List of Famous people born in Scotland, United Kingdom
Iain Smith
Iain Smith OBE is a film producer. He is known for his productions of Mad Max: Fury Road (2015), The Fountain (2006), Children of Men (2006) and The Fifth Element (1997), among others.
John Keill
John Keill FRS was a Scottish mathematician, natural philosopher, and cryptographer who was an important defender of Isaac Newton.
Andrew Cochrane-Johnstone
Andrew James Cochrane-Johnstone was a Scottish soldier, politician, swindler and adventurer who was found guilty of participation in the Great Stock Exchange Fraud of 1814. He was born in Edinburgh, Scotland.
Alastair Reid
Alastair Reid was a British television director whose credits include the TV series Selling Hitler (1991) based on the Hitler diaries, and Traffik and Tales of the City and Shout at the Devil.
Sir Andrew Clark, 1st Baronet
Sir Andrew Clark, 1st Baronet, was a Scottish physician and pathologist.
Bob Craig
Robert Craig was a Scottish professional football full back who played in the Scottish Football League for Dundee Hibernian, Celtic and Morton.
James Gillespie Graham
James Gillespie Graham was a Scottish architect, prominent in the early 19th century.
Ivan Simpson
Ivan F. Simpson was a Scottish film and stage actor.
David de Lindsay of the Byres
David de Lindsay, Lord of Barnweill and Byres, was a Scottish knight and crusader. A minor baronial lord, he was the son of David de Lindsay and held lands in East Lothian and South Ayrshire. He became Justiciar of Lothian under Alexander II of Scotland in 1241. This position had been held by his father earlier in the century.
Robert Simson
Robert Simson was a Scottish mathematician and professor of mathematics at the University of Glasgow. The Simson line is named after him.