Scottish scholars and academics

Scottish moral philosopher and political economist (1723–1790)

Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 2007 to 2010

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 Franciscan friar and philosopher (c. 1265/66–1308)

Scottish social anthropologist (1854–1941)

British author and journalist

South African doctor and paleontologist (1866–1951)

Scottish mathematician and scholar (1175–c.1232)

British physiologist (1860–1936)

Scottish astronomer and mathematician (1659-1708)

British diplomat and academic (1874–1938)

Scottish poet and translator (1920-2010)

British anatomist and physician (1718-1783)

Scottish orientalist (1895–1971)

British scientist (1828–1887)

British botanist (1808-1884)

Surveyor General of India

Scottish poet, moralist and philosopher (1735-1803)

Scottish physician, missionary and scientist (1843–1930)

British chemist (1831–1892)

British scientist (1812-1878)

Scottish engineer (1833-1885)

Scottish conductor and composer (1847-1935)

British academic (1927-2001)

Scottish indologist

British mathematician and physicist

Scottish doctor and chemist

Scottish courtier and poet

British mathematician and educationalist (1844–1934)

Churchman and diplomat

British academic (1931–1978)

Scottish physician and poet (1652–1713)

British philosopher

Scottish palaeoichthyologist (1840-1912)

Scottish jurist (1546–1608)

Scottish philologist and lexicographer (1867–1957)

British theologian (1934-2015)

forensic anthropologist; anatomist

Scottish-Canadian botanist (1827-1895)

Estonian-Scottish sculptor (1891-1984)

Scottish duke

Scottish physician and medical educator

Scottish poet and essayist

Scottish geologist

Scottish Gaelic scholar and authority on Scottish Gaelic oral tradition

British economist and philosopher (1860-1935)

Scottish engineer - Ph.D. University of Glasgow (1894–1985)

Scottish biologist (born 1956)

Scottish literary scholar and essayist (1855-1923)

Scottish poet (b1942)

British writer and historian (1912–2005)

Scottish classical scholar and politician (1913-1973)

British chemist (1736-1802)

Scottish paleobotanist

British journalist and academic (1906–1982)

former Leader of the UK Independence Party (born 1947)

American lexicographer (1869–1946)

Scottish-American engineer

British penal reformer (1787–1860)

Scottish writer