1. Martin Compston (1984)

Scottish Footballer

Former professional soccer player turned actor best known for his role as Detective Sergeant Steve Arnott in the crime drama Line of Duty. He previously played Ewan Brodie in Monarch of the...

2. James Watt (1736)

Industrial Revolution Engineer O

Scientist and entrepreneur who popularized the first steam engines, which had an integral effect on the course of the Industrial Revolution. He also developed the term horsepower as a measurement...

3. Richard Wilson (1936)

Movie Actor

Richard Wilson is a famous Movie Actor, who was born on July 9, 1936 in Scotland. Scottish actor best known for his role as Victor Meldrew in the BBC sitcom...

4. Neil Paterson (1915)

Screenwriter

Academy Award winning screenwriter in the category of Adapted Screenplay for his script of Room at the Top. He also wrote novels and short stories.

5. Ross Lyons (1984)

Scottish Cricketer

Slow left-arm orthodox spin bowler who made his international debut on June 27, 2006 against Pakistan.

6. Catherine MacPhail (1946)

Children's Author

Famous for such children's and young adult novels as Roxy's Baby, Another Me, and Run, Zan, Run, this Scottish writer also penned the popular Nemesis series. Her 1998 work, Fighting...

7. Lawrence Tynes (1978)

Player Of American And Canadian

Scotland-born NFL placekicker and winner of two Super Bowls with the New York Giants.

8. John McGeoch (1955)

Scottish Rock Guitarist

Scottish guitarist and member of many post-punk bands like Magazine, Siouxsie and the Banshees, and Visage.

9. Gary Harkins (1985)

Scottish Footballer

Scottish midfielder who has played for teams like Dundee and Kilmarnock. With Dundee, he won a Scottish Challenge Cup title in 2010.

10. Sean Fitzharris (1991)

Scottish Footballer

Sean Fitzharris is a Scottish football player who plays for East Kilbride in the Lowland Football League. Fitzharris came through the youth academies of both halves of the Old Firm...

11. Stella Gonet (1963)

British Actor

Stella Gonet is a Scottish theatre film and TV actress.

12. Mark McLaughlin (1975)

Scottish Footballer

Mark McLaughlin is a Scottish footballer who plays for Scottish Championship side Dumbarton having been released by Greenock Morton. Since turning senior in 1999 McLaughlin has played over 100 games...

13. Bobby Cameron (1932)

Scottish Footballer

Bobby Cameron is a former professional footballer who played for Queens Park Rangers Leeds United and Southend United.

14. Jimmy McDonald (1932)

Scottish Professional Footballer

James McDonald was a Scottish professional footballer who played as a forward.

15. Sean Paterson (1987)

Scottish Footballer

Sean Paterson is a Scottish semi-professional footballer who is currently playing for Burscough F. C..

16. John Stewart (New Zealand politician) (1902)

New Zealand Politician

John Skinner Stewart was a New Zealand politician of the Labour Party. He represented the Arch Hill electorate from 1951 to 1954. The electorate was then absorbed into neighbouring electorates...

17. Iain McKenzie (1959)

British Politician

Iain McKenzie is a Scottish Labour politician who has been the Member of Parliament for Inverclyde since the June 2011 by-election in his constituency.

18. Neil Orr (1959)

Scottish Footballer

Neil Orr is a Scottish former professional footballer who played as a defender. Orr who was capped for Scotland under-21s and the Scottish League XI played for Greenock Morton for...

19. Duncan McNeil (1950)

British Politician

Duncan McNeil is a Scottish Labour Party Member of the Scottish Parliament for Greenock and Inverclyde.

20. Robert Page Arnot (1890)

British Communist Journalist/pol

Robert Robin Page Arnot best known as R. Page Arnot was a British Communist journalist and politician.

21. Dale Fulton (1992)

Footballer

Dale Fulton is a Scottish professional footballer who currently plays for Stirling Albion. He has previously played for Falkirk and Clyde.

22. Alison Watt (Scottish painter) (1966)

Scottish Painter

Alison Watt OBE is a Scottish painter born in Greenock on 11 December 1965. Alison Watt graduated from Glasgow School of Art in 1988. While still a student she won...

23. Anne McLaughlin (1966)

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Anne McLaughlin is a Scottish National Party politician and was a Member of the Scottish Parliament for Glasgow between 2009 and 2011. She has since unsuccessfully contested the Glasgow Provan...

24. Scottie McClue (1956)

British Media Consultant

Scottie McClue is the on-air pseudonym of media consultant actor writer and broadcaster Colin Lamont who in 1992 as Senior producer and presenter at Red Rose Gold in Preston created...

25. Firebrand Boy (1986)

British Musician

Philip Cunningham is a chiptune and electropop producer based in Glasgow Scotland. He is part of the new wave of chiptune musicians who were born after the rise of the...

