Arthur Anderson , (1792-1868), co-founder of P&O
Alexander Berry, (1781-1873), Australias first Millionaire?? Had a town named after him.
David Buick, founded the Buick car company
Andrew Carnegie, (1835-1919), steel magnate, major philanthropist
Thomas Blake Glover, (1838-1911) Nagasaki-based trader in 19th century Japan
Irvine Laidlaw Scotland's 2nd richest man and founder of the modern conference company
William Paterson, (1658-1719), founder Bank of England and Bank of Scotland

Composers

Engineers and Inventors

Sir William Arrol , (1839-1913), bridge builder
Alexander Bain, (1818-1903), fax machine
John Logie Baird, (1888-1946), television
Alexander Graham Bell, (1847-1922), telephone, National Geographic, Hydrofoil
Henry Bell, (1767-1830), ran Euope's first commercially successful steamboat
James Chalmers, (1782-1853), adhesive postage stamp
Sir Dugald Clerk, (1854-1932), two-stroke Clerk Cycle engine
Robert Davidson, first electric locomotive, 1837
James Dewar, (1842-1923), inventor of the Thermos flask and co-developer of cordite
W.K. Dickson, (1860-1935), motion picture camera and the world's first film
John Boyd Dunlop, the modern rubber tyre
James Bowman Lindsay, (1799-1862), inventor of the constant electric light bulb
Charles Macintosh, (1766-1843), patented waterproofing
Kirkpatrick MacMillan, (1813–1878) the bicycle
John McAdam modern road construction
Sir Robert McAlpine (Concrete Bob), (1847-1934), road builder
Patrick Miller, steamboat pioneer.
William Murdoch, (1754-1839), pioneer of gas lighting
James Nasmyth, (1808-1890), Steam Hammer
John Shepherd-Barron, inventor of the ATM
William Symington, (1764-1831), engineer, built the first practical steam boat
Thomas Telford, (1757-1834) architect, civil engineer, bridge designer
James Watt, (1736-1819), engineer, significantly improved the steam engine

Explorers

William Balfour Baikie, (1824-1864), Africa, surgeon and naturalist on the 1854 Niger expedition
William S. Bruce, (1867-1921) Antarctica, first to widely explore the Weddell Sea
David Douglas, (1799-1834), explorer, botanist, introduced about 240 species of plants to Britain, including the Douglas-fir
Alexander Forbes, American Pacific coast
James Augustus Grant, (1827-1892), eastern Africa, member of the exhibition that found the sources of the Nile
Alexander Gordon Laing (1793–1826), first European to reach Timbuktu
David Livingstone, (1813-1873), explorer, missionary in Africa, discovered Victoria Falls
Alexander Mackenzie (explorer)
Archibald Menzies (1754-1852)
Major Sir Thomas Mitchell (1792-1855), Australia
Mungo Park (1771-1806), Africa, first European to reach the Niger
John Rae, (1813-1893), Canadian Arctic
Sir James Clark Ross (born in London), (1800-1862), Antarctica, discovered the Ross Sea, Victoria Land, and the volcanoes Mount Erebus and Mount Terror
John McDouall Stuart, (1815–1866), most famous of all Australia's inland explorers, led the first expedition to successfully traverse the continent from south to north

Humourists

Ronald Balfour Corbett (Ronnie), (born 1930)
Stanley Baxter, (born 1926)
Janet Brown , (born 1924)
Billy Connolly (born 1942)
Craig Ferguson, (born 1962)
Graeme Garden, (born 1943)
Rory Bremner, (born 1961)
Doon Mackichan, (born 1962)

Musicians

Ian Anderson singer, flautist, songwriter, and guitarist Jethro Tull
Aly Bain fiddler
David Byrne (born 1952)
Phil Cunningham accordionist
Justin Currie (born 1964), singer, songwriter and bassist with Del Amitri
Donovan (born 1946)
Fish (born 1958)
Sheena Easton (born 1959)
Roddy Frame songwriter Aztec Camera
Franz Ferdinand, band
Bobby Gillespie, singer with Primal Scream
Evelyn Glennie (born 1965), percussionist
Alex Harvey (1935-82), singer, songwriter, and guitarist
Hamish Henderson folk song collector and writer
Annie Lennox (born 1954)
Sir Harry Lauder (1870-1950)
Lulu (born 1948)
James Kerr (Jim), (born 1959)
Mark Knopfler (born 1949), guitarist, Dire Straits frontman
Canon Sydney MacEwan, singer
Ewan MacColl (1915-1989), folk-singer/songwriter
Dougie MacLean (1954- ) contemporary folk songwriter
John McGeoch (1955-2004)
Kenneth McKellar
Shirley Manson (born 1966), singer/songwriter, Garbage frontwoman
Michael Marra songwriter
Bob Powell (born 1961) composer
Craig Reid (born 1962) songwriter The Proclaimers
Charles Reid (Charlie) (born 1962) songwriter The Proclaimers
Ricky Ross (born Dundee 22nd December 1957) songwriter Deacon Blue
Bon Scott AC/DC frontman
Jimmy Shand
Andy Stewart (1933-1994)
James Ure (Midge), (born 1953)
Angus Young AC/DC guitarist
Malcolm Young AC/DC
Lena Zavaroni (1963-1999)

Philosophers

John Abercrombie, (1780-1844)
John Anderson, (1893-1962)
Thomas Brown, (1778-1820)
Sir William Hamilton, (1788-1856)
Henry Home, Lord Kames, (1696-1782)
David Hume, (1711-1776), inspired Immanuel Kant
James McCosh, (1811-1894)
Thomas Reid, (1710-1796), played an integral role in the Scottish Enlightenment
Duns Scotus, (1266-1308)
Adam Smith, (1723-1790), economist, free trade, laisser-faire, division of labour

