List of Famous people born in Scotland, United Kingdom
Jim Mollison
James Allan Mollison MBE was a Scottish pioneer aviator who, flying solo or with his wife, Amy Johnson, set many records during the rapid development of aviation in the 1930s.
Leon Smith
Leon Smith, is a British tennis coach. Smith has been captain of the Great Britain Davis Cup team since 2010, and led the Great Britain team to win the 2015 Davis Cup.
Dawn Steele
Dawn Anne Nolan, known professionally as Dawn Steele, is a Scottish actress best known for her portrayals of the characters Alexandra “Lexie” MacDonald from the BBC drama Monarch of the Glen, Alice Trevanion in the ITV drama series Wild at Heart and Dr. Annie Jandhu/Murdoch in BBC Soap Opera River City. Steele currently plays Ange Godard in BBC's Holby City.
Sharon Small
Sharon Small is a Scottish actress known for her work in film, radio, theatre, and television. Perhaps best known for her portrayal of Detective Sergeant Barbara Havers in the BBC television adaptation of The Inspector Lynley Mysteries by Elizabeth George, she is also recognised for her lead roles in Law & Order: UK and Trust Me.
Alex Johnstone
Alexander Johnstone was a Scottish Conservative and Unionist politician. He served as a Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for North East Scotland from 1999 until his death in 2016.
David Hume
David Hume was a Scottish Enlightenment philosopher, historian, economist, librarian and essayist, who is best known today for his highly influential system of philosophical empiricism, skepticism, and naturalism. Beginning with A Treatise of Human Nature (1739–40), Hume strove to create a naturalistic science of man that examined the psychological basis of human nature. Hume argued against the existence of innate ideas, positing that all human knowledge derives solely from experience. This places him with Francis Bacon, Thomas Hobbes, John Locke, and George Berkeley as a British Empiricist.
Keir Hardie
James Keir Hardie was a Scottish trade unionist and politician. He was a founder of the Labour Party, and served as its first parliamentary leader from 1906 to 1908.
Theo Archibald
Theodore Valentine Archibald is a Scottish professional footballer who plays for Lincoln City as a right winger. He is a product of the Celtic academy and has been capped by Scotland at youth level.
Alan Irvine
James Alan Irvine is a Scottish former professional footballer and coach.
Dougie Payne
Douglas "Dougie" Payne Jr. is the bassist and backing vocalist of the Scottish band Travis.