I want some names of some famouse scottish persons please...?

Question: I want some names of some famouse scottish persons please!.!.!.!?

They could be historian,musician, !.!.!.!. persons but must be scottish, please!.

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Best Answer - Chosen by Asker:

Sean Connery
Annie Lennox
Gordon Brown
Billy Connelly
Lorraine Kelly
Alexander Graham Bell
Sir Jackie Stewart
David Coulthard(F1)
Stephen Hendry
Jim Clark (F1)
Lulu

Probably could name others, but those came to mind!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

William Wallace was famous at the battle of banachburn fighting for the Scots with Bonnie Prince Charlie and my ancester Kerlie was one of Wallace's chosen five in the battle to fight along side him and protect the Prince!. Robert Bruce was a famous King!. Ian Cuthbertson was a very famous actor and played alongside Adam Faith in the TV series Budgey in the late 70's!. hope this adds to your collection of famous Scots!. However, the most famous thing to come out of Scotland is the road to England!!!!!Www@QuestionHome@Com

Architects
Robert Adam (1728–1792)
William Adam (1689–1748) Father of Robert and architect and builder
Robert Rowand Anderson (1834–1921)
Sir William Bruce (c!.1630-1710)
Edward Calvert (c!. 1847 – 1914)
Charles Cameron (1743–1812)
Colen Campbell (1676–1729)
Alan Dunlop (1958-present)
James Leslie Findlay (1868–1952)
James Gibbs (1682-1754)
Ian G Lindsay (1906–1966)
Robert Lorimer (1864–1929)
Charles Rennie Mackintosh (1868–1928), architect, designer and watercolourist, husband of Margaret MacDonald (Artist)
Robert Matthew (1906–1975)
James Miller (1860–1947)
Gordon Murray (1954-present)
James Playfair (1755–1794), father of William Henry
William Henry Playfair (1790–1857)
David Rhind (1808–1883)
James Robert Rhind, (1854–1918)
Basil Spence (1907–1976)
James Stirling (1926–1992)
Thomas S!. Tait (1882–1954)
Alexander 'Greek' Thomson (1817–1875)
Frederick Thomas Pilkington (1832–1898)

Artists
Cosmo Alexander (c!. 1724 – 1772), noted portraitist in the United States[1]
John Amabile (born 1964), interior designer
Muirhead Bone (1876–1953), etcher
Mark Boyle (1934–2005)
John Byrne (born 1940)
Robert Colquhoun (1914–1962)
Ian Hamilton Finlay (born 1925), sculptor and installation artist
Peter Howson (born 1958)
Hew Lorimer (1907–1993), sculptor and brother of architect Robert Lorimer
Margaret MacDonald (1865–1933), wife of Charles Rennie Mackintosh
Robert MacBryde (1913–1966)
Dugald MacColl (1859–1948)
James MacGillivray, sculptor (1856–1938)
David Mach (born 1956), sculptor and installation artist
William Miller, engraver (1796–1882)
Alexander Nasmyth (1758–1840), landscape painter
Patrick Nasmyth (1787–1831), landscape painter, son of Alexander
Henry Raeburn (1756–1823), portrait painter
Reverend John Thomson (1778–1840), landscape painter and minister of Duddingston Kirk
Jack Vettriano (born 1951)
David Wilkie (1785–1841) painter

Composers
Robert Carver (c!. 1485 – c!. 1570)
Hamish MacCunn (1868–1916)
John Blackwood McEwen (1868–1948)
James MacMillan (born 1959)
William Wallace (1860–1940)
Erik Chisholm (1904–1965)
Robert Burns (1759–1796)

Humorists
Stanley Baxter (born 1926)
Rory Bremner (born 1961)
Janet Brown (born 1924)
Des Clarke
Billy Connolly (born 1942)
Ronald Balfour Corbett (Ronnie), (born 1930)
Ivor Cutler (born 1923)
Graeme Garden (born 1943)
Janey Godley (born 1961)
Greg Hemphill (born 1969)
Ford Kiernan (born 1962)
Brian Limond (born 1975)
Doon Mackichan (born 1962)
Chic Murray (1919–1985)

Philosophers
John Abercrombie (1780–1844)
John Anderson (1893–1962)
Thomas Brown (1778–1820)
Adam Ferguson (1723–1816)
Sir William Hamilton (1788–1856)
Henry Home, Lord Kames (1696–1782)
David Hume (1711–1776)
Alasdair MacIntyre (born 1929)
John Macmurray (1891–1976)
James McCosh (1811–1894)
Thomas Reid (1710–1796)
Duns Scotus (1266–1308)
Adam Smith (1723–1790)

Television and radio personalities
Ronni Ancona (born 1968)
Hardeep Singh Kohli (born 1969)
Edith Bowman (born 1975)
Nicky Campbell (born 1962)
Romana D'Annunzio (born 1972)
Jenni Falconer (born 1976)
Kirsty Gallacher (born 1976)
Muriel Gray (born 1959), journalist
Sarah Heaney (born 1971)
Lorraine Kelly (born 1959)
John Leslie (born 1965)
Eddie Mair (born 1965)
Gail Porter (born 1971)
Carol Smillie (born 1961)
Cameron Stout (born 1971)
Kirsty Wark (born 1955), journalist
Craig Ferguson (born 1962)
Alan Johnston (born 1962), journalist
Gordon Ramsay (born 1966), celebrity chef
Dominik Diamond (born 1969), DJ, journalist

