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Arthur Conan Doyle
British writer and physician (1859–1930)
Robert Louis Stevenson
Scottish novelist and poet (1850-1894)
Walter Scott
Scottish novelist, poet and playwright (1771–1832)
Thomas Carlyle
Scottish essayist, historian and philosopher (1795–1881)
J. M. Barrie
Scottish writer and playwright (1860–1937)
Iain Banks
Scottish writer (1954–2013)
George MacDonald
Scottish writer and Christian minister (1824–1905)
Irvine Welsh
Scottish writer
John Buchan
Scottish author and politician (1875–1940)
Alan Cumming
Alan Cumming is a Scottish actor, filmmaker and presenter. Known for his roles on stage and screen, he has received numerous accolades including a BAFTA Award, five Emmy Awards, and two Tony Awards. He also won the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Comedy Performance for the West End production of Accidental Death of an Anarchist (1991). His other Olivier-nominated roles are in The Conquest of the South Pole (1988), La Bête (1992), and Cabaret (1994). Cumming won the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical for reprising his role as the Emcee on Broadway in Cabaret (1998). His other performances on Broadway include Design for Living (2001), and Macbeth (2013).
Ian Rankin
Scottish writer
Craig Ferguson
British actor
Alistair MacLean
Scottish novelist (1922–1987)
John Barrowman
Scottish-American actor, author, and singer
William Auld
Scottish poet, author, translator (1924–2006)
Alasdair Gray
Scottish writer and artist (1934–2019)
William Boyd
Scottish novelist, short story writer, and screen writer (born 1952)
Tom Conti
British actor
Graham Hancock
British author who promotes pseudoscientific theories
James Hogg
British poet and novelist (1770–1835)
Philip Kerr
British novelist (1956–2018)
Charles Mackay
British writer (1814-1889)
John Henry Mackay
German writer (1864–1933)
Compton Mackenzie
Scottish writer, cultural commentator, raconteur and nationalist (1883-1972)
Douglas Stuart
Scottish-American writer
James Kelman
Scottish writer
Gilbert Adair
Scottish writer, journalist, translator, film critic and poet (1944–2011)
Ken MacLeod
Scottish science fiction writer
George MacDonald Fraser
English-born author of Scottish descent
John Galt
Scottish writer (1779-1839)
Edwin Muir
British poet, novelist and translator (1887-1959)
Peter May
British and French writer (born 1951)
William Black
British novelist (1841–1898)
Allan Cunningham
Scottish poet and author (1784–1842)
William Edmondstoune Aytoun
British writer and lawyer (1813-1865)
William McIlvanney
British writer, precursor of tartan noir genre (1936–2015)
George Mackay Brown
poet (1921–1996)
Graham Masterton
British writer
Neal Ascherson
British journalist (born 1932)
James Leslie Mitchell
Scottish writer (1901-1935)
John Gibson Lockhart
Scottish writer and editor (1794-1854)
Iain Crichton Smith
Scottish poet and novelist (1928–1998)
John Davidson
Scottish poet (1857-1909)
Bruce Marshall
British writer (1899–1987)
Anthony Ryan
Scottish fantasy fiction e science fiction author
William King
writer of a number of successful science-fiction and fantasy books
J. I. M. Stewart
British author, critic and academic (1906-1994)
Neil Paterson
Scottish screenwriter (1916-1995)
Hal Duncan
Scottish writer
Robert Barr
Scottish-Canadian novelist (1849-1912)
Robert Williams Buchanan
Scottish poet, novelist and dramatist (1841–1901)
D. E. Stevenson
British writer (1892–1973)
Samuel Rutherford Crockett
Scottish writer (1859-1914)
Hugh MacColl
Scottish mathematician (1837–1909)
Angus Peter Campbell
Scottish poet, novelist, journalist, broadcaster and actor.
Cezaro Rossetti
Scottish Esperanto writer
John Sterling
British author
Alan Bissett
Scottish writer
Andrew O'Hagan
Scottish novelist, journalist, academic (born 1968)
Campbell Armstrong
Scottish author (1914–2013)