List of people from Glasgow

This list contains famous or notable people (or groups) who have either been born or raised in Glasgow, Scotland or have had a connection with the city.

Arts

• John Amabile - interior designer and television presenter
• Freddie Anderson - writer
• John Barrowman - singer and actor (The Producers, Torchwood)^[1]
• Sean Biggerstaff - actor (Harry Potter)
• Billy Boyd - actor (The Lord of the Rings)
• Frankie Boyle - comedian
• Kevin Bridges - comedian
• James Bridie - writer
• Peter Capaldi - actor (The Thick of It, In The Loop, Doctor Who)
• Robert Carlyle - actor (Trainspotting, The World Is Not Enough)
• Catherine Carswell - writer
• Morven Christie - actress
• Robbie Coltrane - actor (Harry Potter, Cracker)
• Billy Connolly - comedian (The Man Who Sued God)
• A. J. Cronin - doctor, writer
• Tony Curran - actor (Underworld: Evolution)
• Henry Ian Cusick - actor (Lost, The Gospel of John, Half Light, 24)
• Ivor Cutler - poet, songwriter, humourist
• Iain De Caestecker - actor (The Fades, Young James Herriot, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.)
• Donald Dewar - politician
• William Purdie Dickson - scholar
• Jacqueline Donachie - artist
• Lawrence Donegan - journalist, author
• Donovan - folk singer
• Patrick Doyle - film composer
• Craig Ferguson - comedian, actor, writer, director
• Lynn Ferguson - comedian, actress, writer
• Niall Ferguson - historian, writer
• Gregor Fisher - comedian
• Tommy Flanagan - actor
• Bill Forsyth - film director
• Hannah Frank - artist and sculptor
• Laura Fraser - actress
• Rikki Fulton - comedian
• John Glashan - cartoonist
• Janey Godley - comedian and writer
• Michelle Gomez - actress (Doctor Who, Green Wing)
• Alasdair Gray - novelist
• Clare Grogan - singer, actress, TV presenter
• David Hamilton - architect
• Johann Hari - journalist and playwright
• Christopher Harrison - dancer
• Sarah Heaney - TV presenter
• Greg Hemphill - actor
• Jack House - writer
• Michael Hunter - music games composer
• Pearse Hutchinson - poet
• Holly Jack - actress, acting coach
• James Kelman - novelist
• Ford Kiernan - actor
• Tom Leonard - poet
• Gary Lewis - actor
• Brian Limond - comedian and actor
• Liz Lochhead - poet, playwright
• Kelly Macdonald - actress (Trainspotting, Boardwalk Empire)
• Angus Macfadyen - actor
• Charles Rennie Mackintosh - architect and designer
• Helen Marnie - singer, Ladytron
• Freya Mavor - actress (Skins)
• Peter May - writer
• James McAvoy - actor
• David McCallum - actor
• David McCallum, Sr. - concertmaster violinist; father of David McCallum
• Rory McCann - actor
• Brian McCardie - actor
• Alan McHugh - actor and writer
• Mark Millar - comic book author
• Edwin Morgan - poet and translator
• Grant Morrison - comic book author
• Bud Neill - cartoonist (Lobey Dosser)
• Gray O'Brien - actor (Coronation Street)
• David O'Hara - actor
• Emma Pollock - Indie rock singer-songwriter, composer, and musician, and a founding member of the band The Delgados
• Daniel Portman - actor
• Frank Quitely - comic book artist
• Edward Rainey - tetraplegic painter
• Richard Rankin - actor
• Shantha Roberts - television presenter
• Maurice Roëves - actor
• Tony Roper - actor, television writer, author
• Suhayl Saadi - physician, novelist, playwright, anthologist; co-editor of A Fictional Guide to Scotland
• Jerry Sadowitz - comedian and magician
• Jane Shaw - author
• John Gordon Sinclair - actor
• Elaine C Smith - comedian
• Jimmy Somerville - singer
• Sharleen Spiteri - singer, songwriter, guitarist and lead vocalist of Texas
• Dawn Steele - actress
• John Stephen - fashion designer; King of Carnaby St
• May Miles Thomas - screenwriter, filmmaker
• Alexander "Greek" Thomson - architect
• Nigel Tranter - historian, writer
• Midge Ure - rock singer
• Brian Vernel - Actor
• Susan Calman - Comedian, Actor, Lawyer and Dancer
• Jonathan Watson - actor
• Jack Webster - journalist
• John Muir Wood - photographer, musician, piano maker
• Angus Young - rock guitarist
• George Young - rock guitarist
• Malcolm Young - rock guitarist

Business

• William Beardmore - Beardmores, Parkhead Forge, Arrol-Johnston motor company
• George Bogle of Daldowie - wealthy tobacco merchant, partner in Eastern Sugarhouse
• Sir William Burrell - shipping magnate and philanthropist
• William Cunninghame - wealthy tobacco merchant
• John Glassford - wealthy tobacco merchant, partner in Thistle Bank
• Duncan James - sugar refiner, art collector and former owner of Benmore Botanic Garden
• Sir Thomas Lipton - entrepreneur
• Norman Macfarlane, Baron Macfarlane of Bearsden - entrepreneur
• James McGill - businessman and philanthropist
• Robert Napier - co-founder of Cunard Line
• Reo Stakis - entrepreneur
• Charles Tennant - St. Rollox Chemicals Works, at one time the world's largest
• Lady Morven Stokes - Queen of Glasgow

