McGraw", gangster
• Frank McPhee (1948–2000), Glasgow gangland boss
• Patrick Meehan (1927–1994), safe blower, convicted of murder but given a royal pardon
• Anthony Joseph Miller (1941–1960), the last teenager to be executed in the United Kingdom
• Robert Mone (born 1948), convicted murderer
• James Morrison (1760–1807) seaman and mutineer who took part in the Mutiny on the Bounty
• Susan Newell (1893–1923), murderer, the last woman to be hanged in Scotland
• Dennis Nilsen (born 1945), serial killer
• Colin Norris (born 1976), nurse convicted of murdering four elderly patients in a hospital in Leeds
• Dora Noyce (1900–1977), Edinburgh brothel keeper
• Johnny Ramensky (1905–1972), career criminal who used his safe-cracking abilities as a commando during World War II
• Robert Sempill, 3rd Lord Sempill (c. 1505–1576), lord of Parliament, murderer
• Robert Stewart, Master of Atholl (died 1437), assassin of James I of Scotland
• Walter Stewart, Earl of Atholl (died 1437), assassin of James I of Scotland
• Arthur Thompson (1931–1993), Glasgow gangster
• Peter Tobin (born 1946), convicted serial killer and sex offender
• Andrew Walker (1954–2021), army corporal who killed three colleagues in a payroll robbery

• SirKenneth Alexander (1922–2001), university administrator
• Adam Anderson (1692/1693–1765), economic historian
• Duncan Black (1908–1991), social choice theorist
• SirAlexander Cairncross (1911–1998), founder of the UKGovernment Economic Service
• Frances Anne Cairncross (born 30 August 1944), economist, journalist and academic
• John Marcus Fleming (1911–1976), IMF deputy director of research
• David Greenaway (born 1952), university administrator
• John Law (c. 1671–1729), founder ofBanque Générale in France
• James Loch (1780–1855), economist, advocate, barrister, estate commissioner and Member of Parliament
• Joseph Lowe (died 1831), journalist andpolitical economist
• Ronald MacDonald (born 1955)
• Henry Dunning Macleod (1821–1902), credit theorist
• Ailsa McKay (1963–2014),feminist economist, Professor of Economics atGlasgow Caledonian University and United Nations adviser
• Sir James Mirrlees (1936–2018), Nobel Laureate
• Anton Muscatelli (born 1962), Principal and Vice-Chancellor of theUniversity of Glasgow
• Brian Quinn (born 1936), former Deputy Governor ofthe Bank of England and Chairman of Celtic FC
• John Rae (1796–1872), polymath
• Gavin Clydesdale Reid (born 1946)
• Adam Smith (1723–1790), moral philosopher, author ofThe Wealth of Nations, the first modern work on economics

• James Abernethy (1814–1896), civil engineer
• Neil Arnott (1788–1874), physician and inventor of theArnott waterbed
• SirWilliam Arrol (1839–1913), bridge builder
• Alexander Bain (1810–1877), inventor and engineer, first to invent and patent the electric clock and fax machine
• Charles Baird (1766–1843), engineer who played an important part in the industrial and business life ofSt. Petersburg
• Francis Baird (1802–1864), engineer in St. Petersburg; son of Charles Baird
• Hugh Baird (1770–1827), civil engineer, who designed and built theUnion Canal
• John Logie Baird (1888–1946), television
• Nicol Hugh Baird (1796–1849), surveyor, engineer and inventor who emigrated to Canada
• Alexander Graham Bell (1847–1922), telephone, National Geographic Society, hydrofoil
• Henry Bell (1767–1830), ran Europe's first commercially successful steamboat
• Rev Patrick Bell (1799–1869), Church of Scotland minister, and inventor of thereaping machine
• George Bennie (1891–1957), the Bennie Railplane
• Sir James Black (1924–2010), beta-blockers
• Robert Blair (1748–1828), aplanatic telescope
• Benjamin Blyth (1819–1866), civil engineer
• Benjamin Blyth II (1849–1917), civil engineer
• Sir Thomas Bouch (1822–1880), railway engineer, designer of the originalTay Rail Bridge
• Robert Henry Bow (1827–1909), civil engineer and photographer
• James Braid (1795–1860), hypnosis
• James Bremner (1784–1856), naval architect, harbour builder and ship-raiser
• David Brewster (1781–1868), lenticular stereoscope
• George Brown (1650–1730),arithmetician and inventor
• Walter Brown (1886–1957), engineer and mathematician
• Sir George Bruce ofCarnock (c.1550–1625), merchant and mining engineer
• Richard Henry Brunton (1841–1901), "father of Japanese lighthouses"
• Dorothy Donaldson Buchanan (1899–1985), civil engineer, first woman member of theInstitution of Civil Engineers
• Duncan Cameron (1825–1901), inventor of the "Waverley" pennib, owner ofThe Oban Times newspaper
• James Chalmers (1782–1853), adhesive postage stamp
• Sir Dugald Clark (a.k.a.Clerk) (1854–1932), firsttwo stroke cycle engine (theClark cycle)
• Archibald Cochrane, 9th Earl of Dundonald (1749–1831), made many general useful inventions, particularly in the navy
• Thomas Cochrane, 10th Earl of Dundonald (1775–1860), designed many inventions to do with naval technology and steam engines
• Dr James C. Crow (1789–1856), creator of thesour mash process for creatingbourbon whiskey
• Robert Davidson (1804–1894), firstelectric locomotive
• James Dewar (1842–1923), inventor of theThermos flask and co-developer ofcordite
• William Dickson (1860–1935), motion picture camera and theworld's first film
• Captain Thomas Drummond (1797–1840) army officer, civil engineer, and pioneer in use of theDrummond light
• Victoria Drummond (1894–1978), marine engineer, first woman member ofInstitute of Marine Engineering, Science and Technology
• John Boyd Dunlop (1840–1921), the modern rubber tyre
• Henry Dyer (1848–1918), engineer, contributor to Western-styletechnical education in Japan
• Sir Peter Fairbairn (1799–1861), engineer and inventor, and mayor ofLeeds, West Yorkshire
• Sir William Fairbairn, 1st Baronet (of Ardwick) (1789–1874), civil engineer, structural engineer and shipbuilder
• Patrick Ferguson (1744–1780), theFerguson rifle
• Sir Alexander Fleming (1881–1955), isolatedpenicillin from the fungusPenicillium notatum
• Sir Sandford Fleming, (1827–1915), engineer and inventor, who emigrated to Canada; he proposed worldwide standardtime zones, and engineered much of theIntercolonial Railway and theCanadian Pacific Railway
• Alexander John Forsyth (1768–1843), Presbyterian clergyman who invented thepercussion cap
• William George Nicholson Geddes (1913–1993), civil engineer
• David Gow (born 1957), inventor of the i-Limbprosthetic hand
• Thomas Lomar Gray (1850–1908), engineer noted for his pioneering work in seismology
• James Gregory (1638–1675), theGregorian telescope
• Thomas Graeme Nelson Haldane (1897–1981), engineer
• William Handyside (1793–1850), engineer involved in important construction projects in St. Petersburg
• James Harrison (1816–1893), pioneer in mechanicalrefrigeration
• George Johnston (1855–1945), engineer, designer and constructor of Scotland's first automobile
• James Kennedy (1797–1886), locomotive and marine engineer
• David Kirkaldy (1820–1897), engineer, whose pioneering testing works now houses theKirkaldy Testing Museum
• James Bowman Lindsay (1799–1862), inventor of the constant electriclight bulb
• Charles Macintosh (1766–1843), patented waterproofing
• Kirkpatrick MacMillan (1813–1878), bicycle
• John Loudon McAdam (1756–1836), modern road construction
• SirRobert McAlpine (Concrete Bob) (1847–1934), road builder
• Thomas McCall (1834–1904),cartwright, developer of the bicycle
• Andrew Meikle (1719–1811), mechanical engineer, inventor of thethreshing machine
• Patrick Miller (1730–1815), steamboat pioneer
• Thomas Morton (1781–1832),shipwright and inventor of thepatent slip
• William Murdoch (1754–1839), pioneer ofgas lighting
• David Napier (1790–1869), marine engineer
• David Napier (1785–1873), engineer, founder ofD. Napier & Son, an early precision engineering company which later made automobiles and aero engines
• James Robert Napier (1821–1879), engineer and inventor of Napier's diagram
• John Napier (1550–1617),Logarithm
• Robert Napier (1791–1876), marine engineer, "the father of Clyde Shipbuilding"
• Robert D. Napier (1821–1885), engineer
• James Nasmyth (1808–1890),steam hammer
• Robert Stirling Newall (1812–1889), engineer, improved wire rope and submarine cable laying
• James Newlands (1813–1871), civil engineer, Borough Engineer of Liverpool as Borough Engineer
• Murdoch Paterson (1826–1898), Inverness engineer and architect, chief engineer of theHighland Railway
• William Paterson (1658–1719), theBank of England
• William John Macquorn Rankine (1820–1872), developed a complete theory of the steam engine and indeed of all heat engines
• John Rennie the Elder (1761–1821), engineer, designer of the "new"19th-century London Bridge
• John Shepherd-Barron (1925–2010), inventor of theautomatic teller machine
• Hugh Smellie (1840–1891), engineer,Locomotive Superintendent
• Thomas Smith (1752–1814), earlylighthouse engineer
• Charles Spalding (1738–1783),Edinburgh confectioner and improver of thediving bell
• Alan Stevenson (1807–1865), lighthouse engineer
• Charles Alexander Stevenson (1855–1950), lighthouse engineer
• David Stevenson (1815–1886), lighthouse designer
• David Alan Stevenson (1854–1938), lighthouse engineer
• Robert Stevenson (1772–1850), civil engineer, designer and builder of lighthouses
• Thomas Stevenson (1818–1887), pioneering lighthouse designer and meteorologist; father ofRobert Louis Stevenson
• Matthew Stirling (1856–1931), Locomotive Superintendent of theHull and Barnsley Railway
• Patrick Stirling (1820–1895), railway engineer, and Locomotive Superintendent of theGreat Northern Railway
• Reverend Dr Robert Stirling (1790–1878), clergyman, and inventor of theStirling engine
• William Symington (1764–1831), engineer, built the first practical steam boat
• Thomas Telford (1757–1834), architect, civil engineer, bridge designer
• Robert William Thomson (1822–1873)
• SirRobert Watson-Watt (1893–1973), developed radar
• James Watt (1736–1819), engineer, significantly improved the steam engine
• James Young (1811–1883), invented a way of extracting paraffin oil

• Albert Armitage (1864–1943),Royal Navy Captain who was part of theJackson–Harmsworth Expedition, which exploredFranz Josef Land and rescuedFridtjof Nansen and his men from certain death; later part of theDiscovery Expedition inAntarctica
• John Arthur, OBE (1881–1952), British Army Captain and medical missionary for over thirty years inKenya; known simply asDoctor Arthur to generations ofAfricans
