Famous People Born In Glasgow

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 1 
Andy Murray
(One of the Best Tennis Players in the World)
Andy Murray
65
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: May 5, 1987
Sun Sign: Taurus
Height: 6'3" (190 cm)
 2 
Alex Ferguson
(One of the Greatest Football Managers of All Time)
Alex Ferguson
53
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: December 31, 1941
Sun Sign: Capricorn
 3 
Billy Connolly
(Stand-up Comedian)
Billy Connolly
25
Birthdate: November 24, 1942
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Height: 6'0" (183 cm)
 4 
Angus Young
(Co-Founder and Lead Guitarist for the Hard Rock Band 'AC/DC')
Angus Young
40
Listed In: Musicians
Birthdate: March 31, 1955
Sun Sign: Aries
Height: 5'2" (157 cm)
 5 
James McAvoy
(Scottish Actor)
James McAvoy
42
Birthdate: April 21, 1979
Sun Sign: Taurus
Height: 5'7" (170 cm)
 6 
Mark Knopfler
(Former Lead Guitarist, Singer and Songwriter of the Rock Band 'Dire Straits')
Mark Knopfler
5
Listed In: Singers
Birthdate: August 12, 1949
Sun Sign: Leo
Height: 6'0" (183 cm)
 7 
Lewis Capaldi
(Scottish Singer Best Known for His Hit Single 'Someone You Loved')
Lewis Capaldi
51
Listed In: Singers
Birthdate: October 7, 1996
Sun Sign: Libra
Height: 5'8" (173 cm)
 8 
Robbie Coltrane
(Actor)
Robbie Coltrane
7
Birthdate: March 30, 1950
Sun Sign: Aries
 9 
Donovan
(Singer-songwriter, Guitarist, Composer, Autobiographer, Writer, Poet, Record producer, Film score composer)
Donovan
7
Listed In: Musicians
Birthdate: May 10, 1946
Sun Sign: Taurus
Height: 5'10" (178 cm)
 10 
David McCallum
18
Birthdate: September 19, 1933
Sun Sign: Virgo
Height: 5'7" (170 cm)
 11 
Kelly Macdonald
(Scottish Actress Best Known for Her Roles in the Films: ‘Trainspotting’, ‘Gosford Park’, ‘Intermission’ and ‘Nanny McPhee’)
Kelly Macdonald
24
Birthdate: February 23, 1976
Sun Sign: Pisces
Height: 5'2" (157 cm)
 12 
Kenny Dalglish
(Scottish Former Football Player and Manager)
Kenny Dalglish
7
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: March 4, 1951
Sun Sign: Pisces
Height: 5'8" (173 cm)
 13 
Peter Capaldi
18
Birthdate: April 14, 1958
Sun Sign: Aries
Height: 6'0" (183 cm)
 14 
John A. Macdonald
(The First Prime Minister of Canada (1878 - 1891))
John A. Macdonald
14
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: January 11, 1815
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Died: June 6, 1891
 15 
Rory McCann
(Scottish Actor Best Known for Portraying 'Sandor 'The Hound' Clegane' on the HBO Series 'Game of Thrones')
Rory McCann
11
Birthdate: April 24, 1969
Sun Sign: Taurus
Height: 6'6" (198 cm)
 16 
Graham McTavish
(Scottish Actor and Writer)
Graham McTavish
12
Birthdate: January 4, 1961
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Height: 6'2" (188 cm)
 17 
David Moyes
(Scottish Professional Football Manager)
David Moyes
14
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: April 25, 1963
Sun Sign: Taurus
Height: 6'1" (185 cm)
 18 
Andrew Robertson
(association football player)
Andrew Robertson
11
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: March 11, 1994
Sun Sign: Pisces
Height: 5'10" (178 cm)
 19 
Carol Ann Duffy
8
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: December 23, 1955
Sun Sign: Capricorn
 20 
Nikki Cross
(Scottish Professional Wrestler)
Nikki Cross
9
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: April 21, 1989
Sun Sign: Taurus
Height: 5'2" (157 cm)
 21 
Ray Park
(Actor)
Ray Park
2
Birthdate: August 23, 1974
Sun Sign: Virgo
Height: 5'10" (178 cm)
 22 
Billy Boyd
(Actor)
Billy Boyd
6
Birthdate: August 28, 1968
Sun Sign: Virgo
Height: 5'7" (170 cm)
 23 
Michelle Gomez
(Actress)
Michelle Gomez
13
Birthdate: November 23, 1966
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Height: 5'3" (160 cm)
 24 
Douglas Henshall
11
Birthdate: November 19, 1965
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Height: 5'10" (178 cm)
 25 
Armando Iannucci
(Satirist, Writer, Comedian, Radio producer, Television producer, Librettist, Screenwriter)
