List of Famous people born in Scotland, United Kingdom

Margaret Stewart, Dauphine of France

First Name Margaret
Last Name France
Born on December 25, 1424
Died on August 16, 1445 (aged 20)

Margaret Stewart was a princess of Scotland and the dauphine of France. She was the firstborn child of King James I of Scotland and Joan Beaufort.

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Sophie Kennedy Clark

First Name Sophie
Last Name Clark
Born on January 1, 1989 (age 37)
Height 169 cm | 5'7

Sophie Kennedy Clark is a Scottish actress. She is the daughter of actress and singer Fiona Kennedy and the granddaughter of singer Calum Kennedy.

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William Alexander, 1st Earl of Stirling

First Name William
Last Name Stirling
Died on September 12, 1640

William Alexander, 1st Earl of Stirling was a Scottish courtier and poet who was involved in the Scottish colonisation of Habitation at Port-Royal, Nova Scotia and Long Island, New York. His literary works include Aurora (1604), The Monarchick Tragedies (1604) and Doomes-Day.

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Hector Mor Maclean, 12th Chief, 8th of Duart

First Name Hector
Last Name Duart
Born on January 1, 1497
Died on January 1, 1568 (aged 71)

Eachann Mór Maclean (1497–1568) or Hector Mor Maclean, or Hector Maclean the Great, was the 12th Chief of Maclean. Mór or Mor translates as great when added to a name in Scottish Gaelic. He was the 8th laird of Duart Castle.

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Alice Comyn, Countess of Buchan

First Name Alice
Last Name Buchan
Born on November 30, 1288
Died on July 3, 1349 (aged 60)

Alice Comyn, Countess of Buchan, Lady Beaumont was a Scottish noblewoman, a member of the powerful Comyn family which supported the Balliols, claimants to the disputed Scottish throne against their rivals, the Bruces. She was the niece of John Comyn, Earl of Buchan, to whom she was also heiress, and after his death the Earldom of Buchan was successfully claimed by her husband Henry de Beaumont, Earl of Buchan, by right of his wife. His long struggle to claim her Earldom of Buchan was one of the causes of the Second War of Scottish Independence.

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Alexander Comyn, Earl of Buchan

First Name Alexander
Last Name Buchan
Born on January 1, 1300
Died on January 1, 1289

Alexander Comyn, 2nd Earl of Buchan was a Scoto-Norman magnate who was one of the most important figures in the 13th century Kingdom of Scotland. He was the son of William Comyn, jure uxoris Earl of Buchan, and Marjory, Countess of Buchan, the heiress of the last native Scottish Mormaer of Buchan, Fergus. He was the chief counsellor of Alexander III, King of Scots for the entire period of the king's majority and, as Scotland's leading magnate, played a key role in safeguarding the independence of the Scottish monarchy. During his long career, Alexander Comyn was Justiciar of Scotia (1258–89), Constable of Scotland (1275–89), Sheriff of Wigtown (1263–66), Sheriff of Dingwall (1264–66), Ballie of Inverie and finally, Guardian of Scotland (1286–89) during the first interregnum following the death of Alexander III. In 1284 he joined with other Scottish noblemen who acknowledged Margaret of Norway as the heiress to King Alexander. He died sometime after 10 July 1289.

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Archibald Campbell, 9th Earl of Argyll

First Name Archibald
Last Name Argyll
Born on February 26, 1629
Died on January 1, 1685 (aged 55)

Archibald Campbell, 9th Earl of Argyll was a Scottish peer and soldier.

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Alexander I of Scotland

First Name Alexander
Last Name Scotland
Died on April 23, 1124

Alexander I, posthumously nicknamed The Fierce, was the King of Scotland from 1107 to his death. He succeeded his brother, King Edgar, and his successor was his brother David. He was married to the illegitimate child of Henry I of England, Sybilla of Normandy.

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John Burnside

First Name John
Last Name Burnside
Born on March 19, 1955 (age 71)

John Burnside FRSL FRSE is a Scottish writer, born in Dunfermline. He is one of only three poets to have won both the T. S. Eliot Prize and the Forward Poetry Prize for the same book.

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Steve Archibald

Steven Archibald
First Name Steve
Last Name Archibald
Born on September 27, 1956 (age 69)

Steven Archibald is a Scottish former professional footballer and manager. He played prominently as a forward for Aberdeen, winning the Scottish league in 1980, Tottenham Hotspur, winning two FA Cups and a UEFA Cup, and Barcelona, winning the Spanish league in 1985. He also played for several other clubs in Scotland, England, Spain and Ireland.

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