Military

• William Anderson - recipient of the Victoria Cross
• Andrew Bogle - recipient of the Victoria Cross
• Robert Downie - recipient of the Victoria Cross
• Francis Farquharson - recipient of the Victoria Cross
• Herbert Henderson - recipient of the Victoria Cross
• John Knox - recipient of the Victoria Cross
• Donald MacKintosh - recipient of the Victoria Cross
• Henry May - recipient of the Victoria Cross
• John McAulay - recipient of the Victoria Cross
• John McDermond - recipient of the Victoria Cross
• Hugh McInnes - recipient of the Victoria Cross
• James Miller - recipient of the Victoria Cross
• Sir John Moore - British military officer
• Joe Murray - soldier, actor
• James Park - recipient of the Victoria Cross
• Harry Ranken - recipient of the Victoria Cross
• William Reid - recipient of the Victoria Cross
• Walter Ritchie - recipient of the Victoria Cross
• George Rodgers - recipient of the Victoria Cross
• John Skinner - recipient of the Victoria Cross
• James Stokes - recipient of the Victoria Cross
• James Turnbull - recipient of the Victoria Cross
• William Young - recipient of the Victoria Cross

Musicians and bands

• AC/DC
• Jimmy Barnes
• Maggie Bell
• Belle & Sebastian
• Bis
• The Blue Nile
• BMX Bandits
• Jack Bruce
• Camera Obscura
• Junior Campbell
• Chvrches
• Darius Danesh
• Deacon Blue
• Del Amitri
• The Delgados
• Jimmy Dewar (from Robin Trower band)
• Jim Diamond
• Lonnie Donegan
• Donovan
• Joe Egan
• El Presidente
• Franz Ferdinand
• Bobby Gillespie
• Glasvegas
• Fran Healy
• Hipsway
• Hudson Mohawke
• Mark Knopfler
• Love and Money
• Lulu
• Amy Macdonald
• Makethisrelate
• The Marmalade
• John Martyn
• Frankie Miller
• Mogwai
• Mother and the Addicts
• Paolo Nutini
• Optimo
• Orange Juice
• The Pastels
• Primal Scream
• Gerry Rafferty
• Chris Rainbow
• Maggie Reilly
• The River Detectives
• Rustie
• Sensational Alex Harvey Band
• The Silencers
• Simple Minds
• David Sneddon
• Sons and Daughters
• Soup Dragons
• The Supernaturals
• John Swan
• Teenage Fanclub
• Texas
• Dougie Thomson
• The Trash Can Sinatras
• Travis
• Twin Atlantic
• Midge Ure
• Wet Wet Wet
• Eric Woolfson
• John Paul Young

Politics

• Bashir Ahmad - first Asian MSP
• James Sibree Anderson - member of the Wisconsin State Assembly
• Gordon Brown - British Prime Minister
• Sir Menzies Campbell - former Leader of the Liberal Democrats
• Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman - British Prime Minister
• Roseanna Cunningham - Scottish National Party MP, MSP
• Donald Dewar - Secretary of State for Scotland, First Minister
• Pearse Doherty - Sinn Féin politician
• Winnie Ewing - Scottish National Party MP, MEP and MSP
• George Galloway - former Labour (later Respect) MP for Glasgow Hillhead (1987-97) and Glasgow Kelvin (1997-2005)
• Nigel Griffiths - Labour Member of Parliament for Edinburgh South
• James Keir Hardie - co-founder and Chairman of the Scottish Labour Party
• Arthur Henderson - Chairman of the Labour Party
• Bonar Law - British Prime Minister
• John MacCormick - Scottish National Party
• Sir John A. Macdonald - first Prime Minister of Canada
• John Maclean - Socialist
• Michael Martin - Speaker of the House of Commons
• James Maxton - Independent Labour Party MP
• Tommy Sheridan - Scottish Socialist Party MSP
• Manny Shinwell - Labour MP
• Nicola Sturgeon - Scottish First Minister and leader of the Scottish National Party

Sports

• Robert Millar - cyclist

Football

Alexander Watson Hutton

• Jim Craig - footballer
• Pat Crerand - footballer
• Kenny Dalglish - former football player and manager
• Tommy Docherty - football manager
• Sir Alex Ferguson - former Manchester United manager
• Barry Ferguson - footballer
• Alan Hutton - footballer
• Alexander Watson Hutton - father of Argentine football
• Mo Johnston - footballer
• Jimmy Johnstone - footballer
• Ross McCormack - footballer
• James McFadden - footballer
• Aiden McGeady - footballer
• Bobby Murdoch - footballer
• Robert Snodgrass - footballer
• Jock Stein - football manager
• David Templeton - footballer

Science and engineering

• June Almeida - virologist
• Joseph Black
• Phillip Clancey - ornithologist
• Thomas Hopkirk - botanist
• Ronald David Laing - psychiatrist
• Joseph Lister
• Elizabeth Janet MacGregor - medical doctor
• Ailsa McKay - economist
• David Napier - marine engineer
• Robert Napier - marine engineer, co-founder of Cunard Line
• James Beaumont Neilson - inventor
• Sir William Ramsay
• E.S. Russell - zoologist
• William Thomson, Lord Kelvin
• James Watt - engineer

Other

• Ian Brady - violent criminal
• C.A. Campbell - metaphysical philosopher
• Archibald Hall - murderer
• Charles Macintosh - inventor
• Scrooge McDuck - fictional multi-billionaire cartoon duck^[3]
• Saint Mungo - founder of the city
• Allan Pinkerton - detective
• Edward William Pritchard - murderer and last person to be publicly executed in Glasgow
• John Scott Russell - naval engineer

See also

• List of Provosts and Lord Provosts of Glasgow
• List of bands from Glasgow

References