Armando Iannucci
2
Birthdate: November 28, 1963
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
 26 
Laura Fraser
(Actress)
Laura Fraser
7
Birthdate: July 24, 1975
Sun Sign: Leo
Height: 5'2" (157 cm)
 27 
Colin Montgomerie
(Golfer)
Colin Montgomerie
3
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: June 23, 1963
Sun Sign: Cancer
Height: 6'1" (185 cm)
 28 
Tony Curran
(Scottish Actor)
Tony Curran
3
Birthdate: December 13, 1969
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Height: 5'10" (178 cm)
 29 
Iain De Caestecker
(Actor)
Iain De Caestecker
4
Birthdate: December 29, 1987
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Height: 5'7" (170 cm)
 30 
Al Stewart
(Scottish Folk-Rock Musician Best Known for His Hit Single 'Year of the Cat')
Al Stewart
1
Listed In: Singers
Birthdate: September 5, 1945
Sun Sign: Virgo
 31 
Lonnie Donegan
(British Pop Singer and Songwriter)
Lonnie Donegan
7
Listed In: Musicians
Birthdate: April 29, 1931
Sun Sign: Taurus
Died: November 3, 2002
 32 
Mary Ure
(Stage actor, Film actor)
Mary Ure
3
Birthdate: February 18, 1933
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Died: April 3, 1975
 33 
Lauren Mayberry
(Vocalist and Percussionist of the Scottish Pop Band 'Chvrches')
Lauren Mayberry
7
Listed In: Singers
Birthdate: October 7, 1987
Sun Sign: Libra
Height: 5'0" (152 cm)
 34 
Grant Morrison
(Comics writer, Writer, Science fiction writer)
Grant Morrison
3
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: January 31, 1960
Sun Sign: Aquarius
 35 
Lynne Ramsay
(Scottish Film Director, Producer, Writer, and Cinematographer)
Lynne Ramsay
1
Birthdate: December 5, 1969
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
 36 
Aiden McGeady
(Footballer)
Aiden McGeady
3
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: April 4, 1986
Sun Sign: Aries
 37 
Allan Pinkerton
(Founder of Pinkerton National Detective Agency)
Allan Pinkerton
9
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: August 25, 1819
Sun Sign: Virgo
Died: July 1, 1884
 38 
Jamie Murray
(Scottish-born British Professional Tennis Player Who Specializes in Doubles)
Jamie Murray
2
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: February 13, 1986
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Height: 6'3" (190 cm)
 39 
Paul Lambert
(Football manager, Former Footballer midfielder)
Paul Lambert
1
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: August 7, 1969
Sun Sign: Leo
Height: 5'11" (180 cm)
 40 
Darius Campbell
(Singer, Opera singer, Songwriter)
Darius Campbell
1
Listed In: Musicians
Birthdate: August 19, 1980
Sun Sign: Leo
Height: 6'4" (193 cm)
 41 
William Ramsay
(Scottish Chemist Who Discovered the Noble Gases)
William Ramsay
0
Listed In: Scientists
Birthdate: October 2, 1852
Sun Sign: Libra
Died: July 23, 1916
 42 
Joe McFadden
(Actor)
Joe McFadden
0
Birthdate: October 9, 1975
Sun Sign: Libra
Height: 5'10" (178 cm)
 43 
Gordon Jackson
(Actor)
Gordon Jackson
0
Birthdate: December 19, 1923
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Died: January 15, 1990
Height: 5'8" (173 cm)
 44 
Phyllida Law
(Actress)
Phyllida Law
3
Birthdate: May 8, 1932
Sun Sign: Taurus
Height: 5'4" (163 cm)
 45 
Charles Rennie Mackintosh
1
Listed In: Architects
Birthdate: June 7, 1868
Sun Sign: Gemini
Died: December 10, 1928
 46 
Bill Paterson
(Actor)
Bill Paterson
2
Birthdate: June 3, 1945
Sun Sign: Gemini
 47 
Sean Biggerstaff
(Actor, Musician)
Sean Biggerstaff
0
Birthdate: March 15, 1983
Sun Sign: Pisces
Height: 5'9" (175 cm)
 48 
Andrew Marr
(Journalist)
Andrew Marr
0
Birthdate: July 31, 1959
Sun Sign: Leo
 49 
James McCarthy
(Scottish-Irish Professional Footballer Who Plays as a Central Midfielder)
James McCarthy
5
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: November 12, 1990
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Height: 5'11" (180 cm)
 50 
George Young
(bassist, guitarist, songwriter, record producer)
George Young
0
Listed In: Musicians
Birthdate: November 6, 1946
Sun Sign: Scorpio