Famous Scottish - Scottish Celebrities
Warm, hospitable, and lovable, the Scotts are among the most loved and regarded people in the world. And why not? They are not just the most welcoming people in the world, but most enterprising too. The world owes a lot to the Scottish. From pedal bicycle and pneumatic tyre to telephone and tele-printer, the Scotts have given the world several new jaw-dropping inventions. But not just James Watt, Alexander Fleming, Patrick Bell, Adam Smith, and Charles Macintosh, Scotland has been home to several great men and from diverse spheres. Be it Robert Bruce, the king, John Logie Baird, the inventor, William Wallace, the leader, Robert Burns, the king or David Hume, the philosopher, the world has known and celebrated legendary Scotsman with extraordinary talent and feats. Let us learn all about the lives of some of the famous Scottish men to ever have walked the earth in the timeline, trivia, and interesting facts covered in the biographies below.
Find out more about the greatest Scots, including Mary, Queen of Scots, Gordon Ramsay, Sean Connery, Alex Ferguson and Gerard Butler.
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Name | Birthday | Nationality | Bio |
David Moyes | April 25, 1963 | Scottish | David Moyes is a Scottish professional football coach and former player |
LJ Cleave | February 14, 1994 | Scottish | LJ Cleave is an internet personality, best known for her lip-sync videos, which she posts on her musical.ly account |
Susan Boyle | April 1, 1961 | British, Scottish | Susan Boyle is a Scottish singer |
William Wallace | 1270 | Scottish | William Wallace was a Scottish knight who was a central figure in the Wars of Scottish Independence |
Sara MacDonald | October 22, 1971 | Scottish | Sara MacDonald is a Scottish publicist who is married to Oasis rock star Noel Gallagher |
Sheena Easton | April 27, 1959 | Scottish | Sheena Easton is a singer best known for her single ‘Modern Girl.’ |
Sean Connery | August 25, 1930 | Scottish | Sean Connery is a Scottish actor, best known for portraying the iconic role of the spy, ‘James Bond’ in movies |
John Muir | April 21, 1838 | American, Scottish | John Muir was a famous American naturalist, author and an advocate of wildlife preservation |
Connor Ball | March 15, 1996 | Scottish | Connor Ball is an Scottish bassist and a member of the band 'The Vamps' |
Gordon Ramsay | November 8, 1966 | British, Scottish | Gordon Ramsay is a British celebrity chef |
David Moyes
David Moyes is a Scottish professional football coach and former player
Billy Connolly
Billy Connolly is a Scottish actor, musician and stand-up comedian
Bill Shankly
William Bill Shankly was a Scottish footballer best known as the manager of Liverpool
Annie Lennox
Annie Lennox is a singer famous for her work with Eurythmics, a group she formed with the musician David A
John James Rickard Macleod
John James Rickard Macleod was a Scottish biochemist and physiologist who is credited for the discovery of insulin
William Ramsay
William Ramsay was a Nobel Prize winning chemist who discovered the ‘noble gases’
Robert Brown
Robert Brown was a renowned botanist, famous for having laid the foundation for what is today popularly called the ‘Brownian Motion’.Read on for detailed information about his childhood, profile, career and timeline
Alexander Graham Bell
Alexander Graham Bell was a Scottish-American scientist and inventor, referred to as ‘Father of the Telephone’