1
Adam Smith
(Economist)
75
25
Listed In: Intellectuals & Academics
Birthdate: June 5, 1723
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland
Died: July 17, 1790
2
Gerard Butler
(Actor)
110
33
Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: November 13, 1969
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland
Height: 6'2" (188 cm)
3
David Livingstone
(Physician, Explorer)
34
8
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: March 19, 1813
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Blantyre, South Lanarkshire, Scotland
Died: May 1, 1873
4
Nikki Cross
(Wrestler)
12
5
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: April 21, 1989
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Glasgow, Scotland
Height: 5'2" (157 cm)
5
Emeli Sandé
(R&B Singer Best Remebered for her Album 'Our Vision of Events')
7
7
Listed In: Singers
Birthdate: March 10, 1987
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, England
Height: 5'3" (160 cm)
6
Liam Fox
(British Politician and the Member of Parliament for North Somerset)
2
1
7
Vince Cable
(Political Leader)
1
0
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: May 9, 1943
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: York, England, UK
Height: 5'11" (180 cm)
8
Neil Oliver
(Scottish TV Presenter, Archaeologist and Host of BBC Documentary Series 'A History of Scotland' and 'Vikings')
2
0
Listed In: Media Personalities
Birthdate: February 21, 1967
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Renfrew, Scotland
9
William Ramsay
(Chemist)
10
0
Listed In: Scientists
Birthdate: October 2, 1852
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Glasgow, Scotland
Died: July 23, 1916
10
James Boswell
(Best Known for His Biography of His Friend and Older Contemporary the English Writer 'Samuel Johnson')
2
1
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: October 29, 1740
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Edinburgh, Scotland
Died: May 19, 1795
11
Alistair Maclean
(Novelist)
7
1
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: April 21, 1922
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Shettleston, Glasgow, Scotland
Died: February 2, 1987
Height: 5'7" (170 cm)
12
Mark Millar
(Comic Book Writer)
0
0
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: December 24, 1969
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Coatbridge, North Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK
Height: 5'8" (173 cm)
13
Moshood Kashimawo Olawale Abiola
(Nigerian Politician, Businessman, and Publisher)
8
3
Listed In: Business People
Birthdate: August 24, 1937
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Abeokuta, Nigeria
Died: July 7, 1998
14
A. J. Cronin
(Scottish Novelist Best Known for His Novel 'The Citadel')
5
1
Listed In: Physicians
Birthdate: July 19, 1896
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Cardross, Scotland
Died: January 6, 1981
15
Laura Muir
(Middle distance runner, Long-distance runner)
2
1
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: May 9, 1993
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Inverness, Scotland, United Kingdom
Height: 5'4" (163 cm)
16
Katherine Grainger
(Rower)
5
2
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: November 12, 1975
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Glasgow, Scotland
Height: 6'0" (183 cm)
17
Jocelyn Bell Burnell
(Astrophysicist who discovered the first radio pulsars and was President of the Royal Astronomical Society from 2002 until 2004)
0
0
18
Henry Campbell-Bannerman
(Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1905-08))
2
1
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: September 7, 1836
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Glasgow, Scotland
Died: April 22, 1908
19
James Wilson
(One of the Founding Fathers of the United States & a Signatory of the Declaration of Independence)
22
2
Listed In: Lawyers & Judges
Birthdate: September 14, 1742
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Fife, Scotland
Died: August 21, 1798
20
Danny Bhoy
(Comedian)
2
1
Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: January 16, 1975
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Moffat, Scotland
21
William Boyd
(Novelist)
3
1
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: March 7, 1952
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Accra, Gold Coast (British colony) Gold Coast
22
Increase Mather
(Clergyman)
1
0
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: June 21, 1639
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Massachusetts Bay Colony, United States
Died: August 23, 1723
23
Nicola Sturgeon
(First Minister of Scotland and Leader of the Scottish National Party)
13
15
Listed In: Lawyers & Judges
Birthdate: July 19, 1970
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Irvine, Ayrshire, Scotland
Height: 5'3" (160 cm)
24
John Buchan
(15th Governor General of Canada (1935 -1940))
1
1
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: August 26, 1875
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Perth, Perthshire, Scotland
