List of Famous people born in Scotland, United Kingdom

Admiral Sir James Douglas, 1st Baronet was a Scottish naval officer and Commodore of Newfoundland.

Ian McLeod is a South African professional road bicycle racer for FedGroup ITEC. He has previously been a member of Team Bonitas, as well as Française des Jeux and Team MTN. In 2008 he won the South African National Road Race Championships.

Paul van Rietvelde is a Scottish badminton player. Paul competed at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in New Delhi, India and 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland.

James Burnie Beck was a United States Representative and Senator from Kentucky.

Sir James Black Baillie, was a British moral philosopher and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Leeds. He wrote the first significant translation of Hegel's "Phenomenology of Mind." He is said to be the model for the character Sir John Evans in the novel The Weight of the Evidence (1944) by Michael Innes.

Allan Moore is a Scottish football player and manager, who is currently assistant manager to Danny Lennon at Clyde.

Alex Fergusson is a Scottish guitarist / record producer.

Alexander Whitelaw Robertson Trocchi was a Scottish novelist.

General James Murray was a British army officer, whose lengthy career included service as colonial administrator and governor of the Province of Quebec and later as Governor of Minorca from 1778 to 1782. His term in Quebec was notably successful, and marked with excellent relationships with the conquered French-Canadians, who were reassured of their traditional rights and customs.

Johann MacDougall Lamont is a Scottish politician who served as Leader of the Scottish Labour Party from 2011 to 2014. She was previously a junior Scottish Executive minister from 2004 to 2007 and Deputy Leader of the Scottish Labour Party from 2008 until her election to the leadership in 2011. In addition to her ministerial and leadership roles, she has been a campaigner on equality issues and violence against women throughout her political career.