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This list contains famous or notable people (or groups) who have either been born or based in Glasgow, Scotland.
Arts
- John Amabile - Interior designer and televiasion presenter
- Sean Biggerstaff - Actor ("Harry Potter and the Scorcerer's Stone")
- Billy Connolly - Comedian (The Man Who Sued God)
- Ivor Cutler - Poet, songwriter, humourist
- John Hannah - Actor (The Mummy)
- John Barrowman- Singer, Actor (De-Lovely/The Producers)
- Billy Boyd - Actor (Lord of the Rings)
- Robert Carlyle - Actor (Trainspotting/The World Is Not Enough)
- Robbie Coltrane - Actor (Harry Potter)
- Patrick Doyle - Film composer
- Gregor Fisher - Comedian (Love Actually/Rab C Nesbitt)
- Elaine C Smith- Comedian (Rab C Nesbitt)
- Bill Forsyth - Director (Gregory's Girl)
- Rikki Fulton - comedian (Scotch and Wry/Francie and Josie)
- Craig Ferguson- Comedian, Actor, Writer, Director (Drew Carey Show/The Late Late Show)
- Janey Godley- Comedian and writer
- Alasdair Gray - Novelist
- Jack House - Writer
- Lorraine Kelly - Television presenter
- James Kelman - Novelist
- Liz Lochhead - Poet, Playwright
- Charles Rennie Mackintosh - Architect, Designer
- David McCallum - Actor (The Man From U.N.C.L.E./NCIS)
- David McCallum, Sr. - Concertmaster violinist and father of David McCallum
- Edwin Morgan - Poet, Translator
- Alexander "Greek" Thomson - Architect
- David Hamilton - Architect
- Tom Leonard - Poet
- Hannah Frank - Artist and Sculptor
- Nigel Tranter - Historian, Writer
- Niall Ferguson - Historian, Writer
- Grant Morrison - Comic Book Author (X-Men/Superman)
- Frank Quitely - Comic Book Artist (X-Men/Superman)
- John Glashan - Cartoonist
- Bud Neill - Cartoonist (Lobey Dosser)
- Gerard Butler - Actor (Dracula 2000/Phantom of the Opera (2004))
- Jerry Sadowitz - Comedian and Magician
- Bobby Gillespie - rock star
Business
- Sir William Burrell - shipping magnate and philanthropist
- James McGill - businessman and philanthropist
- Sir Thomas Lipton - entrepreneur
- Norman Macfarlane, Baron Macfarlane of Bearsden - entrepreneur
Musicians and bands
- Angus Young
- Average White Band
- Belle & Sebastian
- Bis
- The Blue Nile
- BMX Bandits
- Camera Obscura
- Darius Danesh
- David Sneddon
- Deacon Blue
- Del Amitri
- Jimmy Dewar (from Robin Trower band)
- The Delgados
- Jim Diamond
- Joe Egan
- El Presidente
- Frankie Miller
- Franz Ferdinand
- Hipsway
- Love And Money
- Lulu
- Malcolm Young
- Mark Knopfler
- Midge Ure
- Mogwai
- Optimo
- Orange Juice
- The Pastels
- Gerry Rafferty
- Chris Rainbow
- The Rezillos
- The River Detectives
- The Supernaturals
- Sensational Alex Harvey Band
- Simple Minds
- The Silencers
- Sons and Daughters
- Soup Dragons
- Teenage Fanclub
- Texas
- Dougie Thomson
- The Trash Can Sinatras
- Travis
- Wet Wet Wet
- Eric Woolfson
- San Sebastian
Politics
- Gordon Brown, Chancellor of the Exchequer
- Sir Menzies Campbell, Leader of the British Liberal Democrats
- Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman (British Prime Minister)
- Roseanna Cunningham (Scottish National Party MP, MSP)
- Donald Dewar (Secretary of State for Scotland, First Minister)
- Winnie Ewing (Scottish National Party MP, MEP and MSP)
- James Keir Hardie (Co-founder and Chairman of the Scottish Labour Party)
- Arthur Henderson (Chairman of the Labour Party)
- Andrew Bonar Law (British Prime Minister)
- John MacCormick (Scottish National Party)
- John A. Macdonald (first Prime Minister of Canada)
- John Maclean MA (Socialist)
- Michael Martin (Speaker of the House of Commons)
- James Maxton (Independent Labour Party MP)
- Tommy Sheridan (Scottish Socialist Party MSP)
- Manny Shinwell (Labour MP)
Sports
- Pat Crerand - Footballer
- Kenny Dalglish - Football player and manager
- Tommy Docherty - Football manager
- Sir Alex Ferguson - Football manager
- Mo Johnston - Football player
- Benny Lynch - Boxer
- Mac MacArthur - major league baseball player
- Ally McCoist - Football player and television personality
- Jim McCormick - Baseball player
- Alan McManus - Top 16 professional snooker player
- Jock Stein - Football manager
Science
- William Thomson, Lord Kelvin
- Joseph Lister
- Sir William Ramsay
- Joseph Black
- Teasdale & Jennett - originators of the Glasgow Coma Scale
- Thomas Hopkirk - botanist
Other
- Ian Brady - violent criminal
- Charles Macintosh - inventor
- Allan Pinkerton - detective
- John Scott Russell - naval engineer
- Adam Smith - economist
- R. D. Laing - psychiatrist
- Scrooge McDuck - the richest duck in the world
- William Shields - Shipbuilder, most notably the Queen Mary
See also
References
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