List of people from Glasgow: Difference between revisions

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 television presenter
• Freddie Anderson - Writer
• John Barrowman- Singer and Actor (The Producers, Torchwood)^[1]
• Sean Biggerstaff - Actor (Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone)
• Billy Boyd - Actor (The Lord of the Rings)
• Frankie Boyle - Comedian
• James Bridie - Writer
• Gerard Butler - Actor (300, The Phantom of the Opera)
• Peter Capaldi - Actor (The Thick of It, In The Loop)
• Robert Carlyle - Actor (Trainspotting, The World Is Not Enough)
• Catherine Carswell - Writer
• Robbie Coltrane - Actor (Harry Potter, Cracker)
• Billy Connolly - Comedian (The Man Who Sued God)
• A. J. Cronin - Doctor, Writer
• Tony Curran - Actor (Underworld: Evolution)
• Henry Ian Cusick - Actor (Lost, The Gospel of John, Half Light, 24)
• Ivor Cutler - Poet, songwriter, humourist
• Donald Dewar - Politician
• William Purdie Dickson - Scholar
• Lawrence Donegan - Journalist, Author
• Donovan - Folk Singer
• Patrick Doyle - Film composer
• Craig Ferguson- Comedian, Actor, Writer, Director
• Niall Ferguson - Historian, Writer
• Gregor Fisher - Comedian
• Tommy Flanagan - Actor
• Bill Forsyth - Film director
• Hannah Frank - Artist and Sculptor
• Laura Fraser- Actress
• Rikki Fulton - Comedian
• George Galloway - Politician
• John Glashan - Cartoonist
• Janey Godley- Comedian and writer
• Alasdair Gray - Novelist
• Clare Grogan - Singer, Actress, TV presenter
• David Hamilton - Architect
• John Hannah - Actor
• Johann Hari - Journalist and playwright
• Sarah Heaney - TV presenter
• Janey Godley - Comedian and physical abuse victim
• Greg Hemphill - Actor
• Jack House - Writer
• Pearse Hutchinson - Poet
• Lorraine Kelly - Television presenter
• James Kelman - Novelist
• Ford Kiernan - Actor
• Tom Leonard - Poet
• Gary Lewis - Actor
• Liz Lochhead - Poet, Playwright
• Angus MacFadyen - Actor
• Charles Rennie Mackintosh - Architect and Designer
• Peter May - Writer
• James McAvoy - Actor
• David McCallum - Actor
• David McCallum, Sr. - Concertmaster violinist and father of David McCallum
• Rory McCann - Actor
• Brian McCardie - Actor
• Alan McHugh - Actor and Writer
• Kelly MacDonald - Actor - (Trainspotting, Boardwalk Empire)
• Helen Marnie - Singer - Ladytron
• Tom McGee - Editor, Publisher BGH
• Mark Millar - Comic Book Author
• Edwin Morgan - Poet and Translator
• Grant Morrison - Comic Book Author
• Bud Neill - Cartoonist (Lobey Dosser)
• Gray O'Brien - actor (Coronation Street)
• David O'Hara - Actor
• Frank Quitely - Comic Book Artist
• Edward Rainey - Tetraplegic painter
• Shantha Roberts - Television presenter
• Tony Roper - Actor, television writer, & Author
• Maurice Roëves - Actor
• Suhayl Saadi - Physician, novelist, playwright, anthologist and co-editor of A Fictional Guide to Scotland
• Jerry Sadowitz - Comedian and Magician
• John Gordon Sinclair - Actor
• Jimmy Somerville - Singer
• Sharleen Spiteri - Singer
• Dawn Steele - Actress
• John Stephen - Fashion designer - (King of Carnaby St)
• May Miles Thomas - Screenwriter, Filmmaker
• Alexander "Greek" Thomson - Architect
• Nigel Tranter - Historian, Writer
• Elaine C Smith- Comedian
• Midge Ure - Rock Singer
• John Muir Wood - Photographer, Musician, Piano Maker
• Jack Webster - Journalist
• Angus Young - Rock Guitarist
• Malcolm Young - Rock Guitarist
• George Young - Rock Guitarist

