List of Famous people born in Scotland, United Kingdom
Morven Christie
Morven Christie is a Scottish actress. She played Amanda Hopkins in the ITV drama Grantchester and Alison Hughes in the BBC drama The A Word.
Charlie Adam
Charles Graham Adam is a Scottish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder and captain for Scottish Championship club Dundee.
Tom Walker
Thomas Alexander Walker is a British singer-songwriter. He was trained at the stage school London College of Creative Media, and was given a contract soon after. He rose to fame after the release of his single "Leave a Light On", which peaked at number 7 on the UK Singles Chart in June 2018.
Derek Mackay
Derek Mackay is a Scottish politician who served as Cabinet Secretary for Finance and the Constitution from 2016 to 2018 and Cabinet Secretary for Finance, Economy and Fair Work from 2018 to 2020. A former member of the Scottish National Party (SNP), he has served as Member of the Scottish Parliament for Renfrewshire North and West since 2011.
Jack Ross
John James 'Jack' Ross is a Scottish professional football coach and former player, who is the head coach of Scottish Premiership club Hibernian. During his playing career, Ross played as a defender and midfielder. From 1992 to 1995 he played for youth sides at Dundee and Forfar Athletic, before dropping to the Scottish Junior leagues for first team action at Camelon Juniors. He then returned to the Scottish Football League in 1999 with Clyde, before a short stint in England with Hartlepool United in 2004. He returned to Scotland a year later and played for Falkirk, St Mirren, Hamilton Academical and Dunfermline Athletic until he retired in 2011 due to a knee injury. He also played once for a Scotland B team, in 2009.
Dominic Matteo
Dominic Matteo is a Scottish former professional footballer. He played as a defender and midfielder in a 17-year professional career from 1992 to 2009. He made a total of 366 league and cup appearances, of which 276 were in the Premier League. He was capped six times by Scotland after originally representing England at under-21 and 'B' team level.
Alan Longmuir
Alan Longmuir was a Scottish musician and a founding member of the 1970s pop group, the Bay City Rollers. He played the bass guitar in the band whilst his younger brother Derek Longmuir was drummer.
Donald Dinnie
Donald Dinnie (1837–1916) was a Scottish strongman, born at Balnacraig, Birse, near Aboyne, Aberdeenshire. He has been recognized as "The Nineteenth Century's Greatest Athlete". Dinnie's athletic career spanned over 50 years, and over 11,000 successful competitions.
Stanley Baxter
Stanley Baxter is a BAFTA award winning Scottish actor, comedian and impressionist, known for his popular British television comedy shows The Stanley Baxter Show, Baxter On..., Time For Baxter, The Stanley Baxter Picture Show, The Stanley Baxter Series and Mr Majeika.
James McCarthy
James Patrick McCarthy is a professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder for Premier League club Crystal Palace and the Irish national team.