Famous people

Sir Alexander Mackenzie

he discovered and charted the longest river in Canada

Alexander Selkirk

he was a real life Robinson Crusoe

Dr. David Livingstone

In the 1850s he discovered the Victoria Falls

Robert The Bruce

he was a key figure in the Wars of Independence against English occupation. Bruce was crowned in 1306 and reigned until his death in 1329. The Battle of Bannockburn in 1314 was one of the main turning points of the war. He was potrayed in film Bravehearth

Rob Roy Macgregor

participated in the 1715 Jacobite uprising. Sir Walter Scott immortalised him in the book of the same name.

Flora MacDonald

she was made famous for her part in sheltering Bonnie Prince Charlie on his escape through Scotland

William Wallace

William Wallace would become the leader of the Scots' resistance against the English occupation at the beginning of the Wars of Independence. He defeated the army of Edward I at the battle of Stirling Bridge 1297

Bonnie Prince Charlie

led the ill-fated Jacobite rebellion of 1745 which, despite being a much smaller army than expected, managed to reach Derby. The rebellion was effectively crushed at the Battle of Culloden in 1746

The Marquis of Montrose

He won several battles for the king Charles I in war of 3 kingdoms, but was defeated by Leslie at Philiphaugh in 1645

John Graham of Claverhouse, Viscount Dundee

He controlled the Covenanters in the reign of James II where he earned the name 'Bloody Clavers'. Claverhouse became a Jacobite hero

Andrew Carnegie

He made a fortune in the steel industry in US and built over 2500 free libraries

Rev Hendry Duncan

He opened world's first savings bank

Adam Smith

The true founder of classical economics. Author of The Wealth of Nations

W. E. Gladstone

He was leader of the Liberal Party and Prime Minister in four governments from 1868 to 1894

John Knox

he was a key figure in the Reformation in Scotland. Influenced by John Calvin, he often came in to conflict with Mary Queen of Scots who was Catholic

Kenneth MacAlpin

Crowned first King of Scots in 843

Mary Queen of Scots

She was the ruler in 16th century. Her cousin was Elizabeth 1 and she was executed by her

James VI / I

He united Scotland and England in 1603

Macbeth

He was the first Scottish king to make a pilgrimage to Rome in 1050. He was made into Shakespeare's play

Andrew Meikle

He invented the threshing machine which was used to remover the outer husks from grain

James Watt

Watt steam engine, the Si unit of energy. He brought designs to reduce waste and improve the efficiency of steam engines

Robert Adam

Architect who designed Hopetoun House, Culzean Castle and Charlotte Square home to the Georgian House

James Clerk-Maxwell

He demonstrated that electric and magnetic fields travel through space in the form of waves and at the constant speed of light. He helped establish radio waves.

Sir James Dewar

He invented vacuum flask (termos) and cordite

Sir Charles Lyell

He was a distinguished geologist and a great encouragement to Charles Darwin when he was laying the groundwork of evolutionary biology. He published Principals of Geology

Alexander Graham Bell

He developed phone

John Napier

He theorised the concept of logarithms

Sir Alexander Fleming

He discovered penicillin in 1928

John Dunlop

He changed tyres of a bicycle from solid rubber to having pneumatic tyre

John Logie Baird

Inventor of television

Tom Anderson

iddler composer and folklorist

Aly Bain

Fiddler

Robert Carlyle

Actor who played in Trainspotting, The Full Monty

Robbie Coltrane

He played Hagrid in Harry Potter, Danny in Tutti Frutti

Neil Gow

Renowned composer contemporary to Burns

Sir Harry Lauder

Most famous comic to come out of scotland

Ian McDiarmid

Actor who played Senator Palpatine in he Star Wars films

Annie Lennox

Eurythmics known for 'Sweet Dreams'

Sir Walter Scott

Ivanhoe, Rob Roy, The Hearth of Midlothian and The Lady of the Lake, Waverly

James Matthew Barrie

author of Peter Pan

Robert Louis Stevenson

Strange Case of Dr Jerkyll and Mr Hyde, Kidnapped, Treasure island

Iain Banks

The Wasp Factory, The Crow Road, Complicity and his final novel, The Quarry

Irvine Welsh

Author of Trainspotting

Robert Burns

A Red, Red Rose, A Man's a Man for A' That and Tam o' Shanter, Auld Lang Syne

The Glasgow School

was a selection of artistic collectives that emerged in the 1870s, flourishing between the 1890s and 1910. The 'school' was composed of The Four, which included renowned architect Charles Rennie Mackintosh and his wife Margaret MacDonald

Charles Reenie Mackintosh

Scotland's most original architect. He designed Glasgow School of Art, Hill house in Helensburgh and House of an Art Lover

Sir Charles Blyth

He rowed across the North Atlantic from Cape Cod to the Aran Islands in 90 days

James Braid

Professional golfer and golf course architect

Jim Clark, David Coulthard

Formula One

Kenny Dalglish

Celtic striker football player

Colin Montgomerie

Scotland's most successful golfer, holds the world record for European Tour Order of Merit titles with eight wins.

Graeme Obree

The Flying Scotsman, cyclist

Sir Chris Hoy

most successful Olympic athlete and the most decorated Olympic cyclist of all time

Andrew Murray

Tennis player

Danny MacAskill

Mountain Cyclist

What Scottish title was given to Prince William and Kate Middleton once they were married?

Earl and Countess of Strathearn

Nicola Sturgeon

First Minister of Scotland

Cinaed Mac Alpin (Kenneth 1)

First ruler of Pictland

Keir Hardie

Founder of the Scottish Labour Party