List of Famous people born in Scotland, United Kingdom

Hamish Wilson

First Name Hamish
Born on December 13, 1942
Died on March 26, 2020 (aged 77)

Hamish Wilson was a Scottish actor from Glasgow who was best known for briefly taking over the role of Jamie McCrimmon for part of two episodes in the 1968 Doctor Who serial "The Mind Robber" when series regular Frazer Hines was ill with chickenpox and unable to attend the recording. The change of actor was written in as part of the story when Jamie is turned into a cardboard cut-out and has his face removed by the Master of the Land of Fiction. The Doctor's first attempt to reconstruct his face is unsuccessful. Eventually, Jamie's real face is restored when Hines recovered.

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Danny Wallace

First Name Danny
Born on November 16, 1976 (age 49)

Daniel Frederick Wallace is a British filmmaker, comedian, writer, actor, and presenter of radio and television. His notable works include the books Join Me, Yes Man, voice acting as the narrator for Thomas Was Alone and as Shaun Hastings for the Assassin's Creed game series, as well as the TV series How to Start Your Own Country.

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Eddie Campbell

First Name Eddie
Last Name Campbell
Born on August 10, 1955 (age 70)

Eddie Campbell is a British comics artist and cartoonist who now lives in Chicago. Probably best known as the illustrator and publisher of From Hell, Campbell is also the creator of the semi-autobiographical Alec stories collected in Alec: The Years Have Pants, and Bacchus, a wry adventure series about the few Greek gods who have survived to the present day.

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John Craig

First Name John
Last Name Craig
Born on November 30, 1662
Died on October 11, 1731 (aged 68)

John Craig was a Scottish mathematician and theologian.

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James Stirling

First Name James
Last Name Stirling
Died on April 22, 1865

Admiral Sir James Stirling was a Scottish naval officer and colonial administrator. His enthusiasm and persistence persuaded the British Government to establish the Swan River Colony and he became the first Governor and Commander-in-Chief of Western Australia. In 1854, when Commander-in-Chief, East Indies and China Station, Stirling on his own initiative signed Britain's first Anglo-Japanese Friendship Treaty. Throughout his career Stirling showed considerable diplomatic skill and was selected for a number of sensitive missions. Paradoxically, this was not reflected in his personal dealings with officialdom and his hopes for preferment received many rebuffs. Stirling also personally led the attack in Western Australia on a group of approximately seventy Bindjareb men, women and children now known as the Pinjarra massacre.

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Hal Duncan

First Name Hal
Born on October 21, 1971 (age 54)

Hal Duncan is a Scottish science fiction and fantasy writer.

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Paul McGuigan

First Name Paul
Last Name McGuigan
Born on September 19, 1963 (age 62)

Paul McGuigan is a Scottish film and television director, best known for directing films such as Lucky Number Slevin, Gangster No. 1 and Push. He has also directed episodes of Sherlock, Scandal, Monroe and Smash. He was born in Bellshill Maternity Hospital, Scotland.

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Balfour Stewart

First Name Balfour
Last Name Stewart
Born on November 1, 1828
Died on December 19, 1887 (aged 59)

Balfour Stewart was a Scottish physicist and meteorologist.

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James Craig

First Name James
Last Name Craig
Born on October 31, 1739
Died on June 23, 1795 (aged 55)

James Craig was a Scottish architect who worked mostly in lowlands of the country and especially his native city of Edinburgh. He is remembered primarily for his layout of the first Edinburgh New Town.

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Michelle Duncan

First Name Michelle
Last Name Duncan
Born on April 14, 1978 (age 48)

Michelle Duncan is a Scottish actress, known for Driving Lessons (2006), Atonement (2007) and The Broken (2008). She portrayed Shelley Stern in the biographical drama film Bohemian Rhapsody (2018).

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