List of Famous people born in Scotland, United Kingdom

Adam Ferguson, FRSE, also known as Ferguson of Raith, was a Scottish philosopher and historian of the Scottish Enlightenment.

Thomas Boston, the younger (1713–1767) was a Scottish minister of the Relief Church.

Pryse Campbell, was a Scottish politician. He was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Cardigan Boroughs, Inverness-shire and Nairnshire.

The Very Rev Sir Henry Moncreiff-Wellwood 8th baronet of Tullibole DD FRSE was a rare combination of both baronet in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia and minister of the Church of Scotland who served as Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland in 1785. At age only 35 he was one of the youngest-ever moderators. He served as Chaplain to King George III in Scotland.

Malcolm John MacDonald was a British politician and diplomat.

George Ross, 13th Lord Ross of Halkhead, was a Scottish nobleman.

George Ross, 11th Lord Ross of Halkhead, was a Scottish nobleman and soldier.

Sir James Mackintosh FRS FRSE was a Scottish jurist, Whig politician and historian. His studies and sympathies embraced many interests. He was trained as a doctor and barrister, and worked also as a journalist, judge, administrator, professor, philosopher and politician.

James David Forbes (1809–1868) was a Scottish physicist and glaciologist who worked extensively on the conduction of heat and seismology. Forbes was a resident of Edinburgh for most of his life, educated at its University and a professor there from 1833 until he became principal of the United College of St Andrews in 1859.

Alice Frederica Keppel was a British society hostess and a long-time mistress and confidante of King Edward VII.