Business

• Duncan Bannatyne - Entrepreneur
• Sir William Burrell - Shipping magnate and Philanthropist
• James McGill - Businessman and Philanthropist
• Sir Thomas Lipton - Entrepreneur
• Reo Stakis - Entrepreneur
• Norman Macfarlane, Baron Macfarlane of Bearsden - Entrepreneur

Musicians and bands

• primal scream
• Amy Macdonald
• Average White Band
• Maggie Bell
• Belle & Sebastian
• Bis
• The Blue Nile
• BMX Bandits
• Jack Bruce
• Camera Obscura
• Junior Campbell
• Darius Danesh
• Lonnie Donegan
• Donovan
• Deacon Blue
• Del Amitri
• Glasvegas
• Jimmy Barnes
• Jimmy Dewar (from Robin Trower band)
• The Delgados
• Jim Diamond
• Joe Egan
• El Presidente
• Franz Ferdinand
• Bobby Gillespie
• Fran Healy
• Hipsway
• Mark Knopfler
• Love and Money
• Lulu
• The Marmalade
• Frankie Miller
• Mogwai
• Mother and the Addicts
• Optimo
• Orange Juice
• The Pastels
• Gerry Rafferty
• Chris Rainbow
• The Rezillos
• The River Detectives
• Sensational Alex Harvey Band
• The Silencers
• Simple Minds
• David Sneddon
• Sons and Daughters
• Soup Dragons
• The Supernaturals
• Teenage Fanclub
• Texas
• Dougie Thomson
• The Trash Can Sinatras
• Travis
• Midge Ure
• Wet Wet Wet
• Eric Woolfson
• Angus Young
• John Paul Young
• Malcolm Young

Politics

• Sir Menzies Campbell - Former Leader of the 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
• George Galloway - Respect Member of Parliament (MP) for Bradford West
• Nigel Griffiths - Labour Member of Parliament for Edinburgh South.
• 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 - Former football player and manager
• Tommy Docherty - Football manager
• Sir Alex Ferguson - Manchester United manager
• Barry Ferguson - footballer
• Samuel Brand - Personal trainer to Gerrard Butler for the film "300", Spartan and fitness expert
• Alexander Watson Hutton, the father of Argentine football.
• Mo Johnston - Footballer
• Benny Lynch - Boxer
• Mac MacArthur - major league baseball player^[2]
• Ally McCoist - Football player and television personality
• Stephen Maguire - Top 16 professional snooker player
• Ross McCormack - Footballer
• Jim McCormick - Baseball player
• Aiden McGeady - Footballer
• James McFadden - Footballer
• Alan McManus - Top 16 professional snooker player
• Colin Montgomerie - Golfer
• Martin Laird - Golfer
• Andy Murray - Current World No. 2 & British No. 1 Tennis Player
• Bobby Thomson - Baseball Player
• Jock Stein - Football manager

Science & Engineering

• June Almeida - virologist
• James Beaumont Neilson - inventor
• Joseph Black
• Phillip Clancey - ornithologist
• Thomas Hopkirk - botanist
• Joseph Lister
• Ronald David Laing - psychiatrist
• Sir William Ramsay
• William Thomson, Lord Kelvin
• James Watt - Engineer

Also:

• Teasdale & Jennett - originators of the Glasgow Coma Scale

Other

• Ian Brady - violent criminal
• Archibald Hall - murderer
• Charles Macintosh - inventor
• Scrooge McDuck - fictional multi-billionaire cartoon duck ^[3]
• Sir John Moore - British military officer
• Saint Mungo - founder of the city
• Joe Murray - British sergeant major
• Allan Pinkerton - detective
• Edward William Pritchard - murderer and last person to be publicly executed in Glasgow
• Gordon Ramsay - chef and TV personality
• John Scott Russell - naval engineer
• William Shields - shipbuilder, most notably the Queen Mary
• Adam Smith - economist

See also

• List of Provosts and Lord Provosts of Glasgow
• List of bands from Glasgow

References