List of Famous people born in Scotland, United Kingdom

Roseanna Cunningham is a Scottish politician who has served as Cabinet Secretary for Environment, Climate Change and Land Reform since 2016. She was previously Cabinet Secretary for Fair Work, Skills and Training from 2014 until 2016. A member of the Scottish National Party (SNP), she has served as Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for Perthshire South and Kinross-shire since 2011, having previously represented Perth from 1999 to 2011. She was formerly Member of Parliament (MP) for Perth and Kinross from 1995 to 1997 then for Perth 1997 to 2001.

Helen Lawrie Liddell, Baroness Liddell of Coatdyke PC is a British politician and life peer who served as Secretary of State for Scotland from 2001 to 2003 and British High Commissioner to Australia from 2005 to 2009. A member of the Labour Party, she was Member of Parliament (MP) for Airdrie and Shotts, previously Monklands East, from 1994 to 2005.

John Alexander Fraser was a Scottish actor and author. He is best known for his performances in the films The Dam Busters (1955), The Good Companions (1957), The Trials of Oscar Wilde (1960), El Cid (1961), Repulsion (1965) and Isadora (1968).

Gary Caldwell is a Scottish former professional footballer and coach. Caldwell played for Newcastle United, Darlington, Coventry City, Derby County, Hibernian, Celtic, Wigan Athletic and won 55 international caps for Scotland.

Percy Erskine Nobbs was a Canadian architect who was born in Haddington, Scotland, and trained in the United Kingdom. Educated at the Edinburgh Collegiate School and Edinburgh University, he spent most of his career in the Montreal area. Often working in partnership with George Taylor Hyde, Nobbs designed a great many of what would become Montreal's heritage buildings and was a key Canadian proponent of the Arts and Crafts Movement in architecture. He served as the director of McGill University's School of Architecture for ten years and designed many buildings on the campus as well as McGill's Coat of Arms, which continues to be used today.

Pete Cashmore is the founder and former CEO of the popular media and entertainment company, publication and digital platform Mashable, which started as a Technorati Top 10 blog worldwide. He grew up in Banchory, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, and founded Mashable in Aberdeenshire in 2005 when he was 19.

Fraser Andrew Nelson is a British political journalist and editor of The Spectator magazine.

Eric Temple Bell was a Scottish-born mathematician and science fiction writer who lived in the United States for most of his life. He published non-fiction using his given name and fiction as John Taine.

John McGlynn is a retired Scottish football player and current manager.

John Rae was a Scottish surgeon who explored parts of northern Canada.