• William Balfour Baikie (1824–1864), naturalist, philologist and surgeon on the 1854Niger Expedition; explored theBenue River and helped open upNigeria toBritish trade while supporting the abolition of theslave trade
• Peter Belches (1796–1890), Royal Navy Lieutenant who explored theSwan River and its surrounding area while aboard AdmiralSir James Stirling'sHMS Success
• Alexander Berry (1781–1873), merchant and surgeon who established the firstEuropean settlement on the south coast ofNew South Wales
• Henry Robertson Bowers (1883–1912), Royal Navy Lieutenant who was part of the ill-fatedTerra Nova Expedition, which attempted to be the first to reach theSouth Pole
• Robert Brown (1842–1895), scientist, explorer, and author
• James Bruce (1730–1794), traveller and travel writer who spent more than a dozen years in North Africa and thenEthiopia, where he traced the origins of theBlue Nile
• William Speirs Bruce (1867–1921), naturalist, oceanographer, polar scientist and leader of theScottish National Antarctic Expedition; established the first permanentweather station there and became the first to widely explore theWeddell Sea
• David Buchan (1780–1838), Royal Navy Captain who conducted expeditions inNewfoundland and Labrador andSpitsbergen
• SirAlexander Burnes (1805–1841), diplomat and explorer ofAfghanistan
• Colin Campbell (1686–1757), entrepreneur, merchant and co-founder of theSwedish East India Company, the largest trading company inSweden throughout the 18th century;King Frederick I of Sweden's ambassador to theEmperor of China
• Hugh Clapperton (1788–1827), Royal Navy Captain and traveller who explored many lakes and rivers in Africa; one of the firstwhite people to seeLake Chad
• John Dundas Cochrane (1793–1825), Royal Navy Captain and traveller who crossedEurasia on foot to reach theKamchatka Peninsula
• William Cormack (1796–1868), agriculturalist, author and philanthropist; first European to explore the interior of Newfoundland and Labrador, while also building friendly relations with the nativeBeothuk people
• Robert Bontine Cunninghame Graham (1852–1936),Don Roberto, adventurer, journalist, politician and writer who carried out many activities inArgentina, Mexico,Morocco, Spain and the United States
• David Douglas (1799–1834), botanist and gardener who explored parts of the remoteScottish Highlands, as well as North America and Hawaii; second person to summitMauna Loa volcano; introduced hundreds of plants to Great Britain, including theDouglas fir
• Douglas Douglas–Hamilton (1903–1973),Lord Clydesdale, aviator and the first to seeMount Everest from above while carrying out the first detailed scientific survey of theHimalayas, the extremities he endured also helped demonstrate the need forpressurised cabins inside aircraft
• Alexander Forbes (1778–1862), author and merchant; first British consul toMexico; published one of the first accounts in English of California (then a province of Mexico)
• Henry Ogg Forbes (1851–1932), botanist and ornithologist in both theMaluku Islands andNew Guinea; director of theCanterbury Museum in New Zealand for three years
• Simon Fraser (1776–1862), fur trader who was employed by theNorth West Company and charted much of what is now theCanadian province ofBritish Columbia; built the area's first trading ports; explored the 854-mileFraser River
• George Glas (1725–1765), adventurer, merchant and seaman who traded betweenBrazil, theCanary Islands and north-western Africa
• Sir Alexander Richard Glen (1912–2004), explorer of the Arctic, and wartime intelligence officer
• Robert Gordon (1580–1661), antiquary, cartographer, geographer, mathematician and poet who created and revised many maps, including the firstatlas of Scotland after being asked via a letter fromKing Charles I of England
• James Augustus Grant (1827–1892), British Army Lieutenant who accompaniedJohn Hanning Speke in the search and discovery of the source of theRiver Nile; theGrant's gazelle is named in his honour
• SirJames Hector (1834–1907), geologist, naturalist and surgeon on thePalliser Expedition, the main goal of which was to find possible routes for theCanadian Pacific Railway; went on to manage what is now theRoyal Society of New Zealand for thirty-five years
• Isobel Wylie Hutchison (1889–1982), Arctic traveller and botanist
• Alexander Keith Johnston (1844–1879), cartographer and geographer to a commission for the survey ofParaguay; died while leading theRoyal Geographical Society's expedition toLake Malawi
• John Kirk (1832–1922), botanist, naturalist and physician; British administrator inZanzibar; supported the abolition of the slave trade along with his associate David Livingstone
• Alexander Gordon Laing (1793–1826), British Army Major who was the firstWesterner to discover the ancient city ofTimbuktu
• Macgregor Laird (1808–1861), merchant and shipbuilder; pioneered British trade on the Niger River; his shipSirius was the first to cross the Atlantic Ocean run entirely on steam power; supported the abolition of the slave trade
• William Lithgow (1582–1645), alleged spy, traveller and writer who claimed to have peregrinated over 35,000 miles throughout various parts of the world
• David Livingstone (1813–1873), medical missionary and one of Africa's most celebrated explorers; discoveredVictoria Falls, among other things; strongly opposed the slave trade; his meeting withH. M. Stanley gave rise to the quotation "Dr. Livingstone, I presume?"
• Gregor MacGregor (1786–1845), adventurer, coloniser, land speculator and soldier who fought in South America during theSpanish American wars of independence, before later helping to colonise parts of the continent
• John MacGregor (1825–1892), artist, barrister, philanthropist and travel writer; descendant ofRob Roy MacGregor; developedcanoe sailing and popularisedcanoeing as a recreational sport, paddling and sailing them in both Europe and the Middle East
• Alistair Mackay (1878–1914), doctor and polar explorer, one of the first expedition to reach thesouth magnetic pole
• SirAlexander Mackenzie (1764–1820), merchant who traced the 1,080-mileMackenzie River and completed the first east to west overland crossing of the Americas (north of Mexico) to reach the Pacific Ocean; this predated theLewis and Clark Expedition by a decade
• Harry McNish (1874–1930), carpenter onSir Ernest Shackleton'sImperial Trans–Antarctic Expedition; later responsible for much of the work that ensured the crew's survival after the ship was destroyed
• Archibald Menzies (1754–1852), botanist, naturalist and surgeon on theVancouver Expedition, which circumnavigated the globe, touched five continents and changed the course of history for theAmerican indigenous people and the continent'sEuropean colonisation
• SirThomas Mitchell (1792–1855), British Army Lieutenant Colonel and surveyor in south-easternAustralia who became theSurveyor General of New South Wales; led several expeditions along theDarling River and beyond
• John Muir (1838–1914), author and naturalist whose conservation and preservation activism led to the creation of manynational parks in the United States; founded theSierra Club in California, one of the most important conservation organisations in America
• SirJohn Murray (1841–1914), pioneering limnologist, marine biologist and oceanographer who assisted Charles Wyville Thomson on theChallenger expedition; first to note the existence ofoceanic trenches, as well as theMid–Atlantic Ridge
• William Hutchison Murray (1913–1996), mountaineer and writer who helped discover a route through the ice fields ofKhumbu Glacier to theSouth Col of Mount Everest's summit, later used by SirEdmund Hillary andSherpaTenzing Norgay during theirhistoric ascent
• Walter Oudney (1790–1824), physician and African explorer, one of the first Europeans to accomplish a north–south crossing of theSahara Desert
• Mungo Park (1771–1806), botanist and surgeon who conducted many journeys to Africa and was the first Westerner to encounter the central portion of the Niger River
• William Paterson (1755–1810), botanist, British Army Colonel and lieutenant governor, best known for leading early settlement inTasmania
• John Rae (1813–1893), physician who explored Northern Canada, mainly surveying parts of theNorthwest Passage; later reported the fate of thelost Franklin Expedition
• SirJohn Richardson (1787–1865), naturalist and naval surgeon; traveled withSir John Franklin in search of the Northwest Passage on theCoppermine Expedition of 1819–1822; they later surveyed 1,878 miles of previously unmapped coast and made many natural history discoveries
• SirJames Clark Ross (1800–1862), Royal Navy Admiral who led the first successful expedition to reach thenorth magnetic pole; discovered theRoss Sea,Victoria Land, and volcanoesMount Erebus andMount Terror in Antarctica
• SirJohn Ross (1777–1856), Royal Navy Admiral who discovered theBoothia Peninsula, theGulf of Boothia andKing William Island while exploring the Arctic
• John Ross (1817–1903), drover who explored deserts, mountain ranges and rivers inSouth Australia, before later leading an expedition to establish a route for theAustralian Overland Telegraph Line
• Alexander Selkirk (1676–1721), sailor who spent four years as acastaway after beingmarooned on theJuan Fernández Islands off the coast ofChile; his story is the inspiration behindDaniel Defoe's well-known character and novelRobinson Crusoe
• Henry Sinclair (c. 1345–c. 1400), nobleman rumoured to have exploredGreenland and North America one hundred years beforeChristopher Columbus
• SirJames Stirling (1791–1865), colonial administrator and Royal Navy Admiral who established theSwan River Colony and became the firstGovernor of Western Australia
• John McDouall Stuart (1815–1866), surveyor and one of Australia's most famous explorers; led the first expedition to successfully traverse the continent from south to north and return
• SirCharles Wyville Thomson (1830–1882), marine zoologist, natural historian and the chief scientist on the pioneering Challenger Expedition, which lay the foundation for modernoceanography
• Joseph Thomson (1858–1895), geologist and an important figure in theScramble for Africa; headed many expeditions, including taking over one following the death ofAlexander Keith Johnston; theThomson's gazelle is named in his honour
• Tom Weir, MBE (1914–2006), author, broadcaster and climber who is best known for his long-running television series,Weir's Way, which helped popularisehillwalking and thegreat outdoors
