List of Famous people born in Scotland, United Kingdom

Hector Og Maclean, 13th Chief, 9th of Duart

First Name Hector
Last Name Duart
Born on November 30, 1539
Died on November 30, 1572 (aged 33)

Hector Og Maclean, or Eachann Óg Maclean in Scottish Gaelic, or Hector Maclean the Younger was the 13th Chief of Clan MacLean. At the death of his father, Hector Mor Maclean, 12th Chief, he became clan chief but lived only five years longer than his father.

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Alexander Abercromby

First Name Alexander
Last Name Abercromby
Born on October 15, 1745
Died on January 1, 1795 (aged 49)

Alexander Abercromby, Lord Abercromby of Tullibody (1745–1795) was a Scottish advocate, judge and essayist.

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John Hay, 1st Marquess of Tweeddale

First Name John
Last Name Tweeddale
Born on August 13, 1625
Died on August 11, 1697 (aged 71)

John Hay, 1st Marquess and 2nd Earl of Tweeddale was Lord Chancellor of Scotland.

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Grace Elliott

First Name Grace
Last Name Elliott
Born on January 1, 1754
Died on May 16, 1823 (aged 69)

Grace Dalrymple Elliott was a Scottish courtesan, writer and spy resident in Paris during the French Revolution. She was an eyewitness to events detailed in her memoirs, Journal of my life during the French Revolution published posthumously in 1859. She was mistress to the Duke of Orléans and to the future George IV, by whom she is said to have borne an illegitimate daughter. Elliott trafficked correspondence and hid French aristocrats escaping from the French Revolution. She was arrested several times but managed to avoid the guillotine, and was released after the death of Robespierre.

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William Ross, 12th Lord Ross

First Name William
Last Name Ross
Born on January 1, 1656
Died on March 15, 1738 (aged 82)

William Ross, 12th Lord Ross, was a Scottish nobleman, soldier and politician.

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William Weir, 1st Viscount Weir

First Name William
Last Name Weir
Born on May 12, 1877
Died on July 2, 1959 (aged 82)

William Douglas Weir, 1st Viscount Weir GCB PC was a Scottish industrialist and politician, who served as President of the Air Council in 1918.

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Algernon Keith-Falconer, 9th Earl of Kintore

First Name Algernon
Born on August 12, 1852
Died on March 3, 1930 (aged 77)

Algernon Hawkins Thomond Keith-Falconer, 9th Earl of Kintore, 9th Lord Keith of Inverurie and Keith Hall, Chief of Clan Keith,, was a British politician and colonial governor.

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Kenneth MacAlpin

First Name Kenneth
Born on November 30, 0809
Died on February 8, 0858 (aged 48)

Kenneth MacAlpin or Kenneth I was King of Dál Riada (841–850), King of the Picts (843–858), and the King of Alba (843–858). He inherited the throne of Dál Riada from his father Alpín mac Echdach, founder of the Alpínid dynasty. Kenneth I conquered the kingdom of the Picts in 843–850 and began a campaign to seize all of Scotland and assimilate the Picts, for which he was posthumously nicknamed An Ferbasach. Forteviot became the capital of his kingdom, and he also fought the Britons of the Kingdom of Strathclyde and the invading Vikings from Scandinavia. Kenneth also relocated relics including the Stone of Scone from an abandoned abbey on Iona to his new domain.

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Adam Hepburn, Master of Hailes

First Name Adam
Last Name Hailes
Died on January 1, 1479

Adam Hepburn, Master of Hailes was Sheriff of Berwickshire in April 1467, and had a charter of confirmation of Dunsyre in the sheriffdom of Lanarkshire, dated 13 October 1475, being thereafter designated 'of Dunsyre'.

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Agnes Douglas, Countess of Argyll

First Name Agnes
Last Name Argyll
Born on January 1, 1574
Died on May 3, 1607 (aged 33)

Agnes Douglas, Countess of Argyll was a Scottish noblewoman and the first wife of Archibald Campbell, 7th Earl of Argyll. She was the mother of three of his children, including his heir, Archibald Campbell, 1st Marquess of Argyll, the de facto head of the government in Scotland throughout most of the conflict known as the Wars of the Three Kingdoms. Lady Agnes was considered so beautiful that she was described as a "pearl of Lochleven".

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