List of Famous people born in Scotland, United Kingdom
Dean Ford
Dean Ford was a Scottish singer and songwriter best known for his tenure as lead vocalist and frontman of the beat pop group Marmalade from 1966 to 1974. Ford co-wrote the group's worldwide hit "Reflections of My Life" with fellow band member Junior Campbell. "Reflections of My Life" has sold more than two million units globally, and in 1998 the writers were awarded a Special Citation of Achievement by BMI for attaining radio broadcast performances in excess of one million in the U.S. alone.
Bryan Redpath
Bryan William Redpath is a former Scotland international rugby union player and former rugby union coach.
Lewis Morgan
Lewis Morgan is Scottish professional footballer who plays as a winger for Major League Soccer side Inter Miami. Morgan has previously played for Celtic, St Mirren and Sunderland. He made his first international appearance for Scotland in May 2018.
Kay Ullrich
Kay Morrison Ullrich was a Scottish politician and social worker. She was a Scottish National Party Member of the Scottish Parliament for the West of Scotland region from 1999 to 2003, after a 24-year career in social work. She was an early supporter of the political career of Nicola Sturgeon, who later became First Minister of Scotland.
Blair Kinghorn
Blair Simon Kinghorn is a Scottish international rugby union player who plays for Scottish-based Edinburgh Rugby in the Guinness Pro14.
Danny Henry
Danny Henry is a Scottish professional mixed martial artist currently competing in the Featherweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship.
Krysty Wilson-Cairns
Krysty Wilson-Cairns is a Scottish screenwriter. Born and raised in Glasgow, she studied at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, and the National Film and Television School. During her teenage years, she was a runner on television series including the detective show Taggart. Her script for the unproduced science fiction thriller Aether made the 2014 Black List and led to a staff writer role on the television show Penny Dreadful. Her feature film debut was the screenplay for the Sam Mendes-directed 2019 war film 1917. She co-wrote it with Mendes and received nominations for the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay and the Writers Guild of America Award for Best Original Screenplay.
Jack McKay
Jack McKay is a Scottish professional footballer who plays as a striker for Blyth Spartans, on loan from Chesterfield.
John Paul Young
John Inglis Young, OAM, known professionally as John Paul Young, is a Scottish-born Australian pop singer who had his 1978 worldwide hit with "Love Is in the Air". His career was boosted by regular appearances as a performer and guest host on national broadcaster, ABC's 1974–1987 TV series, Countdown. Besides "Love Is in the Air", Young had top ten chart success in Germany and the Netherlands with "Standing in the Rain" and four other top ten hits in South Africa, including No. 1 hits with "I Hate the Music" in 1976 and "Yesterday's Hero" in 1975.
Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig
Field Marshal Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig, was a senior officer of the British Army. During the First World War, he commanded the British Expeditionary Force (BEF) on the Western Front from late 1915 until the end of the war. He was commander during the Battle of the Somme, the Battle of Arras, the Third Battle of Ypres (Passchendaele), the German Spring Offensive, and the final Hundred Days Offensive.