• Thomas Braidwood Wilson (c. 1792–1843), surgeon and explorer in Australia
• John Wood (1812–1871), cartographer, naval officer and surveyor who explored manyAsian rivers and compiled several maps of South Asia, which remained standard for most of the 19th century
• SirJames Wordie (1889–1962), geologist, chief of scientific staff onSir Ernest Shackleton's Imperial Trans–Antarctic Expedition

• Stanley Baxter (born 1926)
• Danny Bhoy (born 1974)
• Frankie Boyle (born 1972)
• Rory Bremner (born 1961)
• Kevin Bridges (born 1986)
• Janet Brown (1924–2011)
• Fred Cairns (1857–1896)
• Susan Calman
• Rhona Cameron (born 1965)
• Stephen Carlin
• Des Clarke
• Alun Cochrane (born 1975)
• Billy Connolly (born 1942)
• Ronald Balfour Corbett (born 1930), known better asRonnie Corbett
• Ivor Cutler (1923–2006)
• Karen Dunbar (born 1971)
• Craig Ferguson (born 1962)
• Gregor Fisher (born 1953), known better as the characterRab C. Nesbitt
• Rikki Fulton (1924–2004)
• George Gale (1929–2003), political cartoonist
• Graeme Garden (born 1943)
• Janey Godley (1961–2024)^[1]
• Greg Hemphill (born 1969)
• Craig Hill
• Armando Iannucci (born 1963)
• Phil Kay
• Ford Kiernan (born 1962)
• Harry Lauder (1870–1950)
• David Law (1908–1971), cartoonist
• Brian Limond (born 1974)
• Jimmy Logan (1928–2001)
• Fred MacAulay (born 1956)
• Doon Mackichan (born 1962)
• Chic Murray (1919–1985)
• Jerry Sadowitz (born 1961)
• Iain Stirling (born 1988)
• Ian Tough (born 1947), one half ofThe Krankies
• Janette Tough (born 1947), A.K.A.Wee Jimmy Krankie
• Danny Wallace (born 1976)

• General James Abercrombie (1706–1781), British Army commander-in-chief of forces in North America during theFrench and Indian War
• Sir James Abercrombie, 1st Baronet of Edinburgh (died 1724), British Army officer and politician
• Major Sir Ralph Anstruther, 7th Baronet (1921–2002), British Army officer and courtier, awarded theMilitary Cross
• Major General Robert Keith Arbuthnott, 15th Viscount of Arbuthnott (1897–1966), senior British Army officer, serving in bothWorld War I andWorld War II
• William Baillie, professional soldier in Swedish and ScottishCovenanter service
• General Sir David Baird, 1st Baronet (1757–1829), military leader
• Gilbert Balfour, 16th-century mercenary captain, probably having a leading role in the murder ofLord Darnley
• Michael Andreas Barclay de Tolly, Russian field marshal and minister of war during Napoleon's invasion in 1812 and War of the Sixth Coalition
• Sir Andrew Barton (c. 1466–1511), sailor from Leith, served as High Admiral of the Kingdom of Scotland
• KingRobert the Bruce (1274–1329), Scotland's hero king and greatest warrior
• Calgacus
• Donald Cameron of Lochiel (c. 1700–1748),Jacobite commander during the1745 rising
• Richard Cameron (c. 1648–1680), RepublicanCovenanter and founder of the "Cameronians"
• Lady Agnes Campbell (1526–1601), military leader in Ireland
• Colin Campbell, 1st Baron Clyde (1792–1863)
• Sir Colin Campbell (died 1296), warrior ofClan Campbell
• Sandy Campbell (1898–1940), second lieutenant in theRoyal Engineers, 9thBomb Disposal Company; awarded the George Cross
• Sir Alexander Inglis Cochrane (1758–1832), senior Royal Navy commander during the Napoleonic Wars, achieving the rank of admiral
• Captain Archibald Cochrane (1783–1829), Royal Navy officer
• Colonel Hugh Stewart Cochrane (1829–1884), recipient of theVictoria Cross for his actions during theIndian Mutiny
• Air Chief Marshal the Honourable Sir Ralph Alexander Cochrane (1895–1977), pilot and Royal Air Force officer
• Thomas Cochrane, 10th Earl of Dundonald (1775–1860), Admiral in theRoyal Navy
• Sir Thomas John Cochrane (1789–1872),Royal NavyFirst Sea Lord
• Ninian Cockburn (died 1579), soldier, officer of theGarde Écossaise, political intriguer
• Major General Samuel Cockburn (or Cobron) (c. 1574–1621), soldier in the service of Sweden
• General Sir James Henry Craig (1748–1812), British military officer and colonial administrator
• GeneralSir Alan Gordon Cunningham (1887–1983), British Army officer
• Admiral of the FleetAndrew Cunningham, 1st Viscount Cunningham of Hyndhope (1883–1963), admiral of the World War II, brother of Alan
• James Currie (1756–1805), biographer ofRobert Burns, early advocate ofhydropathy
• Mark John Currie (1795–1874), explorer, founder settler ofWestern Australia, Admiral in the Royal Navy
• Field Marshal John Dalrymple, 2nd Earl of Stair (1673–1747), soldier and diplomat, commander at theBattle of Dettingen
• Tam Dalyell of the Binns (1615–1685), general
• Sir Archibald Douglas (c. 1298–1333), Regent of Scotland and leader of Scots forces at theBattle of Halidon Hill
• Sir James Douglas (c. 1287–1329), Warden of the Scottish Marches, military leader
• Air Chief Marshal Hugh Caswall Tremenheere Dowding, 1st Baron Dowding (1882–1970),Air Officer CommandingRAF Fighter Command during theBattle of Britain
• George Keith Elphinstone, 1st Viscount Keith (1746–1823), admiral active throughout the Napoleonic Wars
• Major-General William George Keith Elphinstone (1782–1842), British Army officer
• Lieutenant Francis Anthony Blair Fasson, (1913–1942), Royal Navy officer, posthumously awarded George Cross, who captured codebooks vital to breaking theEnigma cipher
• Sir Adam Ferguson (1771–1855), keeper of theregalia in Scotland
• John Forbes (1707–1759), general
• Captain Douglas Ford (1918–1943), Royal Scots officer, prisoner of war, awarded the George Cross
• Gregor Fraser, Pipe Major, 92nd (Gordon Highlanders) Regiment of Foot
• Brigadier Simon Fraser, 15th Lord Lovat (1911–1995), prominentBritish Commando during the World War II
• Air Vice Marshal Sir Matthew Brown Frew (1895–1974), senior officer in the Royal Air Force and World War I flying ace
• Sir James Alexander Gordon (1782–1869), distinguished British officer in theRoyal Navy
• Patrick Leopold Gordon of Auchleuchries (1635–1699), general and rear admiral in Russia
• James Graham, 1st Marquess of Montrose (1612–1650), Covenanter and Royalist leader of Highland Armies
• John Graham, Viscount (Bonnie) Dundee (c. 1648–1689),Jacobite Highland Army leader
• General SirThomas Graham, Lord Lynedoch (1748–1843), leading Napoleonic general
• Aleksey Samuilovich Greig (1775–1845), Russian admiral
• Samuel Greig (1736–1788), Russian admiral
• Douglas Haig (1861–1928), Commander of British Forces during World War I
• General Sir James Aylmer Lowthorpe Haldane (1862–1950), senior British Army officer
• Lieutenant General Sir David Henderson (1862–1921), British Army officer, authority on tactical intelligence, first commander of theRoyal Flying Corps, instrumental in establishing theRoyal Air Force
• Captain Ian Henry David Henderson (1896–1918),World War I flying ace
• General Henry Sinclair Horne, 1st Baron Horne (1861–1929), World War I general
• James Innes (c. 1700–1759), military commander and political figure in theProvince of North Carolina
• James John McLeod Innes (1830–1907), recipient of theVictoria Cross for action during theIndian Rebellion of 1857
• John Paul Jones (1747–1792), father of the American Navy
• Alexander Leslie, 1st Earl of Leven (1582–1661), general, soldier in Dutch, Swedish and ScottishCovenanter service
• David Leslie, 1st Lord Newark (c. 1600–1682), cavalry officer and general in Swedish and ScottishCovenanter service
• Major-General Edward Douglas Loch, 2nd Baron Loch (1873–1942), senior British Army officer
• Granville Gower Loch (1813–1853), captain in the Royal Navy, killed in action inBurma
• Henry Brougham Loch, 1st Baron Loch (1827–1900), soldier and colonial administrator
• Sir Niall mac Cailein (died 1316), (Neil Campbell), nobleman and warrior in the service ofKing Robert I of Scotland
• Alasdair Mac Colla (c. 1610–1647), Royalist soldier
• Rob Roy MacGregor (1671–1734)
• Hugh Mackay (c. 1640–1692), general who served during the Revolution of 1688
• Colin Mackenzie (c. 1754–1821), soldier inBritish India
• Alexander Slidell MacKenzie, U.S. Navy
• Ranald Slidell Mackenzie, U.S. cavalryman
• General Sir Harry Aubrey de Vere Maclean (1848–1920), general, commander of theMoroccan Army
• Major-General Sir Fitzroy Maclean, 1st Baronet (1911–1996), soldier, writer and politician; reputed to be one of the men composing the compound of "Commando types" who inspired the Ian Fleming character James Bond
• Sam McDonald (1762–1802), "Big Sam",fencibles andgatekeeper for thePrince of Wales, noted for his unusual height
• Archie McKellar (1912–1940), Battle of Britain ace pilot
• Hugh Mercer (1726–1777),Continental Army general, fatally wounded at theBattle of Princeton
• Bill Millin (1922–2010), personal piper to Simon Fraser, 15th Lord Lovat
• Robert Monro (died c. 1680), general
• Richard Montgomery, Continental Army
• Admiral Sir Graham Moore (1764–1843), career officer in the Royal Navy, brother of Sir John Moore
• Lieutenant-General Sir John Moore (1761–1809), general, victor of theBattle of Corunna
• Andrew Moray (died 1297), military leader during theScottish Wars of Independence
• Thomas Randolph, 1st Earl of Moray (c. 1278–1332), fought with King Robert I and James Lord of Douglas to regain Scotland's independence
• Admiral Sir Charles John Napier (1786–1860), naval officer and MP
• Captain Ian Patrick Robert Napier (1895–1977), World War I flying ace credited with twelve aerial victories
• William Napier, 9th Lord Napier (1786–1834), Royal Navy officer, politician and diplomat
• John Pitcairn (1722–1775),Marine officer, killed at thebattle of Bunker Hill
• John Reid (1721–1807), British general and musical composer, who left a bequest to fund a chair in Music at the University of Edinburgh
• Acting Sergeant John Rennie (1920–1943), posthumously awarded the George Cross
• Roderick Sinclair, 19th Earl of Caithness (1906–1965), British brigadier, 1stCommander of the Sri Lanka Army
• Sir James Shaw Kennedy (1788–1865), general and military writer
• John Small (died 1796), British Army officer and Lieutenant-Governor ofGuernsey
• Dr John Small (1823–1879), British Deputy Surgeon General
• James Dunlop Smith (1858–1921), official in the Indian Army
• Somerled (died 1164), 12th-century warlord
• Sir David Stirling (1915–1990), British Army colonel and founder of theSpecial Air Service
• SirJames Stirling (1791–1865), 1st governor of Western Australia, admiral in the Royal Navy
• Lord Stirling, American Revolutionary War General