Theologians
James Barr (1924–2006)
William Robinson Clark (1829–1912), Dean of Taunton
Alexander Penrose Forbes (1817–1875)
James Frazer (1854–1941), anthropologist of comparative religion and myth
Alexander Henderson (1583–1646)
Richard Holloway (born 1933)
John Knox (c!. 1513 – 1572)
John F!. MacArthur, Jr!. (born 1939), American evangelical writer and minister
Thomas McCrie
Saint Mungo (also known as Saint Kentigern), (died 614)
George Newlands
The Revd Professor Norman Walker Porteous (1898–2003), translator of the Bible
Andrew Purves
John Duns Scotus (c!. 1266 – 1308)
Thomas Torrance (born 1913)
George Wishart (1513–1546)

Actors
Ian Bannen (1928–1999)
John Barrowman (born 1967)
Sean Biggerstaff (born 1983)
Robert Boomfield (born 1976)
Billy Boyd (born 1968)
Gerard Butler (born 1969)
Peter Capaldi (born 1958)
Robert Carlyle (born 1961)
Hamish Clark (born 1967)
Robbie Coltrane (born 1950)
Sean Connery (born 1930)
Billy Connolly (born 1942)
Tom Conti (born 1941)
James Cosmo (born 1948)
Brian Cox (born 1946)
Alan Cumming (born 1965)
Tony Curran (born 1968)
Craig Ferguson (born 1962)
Tommy Flanagan (born 1965)
Laura Fraser - (born 1976)
Rikki Fulton (1924–2004)
Janey Godley (born 1961)
John Hannah (born 1962)
David Hayman (born 1950)
Shirley Henderson (born 1965)
Dougie Henshall (born 1965)
Gordon Jackson (1923–1990)
Deborah Kerr (1921–2007)
John Laurie (1897–1980)
Denis Lawson (born 1947)
Katie Leung (born 1987)
Gary Lewis (born 1957)
Angus Macfadyen (born 1963)
Fulton Mackay (1922–1987)
Alastair Mackenzie (born 1970)
James McAvoy (born 1979)
Ross McCall (born 1976)
David McCallum (born 1933)
Rory McCann (born 1969)
Sylvester McCoy (born 1943)
Ian McDiarmid (born 1944)
Paul McGillion (born 1968)
Ewan McGregor (born 1971)
Kevin McKidd (born 1973)
Mark McManus (1935-1994)
Peter Mullan (born 1954)
Daniela Nardini (born 1968)
Bill Paterson (born 1945)
John Ralston (born 1960s)
Dougray Scott (born 1965)
Moira Shearer (1926-2006)
Alastair Sim (1900–1976)
John Gordon Sinclair (born 1962)
David Tennant (born 1971)

Anymore search on the link!. (fnk i done 2many!. lol!.) HAPPY TO HELP!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

The below links will give you a good list of famous Scottish folk!

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Robert Burns,Jenny Falconer,Sean Connery,Billy Connolly,
Stanley Baxter,Rory Bremner,Janet Brown,Rhona Cameron,
Robbie Coltrane,Ronnie Corbett,Kate Capstick,Gregor Fisher,Bill Fraser,Graeme Garden,Phil Kay,Sanjeet Kohli,The Krankies!. This should get you started!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Alexander Graham Bell - Invented the Telephone
John Logie Baird- Invented the Television
Sir Harry Lauder - Singer
Wet Wet Wet - Scottish Band
Snow Patrol - Scottish Band
Amy Macdonald - Scottish SingerWww@QuestionHome@Com

Robbie Burns, Robert the Bruce, William Wallace, Sean Connery, Billy Connolly, Gordon Brown, Robert Louis Stevenson!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

A whole list of famous scots, including what they've done/did/do

http://www!.geo!.ed!.ac!.uk/home/scotland/gr!.!.!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

A few famous Scottish authors:

Robert Burns
Sir Walter Scott
Robert Louis Stevenson
J!.K!. Rowling

Surely you've heard of at least one of those!. ;)Www@QuestionHome@Com

Nazareth
The Average White Band
Blue (Decent rock band - not the boy band)
The Proclaimers
Alex Harvey
Al StewartWww@QuestionHome@Com

Ewan Mcgregor
Richard Wilson
Annette Crosbie
Rod Stewart
David Tennant

(the singer from snow patrol is irish)Www@QuestionHome@Com

William Wallace
Robert Burns
Bonnie Prince Charley
Wet,Wet,Wet
Bay City RollersWww@QuestionHome@Com

Ewan McGregor-Actor!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Craig Ferguson
James Doohan (beam me up!)Www@QuestionHome@Com

Groundskeeper Willie, in the SimpsonsWww@QuestionHome@Com

Carol SmilieWww@QuestionHome@Com

snow patrol arnt scottish, there northern irishWww@QuestionHome@Com

Ben Doon and Phil McCavity!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

billy conelly simon taylour the proclaimersWww@QuestionHome@Com

The first that comes to mind is Gordon Brown but I suppose that's infamous!.Www@QuestionHome@Com