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Scottish political writers

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Ramsay MacDonald
British prime minister in 1924 and 1929 to 1935 (1866–1937)
James Mill
Scottish historian, economist, political theorist and philosopher (1773-1836)
Tobias Smollett
18th-century poet and author from Scotland
Michael Gove
British politician (born 1967)
George Galloway
British politician, broadcaster, and writer (born 1954)
Alasdair Gray
Scottish writer and artist (1934–2019)
James Hogg
British poet and novelist (1770–1835)
John Henry Mackay
German writer (1864–1933)
Abdalqadir as-Sufi
Islamic Scholar, Shaykh of Instruction (1930–2021)
Alexander Wilson
Scottish-American poet, ornithologist, naturalist, and illustrator (1766-1813)
George Campbell, 8th Duke of Argyll
Scottish peer, Liberal politician and writer on science, religion, and politics (1823-1900)
John Galt
Scottish writer (1779-1839)
Thomas Urquhart
Scottish writer and translator
Henry Mackenzie
Scottish lawyer and writer; (1745-1831)
Henry McLeish
former First Minister of Scotland (born 1948)
A. Berriedale Keith
Scottish lawyer and Indologist (1879-1944)
Frankie Boyle
British comedian
Tam Dalyell
Scottish politician (1932-2017)
David Urquhart
British politician (1805-1877)
Willie Gallacher
Trade unionist, activist and communist (1881-1965)
Alasdair mac Mhaighstir Alasdair
British poet, lexicographer, political writer and memoirist
Thomas Douglas, 5th Earl of Selkirk
Scottish Earl
David Mallet
Scottish writer, editor and spy
John Stuart Blackie
Scottish scholar and man of letters (1809–1895)
George Chalmers
British antiquarian; (1742-1825)
Andrew Fletcher
Scottish politician and noble
Annie S. Swan
Scottish writer, novelist and journalist, editor
John Wheatley
Scottish socialist politician (1869-1930)
George Patterson
British missionary (1920-2012)
Ayesha Hazarika
Scottish broadcaster and journalist (born 1975)
George Mackenzie
Scottish lawyer, Lord Advocate, essayist and legal writer (1636 – 1691)
Alasdair Allan
Scottish politician (born 1971)
Henry Cockburn, Lord Cockburn
Scottish lawyer, judge and literary figure
Hyman Levy
Scottish mathematician (1889-1975)
Marie Blaze de Bury
Scottish writer and salonniere (1813-1894)