Scottish male poets

British writer and physician (1859–1930)

Scottish novelist and poet (1850-1894)

Scottish novelist, poet and playwright (1771–1832)

Scottish poet and lyricist (1759–1796)

James VI and I was King of Scotland as James VI from 24 July 1567, and King of England and Ireland as James I from the union of the Scottish and English crowns on 24 March 1603, until his death in 1625. Though he long attempted to get both countries to adopt a closer political union, the kingdoms of Scotland and England remained sovereign states ruled by James in personal union, with their own parliaments, judiciaries and laws.

Scottish writer (1954–2013)

Scottish writer and Christian minister (1824–1905)

Scottish lawyer, diarist and author (1740–1795)

British writer, poet, translator and politician (1736-1796)

Scottish writer (1700–1748)

Scottish poet, author, translator (1924–2006)

British poet and novelist (1770–1835)

British writer (1814-1889)

German writer (1864–1933)

Scottish poet, pen name of Christopher Murray Grieve (1892–1978)

Scottish weaver, actor, poet (1825–1902)

medieval Scottish poet and civil servant

Scottish poet and translator (1920-2010)

Scottish poet (c.1320 – 1395)

Scottish poet, moralist and philosopher (1735-1803)

Scottish writer (1834-1882)

Scottish nobleman, poet and soldier of the Wars of the Three Kingdoms (1612-1650)

15th-century Scottish makar (poet)

British artist (1811-1890)

Scottish churchman, scholar, poet

Scottish poet (1911–1996)

Scottish writer (1855–1905)

Scottish poet (1686-1758)

Scottish writer 1585–1649

Scottish writer and translator

British poet, novelist and translator (1887-1959)

Scottish writer

Scottish poet and writer (1750-1774)

Scottish poet and author (1784–1842)

Scottish poet, writer, artist and gardener (1925–2006)

Scottish writer (c. 1570–1638)

Scottish noble and poet (c. 1490 – c. 1555)

Scottish writer (1699-1746)

British writer, precursor of tartan noir genre (1936–2015)

British writer and lawyer (1813-1865)

poet (1921–1996)

Scottish author of the poem The Wallace

British writer and poet

British academic (1874-1955)

Scottish poet and novelist (1928–1998)

British poet

Scottish courtier and poet

Scottish writer, editor and spy

clergyman of the Church of England

Scottish physician and writer

British poet, lexicographer, political writer and memoirist

13th-century Scottish laird and reputed prophet from Earlston

British poet and essayist

British writer, poet, biographer, and translator (1816–1909)

Scottish poet (1857-1909)

British poet (1895–1915)

Scottish writer

Scottish writer and academic (1955–2024)

Scottish poet, novelist and dramatist (1841–1901)

poet (1910-1996)