• Prince Charles Edward Stuart (1720–1788), Jacobite field marshal and heir to the throne of Great Britain
• Sir John Urry (or Hurry) (died 1650), professional soldier
• William Wallace (c. 1270–1305), a.k.a.The Wallace
• Sir Andrew Wood of Largo (died 1515), sea captain and Lord High Admiral of Scotland

• John Abercrombie (1780–1844)
• John Anderson (1726–1796), philosopher, radical and benefactor ofAnderson's Institution
• John Anderson (1893–1962)
• Alexander Bain (1818–1903), philosopher and educationalist
• Hector Boece (1465–1536), known in Latin as Boethius, first Principal ofKing's College in Aberdeen
• H. Bricmore (fl. 14th century),scholastic philosopher
• Thomas Brown (1778–1820)
• Thomas Carlyle (1795–1881)
• William Cleghorn (1718–1754), philosopher
• Adam Ferguson (1723–1816)
• SirWilliam Hamilton (1788–1888)
• Henry Home, Lord Kames (1696–1782)
• David Hume (1711–1776), inspiredImmanuel Kant (himself of Scottish Heritage through his mother)
• Alasdair MacIntyre (born 1929)
• John Macmurray (1891–1976)
• John Mair, otherwise known asMajor (1467–1550), teacher ofGeorge Buchanan,John Knox, and influencer ofCalvin andLoyola
• William Manderstown (c. 1485–1552), philosopher andRector of the University of Paris
• James McCosh (1811–1894)
• Thomas Reid (1710–1796), played an integral role in theScottish Enlightenment
• Duns Scotus (1265–1308), teacher ofWilliam of Ockham
• William Small (1734–1775), Professor ofNatural Philosophy at theCollege of William and Mary and member of theLunar Society
• Adam Smith (1723–1790), economist, free trade, division of labour
• Dugald Stewart (1753–1828), common sense philosopher

• David Abercromby (died c.1702), physician and writer
• Francis Adams (1796–1861), medical doctor and translator ofGreek medical works
• Dr John Adamson (1809–1870), physician, pioneer photographer, physicist, lecturer and museum curator
• James Ormiston Affleck (1840–1922), physician and medical author
• Margaret Forbes Alexander (living), nurse, educator, researcher and writer
• William Pulteney Alison (1790–1859), physician, social reformer and philanthropist
• John Maxwell Anderson (1928–1982), surgeon and cancer specialist
• Sir Thomas McCall Anderson (1836–1908), professor of practice of medicine at the University of Glasgow
• Archibald Arnott (1772–1855), British Army surgeon best remembered as Napoleon's last doctor onSt. Helena
• Asher Asher (1837–1889), firstScottish Jew to enter the medical profession
• Matthew Baillie (1761–1823), physician andpathologist
• Sir Dugald Baird (1899–1986), specializing in obstetrics and fertility
• Sir Andrew Balfour (1873–1931), medical officer who specialised intropical medicine
• Edward Balfour (1813–1889), surgeon,orientalist and pioneering environmentalist in India
• George William Balfour (1823–1903), physician, known as a heart specialist
• Thomas Graham Balfour (1813–1891), physician noted for his work inmedical statistics
• Sir George Ballingall (1780–1855),Regius Professor ofmilitary surgery
• William Mitchell Banks (1842–1904), surgeon
• Major General William Burney Bannerman (1858–1924),military surgeon
• Andrew Whyte Barclay (1817–1884), physician,Lumleian Lecturer, andHarveian Orator
• George Steward Beatson (died 1874), surgeon-general, HonoraryPhysician to the Queen
• Colonel Sir George Thomas Beatson (1848–1933), physician, pioneer in the field of oncology
• William Beattie (1793–1875), physician and writer
• James Begbie (1798–1869), physician, president of the Medico-Chirurgical Society of Edinburgh and of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh
• James Warburton Begbie (1826–1876), physician
• Benjamin Bell of Hunthill (1749–1806), considered to be the first Scottish scientific surgeon
• Sir Charles Bell (1774–1842), surgeon, anatomist, neurologist and philosophical theologian
• John Bell (1763–1820), anatomist and surgeon
• Sir James Whyte Black (1924–2010), physician and pharmacologist, winner of theNobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
• Dame Emily Mathieson Blair (1892–1963), nurse, Matron-in-Chief of thePrincess Mary's Royal Air Force Nursing Service and theBritish Red Cross Society
• Sir Gilbert Blane of Blanefield (1749–1834), physician who instituted health reform in the Royal Navy
• James Borthwick ofStow (1615–1675), surgeon and first teacher of anatomy
• James Braid (1795–1860), surgeon and "gentleman scientist", influential pioneer ofhypnotism andhypnotherapy
• John Milne Bramwell (1852–1925), physician, surgeon and medical hypnotist
• William A. F. Browne (1805–1885), one of the most significant asylum doctors of the nineteenth century
• Sir Thomas Lauder Brunton (1844–1916), physician known for treatment ofangina pectoris
• William Buchan (1729–1805), physician, writer on medicine for a lay readership
• Maura Buchanan (living), nursing administrator, former president of theRoyal College of Nursing
• Francis Buchanan-Hamilton (1762–1829), physician who made significant contributions as a geographer, zoologist, and botanist while living in India
• Sir Thomas Burnet (1638–1704), physician to Charles II, James II, William and Mary, and Queen Anne
• Ewan Cameron (1922–1991), physician who worked withLinus Pauling onVitamin C research
• Murdoch Cameron (1847–1930), Regius Professor of Midwifery at the University of Glasgow
• Robina Thomson Cameron (1892–1971), district nurse, community leader and nursing inspector
• Dugald Campbell (died 1940), doctor from the isle of Arran; government physician on Hawaii
• Sir James Cantlie (1851–1926), physician, pioneer ofFirst aid
• John Cheyne (1777–1836), physician, and medical writer; identifiedCheyne–Stokes respiration, withWilliam Stokes
• Colin Chisholm (1755–1825), surgeon, medical writer and Fellow of the Royal Society
• Mairi Lambert Gooden-Chisholm of Chisholm (1896–1981), military nurse and ambulance driver during World War I, awarded theMilitary Medal
• Sir Robert Christison (1797–1882), toxicologist and physician
• Sir James Clark (1788–1870), physician who wasPhysician-in-Ordinary to Queen Victoria
• Hugh Francis Clarke Cleghorn of Stravithie (1820–1895), physician, botanist, andforester who worked in India
• Sir Thomas Smith Clouston (1840–1915), psychiatrist
• Dr Samuel Cockburn (1823–1915), advocate and practitioner ofhomeopathy
• John Coldstream (1806–1863), physician
• James Copland (1791–1870), physician and prolific medical writer
• John Craig (died 1620), physician and astronomer; physician toJames VI of Scotland
• David Craigie (1793–1866), physician and medical writer
• Sir Alexander Crichton (1763–1856), physician, including theEmperor of Russia's personal physician, and author
• Sir James Crichton-Browne (1840–1938), leading psychiatrist and medical psychologist
• William Cumin (died 1854), Regius Professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at the University of Glasgow
• David Douglas Cunningham (1843–1914), doctor and researcher in India, pioneer inaerobiology
• Daniel John Cunningham (1850–1909), physician, zoologist, and anatomist; author of medical textbooks
• Sir David Deas (1807–1876), medical officer in the Royal Navy
• Ian Donald (1910–1987), physician, pioneer of the use ofdiagnostic ultrasound in medicine
• Sir David Dumbreck (1805–1876), British Army medical officer
• Andrew Duncan, the elder (1744–1828), physician, professor at Edinburgh University, pioneer offorensic medicine
• Andrew Duncan, the younger (1773–1832), physician, first professor ofmedical jurisprudence at Edinburgh University
• James Matthews Duncan (1826–1890), physician, practitioner of and author onobstetrics
• William Ronald Dodds Fairbairn (1889–1964), psychiatrist, psychoanalyst, central figure in the development of theobject relations theory of psychoanalysis
• Sir Walter Farquhar (1738–1819), physician, whose clientele included the futureKing George IV andWilliam Pitt the Younger
• William Fergusson (1773–1846), inspector-general of military hospitals; medical writer
• Charles Finnigan (1901–1967), dental surgeon, SurgeonRear-Admiral in the Royal Navy, Honorary Dental Surgeon tothe Queen
• James Forbes (1779–1837), inspector-general of army hospitals
• George Fordyce (1736–1802), physician, lecturer on medicine, and chemist
• Sir William Fordyce (1724–1792), physician, voted a gold medal for his work onrhubarb by theSociety of Arts
• David Kennedy Fraser (1888–1962), psychologist, educator and amateur mathematician
• Margaret Neill Fraser (1880–1915), First World War nurse and notable amateur golfer, who died inSerbia
• John Gairdner (1790–1876), physician and president of theCollege of Surgeons of Edinburgh
• Sir William Tennant Gairdner (1824–1907), Professor of Medicine in the University of Glasgow
• Maxwell Garthshore (1732–1812), physician
• Marion Gilchrist (1864–1952), first female graduate of the University of Glasgow; first woman to qualify in medicine from a Scottish university; leading activist inWomen's suffrage movement
• Theodore Gordon (1786–1845), inspector of army hospitals
• Robert Edmond Grant (1793–1874), physician and biologist
• James Gregory (1753–1821), physician andclassicist
• Jane Stocks Greig (1872–1939), medical doctor and public health specialist in Australia
• Robert Marcus Gunn (1850–1909), ophthalmologist
• Daniel Rutherford Haldane (1824–1887), prominent physician, president of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh
• Evelina Haverfield (1867–1920),suffragette and World War I nurse inSerbia
• Alexander Henderson (1780–1863), physician and author
• David Kennedy Henderson (1884–1965), psychiatrist
• Sir James William Beeman Hodsdon (1858–1928) eminent surgeon, president of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh 1914–1917
• Thomas Charles Hope (1766–1844), physician and chemist, discoverer of the elementstrontium
• Joseph Hume (1777–1855), physician andRadical MP
• John Hunter (1728–1793), surgeon, after whom theHunterian Museum at the Royal College of Surgeons is named
• Sir Robert Hutchison (1871–1960), physician andpaediatrician
• Elsie Inglis (1864–1917), medical reformer and suffragette
• John Scott Inkster, (1924–2011)anesthesiologist
• Robert Jackson (1750–1827), physician-surgeon, reformer, and inspector-general of army hospitals
• Louisa Jordan (1878–1915), nurse who died inSerbia during theFirst World War;NHS Louisa Jordan Hospital was named after her
• James Keill (1673–1719), physician, philosopher, medical writer and translator
