List of Famous people born in Scotland, United Kingdom

Sir James Dewar was a British chemist and physicist. He is best known for his invention of the vacuum flask, which he used in conjunction with research into the liquefaction of gases. He also studied atomic and molecular spectroscopy, working in these fields for more than 25 years.

George Graham, nicknamed "Stroller", is a Scottish former football player and manager.

Ian Murray is a Scottish politician who has served as Shadow Secretary of State for Scotland since 2020, and previously from 2015 to 2016. A member of the Scottish Labour Party, he has been Member of Parliament (MP) for Edinburgh South since 2010.

David Scott Jones is a Scottish video game programmer and entrepreneur who co-founded video game developers DMA Design in 1987, Realtime Worlds in 2002, and Cloudgine in 2012. Jones created Lemmings and Grand Theft Auto, which both spawned many successful sequels. He also created the Crackdown franchise for the Xbox 360 and Xbox One consoles, and the open-ended massively multiplayer online game, APB: All Points Bulletin.

Andrew Bell was a Scottish Episcopalian priest and educationalist who pioneered the Madras System of Education in schools and was the founder of Madras College, a secondary school in St Andrews.

Alexander Milne Calder (MILL-nee) was a Scottish American sculptor best known for the architectural sculpture of Philadelphia City Hall. Both his son, Alexander Stirling Calder, and grandson, Alexander "Sandy" Calder, became significant sculptors in the 20th century.

Thomas Brown was a Scottish philosopher and poet.

Derek John McInnes is a Scottish former football player who is the manager of Aberdeen. He featured prominently for Greenock Morton, Rangers, West Bromwich Albion and Dundee United during his playing career. He won two caps for the Scotland national football team while with West Bromwich.

Alexander Morrison "Alistair" Carmichael, is a Scottish politician and solicitor by trade who has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Orkney and Shetland since 2001. A Scottish Liberal Democrat politician he serves as the Liberal Democrat Home Affairs spokesman.