List of Famous people born in Scotland, United Kingdom

Eric Caldow

First Name Eric
Last Name Caldow
Born on May 14, 1934
Died on March 4, 2019 (aged 84)

Eric Caldow was a Scottish professional footballer, who played for Rangers, Stirling Albion and Scotland. Caldow played as a full back and captained both Rangers and Scotland.

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Brian Robertson

Brian David Robertson
First Name Brian
Last Name Robertson
Born on February 12, 1956 (age 70)

Brian David Robertson is a Scottish rock guitarist, best known as a former member of Thin Lizzy and Motörhead.

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John Boyd Dunlop

First Name John
Last Name Dunlop
Born on February 5, 1840
Died on October 23, 1921 (aged 81)

John Boyd Dunlop was a Scottish inventor and veterinary surgeon who spent most of his career in Ireland. Familiar with making rubber devices, he re-invented pneumatic tyres for his child's tricycle and developed them for use in cycle racing. He sold his rights to the pneumatic tyres to a company he formed with the president of the Irish Cyclists' Association, Harvey Du Cros, for a small cash sum and a small shareholding in their pneumatic tyre business. Dunlop withdrew in 1896. The company that bore his name, Dunlop Pneumatic Tyre Company, was not incorporated until later using the name well known to the public, but it was Du Cros's creation.

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Hans Matheson

First Name Hans
Last Name Matheson
Born on August 7, 1975 (age 50)

Hans Matheson is a Scottish actor and musician. In a wide-ranging film and television career he has taken lead roles in diverse films such as Doctor Zhivago, Sherlock Holmes, The Tudors, Tess of the D'Urbervilles, Clash of the Titans and 300: Rise of an Empire. In addition to acting, Matheson sings and plays guitar, violin and harmonica, and released an album of his songs in 2019.

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William Kidd

First Name William
Last Name Kidd
Born on January 1, 1645
Died on May 23, 1701 (aged 56)

William Kidd, also known as Captain William Kidd or simply Captain Kidd, was a Scottish sea captain who was commissioned as a privateer and had experience as a pirate. He was tried and executed in London in 1701 for murder and piracy.

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Alexander Wood

First Name Alexander
Last Name Wood
Born on December 10, 1817
Died on February 26, 1884 (aged 66)

Alexander Wood, was a Scottish physician. He invented the first true hypodermic syringe. He served as President of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh from 1858 to 1861.

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John McDouall Stuart

First Name John
Last Name Stuart
Born on September 7, 1815
Died on June 5, 1866 (aged 50)

John McDouall Stuart, often referred to as simply "McDouall Stuart", was a Scottish explorer and one of the most accomplished of all Australia's inland explorers.

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Richie Gray

First Name Richie
Last Name Gray
Born on August 24, 1989 (age 36)
Height 207 cm | 6'9

Richie Gray is a Scotland international rugby union player, who plays for Glasgow Warriors. He previously played for Toulouse, Castres Olympique and Sale Sharks.

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James Legge

First Name James
Last Name Legge
Born on December 20, 1815
Died on November 29, 1897 (aged 81)

James Legge was a Scottish sinologist, missionary, and scholar, best known as an early and prolific translator of Classical Chinese texts into English. Legge served as a representative of the London Missionary Society in Malacca and Hong Kong (1840–1873) and was the first Professor of Chinese at Oxford University (1876–1897). In association with Max Müller he prepared the monumental Sacred Books of the East series, published in 50 volumes between 1879 and 1891.

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Craig Russell

First Name Craig
Last Name Russell
Born on January 1, 1956 (age 70)

Craig Russell, also known as Christopher Galt, is a Scottish novelist, short story writer and author of The Devil Aspect. His Hamburg-set thriller series featuring detective Jan Fabel has been translated into 23 languages. Russell speaks fluent German and has a special interest in post-war German history. His books, particularly The Devil Aspect and the Fabel series, tend to include historical or mythological themes.

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