• John Martin Munro Kerr (1868–1960),Regius Professor of Midwifery at the University of Glasgow
• R. D. Laing (1927–1989), psychiatrist and author
• Thomas Latta (1796–1833), pioneer of the saline solution method of treatment
• John Lauder (1683–1737), surgeon, deacon of theRoyal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh
• Robert Lee (1793–1877), obstetrician, and personal physician to PrinceMikhail Semyonovich Vorontsov, Governor-General of theCrimea
• Lieutenant-General Sir William Boog Leishman (1865–1926), pathologist and army medical officer
• Sir John Liddell (1794–1868), Director-General of the Medical Department of the Royal Navy; senior medical officer of theRoyal Hospital at Greenwich
• James Lind (1716–1794), physician, pioneer of naval hygiene in the Royal Navy
• Sir Henry Duncan Littlejohn (1826–1914), surgeon, forensic scientist and public health pioneer
• Robert Lumsden (1903–1973), ear, nose and throat (ENT) surgeon
• Sir William Macewen (1848–1924), surgeon, pioneer in modern brain surgery
• Jessie MacLaren MacGregor (1863–1906), one of the first women to be awarded an MD from the University of Edinburgh
• William Mackenzie (1791–1868), ophthalmologist, who wrote one of the first British textbooks of ophthalmology
• Sir William Alexander Mackinnon (1830–1897),Director-General of the British Army Medical Service
• Thomas John MacLagan (1838–1903), Dundee doctor and pharmacologist
• Patrick Manson (1844–1922), physician who made important discoveries inparasitology, founder of the field oftropical medicine
• Mary Adamson Anderson Marshall (1837–1910), physician, one of the members of theEdinburgh Seven, the first women to study medicine at the University of Edinburgh
• Douglas Mary McKain (1789–1873), New Zealand nurse, midwife and businesswoman
• Agnes McLaren (1837–1913), doctor, first to give medical assistance to women in India
• Gavin Milroy (1805–1886), physician and medical writer
• Alexander Monteith of Auldcathie (1660–1713), surgeon, deacon of theIncorporation of Surgeons of Edinburgh
• Neil Gordon Munro (1863–1942), physician and anthropologist, who studied theAinu people
• Flora Murray (1869–1923), medical pioneer, and a member of theWomen's Social and Political Union suffragettes
• Sir Robin MacGregor Murray (born 1944), psychiatrist and Professor of Psychiatric Research
• Duncan Napier, Victorian botanist and medicalherbalist]
• Bruce Milligan Nicol, OBE (1913-1987), physician and nutrition scientist
• Sir Alexander Nisbet (1795–1874), naval surgeon, H.M. Inspector of Hospitals for the Royal Navy
• William Nisbet (1759–1822), physician, author of widely used medical books that emphasized practice
• Sir Alexander Ogston (1844–1929), surgeon, famous for his discovery ofStaphylococcus
• Alexander Pennycuik (1605–1695), military surgeon, Surgeon General of the Scots forces in Ireland
• David Pitcairn (1749–1809), physician
• Archibald Pitcairne (1652–1713), physician and author
• Richard Poole (1783–1871), physician, psychiatrist, and phrenologist
• George Hogarth Pringle (1830–1872), surgeon, pioneer of antiseptic surgery in Australia
• John James Pringle (1855–1922), dermatologist
• Laidlaw Purves (1842–1917), aural and ophthalmic surgeon
• John Rattray (1707–1771), surgeon, surgeon toPrince Charles Edward Stuart and golfer
• David Boswell Reid (1805–1863), physician, chemist and inventor
• Agnes Reston (1771–1856), wartime nurse during thePeninsular War, known as the Heroine of Matagorda, for her outstanding bravery
• John Roberton (1776–1840), physician and social reformer
• John Roberton (1797–1876), physician and social reformer
• Thomas Ferguson Rodger (1907–1978), physician,Royal Army Medical Corps brigadier, and Professor ofPsychological Medicine
• Elizabeth Ness MacBean Ross (1878–1915), physician who worked inPersia, and died in Serbia
• Catherine Murray Roy, military nurse during World War I, awarded theMilitary Medal for conspicuous gallantry
• John Rutherford (1695–1779), physician and professor at theUniversity of Edinburgh Medical School; grandfather ofSir Walter Scott
• Helenus Scott (1760–1821), physician, active in India
• Lyall Stuart Scott (1920–1977), surgeon and urologist
• Thomas Shortt (1788–1843), army physician, who draftedNapoleon's official autopsy report
• James Young Simpson (1811–1870), introduced chloroform into surgery
• David Skae (1814–1873), physician who specialised in psychological medicine
• Alexander Small (1710–1794), surgeon and scholar
• John Smith (1825–1910), dentist, philanthropist and pioneering educator, founder of the Edinburgh school of dentistry
• James Carmichael Smyth (1741–1821), physician and medical writer
• William Somerville (1771–1860), physician, inspector of the Army Medical Board, husband ofMary Somerville
• James Syme (1799–1870), pioneering surgeon
• Michael Waistell Taylor (1824–1892), physician and antiquary
• Thomas Stewart Traill (1781–1862), physician, chemist, mineralogist, meteorologist, zoologist and scholar ofmedical jurisprudence
• Gordon Turnbull, psychiatrist and author
• Andrew Ure (1778–1857), physician, scholar andchemist
• Charles Howard Usher (1865–1942), ophthalmologist
• James Wardrop (1782–1869), surgeon and ophthalmologist
• Robert Watt (1774–1819), physician and bibliographer
• Alexander Allan Innes Wedderburn (9 May 1935 – 23 February 2017), psychologist and emeritus Professor of Psychology at the Heriot-Watt University.
• Sir David Wilkie (1882–1938), surgeon, pioneer of surgical research and undergraduate teaching
• Robert Willis (1799–1878), physician, librarian, and medical historian
• James Wilson (1765–1821), anatomist
• Professor Nairn Hutchison Fulton Wilson (born 1950), Honorary Professor of Dentistry, former Dean and Head of King's College London Dental Institute
• Alexander Wood (1725–1807), surgeon, and friend of the poet Robert Burns
• Alexander Wood (1817–1884), physician, inventor of the first truehypodermic syringe
• John McLeod (surgeon) (c. 1777 – 1820), naval surgeon and travel writer

• Sir William Arbuthnot, 1st Baronet (1766–1829),Lord Provost of Edinburgh andLord Lieutenant of the City of Edinburgh
• James Abercromby, 1st Baron Dunfermline (1776–1858), barrister andSpeaker of the House of Commons between 1835 and 1839
• Sir Andrew Agnew, 7th Baronet (1793–1849), politician and prominent promoter ofSunday Sabbatarianism
• James Alexander (1691–1756),attorney general ofNew Jersey^[2]
• John Baird (1790–1820), revolutionary
• Robert Barton of Over Barnton (died 1540), merchant, sailor and politician; asComptroller,Master of the Mint andLord High Treasurer
• Cardinal David Beaton (c. 1494–1546)
• Dr. James Beaton (1473–1539), church leader, and theKeeper of the Great Seal of Scotland
• Sir Robert Duncan Bell (1878–1953), colonial administrator in India; Acting Governor of Bombay in 1937
• Tony Blair (born 1953),LabourPrime Minister of the United Kingdom (1997–2007)
• Henry Brougham, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux (1778–1868), statesman, one of the founders of the Edinburgh Review, Lord Chancellor
• Gordon Brown (born 1951),LabourPrime Minister of the United Kingdom (2007–2010)
• James Bryce, 1st Viscount Bryce, (1838–1922), academic, jurist, historian and Liberal politician
• Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman (1836–1908), statesman,Liberal Party politician and Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1905–1908)
• Alexander Chalmers (Polish:Aleksander Czamer) (1645–1703), four time mayor ofWarsaw
• Charles I of Scotland and of England (1625–1649)
• Sir Hugh Cleghorn (1752–1837), first colonial secretary toCeylon
• Adam Cockburn, Laird of Ormiston, Lord Ormiston (1656–1735), administrator, politician and judge
• Sir Alexander Cockburn, 12th Baronet (1802–1880), lawyer, politician and judge,Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales
• Archibald Cockburn (c. 1738–1820), politician
• John Cockburn of Ormiston (died 1583), early supporter of the Scottish Reformation
• John Cockburn of Ormiston (died 1758), politician, known as the father of Scottish husbandry
• Sir Richard Cockburn of Clerkington (died 1627), senior government official,Keeper of the Privy Seal of Scotland
• James Connolly (1868–1916), Irish socialist leader, executed by firing squad following theEaster Rising
• John Crawfurd (1783–1868), colonial administrator, diplomat, physician and author
• Dubacan of Angus (fl 10th century), first namedmormaer,Mormaer of Angus
• Robert Bontine Cunninghame Graham ("Don Roberto") (1852–1936), first socialist Member of Parliament (MP)
• Sir Frederick Currie, 1st Baronet (1799–1875)
• James Dalrymple, 1st Viscount of Stair (1619–1695), lawyer and statesman
• John Dalrymple, 1st Earl of Stair,Secretary of State over Scotland, implicated in theMassacre of Glencoe
• Tam Dalyell (1932–2017), British Labour politician
• Ian Davidson (born 1950),Labour Co-operative politician
• Ruth Davidson (born 1978), leader of theScottish Conservative Party since 2011
• Donald Dewar (1937–2000), formerFirst Minister of Scotland
• Robert Dinwiddie (1693–1770), Lieutenant-Governor ofVirginia 1751–1758
• James Douglas, 4th Earl of Morton (1525–1581), Regent of Scotland
• Alec Douglas-Home (1903–1995),ConservativePrime minister of the United Kingdom
• Iain Duncan Smith (born 1954), leader of the Conservative party
• Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville (1742–1811), advocate and Tory politician
• Mountstuart Elphinstone (1779–1859), statesman and historian, associated with the government of British India
• William Elphinstone (1431–1514), statesman,Bishop of Aberdeen and founder of theUniversity of Aberdeen
• Alex Fergusson (1949–2018), thirdPresiding Officer of the Scottish Parliament
• Andrew Fletcher of Saltoun (1653–1716)
• Archibald Fletcher (1746–1828), political reformer
• Liam Fox (born 1961), Conservative politician
• George Galloway (born 1954),Respect Party
• Annabel Goldie (born 1950), former leader of theScottish Conservative Party
• Charles Grant, 1st Baron Glenelg (1778–1866), politician and colonial administrator
• Sir Robert Grant (1779–1838), lawyer and politician
• Iain Gray (born 1957),Scottish Labour Party politician
• Jo Grimond (1913–1993), Liberal Party leader from 1956 to 1967
• James Hamilton, 2nd Earl of Arran (1516–1575), Regent of Scotland
• Andrew Hardie (died 1820), revolutionary
• Keir Hardie (1856–1915)
• Patrick Harvie (born 1973), co-convenor of theScottish Greens since 2003
