List of Famous people born in Scotland, United Kingdom

James Geikie

First Name James
Last Name Geikie
Died on March 1, 1915

James Murdoch Geikie PRSE FRS LLD was a Scottish geologist. He was professor of geology at Edinburgh University from 1882 to 1914.

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John Kerr

John Alastair Kerr
First Name John
Last Name Kerr
Born on June 2, 1980 (age 46)

John Alastair Kerr is a Scottish former competitive ice dancer who represented Great Britain with his sister Sinead Kerr. Together, they are two-time European bronze medalists and the 2004–2010 British national champions.

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Andrew Forsyth

Andrew Russell Forsyth
First Name Andrew
Last Name Forsyth
Born on June 18, 1858
Died on June 2, 1942 (aged 83)

Andrew Russell Forsyth, FRS, FRSE was a British mathematician.

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John Pringle

First Name John
Last Name Pringle
Born on April 10, 1707
Died on January 18, 1782 (aged 74)

Sir John Pringle, 1st Baronet, PRS was a British physician who has been called the "father of military medicine".

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Colin Friels

First Name Colin
Last Name Friels
Born on September 25, 1952 (age 73)

Colin Friels is a Scottish-born Australian actor.

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Jimmy Logan

James Allan Short
First Name Jimmy
Born on April 4, 1928
Died on April 13, 2001 (aged 73)

James Allan Short, OBE, FRSAMD, known professionally as Jimmy Logan, was a Scottish performer, theatrical producer, impresario and director.

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William Cullen

First Name William
Last Name Cullen
Born on April 15, 1710
Died on February 5, 1790 (aged 79)

William Cullen FRS FRSE FRCPE FPSG was a Scottish physician, chemist and agriculturalist, and one of the most important professors at the Edinburgh Medical School, during its heyday as the leading centre of medical education in the English-speaking world.

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John Claudius Loudon

First Name John
Last Name Loudon
Born on April 8, 1783
Died on December 14, 1843 (aged 60)

John Claudius Loudon was a Scottish botanist, garden designer and author. He was the first to use the term arboretum in writing to refer to a garden of plants, especially trees, collected for the purpose of scientific study. The standard author abbreviation Loudon is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name. He had a wife, Jane, née Webb.

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Denis William Brogan

First Name Denis
Last Name Brogan
Born on August 11, 1900
Died on January 5, 1974 (aged 73)

Sir Denis William Brogan, was a Scottish author and historian.

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Robert Barclay

First Name Robert
Last Name Barclay
Born on December 23, 1648
Died on October 3, 1690 (aged 41)

Robert Barclay was a Scottish Quaker, one of the most eminent writers belonging to the Religious Society of Friends and a member of the Clan Barclay. He was a son of Col. David Barclay, Laird of Urie, and his wife, Lady Katherine Barclay, formerly of Gordonstoun. Robert Barclay was also governor of the East Jersey colony in North America through most of the 1680s, although he himself never resided in the colony.

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