List of Famous people born in Scotland, United Kingdom

James Sandilands, 1st Lord Torphichen

First Name James
Last Name Torphichen
Born on November 30, 1510
Died on January 1, 1596 (aged 85)

James Sandilands was a Scottish nobleman. He was the second son of Sir James Sandilands, 7th Lord of Calder. The feudal barony of Calder had belonged to the Sandilands family since 1348.

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Andrew Wauchope

First Name Andrew
Last Name Wauchope
Born on July 5, 1846
Died on December 11, 1899 (aged 53)

Major-General Andrew Gilbert Wauchope was a British Army officer, killed commanding a brigade at the Battle of Magersfontein in the South African War.

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Francis Buchanan-Hamilton

Francis Buchanan
First Name Francis
Last Name Buchanan-Hamilton
Born on February 15, 1762
Died on June 15, 1829 (aged 67)

Dr Francis Buchanan FRS FRSE FLS FAS FSA DL, later known as Francis Hamilton but often referred to as Francis Buchanan-Hamilton, was a Scottish physician who made significant contributions as a geographer, zoologist, and botanist while living in India. He did not assume the name of Hamilton until three years after his retirement from India.

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Erik Thomson

First Name Erik
Last Name Thomson
Born on April 27, 1967 (age 59)

Erik Thomson is a Scottish-born New Zealand-Australian actor. He is known for playing Hades in the television series Hercules: The Legendary Journeys, Xena Warrior Princess and Young Hercules, Dr. Mitch Stevens in All Saints and Dave Rafter in Packed to the Rafters.

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Norman McLaren

First Name Norman
Last Name McLaren
Died on January 27, 1987 (aged 17)

Norman McLaren, was a Scottish Canadian animator, director and producer known for his work for the National Film Board of Canada (NFB). He was a pioneer in a number of areas of animation and filmmaking, including hand-drawn animation, drawn-on-film animation, visual music, abstract film, pixilation and graphical sound.

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Graham Maitland

First Name Graham
Last Name Maitland
Born on May 20, 1879
Died on November 1, 1914 (aged 35)

Graham Macdowall Maitland was an English rower who won the Silver Goblets at Henley Royal Regatta.

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D'Arcy Wentworth Thompson

First Name D'Arcy
Last Name Thompson
Born on May 2, 1860
Died on June 21, 1948 (aged 88)

Sir D'Arcy Wentworth Thompson CB FRS FRSE was a Scottish biologist, mathematician and classics scholar. He was a pioneer of mathematical biology, travelled on expeditions to the Bering Strait and held the position of Professor of Natural History at University College, Dundee for 32 years, then at St Andrews for 31 years. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society, was knighted, and received the Darwin Medal and the Daniel Giraud Elliot Medal.

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William Lockhart of Tarbrax

First Name William
Last Name Tarbrax
Born on January 1, 1650
Died on November 30, 1671 (aged 21)

William Lockhart of Tarbrax was the son of George Lockhart of Tarbrax and Anne Lockhart of Tarbrax. His sister Anne, became Countess of Aberdeen. Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, a current member of the British Royal Family, is a descendant of his sister.

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Charles Allen

First Name Charles
Last Name Allen
Born on January 4, 1957 (age 69)

Charles Lamb Allen, Baron Allen of Kensington, is a British businessman and broadcaster, and the chairman of Global Radio, 2 Sisters Food Group, ISS and Advisory chairman at Moelis & Company. Lord Allen was chief executive of Granada Group from 1996 to 2000, executive chairman of Granada Media plc from 2000 to 2004, chief executive of ITV plc from its formation in 2004 until 2007, and chairman of the music company EMI. He was chairman of Endemol, a non-executive director of Tesco plc and Virgin Media. In March 2012, he was appointed by Ed Miliband, the leader of the Labour Party, to the position of chairman of the executive board of the party. He has been chairman of the British Red Cross.

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Jeff Ward

First Name Jeff
Last Name Ward
Born on June 22, 1961 (age 64)

Jeffrey Ward is a British-American former professional motocross racer, auto racing driver and off-road racer. He won the AMA Motocross Championship five times and the AMA Supercross Championship twice and the Motocross des Nations seven times. After retiring from motorcycle competition, Ward turned to auto racing, finishing in second place at the Indianapolis 500 and winning a race at the Texas Motor Speedway. He then competed in off-road truck racing and is currently competing in rallycross racing. Ward was inducted into the Motorcycle Hall of Fame in 1999 and, was inducted into the Motorsports Hall of Fame of America on 12 August 2006.

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