List of Famous people born in Scotland, United Kingdom
Lee Wallace
Lee Wallace is a Scottish professional footballer who plays as a left back for Queens Park Rangers. He previously represented the Scotland national team with 10 caps.
James Alexander
James Alexander was a lawyer and statesman in colonial New York. He served in the Colonial Assembly and as attorney general of the colony in 1721–23. His son William was later a major general in the Continental Army during the American revolution. Alexandria Township, New Jersey was named after James Alexander.
Isaac Wolfson
Sir Isaac Wolfson, 1st Baronet FRS was a Scottish businessman and philanthropist. He was managing director of Great Universal Stores 1932–1947 and chairman 1947–1987. He established the Wolfson Foundation to distribute most of his fortune to good causes. Great Universal Stores was a mail order business. He joined the company as a merchandising controller in 1932, becoming joint managing director in the same year. The company was in trouble when he joined but he turned it round and made it into a very strong business and the principal source of his wealth. He also had other successful business ventures. He was succeeded by his son Leonard Wolfson.
Bob Spiers
Robert Alexander Spiers was a Scottish television comedy director and producer. He worked on many sitcoms and won two British Academy Television Awards for Fawlty Towers and Absolutely Fabulous.
Margaret Curran
Margaret Patricia Curran is a Scottish Labour Party politician, who was Member of Parliament (MP) for Glasgow East from 2010 to 2015 and was Shadow Secretary of State for Scotland from 2011 until 2015. She was previously Member of the Scottish Parliament for Glasgow Baillieston from 1999 to 2011, and held a number of posts within the Scottish Executive, including Minister for Parliamentary Business, Minister for Social Justice and Minister for Communities.
James Blair
James Blair was a clergyman in the Church of England. He was also a missionary and an educator, best known as the founder of the College of William & Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia.
Bryan Larkin
Bryan Larkin is a Scottish actor, writer and producer. Also a self-taught filmmaker, he was awarded the Trailblazer award at the Edinburgh International Film Festival in 2009. He is perhaps best known for his role of Dolokhov in Outpost: Rise of the Spetsnaz directed by Kieran Parker.
James George Weir
Air Commodore James George Weir, was an early Scottish aviator and airman. He was a successful industrialist who financed Juan de la Cierva's development of the autogiro.
Rachel Sugden
Julie MacPherson
Julie Claire MacPherson is a Scottish badminton player who competes in international level events both for Scotland and Great Britain. She affiliate with club V3F, Mulhouse. She has won the Scottish National Championships four times in the women's doubles and two times in the mixed doubles. She also part of team Scotland that won the bronze medal at the 2020 European Women's Team Championships.