Scottish
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.
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Sean Connery(The First Actor to Portray Fictional British Secret Agent James Bond on Film)
Birthdate: August 25, 1930
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Fountainbridge, Edinburgh, Scotland
Died: October 31, 2020
Height: 6'2" (188 cm)
Birthdate: November 8, 1966
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Johnstone, Renfrewshire, Scotland
Height: 6'2" (188 cm)
Birthdate: March 31, 1971
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Perth, Scotland
Height: 5'10" (178 cm)
Birthdate: December 8, 1542
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Linlithgow Palace, Linlithgow, Scotland
Died: February 8, 1587
5
Andy Murray(One of the Best Tennis Players in the World)
Birthdate: May 5, 1987
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Glasgow, Scotland
Height: 6'3" (190 cm)
6
Alexander Graham Bell(Inventor of Telephone & Co-Founder of 'American Telephone and Telegraph Company (AT&T)')
Birthdate: March 3, 1847
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Edinburgh, Scotland
Died: August 2, 1922
7
Charles II(King of England, Scotland and Ireland from 1660 to 1685)
Birthdate: May 29, 1630
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: St James's Palace, London, England
Died: February 6, 1685
Height: 6'1" (185 cm)
Birthdate: December 31, 1941
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Glasgow, Scotland
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Andrew Carnegie(Industrialist, Businessman, Entrepreneur and a major Philanthropist.)
Birthdate: November 25, 1835
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Dunfermline
Died: August 11, 1919
Birthdate: November 24, 1942
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Glasgow, Scotland
Height: 6'0" (183 cm)
Birthdate: May 22, 1859
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Scotland
Died: July 7, 1930
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Adam Smith(18th Century Scottish Economist Who is Considered the Father of Modern Economics)
Birthdate: June 5, 1723
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland
Died: July 17, 1790
Birthdate: July 9, 1946
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Forfar, Scotland
Died: February 19, 1980
Birthdate: April 21, 1979
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Glasgow, Scotland
Height: 5'7" (170 cm)
Birthdate: November 13, 1969
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland
Height: 6'2" (188 cm)
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Karen Gillan(Scottish Actress Best Known for Her Role as ‘Amy Pond’ in the TV Series ‘Doctor Who’)
Birthdate: November 28, 1987
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Inverness, Scotland
Height: 5'11" (180 cm)
Birthdate: January 25, 1954
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Aberdeen, Scotland
Height: 5'9" (175 cm)
Birthdate: June 18, 1986
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Elderslie, Renfrewshire, Scotland
Height: 5'10" (178 cm)
Birthdate: May 14, 1952
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Dumbarton, Scotland
Height: 6'0" (183 cm)
20
Lewis Capaldi(Scottish Singer Best Known for His Hit Single 'Someone You Loved')
Birthdate: October 7, 1996
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Glasgow, Scotland
Height: 5'8" (173 cm)
Birthdate: April 18, 1971
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Bathgate, Scotland
Height: 6'1" (185 cm)
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Robert Louis Stevenson(Author of Famous Novels: 'Treasure Island' and 'Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde')
Birthdate: November 13, 1850
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Edinburgh, Scotland
Died: December 3, 1894
Birthdate: April 14, 1961
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Maryhill
24
Alexander Fleming(Physician and Microbiologist Who Discovered ‘Penicillin’ World’s First Broadly Effective Antibiotic Substance)
Birthdate: August 6, 1881
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Darvel, East Ayrshire, Scotland
Died: March 11, 1955
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William Wallace(Scottish Knight Who Became One of the Main Leaders During the First War of Scottish Independence)
Birthdate: April 3, 1270
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Elderslie, Renfrewshire, Scotland
Died: August 23, 1305
Height: 6'5" (196 cm)
26
Sam Heughan(Actor and Producer Best Known for His Role as ‘Jamie Fraser’ in the TV Series ‘Outlander’)
Birthdate: April 30, 1980
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Balmaclellan, Scotland
Height: 6'2" (188 cm)
Birthdate: February 9, 1987
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Aberdeen, Scotland
Height: 5'6" (168 cm)
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David Hume(Best Known for His Highly Influential System of Philosophical Empiricism, Scepticism and Naturalism)
Birthdate: April 26, 1711
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Edinburgh, Scotland
Died: August 25, 1776
Birthdate: November 19, 1600
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Dunfermline Palace, Dunfermline, Scotland
Died: January 30, 1649
Height: 5'4" (163 cm)
Birthdate: March 30, 1950
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Rutherglen, Scotland
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Calvin Harris(The First UK Solo Artist to Reach more than One Billion Streams on Spotify)
Birthdate: January 17, 1984
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Dumfries, Scotland
Height: 6'6" (198 cm)
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Robert Burns(Poet and Lyricist widely regarded as the national poet of Scotland and is celebrated worldwide.)