• Alexander Henderson (c. 1583–1646), theologian, ecclesiastical statesman and co-author of theNational Covenant
• David B. Henderson (1840–1906), politician andSpeaker of the United States House of Representatives from 1899 to 1903
• Hugh Henry (born 1952), Scottish Labour politician
• Francis Horner (1778–1817), Whig politician, journalist, lawyer and political economist
• King James IV (1473–1513)
• James VI of Scotland and I of England (1603–1625)
• Archibald Johnston, Lord Warriston (1611–1663), judge, statesman and co-author of the National Covenant
• James Johnston (1655–1737), envoy extraordinary to Prussia, Secretary of State over Scotland, andLord Clerk Register
• Charles Kennedy (1959–2015), leader of theLiberal Democrats 1999–2006
• Sir William Kirkcaldy of Grange (c. 1520–1573), politician and soldier, who heldEdinburgh Castle on behalf ofMary, Queen of Scots
• Johann Lamont (born 1957), leader of theScottish Labour Party since 2011
• John Loughton (born 1987), political campaigner and winner of reality showBig Brother: Celebrity Hijack in 2008
• Sir John Lyon, Thane of Glamis (c1340–1382), Chamberlain of Scotland between 1377 and 1382
• Arthur MacArthur, Sr. Governor of Wisconsin and grandfather of Gen.Douglas MacArthur
• Macbeth of Scotland (c. 1005–1057), High King of Scotland
• John MacCormick (1904–1961), nationalist
• John A. Macdonald (1815–1891), firstPrime Minister of Canada
• Malcolm MacDonald (1901–1981)
• Ramsay MacDonald (1866–1937),Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
• Ken Macintosh (born 1962), fifthPresiding Officer of the Scottish Parliament
• Alexander Mackenzie (1822–1892), secondPrime Minister of Canada
• John P Mackintosh (1929–1978),Labour MP, Politics Professor atEdinburgh University and proponent ofdevolution
• John MacLean (1879–1923), revolutionary
• Máel Coluim, Earl of Angus (fl 13th century), mormaer of Angus c.1214-1240; last of the male line with that title
• Tricia Marwick (born 1953), fourthPresiding Officer of the Scottish Parliament
• Mary, Queen of Scots (1542–1587)
• Jimmy Maxton (1885–1946), leader of theIndependent Labour Party
• Jack McConnell (born 1960),First Minister of Scotland (2001–2007)
• Christina McKelvie (born 1968),Scottish National Party
• William McKinley (1843–1901), US President
• Henry McLeish (born 1948), formerFirst Minister
• Duncan McNeill, 1st Baron Colonsay (1793–1874), advocate, judge and Tory politician
• George Mealmaker (1768–1808), radical organiser and writer
• Thomas Muir (1765–1799), political reformer
• John Murdoch (1818–1903), land reform campaigner, newspaper owner and editor
• Jim Murphy (born 1967),Labour Party
• Robert Dale Owen (1801–1877), American social reformer and politician
• Jerry Rawlings (born 1947), former president ofGhana; partly of Scottish descent
• George Reid (born 1939), secondPresiding Officer of the Scottish Parliament 2003–2007
• Jimmy Reid (1932–2010), trade union activist, orator, politician, and journalist
• Willie Rennie (born 1967), leader of theScottish Liberal Democrats since 2011
• Alex Salmond (born 1954), formerFirst Minister of Scotland (2007–14) and former leader of theScottish National Party
• Sir John Scot, Lord Scotstarvit (1585–1670), laird, advocate, judge, politician and author
• Tavish Scott (born 1956), former leader of theScottish Liberal Democrats
• Tommy Sheridan (born 1964),Solidarity
• Jim Sillars (born 1937), founder ofScottish Labour Party, MP
• Archibald Sinclair, 1st Viscount Thurso (1890–1970), Liberal Party leader from 1935 to 1945
• William Skirving (c. 1745–1796), radical
• Ian Smith (1919–2007),Prime Minister ofRhodesia
• John Smith (1938–1994),Labour Party leader
• David Steel (born 1938), Liberal Party leader from 1976 to 1988, firstPresiding Officer of the Scottish Parliament
• Nicol Stephen (born 1960), former leader of theScottish Liberal Democrats
• Nicola Sturgeon (born 1970),First Minister of Scotland (since 2014) and Leader of theScottish National Party
• John Swinney (born 1964),Scottish National Party (SNP) politician
• Alexander Wedderburn, 1st Earl of Rosslyn (1733–1805),Lord Chancellor of Great Britain from 1793 to 1801
• Sir William Wedderburn, 4th Baronet (1838–1918), civil servant in India and politician
• Elizabeth (Eliza) Wigham (1820–1899), leading suffragist and abolitionist
• Jane Wigham (née Smeal) (1801–1888), leading Scottish abolitionist
• James Wilson (1760–1820), revolutionary
• James Wilson (1742–1798), one of theFounding Fathers of the United States, signatory of theUnited States Declaration of Independence
• Robert Crichton Wyllie (1798–1865), physician and businessman, Minister of Foreign Affairs in theKingdom of Hawaii

• Gary Anderson (born 1970), professional darts player
• Robert Archibald (1980–2020), first Scottish NBA player
• John Baird (1870–1905), footballer
• Imogen Bankier (born 1987), badminton player, winner of the national championships
• Alain Baxter (born 1973), alpine skier
• Jim Baxter (1939–2001), footballer
• Andy Beattie (1913–1983), professional football player and manager, the first manager of the Scottish national team
• Eric Brown (1925–1986), professional golfer
• Hamish Brown (born 1934), first person to walk all theMunros in a single trip
• Kathryn Bryce (born 1997),cricketer inScotland women's national cricket team, first Scots cricketer in the top ten of theICC Women's Player Rankings
• Sarah Bryce (born 2000), cricketer in Scotland women's national cricket team
• Ken Buchanan (born 1945), world champion boxer
• Euan Burton (born 1979), judo expert, who represented Great Britain at the 2008 and 2012 Summer Olympics in the Half-Middleweight (under 81 kg) Judo event
• SirMatt Busby (1909–1994), former football manager, won theEuropean Cup in 1968
• John Bute (also known as Johnny Dumfries) (1958–2021), peer and racing driver, winner of the1988 24 Hours of Le Mans
• Willie Carson (born 1942), jockey
• Jim Clark (1936–1968),Formula One driver^[3]
• John Cochrane (1798–1878), chess player
• Steph Cook (born 1972),modern pentathlete, Olympic gold medallist
• Gillian Cooke (born 1982), athlete and bobsledder
• Davie Cooper (1956–1995), footballer
• Kay Copland, sport shooter^[4]
• David Coulthard (born 1971), Formula One driver^[5]
• Stevie Crawford, professional football player and coach ofDunfermline Athletic F.C.
• Kenny Dalglish (born 1951), retired footballer and former manager ofLiverpool F.C.
• George Fairbairn, professionalrugby league footballer and Scotland coach
• Crawford Fairbrother (1936–1986), Olympic high jumper
• SirAlex Ferguson (born 1941), retired footballer and former manager ofManchester United F.C.
• Darren Fletcher (born 1984), international footballer
• Ron Flockhart (1923–1962), racing driver, twice winner of the24 Hours of Le Mans
• David Florence (born 1982),slalom canoeist
• Dario Franchitti (born 1973), Indy car driver
• Marino Franchitti (born 1978),American Le Mans driver
• Steve Frew (born 1973), gymnast, gold medallist in Commonwealth games 2002
• Adam Kelso Fulton (1929–1994), international rugby player
• Bernard Gallacher (born 1949), professional golfer
• Drew Galloway (born 1985),professional wrestler^[6]
• Richie Gray (born 1989), rugby player
• Jack Grimmer (born 1994), footballer
• Wyndham Halswelle (1882–1915), Olympic champion runner
• Dougal Haston (1940–1977), mountaineer
• Joe Hendry (1886–1966), footballer
• Stephen Hendry (born 1969), professional snooker player, 7 time world champion
• John Higgins (born 1975), professional snooker player, three-time world champion
• Chris Hoy (born 1976), world, Olympic andCommonwealth champion track cyclist
• Gerry Hughes (born 1958), sailor, first single-handed Atlantic crossing by a deaf person
• Gary Jacobs, Scottish, British, Commonwealth, and European (EBU) welterweight champion boxer^[7]
• Jimmy Johnstone (1944–2006), football player
• George Kerr (born 1937), judo expert, winner of the 1957 gold medal in theEuropean Judo Championships
• John Kerr (born 1980),ice dancer
• Sinead Kerr (born 1978), ice dancer
• Dominic Kinnear (born 1967), former soccer player, now the head coach of Houston Dynamo inMajor League Soccer
• Billy Kirkwood (born 1958), football player
• Martin Laird (born 1982), golfer
• Denis Law (born 1940), football player
• Paul Lawrie (born 1969), golfer, winner 1999Open Championship
• Andrew Lemoncello (born 1982), long-distance runner
• Eric Liddell (1902–1945), athlete, one of the two subjects ofChariots of Fire
• Patricia Littlechild (born 1965), sport shooter^[8]
• Jackie Lockhart (born 1965), curler, skip of Scotland team which won the 2002 world championships
• Sandy Lyle (born 1958), golfer, winner of 1985Open Championship and 1988Masters Tournament
• Benny Lynch (1913–1946), world champion boxer
• Hamish MacInnes (1930–2020), mountaineer
• Craig MacLean (born 1971), world, Olympic and Commonwealth champion track cyclist
• Shona Marshall, sport shooter^[9]
• Rhona Martin (born 1966), curler, Olympic gold medallist
• Catriona Matthew (born 1969), golfer
• Ally McCoist (born 1962), football player
• Robert McCoig (1937–1998) badminton player.
• James McFadden (born 1983), footballer
• William McGregor (1846–1911), founder of theFootball League in England
• Neil McMenemy, triple jumper
• Jackie McNamara (born 1973), footballer and manager
• Billy McNeill (born 1940), footballer and a manager ofCeltic F.C.
• Allan McNish (born 1969), racing driver
• Colin McRae (1968–2007), world champion rally driver
• Dick McTaggart (born 1935), boxer
• Micky Mellon (born 1972), ex-footballer, football manager
• David Millar (born 1977), road cyclist
• Robert Millar (born 1958), professional cyclist, "King of the Mountains" in 1984 Tour de France
• Willie Miller (born 1955), international footballer and captain ofAberdeen when they won theEuropean Cup Winners' Cup in 1983
• Colin Montgomerie (born 1963), golfer, winner ofEuropean Tour Order of Merit a record 8 times
• Janice Moodie (born 1973), golfer
• Hugh Munro (1856–1919), mountaineer, known for his list of mountains
• Bernard Murphy (born 18??), footballer
• Andy Murray (born 1987), tennis player, singles, Wimbledon winner 2013, 2016 gentleman's singles, 2012 Olympic Champion, men's singles, US Open champion 2012, men's singles.^[10]
• Jamie Murray (born 1986), tennis player, doubles, Wimbledon winner 2007 mixed doubles
• Steve Nicol (born 1961), footballer, most notably ofLiverpool F.C.
