Anderson, Ian (Dunfermline)
The main guy in the rock band Jethro Tull
Famous People from Scotland
From the Who2 database of 4,809 musicians, actors, historical figures, and other celebrities:
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Banks, Iain (Dunfermline)
The author of The Wasp Factory -
Bell, Alexander Graham (Edinburgh)
The inventor of the telephone -
Benson, Harry (Glasgow)
The photographer who got The Beatles' pillow fight in 1964 -
Blair, Tony (Edinburgh)
British prime minister, 1997-2007 -
Boyle, Susan
The plain-faced singer who wowed 'em on Britain's Got Talent -
Brown, Gordon (Glasgow)
British prime minister, 2007-2010 -
Burns, Robert (Alloway)
Scotland's most famous poet -
Butler, Gerard (Glasgow)
King Leonidas in the movie 300 -
Byrne, David (Dumbarton)
The singer in the band Talking Heads -
Carlyle, Thomas (Ecclefechan)
Author of Heroes and Hero-Worship -
Carnegie, Andrew (Dunfermline)
Steel tycoon who started over 2,800 libraries -
Connery, Sean (Edinburgh)
The first and greatest movie James Bond -
Doig, Peter (Edinburgh)
The Scottish-born Tahiti-based painter of 'The Architect's Home in the Ravine' -
Dolly the Sheep (Edinburgh)
The first cloned mammal -
Douglas, David (Scone)
The Scottish botanist whose 19th centry exploits led to the Douglas-fir -
Doyle, Arthur Conan (Edinburgh)
The creator of Sherlock Holmes -
Duffy, Carol Ann (Glasgow)
The first female poet laureate in British history -
Duns Scotus, John (Duns)
Medieval philosopher and founder of Scotism -
Fleming, Alexander (Lochfield)
The bacteriologist who discovered penicillin -
Hume, David (Edinburgh)
Scottish skeptic who wrote A Treatise of Human Nature -
Kidd, William (Dundee)
The Scot "pirate" hanged in 1701 in London -
King Charles I (Dunfermline)
The British king beheaded in 1649 after civil war -
King James I (Edinburgh Castle)
The Scottish and English king who sponsored the 1611 Bible -
Leung, Katie (Dundee)
Cho Chang in the Harry Potter film series -
Livingstone, David (Blantyre)
The Livingstone of "Dr. Livingstone, I presume?" -
Loch Ness Monster (Loch Ness)
Elusive Scottish underwater monster -
Macdonald, John A. (Glasgow)
Prime Minister of Canada 1867-73 and 1878-91 -
Mackay, Charles (Perth)
Author of 1841's Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds -
Margaret, Princess (Glamis Castle)
Sister to Queen Elizabeth II -
Maxwell, James Clerk (Edinburgh)
The physicist who came up with the theory of electromagnetism -
McAvoy, James (Glasgow)
The Scottish star of The Last King of Scotland -
McCallum, David (Glasgow)
Dr. 'Ducky' Mallard on the TV show NCIS -
McGregor, Ewan (Crieff)
Young Obi-Wan Kenobi in Star Wars episodes I, II and III -
Muir, John (Dunbar)
Naturalist and founder of the Sierra Club -
Murray, Andy (Dunblane)
The Wimbledon men's singles champion in 2013 and 2016 -
Niven, David (Kirriemuir)
Dapper British star of Around the World in 80 Days -
Ramsay, Gordon (Johnstone)
Host of TV's Hell's Kitchen and Kitchen Nightmares -
Scott, Sir Walter (Edinburgh)
The author of Ivanhoe -
Selkirk, Alexander (Lower Largo)
The model for Robinson Crusoe -
Smith, Adam (Kirkcaldy)
The author of An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations -
Stevenson, Robert Louis (Edinburgh)
The author of Treasure Island -
Stopes, Marie (Edinburgh)
The UK birth control pioneer who wrote 'Married Love' -
Sturgeon, Nicola (Irvine)
First Minister of Scotland, 2014-present -
Sutcliffe, Stuart (Edinburgh)
The bassist who left The Beatles just before the band became famous -
Tennant, David (Bathgate Scotland)
The tenth Doctor Who, from 2005-13 -
Wallace, William (Elerslie)
Scot rebel lionized in the movie Braveheart -
Watt, James (Greenock)
Improver -- not inventor -- of the steam engine