Rulers, Politicians

Tony Blair, (born 1953), UK Prime Minister
Gordon Brown, (born 1951), Labour Chancellor of the Exchequer
Robert the Bruce, Robert I of Scotland
Bonnie Prince Charlie, The Young Pretender to the throne of Great Britain
Donald Dewar, (born 1937), Scotland First Minister
Robert Cunninghame-Graham ('Don Roberto') aristocrat socialist
Jo Grimond, (1913-1993), Liberal Party leader from 1956 to 1967
James VI of Scotland and I of England, (1603-1625)
Jimmy Maxton, leader of the Independent Labour Party
Tom Johnston (Tam), post WW2 Secretary of State for Scotland
Mary, Queen of Scots, (1542-1587)
Macbeth, King on the receiving end of a bad press
John MacCormick, Nationalist
John A. Macdonald, First Prime Minister of Canada
Margo MacDonald, Nationalist
Ramsay MacDonald, (1866-1937), UK Prime minister
Malcolm MacDonald
Alexander Mackenzie, second Prime Minister of Canada
John MacLean, revolutionary
Alex Salmond, Politician (SNP leader 1990-2000 & 2004-)
Jim Sillars, founder of Scottish Labour Party, MP
John Smith, (1938-1994) Labour Party leader
David Steel, (born 1938), Liberal Party leader from 1976 to 1988
William Wallace, (c. 1270-1305), a.k.a. Braveheart

Scientists

See List of Scottish scientists

Sportsmen and -women

Ken Buchanan, (born 1945), world champion boxer
Jim Clark Formula 1 driver
David Coulthard, (born 1971), Formula 1 driver
Kenny Dalglish, (born 1951), footballer and a manager of Liverpool F.C.
Alex Ferguson footballer and a manager of Manchester United F.C.
Wyndham Halswelle, runner
Stephen Hendry (born 1969), professional snooker player, 7 times World champion.
Dougal Haston (1940 - 1977), mountaineer.
Eric Liddell (1902-1945), athlete, one of the two subjects of Chariots of Fire
Jackie Lockhart curler, skip of Scotland team that won the 2002 world championships
Benny Lynch, (1913-1946), world champion boxer
Hamish MacInnes mountaineer
Colin MacRae world champion rally driver
Rhona Martin curler, Olympic gold medallist
Ally McCoist, (born 1962), football player
Liz McColgan (Liz), (born 1964), athlete
Billy McNeill footballer and a manager of Glasgow Celtic F.C.
Graham Obree broke world hour record (on a home-made bike)
Jackie Stewart world champion Formula 1 driver
Andrew Watson world's first black international football player, captain and administrator
Jim Watt world champion boxer, won the WBC World Lightweight title
David Wilkie swimmer

Television Personalities

Ronni Ancona, (born 1968)
Edith Bowman, (born 1975)
Nicky Campbell, (born 1962)
Romana D'Annunzio, (born 1972)
Kirsty Gallacher, (born 1976)
Lorraine Kelly, (born 1959)
John Leslie (John Leslie Stott), (born 1965)
Gail Porter, (born 1971)
Carol Smillie, (born 1961)
Kirsty Wark, (born 1955)

Theologians

William Robinson Clark, (1829-1912) Born Daviot, Aberdeenshire became Dean of Taunton and prebendary of Wells 1859-1880 and Professor of Theology, mental and moral philosophy - University of Toronto, Canada 1888-1912. External link: William Robinson Clark and obitituary.
Alexander Penrose Forbes (1817-1875)
Alexander Henderson (1583-1646)
John Knox, (c.1513-1572)
Thomas McCrie
Andrew Purves, born in Scotland, currently working at Pittsburgh Theological Seminary in USA
John Duns Scotus, (c.1266-1308)
George Wishart, (1513-1546)

Writers

See List of Scottish writers

Others

Alison Balfour , a "notorious witch"
Andrew Bell (educator) , (1753-1832), Developer of the Madras System
Helen Duncan, "Hellish Nell", the last woman to be tried under the witchcraft act
Muriel Gray , (1959- ), author, broadcaster and businesswoman
Douglas Haig, (1861-1928), commander-in-chief of British forces during World War I
Elsie Inglis, medical reformer and suffragette
Alexander Kinloch Forbes, (1821-1865) scholar of the Gujarati language and colonial administrator in British India
John Paul Jones, (1747-1792), admiral of the Russian and American Navies
Captain Kidd, (1645-1701), pirate
Flora Macdonald, jacobite and empire loyalist
Rob Roy MacGregor, romantic outlaw
Colin Mackenzie, (c.1754-1821), soldier and scholar in British India
John James Richard Macleod, (1876-1935)
John Muir, (1838-1914), 19th century environmentalist
James Murdoch,(1856-1921) journalist and teacher in Japan and Australia
Robert Noble
Allan Pinkerton, (1819-1884), US detective
John Charles Walsham Reith, (1889-1971), a.k.a Lord Reith, first Director General of BBC
Alexander Selkirk, (1676-1723), inspiration for Robinson Crusoe, by Daniel Defoe
Christian Shaw , started the Paisley thread industry
Moira Shearer , (1926- ), actress, former ballerina, married to Ludovic Kennedy
Mary Slessor, missionary and advocate for women's rights
Elizabeth, Countess of Sutherland , enthusiastic contributor to the Highland Clearances
Robert William Thomson, (1822-1873), inventor