Birthdate: January 25, 1759
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Ayrshire, Scotland
Died: July 21, 1796
Birthdate: September 19, 1933
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Glasgow, Scotland
Height: 5'7" (170 cm)
34
Alan Cumming(Scottish Actor, Writer and Singer Known for His TV Series ‘The Good Wife’)
Birthdate: January 27, 1965
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Aberfeldy, Perthshire, Scotland
Height: 5'10" (178 cm)
35
James Maxwell(Scottish Mathematician and Scientist Who Gave the Classical Theory of Electromagnetic Radiation)
Birthdate: June 13, 1831
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Edinburgh, Scotland
Died: November 5, 1879
36
Donovan
(Singer-songwriter, Guitarist, Composer, Autobiographer, Writer, Poet, Record producer, Film score composer)
Birthdate: May 10, 1946
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Glasgow, Scotland
Height: 5'10" (178 cm)
37
Susan Boyle(Scottish Singer Best Known for Her Album ‘I Dreamed a Dream’)
Birthdate: April 1, 1961
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Blackburn, West Lothian, Scotland
Height: 5'4" (163 cm)
38
Kelly Macdonald(Scottish Actress Best Known for Her Roles in the Films: ‘Trainspotting’, ‘Gosford Park’, ‘Intermission’ and ‘Nanny McPhee’)
Birthdate: February 23, 1976
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Glasgow, Scotland
Height: 5'2" (157 cm)
Birthdate: April 14, 1958
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Glasgow
Height: 6'0" (183 cm)
Birthdate: January 19, 1736
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Greenock, Renfrewshire, Scotland
Died: August 25, 1819
Birthdate: March 19, 1813
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Scotland
Died: May 1, 1873
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Kenny Dalglish
(Scottish Former Football Player and Manager)
Birthdate: March 4, 1951
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Glasgow, Scotland
Height: 5'8" (173 cm)
Birthdate: May 9, 1860
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Kirriemuir, Angus, Scotland
Died: June 19, 1937
Birthdate: April 21, 1995
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Scotland
Height: 5'11" (180 cm)
45
Iain Glen(Best Known for His Role as ‘Dr. Alexander Isaacs’ in ‘Resident Evil’ Film Series)
Birthdate: June 24, 1961
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Edinburgh, Scotland
Height: 6'1" (185 cm)
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Ian McDiarmid
(Best Known for His Villainous Role of 'Emperor Palpatine' from the 'Star Wars' Film Series)
Birthdate: August 11, 1944
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Carnoustie, Angus, Scotland
Height: 5'10" (178 cm)
47
Drew McIntyre
(Scottish Professional Wrestler)
Birthdate: June 6, 1985
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Ayr, Scotland
Height: 6'5" (196 cm)
48
John Barrowman
(Known for His Role as 'Captain Jack Harkness' in 'Doctor Who')
Birthdate: March 11, 1967
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Mount Vernon, Glasgow, Scotland
Height: 6'0" (183 cm)
49
Graham McTavish
(Scottish Actor and Writer)
Birthdate: January 4, 1961
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Glasgow, Scotland, UK
Height: 6'2" (188 cm)
50
Rory McCann
(Scottish Actor Best Known for Portraying 'Sandor 'The Hound' Clegane' on the HBO Series 'Game of Thrones')
Birthdate: April 24, 1969
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Glasgow, Scotland
Height: 6'6" (198 cm)