26. Andy Love (Scottish footballer) (1905)

Scottish Footballer

Andy Love was a Scottish professional football winger who played for Aberdeen Aldershot and Montrose. Love began his senior career at Aberdeen in 1925 signing from Kirkintilloch Rob Roy. He...

27. Neil McNab (1957)

Footballer And Manager

Neil McNab is a former Scottish footballer who played in the midfield position.

28. Billy Gilliland (1957)

British Badminton Player

Billy Gilliland is a former badminton player from Scotland who excelled from the mid-1970s through the mid-1980s. Although he won the Scottish national singles title in 1979 the tall angular...

29. Donald Currie (1825)

British Politician

Sir Donald Currie GCMG was a British shipowner.

30. William Scott (1913)

Actor

31. Vince Brockie (1969)

Scottish Footballer

Vince Brockie is a former professional footballer. He is a former manager of Northern Premier League Division One North side Harrogate Railway Athletic.

32. John Dunmore Lang (1799)

Australian Politician

John Dunmore Lang was a Scottish-born Australian Presbyterian minister writer politician and activist. He was the first prominent advocate of an independent Australian nation and of Australian republicanism.

33. David Hopkin (1970)

Scottish Footballer

David Hopkin is a Scottish former professional footballer who is the reserve team manager at Greenock Morton. As a player he was a midfielder from 1989 until 2003 notably in...

34. Phil Cannie (1977)

Scottish Footballer

Phillip Phil Cannie is a Scottish football striker who currently plays for Scottish amateur side Sporting Larkfield F. C. Cannie began his career with Port Glasgow and stepped up to...

35. Steve Fulton (1970)

Scottish Footballer

Stephen Steve Fulton is a retired Scottish footballer who played as a left winger.

36. Craig McPherson (1971)

Scottish Footballer

Craig McPherson is a former Scottish professional footballer who retired in 2006. McPherson started his career with his home town club Morton where he played mainly on the left hand...

37. W. S. Graham (1918)

Scottish Poet

Sydney Graham was a Scottish poet who is often associated with Dylan Thomas and the neo-romantic group of poets. Graham's poetry was mostly overlooked in his lifetime but partly due...

38. Ryan McWilliams (1989)

Scottish Footballer

Ryan McWilliams is a Scottish footballer currently playing for Largs Thistle as a goalkeeper.

39. Mark Archdeacon (1989)

Scottish Footballer

Mark Archdeacon is a professional football player currently playing for Scottish Junior team Dalry Thistle. He is the son of former Celtic and Morton player Owen Archdeacon.

40. Andy Murdoch (1970)

Scottish Former Footballer

Andrew Murdoch is a Scottish former footballer who spent most of his career as a goalkeeper for Partick Thistle. Murdoch Began his career with Celtic and had two separate loan...

41. Shaun Dillon (1984)

Scottish Footballer

Shaun Dillon is a Scottish association football player. He played for Stirling Albion joining them in June 2011 and leaving the club in May 2012. On 1 June 2012 Shaun...

42. Creag Little (1993)

Scottish Footballer

Creag Little is a Scottish professional footballer who last played as a defender for Largs Thistle. He began his senior career with Greenock Morton after coming through the youth system...

43. Craig Molloy (1986)

Scottish Footballer

Craig Molloy is a Scottish footballer who plays as a midfielder for Brechin City in Scottish League One.

44. John Henry Mackay (1864)

German Writer

John Henry Mackay was an individualist anarchist thinker and writer. Born in Scotland and raised in Germany Mackay was the author of Die Anarchisten and Der Freiheitsucher. Mackay was published...

45. David Boyle (author) (Unknow)

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David Courtney Boyle born 1958 is a British author and journalist who writes mainly about history and new ideas in economics money business and culture. He lives in Crystal Palace...

46. Edward Caird (1835)

British Philosopher

Edward Caird FRSE was a Scottish philosopher and younger brother of the theologian John Caird. He was the son of engineer John Caird the proprietor of Caird & CompanyHe was...

47. Ian Allison (1909)

Basketball Player

Ian Alistar Allison was a Canadian basketball player who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics. His is the only Canadian basketball team to date to win a medal at the...

48. Aidan Fulton (1994)

Scottish Footballer

Aidan Fulton is a Scottish footballer currently playing for Greenock Morton in the Scottish Championship.

49. Ross Finnie (1947)

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Ross Finnie is a Scottish Liberal Democrat politician and former Member of the Scottish Parliament. He is a former Minister for the Environment and Rural Development in the Scottish Executive...

50. David MacGregor (1981)

Scottish Footballer

David MacGregor is a Scottish footballer who currently plays for Stranraer. MacGregor started his career with home town club Greenock Morton at the age of 14.