List of Famous people born in Scotland, United Kingdom

David Pringle

First Name David
Last Name Pringle
Born on March 1, 1950 (age 76)

David Pringle is a Scottish science fiction editor.

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David Langton

First Name David
Last Name Langton
Born on April 16, 1912
Died on April 25, 1994 (aged 82)

David Muir Langton was a British actor who is best remembered for playing Richard Bellamy in the period drama Upstairs, Downstairs.

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George Chrystal

First Name George
Last Name Chrystal
Born on March 8, 1851
Died on November 3, 1911 (aged 60)

George Chrystal FRSE FRS(8 March 1851 – 3 November 1911) was a Scottish mathematician. He is primarily remembered for his books on algebra and for his studies of seiches which earned him a Gold Medal from the Royal Society of London.

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Máel Coluim of Moray

First Name Máel
Last Name Moray
Died on January 1, 1029

Máel Coluim of Moray was King or Mormaer of Moray (1020–1029), and, as his name suggests, the son of a Máel Brigte. As with his predecessor Findláech mac Ruaidrí, sources call him "King of Scotland."

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Malcolm Rennie

First Name Malcolm
Last Name Rennie
Born on February 17, 1947 (age 79)

Malcolm Forbes Rennie is a British television actor.

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Peter May

First Name Peter
Last Name May
Born on December 20, 1951 (age 74)

Peter May is a Scottish television screenwriter, novelist, and crime writer. He is the recipient of writing awards in Europe and America. The Blackhouse won the U.S. Barry Award for Crime Novel of the Year and the national literature award in France, the CEZAM Prix Litteraire. The Lewis Man won the French daily newspaper Le Télégramme's 10,000-euro Grand Prix des Lecteurs. In 2014, Entry Island won both the Deanston's Scottish Crime Novel of the Year and the UK's ITV Crime Thriller Book Club Best Read of the Year Award. May's books have sold more than two million copies in the UK and several million internationally.

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Nigel Stuart Lockyer

First Name Nigel
Born on November 5, 1952 (age 73)

Nigel Stuart Lockyer is an American experimental particle physicist, serving as the Director of Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (Fermilab), in Batavia, Illinois, a leading nuclear physics laboratory in the United States since September 2013.

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Craig Levein

Craig William Levein
First Name Craig
Last Name Levein
Born on October 22, 1964 (age 61)
Height 183 cm | 6'0

Craig William Levein is a Scottish professional football player and coach. During his playing career he played for Cowdenbeath and Heart of Midlothian, making over 300 league appearances for the Edinburgh club until he was forced to retire by injury. He also won 16 caps for Scotland and was part of their 1990 FIFA World Cup squad.

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Jimmy Stewart

First Name Jimmy
Born on March 6, 1931
Died on January 3, 2008 (aged 76)

James Robert Stewart was a British racing driver from Scotland who participated in a single Formula One World Championship Grand Prix, driving for Ecurie Ecosse. He was born in Milton, West Dunbartonshire. He also competed in several non-Championship Formula One races. He was the elder brother of Jackie Stewart.

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John Ruthven, 3rd Earl of Gowrie

First Name John
Last Name Gowrie
Born on January 1, 1577
Died on August 5, 1600 (aged 23)

John Ruthven, 3rd Earl of Gowrie, was a Scottish nobleman who died in mysterious circumstances, referred to as the "Gowrie Conspiracy", in which he and/or his brother Alexander were attempting to kill or kidnap King James VI of Scotland for unknown purposes. The king's retinue killed both brothers during the attack, and the king survived.

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