Died: February 11, 1940
25
Cosmo Gordon Lang
(Archbishop)
2
0
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: October 31, 1864
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Aberdeenshire, United Kingdom
Died: December 5, 1945
26
Tobias Smollett
(Scottish Poet and Author Best Known for Picaresque Novels)
3
0
Listed In: Physicians
Birthdate: March 19, 1721
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Renton, Scotland
Died: September 17, 1771
27
Joseph Dalton Hooker
(British Botanist, Explorer and Founder of Geographical Botany)
2
0
Listed In: Scientists
Birthdate: June 30, 1817
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Halesworth, Suffolk, England
Died: December 10, 1911
28
John Cairncross
(British Civil Servant Who Was Accused of Being a Soviet Spy)
1
3
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: July 25, 1913
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Lesmahagow, Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK
Died: October 8, 1995
29
Andrew Watson
(World's first black person to play association football at international level)
3
2
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: May 24, 1856
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Demerara, Guyana
Died: March 8, 1921
Height: 6'0" (183 cm)
30
Charles Kennedy
(British Leader of the Liberal Democrats)
0
2
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: November 25, 1959
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Inverness, Scotland
Died: June 1, 2015
Height: 5'8" (173 cm)
31
Sir Dawda Kairaba Jawara
(Politician)
0
0
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: May 16, 1924
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Barajali, The Gambia
Died: August 27, 2019
32
Francis Hutcheson
(Philosopher, Economist)
1
0
Listed In: Intellectuals & Academics
Birthdate: August 8, 1694
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Saintfield, County Down, Ulster, Ireland
Died: January 14, 1747
33
Joanna Baillie
(Scottish Poet and Dramatist Best Known by Her Plays on the Passions)
0
0
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: September 11, 1762
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Hamilton, Scotland
Died: February 23, 1851
34
Thomas Campbell
(Poet)
1
1
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: July 27, 1777
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Glasgow, Scotland
Died: June 15, 1844
35
James McGill
(Scottish Canadian Businessman and Philanthropist, Best Known for Being the Founder of 'McGill University')
1
0
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: October 6, 1744
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Glasgow, Scotland
Died: December 19, 1813
36
Regina Ip
(Non-official Member of the Executive Council of Hongkong)
0
0
37
Colin Bryce
(Former Great Britain Olympic Bobsledder)
0
0
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: August 4, 1974
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom
Height: 6'2" (188 cm)
38
John Rankin
(Governor of the British Virgin Islands)
0
0
39
Alexander Campbell
(Minister)
0
0
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: September 12, 1788
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Broughshane, County Antrim, Ireland
Died: March 4, 1866
40
Donald Campbell Dewar
(Politician)
1
3
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: August 21, 1937
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Glasgow, Scotland
Died: October 11, 2000
41
0
0
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: February 26, 1629
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Dalkeith, Scotland
Died: June 30, 1685
42
Helen MacInnes
(Author)
1
0
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: October 7, 1907
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Glasgow, Scotland,United Kingdom
Died: September 30, 1985
43
William Hunter
(Physician)
1
1
Listed In: Physicians
Birthdate: May 23, 1718
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Long Calderwood, Scotland
Died: March 30, 1783
44
Craig Reedie
(Sports Administrator)
0
0
45
Edwin Morgan
(Poet)
0
0
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: April 27, 1920
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Glasgow, Scotland
Died: August 17, 2010
46
Donald Kaberuka
(Economist)
1
0
Listed In: Intellectuals & Academics
Birthdate: October 5, 1951
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Byumba, Rwanda
47
David Beaton
(Scottish cardinal and statesman)
0
0
48
Robert Stirling
(Clergyman)
0
0
Listed In: Inventors & Discoverers
Birthdate: October 25, 1790
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Perthshire, Scotland
Died: June 6, 1878
49
James Bryce, 1st Viscount Bryce
(Historian)
0
1
Listed In: Intellectuals & Academics
Birthdate: May 10, 1838
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Belfast, Northern Ireland
Died: January 22, 1922
50
John Scott Russell
(Engineer)
0
0
Listed In: Engineers
Birthdate: May 9, 1808
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Parkhead, Glasgow, Scotland
Died: June 8, 1882