• Peter Niven (born 19??), jockey
• Graeme Obree (born 1965), world record holding cyclist
• Stewart Pitt (born 1968),slalom canoeist
• Graeme Randall (born 1975), judo expert,World Judo Championships gold medallist
• Shirley Robertson (born 1968), sailor and Olympic gold medallist
• Bill Shankly (1913–1981), one ofLiverpool F.C.'s most successful managers
• Graeme Souness (born 1953), football player and manager
• Ian Stark (born 1954), equestrian
• Jock Stein (1922–1985), football manager, won the European Cup with Celtic F.C.
• SirJackie Stewart (born 1939), world champion Formula One driver
• Frederick Guthrie Tait (1870–1900), amateur golfer and soldier
• Bobby Thomson (1923–2010), Scots-born American baseball player
• Sam Torrance (born 1953), golfer
• Lawrence Tynes (born 1978), Scots-born kicker for theNew York Giants andKansas City Chiefs
• Steven Vidler (born 1977), middleweight judo expert,Commonwealth games bronze medallist
• Andrew Watson (1856–1921), world's first black international football player, captain and administrator
• Jim Watt (born 1948), world champion boxer, won the WBC World Lightweight title
• Harry Weld-Forester (born 1981), cricketer
• David Wilkie (born 1954), swimmer
• Jocky Wilson (1950–2012), world professional darts champion in 1982 and 1989
• Mike Zagorski (born 1979), cyclist

• Kaye Adams (born 1962)
• Ronni Ancona (born 1968)
• Dougie Anderson (born 1976)
• Fiona Armstrong (born 1956)
• Jackie Bird (born 1962)
• Edith Bowman (born 1975)
• Frankie Boyle (born 1972), comedian
• Gordon Buchanan (born 1972), wildlife filmmaker
• Bryan Burnett, television and radio presenter
• Nicky Campbell (born 1962)
• Kelly Cates (born 1975)
• Kate Copstick
• Stuart Cosgrove (born 1952)
• Tam Cowan (born 1969)
• Cat Cubie (born 1981)
• Romana D'Annunzio (born 1972)
• Jim Delahunt
• Dominik Diamond (born 1969)
• Jack Docherty (born 1962)
• John Dunn (1934–2004), radio presenter
• Kieron Elliot
• Jenni Falconer (born 1976)
• Craig Ferguson (born 1962)
• Tommy Flanagan (born 1965)
• Sandy Gall (born 1927)
• Kirsty Gallacher (born 1976)
• George Galloway (born 1954)
• Graeme Garden (born 1943)
• Muriel Gray (born 1959), journalist
• Amanda Hamilton (born 1974)
• Sarah Heaney (born 1971)
• Stuart Henry (1942–1995), disc jockey
• Mikey Hughes (born 1974)
• Hazel Irvine (born 1965)
• Stephen Jardine (born 1963)
• Alan Johnston (born 1962), journalist
• Nicci Jolly (born 1981)
• Lorraine Kelly (born 1959)
• Fiona Kennedy
• Ross King (born 1961)
• John Leslie (born 1965)
• Viv Lumsden (born 1952)
• Fred MacAulay (born 1956)
• Cathy MacDonald
• Phil MacHugh (born 1985)
• Sarah Mack (born 1973)
• John MacKay
• Aggie MacKenzie (born 1955)
• Sally Magnusson (born 1955)
• Eddie Mair (born 1965)
• Andrew Marr (born 1959)
• Colin McAllister (born 1968)
• Ian McCaskill (1938–2016)
• Scottie McClue (born 1956)
• Sheena McDonald (born 1954)
• Gail McGrane (born 1975)
• Paul McGuire
• Gillian McKeith (born 1959)
• Andrea McLean (born 1969)
• Rhona McLeod
• Michelle McManus (born 1980)
• Cameron McNeish
• Aasmah Mir (born 1971)
• Paul Mitchell (born 1968)
• Arthur Montford (1929–2014)
• Nick Nairn (born 1959), celebrity chef
• Shereen Nanjiani (born 1961)
• Neil Oliver (born 1967)
• Dawn Porter (born 1979)
• Gail Porter (born 1971)
• Angus Purden (born 1974)
• Judith Ralston
• Gordon Ramsay (born 1966), celebrity chef
• Heather Reid (born 1969)
• Fyfe Robertson (1902–1987)
• Tom Russell (born 1948)
• Justin Ryan (born 1967)
• Isla St Clair (born 1952)
• Catriona Shearer (born 1981)
• Angus Simpson
• Carol Smillie (born 1961)
• Sarah Smith (born 1968)
• Iain Stirling (born 1988)
• Grant Stott
• Cameron Stout (born 1971)
• Heather Suttie
• Brian Taylor (born 1955)
• Bill Torrance (born 1946)
• Alison Walker (born 1963)
• Kirsty Wark (born 1955), journalist
• Tom Weir (1914–2006)
• Jim White
• Kirsty Young (born 1968)

• David Laird Adams (1837–1892), minister and academic, professor ofHebrew andoriental languages at the University of Edinburgh.
• Patrick Adamson, 16th-centuryArchbishop of St Andrews
• Reverend William Menzies Alexander (1858–1929), medical and theological writer, Professor of Divinity
• Tom Allan (died 1965), minister and evangelist, pioneer of practical church outreach in social work, primarily in the city of Glasgow
• Charles Arbuthnot (1737–1820), Scottish abbot of theScots Monastery, Regensburg
• George Husband Baird (1761–1840), minister, educational reformer, linguist andPrincipal of the University of Edinburgh
• Donald Macpherson Baillie (1887–1954), theologian,ecumenist, and parish minister
• John Baillie (1886–1960), theologian and Church of Scotland minister
• James Bannerman, (1807–1868),Free Church of Scotland theologian
• William Barclay (1907–1978), author, Church of Scotland minister,Professor of Divinity and Biblical Criticism at the University of Glasgow
• James Barr (1924–2006)
• John Blackadder (c. 1622–1685), eminent Presbyterian Covenanter preacher
• Robert Blackadder (d. 1508), firstarchbishop of Glasgow
• Hugh Blair (1718–1800), minister of religion, author and rhetorician
• James Blair (1656–1743), Church of England clergyman, missionary and founder of theCollege of William & Mary, inWilliamsburg, Virginia
• Robert Blair (1837–1907), Church of Scotland minister
• David Bogue (1750–1825), nonconformist leader, and missionary toPenang
• Thomas Boston (1676–1732), pastor and theologian
• Claudius Buchanan (1766–1815), theologian, minister of the Church of England, and missionary to India
• William Chalmers Burns (1815–1868), revival preacher, missionary to China
• Richard Cameron (c. 1648–1680), a leader of the Covenanters
• Andrew Cant (1590–1663), Presbyterian minister and leader of the Covenanters
• Very Rev Alexander Carlyle (1722–1805), church leader, and autobiographer
• James Chalmers (1841–1901), missionary, active inNew Guinea
• Dugald Christie (1855–1936), medical missionary inMukden, China
• William Robinson Clark (1829–1912), Dean of Taunton and later professor in Toronto
• Thomas Richardson Colledge (1796–1879), medical missionary in China, founder and first president of theMedical Missionary Society of China
• Daniel "Dan" Crawford (1870–1926), known as 'Konga Vantu', missionary of the Plymouth Brethren in central-southern Africa
• William Cunningham (1805–1861), leading Free Church pastor and professor
• David Dickson (c. 1583–1663), theologian and Covenanter
• David Dickson (1780–1842), minister and writer
• John Dudgeon (1837–1901), doctor, surgeon, translator, and medical missionary
• Rev Alexander Duff (1806–1878), first overseas missionary of the Church of Scotland to India
• Ebenezer Erskine (1680–1754), minister whose actions led to the establishment of the Secession Church
• Ralph Erskine (1685–1752), preacher and poet
• Andrew Martin Fairbairn (1838–1912), theological scholar, principal ofMansfield College, Oxford
• Patrick Fairbairn (1805–1874), minister and theologian
• Henry Faulds (1843–1930), missionary to Japan, physician, and scientist noted for the development offingerprinting
• Alexander Penrose Forbes (1817–1875)
• George Hay Forbes (1821–1875), priest of theScottish Episcopal Church, founder of thePitsligo Press
• John Forbes (1571–1606),Capuchin friar, known as Father Archangel
• Peter Taylor Forsyth (1848–1921), theologian, principal ofHackney College, London
• James Frazer (1854–1941), anthropologist of comparative religion and myth
• Alexander Geddes (1737–1802), theologian and scholar
• Alexander Gerard (1728–1795), minister, academic and philosophical writer
• John George Govan (1861–1927), founder of theFaith Mission
• Patrick Graham (d. 1478), firstArchbishop of St Andrews
• Daniel Gunn (1774–1848), Scottishcongregational minister, latterly inChristchurch, Hampshire
• Thomas Guthrie (1803–1873),divine and philanthropist
• William Guthrie (1620–1665), author of "The Christian's Great Interest"^[11]
• James Alexander Haldane (1768–1851), independent church leader
• Robert Haldane (1764–1842), missionary preacher and lecturer; wrote a commentary on Romans
• Patrick Hamilton (1504–1528), first Protestant martyr in Scotland, burnt at the stake in 1528
• William Hastie (1842–1903), clergyman, theologian and translator of theUniversal Natural History and Theory of Heaven byImmanuel Kant
• Alexander Henderson (1583–1646)
• James Hog (c. 1658–1734), minister atCarnock, known for his role in theMarrow controversy within the Church of Scotland
• Richard Holloway (born 1933)
• William Irvine (1863–1947), evangelist and founder of theCooneyite andTwo by Two sects
• Robert Reid Kalley (1809–1888), physician and Presbyterian missionary notable for work in Portuguese-speaking territories
• Dr John Kennedy (1819–1884), Highland preacher, author ofDays of the Fathers in Ross-shire
• John Knox (c. 1513–1572), leader of the Scottish Reformation
• Thomas Leishman (1825–1904), minister and liturgical scholar
• David Lindsay, 1st Duke of Montrose (1440–1495), first Scottish non-royal duke,Lord High Admiral of Scotland,Master of the Royal Household of Scotland,Great Chamberlain andJusticiar
• David Livingstone (1813–1873), missionary and explorer in Africa
• Alexander Mackay (1849–1890), Presbyterian missionary to Uganda
• Hugh Martin (1822–1885), pastor and writer
• Matilda, Countess of Angus, (fl. 13th century), heiress ofMaol Choluim, countess in her own right
• Robert Murray M'Cheyne (1813–1843), minister of the Gospel, missionary to the Jewish people
• Thomas M'Crie the Elder (1772–1835), pastor and historian (wrote the 'Life of John Knox')
• William Milligan (1821–1892), theologian, professor at the University of Aberdeen
• Robert Moffat (1795–1883), missionary to Africa
• Saint Mungo (also known as Saint Kentigern) (d. 614)
• John Murray (1898–1975), Calvinist theologian and Presbyterian minister
• George Newlands
• John Paton (1824–1907), Protestant missionary to theNew Hebrides Islands of the South Pacific
