List of Famous people born in Scotland, United Kingdom

John Hannah

John David Hannah
First Name John
Last Name Hannah
Born on April 23, 1962 (age 64)

John David Hannah is a Scottish film and television actor. He came to prominence in Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994), for which he was nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role as Matthew. His other film appearances include Sliding Doors (1998) and The Mummy trilogy (1999–2008). His television roles include: Dr Iain McCallum in McCallum (1995–1998); D.I. John Rebus in Rebus (2000–2001); Jack Roper in New Street Law (2006–2007); Jake Osbourne in Cold Blood (2007–2008), Quintus Lentulus Batiatus in Spartacus (2010–2011), Jack Cloth in A Touch of Cloth (2012–14), Jason's father (Aeson) in the BBC series Atlantis (2013–15), Dr Holden Radcliffe in Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (2016–2017), Colin in Overboard (2018), and Archie Wilson in the BBC series Trust Me.

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Ryan Christie

First Name Ryan
Last Name Christie
Born on February 22, 1995 (age 31)
Height 178 cm | 5'10

Ryan Christie is a Scottish footballer who plays for Scottish Premiership club Celtic and the Scotland national team. He began his career with Inverness Caledonian Thistle before joining Celtic in 2015, and had two spells on loan at Aberdeen. He has also represented the Scotland under-21 and full national teams.

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Ian Buchanan

First Name Ian
Last Name Buchanan
Born on June 16, 1957 (age 68)

Ian Buchanan is a Scottish television actor who has appeared on multiple American soap operas including General Hospital, Port Charles, The Bold and the Beautiful, All My Children, and Days of Our Lives.

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Darren McMullen

First Name Darren
Last Name McMullen
Born on February 10, 1982 (age 44)

Darren McMullen is a Scottish-Australian television and radio presenter and personality, music journalist and music critic. He was born in Glasgow, Scotland, and immigrated with his family to Australia at the age of 12. He is best known as the co-host of The Voice Australia. Prior to his career as a presenter, he was a student at Bradfield College and then an advertising executive.

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Richard Wilson

Ian Carmichael Wilson
First Name Richard
Last Name Wilson
Born on July 9, 1936 (age 89)

Richard Wilson is a Scottish actor, theatre director and broadcaster. He played Victor Meldrew in the BBC sitcom One Foot in the Grave. A later role was Gaius, the court physician of Camelot, in the BBC drama Merlin.

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Anas Sarwar

First Name Anas
Last Name Sarwar
Born on March 14, 1983 (age 43)

Anas Sarwar is a Scottish politician who has served as Leader of the Scottish Labour Party since 2021. He has been a Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for the Glasgow region since 2016, having been Member of Parliament (MP) for Glasgow Central from 2010 to 2015. Ideologically, he identifies as a Brownite.

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Iain Stirling

First Name Iain
Born on January 27, 1988 (age 38)

Iain Andrew Stirling is a Scottish comedian, writer, television presenter and Twitch streamer.

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Simple Kapadia

First Name Simple
Last Name Kapadia
Born on August 15, 1958
Died on November 10, 2009 (aged 51)

Simple Kapadia was a Hindi film actress and costume designer, who was active in her professional career from 1987 until her death in 2009.

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James Forrest

First Name James
Last Name Forrest
Born on July 7, 1991 (age 34)
Height 175 cm | 5'9

James Forrest is a Scottish professional footballer who plays as a winger for Scottish Premiership club Celtic and the Scotland national team.

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Robert Goff, Baron Goff of Chieveley

First Name Robert
Last Name Chieveley
Born on November 12, 1926
Died on August 14, 2016 (aged 89)

Robert Lionel Archibald Goff, Baron Goff of Chieveley, was an English barrister and judge who was Senior Lord of Appeal in Ordinary, the equivalent of today's President of the Supreme Court. Best known for establishing unjust enrichment as a branch of English law, he has been described by Andrew Burrows as "the greatest judge of modern times". Goff was the original co-author of Goff & Jones, the leading English law textbook on restitution and unjust enrichment, first published in 1966. He practised as a commercial barrister from 1951 to 1975, following which he began his career as a judge. He was appointed to the Judicial Committee of the House of Lords in 1986.

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