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John Logie Baird
Scottish inventor, demonstrating the world's first working television (1888–1946)
Jackie Stewart
Scottish racing driver
John Law
Scottish economist and banker (1671-1729)
Thomas Lipton
British tea merchant and yacht racer (1848-1931)
Allan Pinkerton
Scottish-American civil war detective and spy
Charles Macintosh
British chemist (1766–1843)
Bertie Charles Forbes
American financial journalist, founder of Forbes Magazine (1880–1954)
Robert Chambers
Scottish publisher and writer (1802–1871)
James Nasmyth
Scottish mechanical engineer and inventor (1808–1890)
John Rennie
engineer from Scotland (1761-1821)
John Scott Russell
British naval engineer (1808–1882)
Alexander Keith Johnston
Scottish geographer (1804–1871)
Thomas Blake Glover
Scottish merchant in Bakumatsu and Meiji Japan
David Jones
British game programmer and co-founder of Grand Theft Auto
Feargus Urquhart
American video game designer
James Matheson
British politician and merchant (1796-1878)
William Paterson
Scottish trader and banker
Jamie Hamilton
British rower and publisher (1900-1988)
James Young
Scottish chemist, born 1811 (1811–1883)
William Jardine
British businessman and politician (1784-1843)
Alexander Winton
British automotive pioneer (1860–1932)
William Fairbairn
Scottish civil engineer, structural engineer and shipbuilder
Thomas Sutherland
British politician (1834-1922)
William Arrol
British politician (1839-1913)
John Giannandrea
Scottish computer scientist
James Christie
British auctioneer and founder of Christie's auction house (1730–1803)
Colin Macfarquhar
British bookseller and printer
Archibald Constable
Scottish printer and publisher
Alexander Cumming
British inventor
Robert Gair
inventor
William Beardmore, 1st Baron Invernairn
British baron (1856-1936)
John Broadwood
Scottish founder of the piano manufacturer Broadwood and Sons; (1732-1812)
William Chambers
Scottish publisher and politician (1800-1883)
Charles Tennant
Businessperson, chemist, industrialist (1768-1838)
Charles Forte, Baron Forte
British/Italian caterer and hotelier (1908-2007)
David Dale
Scottish merchant
David Hare
Scottish watchmaker and philanthropist (1775–1842)
Adam Black
Scottish publisher and politician (1784-1874)
Sir William Mackinnon, 1st Baronet
British Baronet (1823–1893)
Charles Baird
British engineer
Alexander Tilloch
Scottish inventor (1759-1825)
Michelle Mone
British businessperson (born 1971)
Hugh Matheson
Scottish industrialist (1821-1898)
George Yule
Scottish merchant and fourth President of the Indian National Congress (1829-1892)
James Finlayson
British businessman
William Collins
Scottish schoolmaster and publisher, founder of William Collins, Sons (1789-1853)
Donald Currie
British politician (1825–1909)
James Mackay, 1st Earl of Inchcape
British Earl (1852-1932)
George Balfour
British politician (1872-1941)
Sir Charles Tennant, 1st Baronet
British politician (1823–1906)
Arnold Clark
Scottish businessman
Brian Souter
British businessman
Alan Archibald Campbell-Swinton
Scottish electrical engineer (1863–1930)
Colin Campbell
Scottish merchant, born 1686
David Mitton
British television producer, director and special effects technician (1939–2008)
Pete Cashmore
Scottish blogger and businessman
Arthur Anderson
businessman (1792-1868)
Andrew Millar
British publisher (1705–1768)
George Armitstead, 1st Baron Armitstead
British politician (1824-1915)
William Blackwood
Scottish publisher (1776-1834)