List of Famous people born in Scotland, United Kingdom

Allan Wells

First Name Allan
Last Name Wells
Born on May 3, 1952 (age 74)
Height 185 cm | 6'1

Allan Wipper Wells is a former British track and field sprinter who became the 100 metres Olympic champion at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow. Within a fortnight of that, he also took on and beat America's best sprinters at an invitational meeting in Koblenz. In 1981, Wells was both the IAAF Golden Sprints and IAAF World Cup gold medallist. He is also a three-time European Cup gold medallist among many other sprint successes.

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Paul Stewart

First Name Paul
Last Name Stewart
Born on October 29, 1965 (age 60)

Paul Stewart is a former racing driver and the son of three-times Formula One World Champion Jackie Stewart. Stewart competed in Formula Ford 2000 in 1988, the British Formula 3 Championship from 1989 to 1990 and in Formula 3000 from 1991 to 1993, both for his Paul Stewart Racing team. During the period, he was a teammate of Marco Apicella in 1991, David Coulthard in 1992 and Gil de Ferran in 1993. De Ferran won the first victory for the team in 1993. Thereafter, Stewart gave up his career as a driver and decided to concentrate on his role as team manager from 1994. The team won eight team championships in F3, 1992 to 1994, and 1996 to 2000.

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John Stuart

First Name John
Last Name Stuart
Born on July 18, 1898
Died on October 17, 1979 (aged 81)

John Stuart, was a Scottish actor, and a very popular leading man in British silent films in the 1920s. He appeared in three films directed by Alfred Hitchcock.

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John Francis Campbell

First Name John
Last Name Campbell
Died on February 17, 1885

John Francis Campbell, also known as Young John of Islay was a Scottish author and scholar who specialised in Celtic studies, considered an authority on the subject.

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James McArthur

James McFarlane McArthur
First Name James
Last Name McArthur
Born on October 7, 1987 (age 38)
Height 178 cm | 5'10

James McFarlane McArthur is a Scottish professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder for Premier League club Crystal Palace.

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Michael Matheson

Michael Stephen Matheson
First Name Michael
Last Name Matheson
Born on September 8, 1970 (age 55)

Michael Stephen Matheson is a Scottish National Party (SNP) politician serving as Cabinet Secretary for Transport, Infrastructure and Connectivity since 26 June 2018, having previously served as the Cabinet Secretary for Justice from 2014 to 2018. He has been a Member of the Scottish Parliament since 1999, first representing Central Scotland and, since 2007, the Falkirk West constituency.

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John Nugent Fitch

First Name John
Last Name Fitch
Born on October 24, 1840
Died on January 11, 1927 (aged 86)

John Nugent Fitch was a British botanical illustrator and lithographer, best known for his contribution of 528 plates to The Orchid Album, a landmark work of eleven volumes published between 1872 and 1897. Fitch was the nephew of botanical artist Walter Hood Fitch (1817–1892). Fitch also contributed to Curtis's Botanical Magazine from 1878, joining a select group of illustrators such as William Kilburn, James Sowerby, Sydenham Edwards, William Jackson Hooker and Walter Hood Fitch. Fitch also produced plates for Lepidoptera Indica by Frederic Moore.

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Alexander Mackenzie

First Name Alexander
Last Name Mackenzie
Born on January 28, 1822
Died on April 17, 1892 (aged 70)

Alexander Mackenzie, was a Canadian politician who served as the second prime minister of Canada, in office from 1873 to 1878.

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Archibald Constable

First Name Archibald
Last Name Constable
Born on February 24, 1774
Died on July 21, 1827 (aged 53)

Archibald David Constable was a Scottish publisher, bookseller and stationer.

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Archibald Scott Cleghorn

First Name Archibald
Last Name Cleghorn
Born on November 15, 1835
Died on November 1, 1910 (aged 74)

Archibald Scott Cleghorn was a Scottish businessman who married into the royal family of the Hawaiian Kingdom.

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