• Alexander Peden (1626–1686), leading figures in the Covenanter movement
• William Pettigrew (1869–1943), missionary to theTangkhul Naga
• Dr John Philip (1775–1851), missionary in South Africa
• Robert Pont (or Kylpont) (1524–1606), reformer,lord of session, minister in Edinburgh and St. Andrews
• The Revd Professor Norman Walker Porteous (1898–2003), translator of the Bible
• Andrew Purves (born 1946), theologian
• James Renwick (1662–1688), covenanter and martyr
• Samuel Rutherford (c. 1600–1661), Presbyterian pastor, theologian and author, one of the Scottish Commissioners to theWestminster Assembly
• John Duns Scotus (c. 1266–1308)
• James Sharp (1613–1679), assassinatedArchbishop of St Andrews
• John Simson (c. 1668–1740),New Licht theologian, involved in a long investigation forheresy
• Mary Slessor (1848–1915), missionary and advocate for women's rights
• George Washington Sprott (1829–1909), minister and liturgical scholar
• George Thomson (1819–1878), missionary and botanist inCameroon
• Thomas Torrance (1871–1959), missionary to China
• Thomas F. Torrance (1913–2007), theologian
• James Wedderburn (1585–1639),bishop of Dunblane, grandson of the poetJames Wedderburn
• John Welsh of Ayr (1568–1622), pastor exiled for faithful preaching; son-in-law to John Knox
• John Willock (c. 1515–1585), Protestant reformer
• George Wishart (1513–1546), Protestant reformer and martyr

• John Adair (c. 1655–1722), surveyor and cartographer
• Dr Hely Hutchinson Almond (1832–1903), educator and rugby union promoter
• Jane Arthur (1827–1907), feminist and activist
• Col. David Barclay (1610–1686), 1st Laird of Urie, a convert toQuakerism
• Robert Barclay (1648–1690), Quaker, governor of theEast Jersey colony
• Andrew Bell (1753–1832), developer of theMadras system of education
• Harry Benson (born 1929), celebrity and pop culture photographer
• John Boyd (1925–2018),milliner based in London
• James Braidwood (1800–1861), founder of the world's first municipalfire service in Edinburgh in 1824, and first director of theLondon Fire Engine Establishment
• Thomas Braidwood (1715–1806), teacher of the deaf
• John Brown (1826–1883), servant ofQueen Victoria
• John Brown (1627–1685),Covenanter martyr
• Kenn Burke, ballet dancer
• John Cairncross (1913–1995),intelligence officer and spy duringWorld War II, alleged to be the fifth member of theCambridge Five
• Charles Cameron (1927–2001), magician, godfather of bizarre magic
• Ajahn Candasiri (born 1947), Theravāda Buddhist nun who co-foundedChithurst Buddhist Monastery
• Michael Caton-Jones (born 1957), film director
• William Chambers (born 1979), award-winning hat designer
• Walter Chepman (fl. c. 1500), merchant, notary and civil servant; in partnership with Androw Myllar in Scotland's first printing press
• Mary Crudelius (née Maclean, 1839–1877), campaigner for women's education, and a supporter of women's suffrage
• Alexander Cruden (1699–1770), compiler of an early concordance to the Bible
• Lord Curriehill (1549–1617), prosecutor, ambassador, and judge
• Alexander Dalrymple (1737–1808), geographer and the firstHydrographer of the British Admiralty
• James Dawson (1806–1900), prominent champion ofAustralian Aborigines' interests
• Dervorguilla of Galloway (c. 1210–1290), a 'lady of substance' in 13th-century Scotland, mother ofking John I of Scotland, and founder ofSweetheart Abbey
• Alexander Donaldson (1727–1794), appellant in the copyright case,Donaldson v Beckett; founder/publisher of theEdinburgh Advertiser
• James Donaldson (1751–1830), publisher of theEdinburgh Advertiser; founder ofDonaldson's Hospital
• Bill Douglas (1934–1991), film director
• The Rev. John Archibald Dunbar-Dunbar (1849–1905),philatelist, one of the "Fathers of Philately"
• Helen Duncan (1897–1956), last woman to be tried under theWitchcraft Act 1735
• William Dunlop (c. 1654–1700), Covenanter, adventurer, and Principal of the University of Glasgow
• John Fairbairn (1794–1864), newspaper proprietor, educator, financier and politician of theCape Colony
• Sir David Ferrier (1843–1928), pioneering neurologist and psychologist
• Donald Findlay (born 1951)
• John Finlaison (1783–1860), first president of theInstitute of Actuaries
• Alexander Kinloch Forbes (1821–1865), scholar of theGujarati language
• William Forsyth (1737–1804),horticulturist, founding member of theRoyal Horticultural Society, after whom the genusForsythia is named
• Lord Fountainhall (1646–1722), one of Scotland's leadingjurists
• Alexander Yule Fraser (1857–1890), mathematician, one of the founders of theEdinburgh Mathematical Society
• Jenny Geddes (c. 1600–c. 1660), market trader, threw a stool at the Dean of Edinburgh in protest against the new prayer book
• Patrick Geddes (1854–1932), biologist, sociologist, geographer, philanthropist and pioneering town planner
• Sir Andrew Gilchrist (1910–1993), diplomat
• Gilleasbaig of Menstrie (fl. 13th century), earliest attested memberCampbell family, father of Sir Colin Campbell
• Ewen Gillies (born 1825), serial emigrant and adventurer from St. Kilda, Scotland
• Anna Gordon or Brown (1747–1810), ballad collector
• Robert Gordon of Straloch (1580–1661), cartographer, poet, mathematician, antiquary, and geographer
• Janet Gourlay (1863–1912)Egyptologist, born in Glasgow
• Patrick Grant (born 1972), fashion designer
• Angelica Gray (born 1990), model
• Alasdair George Hay (born 1961), first and currentchief fire officer of theScottish Fire and Rescue Service
• Robert Hay (1799–1863), traveller, antiquarian, and Egyptologist
• Amanda Hendrick (born 1990), model
• William Vallance Douglas Hodge (1903–1975), mathematician, geometer
• Isobel Hoppar (born c. 1490), landowner, governess and political figure
• John Horrocks (1816–1881), founder and innovator of modern European fly fishing
• Kirsty Hume (born 1976), model
• Sir John Ritchie Inch (1911–1993), police officer,Chief Constable ofEdinburgh City Police
• David Jones (born 1966),games programmer and entrepreneur, known for creating theGrand Theft Auto video game franchise
• Princess Kaiulani Cleghorn of Hawaii (1876–1899), daughter ofArchibald Cleghorn andPrincess Miriam Likelike (sister of QueenLili'iuokalani)
• Christopher Kane (born 1982), fashion designer
• James Kennedy (1930–1973), security guard forBritish Rail Engineering Limited, posthumously awarded the George Cross
• Mariote Ker (floruit 1529), Scottish burgess
• Simon Somerville Laurie (1829–1909), educator
• Mikhail Lermontov, 19th-century Russian author of Scottish origin
• Hercules Linton (1837–1900), surveyor, designer, shipbuilder, antiquarian and local councillor, designer of theCutty Sark
• James Loch (1780–1855), economist, advocate, barrister,estate commissioner
• Sir Robert Hamilton Bruce Lockhart (1887–1970), diplomat, journalist andsecret agent
• Mary Lyon (1797–1849), first woman principal in America
• Flora Macaulay (1859–1958), editor ofThe Oban Times newspaper
• Flora MacDonald (1722–1790),Jacobite andUnited Empire Loyalist
• Gillies MacKinnon, film director, writer and painter
• Iain Macmillan (1938–2006), photographer, took the photograph forThe Beatles' albumAbbey Road
• Jamie Macpherson (1675–1700), outlaw and author of MacPherson's Lament or Rant
• Dame Sarah Elizabeth Siddons Mair (1846–1941), campaigner for women's education and women's suffrage
• Gary McKinnon (born 1966), computer hacker
• Lorna McNee, chef
• Robert McQueen, Lord Braxfield (1722–1799), advocate and judge
• James Murdoch (1856–1921), journalist and teacher
• William McMaster Murdoch (1873–1912),First Officer aboard theRMSTitanic
• Keith Murray, Baron Murray of Newhaven (1903–1993), academic and Rector ofLincoln College, Oxford
• Androw Myllar (fl.1503–1508), first Scottish printer, in partnership with Walter Chepman
• Eunice Olumide (born 1987), model
• James Orrock (1829–1913), collector of art and Oriental ceramics
• Robert Paterson (1715–1801), stonemason, who suggested toSir Walter Scott the character of "Old Mortality"
• Duncan Phyfe (1770–1854), United States most celebrated cabinetmaker
• Natalie Pike (born 1983), model
• James Pillans (1778–1864), classical scholar and educational reformer
• Allan Pinkerton (1819–1884), North American detective
• Timothy Pont (c. 1565–1614), cartographer and topographer, the first to produce a detailed map of Scotland
• John Charles Walsham Reith (1889–1971), first Director General of theBBC
• John Rennie (1842–1918),naval architect, Naval Constructor and Instructor for the Chinese Government
• Jonathan Saunders, fashion designer
• James Small (1835–1900), last laird ofDirnanean
• Archibald Smith (1813–1872), mathematician and lawyer
• William Stewart Easton Stephen (1903–1975), philatelist
• Flora Stevenson (1839–1905), social reformer, interested in education
• Louisa Stevenson (1835–1908), campaigner for women's university education, women's suffrage and well-organised nursing
• Jock Stewart (1918–1989),executioner
• Charlotte Carmichael Stopes (1840–1929), author, and campaigner for women's rights
• Marie Charlotte Carmichael Stopes (1880–1958), author,palaeobotanist and campaigner foreugenics and women's rights
• John Guthrie Tait (1861–1945), educator, principal of theCentral College of Bangalore, and sportsman
• Stella Tennant (born 1970), model
• Mary Anne MacLeod Trump (1912–2000), philanthropist, mother ofDonald Trump^[12]
• John Thomson (1837–1921), photographer
• James Tytler (1745–1804), apothecary, editor of the second edition ofEncyclopædia Britannica; first person in Britain to fly (by ascending in a hot air balloon)
• John Walker (1731–1803), minister of religion, natural historian and professor
• Albert Watson (born 1942), fashion and celebrity photographer
• Alexander Wilson (d. 1922), noted amateur photographer, working in Dundee
• Margaret Wilson (c. 1667–1685), Covenanter martyr
• Roderick Wright (1940–2005), disgraced Catholic bishop

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