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This list contains famous or notable people (or groups) who have either been born or based in Glasgow, Scotland.

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 and the Philosophers' Stone")
• Morris Blythman - Poet (nom de plume was Thurso Berwick)
• Billy Boyd - Actor (The Lord of the Rings)
• Frankie Boyle - Comedian
• James Bridie - Writer
• Gerard Butler - Actor (300 (2007) Phantom of the Opera (2004))
• Peter Capaldi - Actor (The Thick of It/In The Loop)
• Robert Carlyle - Actor (Trainspotting/The World Is Not Enough)
• Catherin Carswell - Writer
• 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
• Donald Dewar - Politician
• Donovan - Folk Singer
• Lawrence Donegan - Journalist,Author
• Patrick Doyle - Film composer
• Craig Ferguson- Comedian, Actor, Writer, Director
• Niall Ferguson - Historian, Writer
• Gregor Fisher - Comedian
• Bill Forsyth - Film director
• Hannah Frank - Artist and Sculptor
• Laura Fraser- Actress
• Rikki Fulton - Comedian
• George Galloway - Politician
• John Glashan - Cartoonist
• Janey Godley- Comedian and writer
• Alasdair Gray - Novelist
• Clare Grogan - Singer, Actress, TV presenter
• David Hamilton - Architect
• John Hannah - Actor
• Johann Hari - Journalist and playwright
• Sarah Heaney - TV presenter
• Janey Godley - Comedian and physical abuse victim
• Greg Hemphill - Actor
• Jack House - Writer
• Pearse Hutchinson - Poet
• Lorraine Kelly - Television presenter
• James Kelman - Novelist
• Ford Kiernan - Actor
• Tom Leonard - Poet
• Gary Lewis - Actor
• Liz Lochhead - Poet, Playwright
• Angus MacFadyen - Actor
• Charles Rennie Mackintosh - Architect and Designer
• Peter May - Writer
• James McAvoy - Actor
• David McCallum - Actor
• David McCallum, Sr. - Concertmaster violinist and father of David McCallum
• Brian McCardie - Actor
• Eugene McGeady - Actor and Travel Writer
• Hector McGlinchey - Business Consultant*Mark Millar - Comic Book Author
• Edwin Morgan - Poet and Translator
• Grant Morrison - Comic Book Author
• Bud Neill - Cartoonist (Lobey Dosser)
• David O'Hara - Actor
• Frank Quitely - Comic Book Artist
• Shantha Roberts - Television presenter
• Tony Roper - Actor, television writer, & Author
• Maurice Roeves - Actor
• Suhayl Saadi - Physician, novelist, playwright, anthologist and co-editor of A Fictional Guide to Scotland
• Jerry Sadowitz - Comedian and Magician
• John Gordon Sinclair - Actor
• Jimmy Somerville - Singer
• Sharleen Spiteri - Singer
• Dawn Steele - Actress
• May Miles Thomas - Screenwriter, Filmmaker
• Alexander "Greek" Thomson - Architect
• Nigel Tranter - Historian, Writer
• Elaine C Smith- Comedian
• Midge Ure - Rock Singer
• Jack Webster - Journalist
• Angus Young - Rock Guitarist
• Malcolm Young - Rock Guitarist
• George Young - Rock Guitarist

Business

• Duncan Bannatyne - Entrepreneur
• Sir William Burrell - Shipping magnate and Philanthropist
• James McGill - Businessman and Philanthropist
• Sir Thomas Lipton - Entrepreneur
• Reo Stakis - Entrepreneur
• Norman Macfarlane, Baron Macfarlane of Bearsden - Entrepreneur

Musicians and bands

• Average White Band
• Maggie Bell
• Belle & Sebastian
• Bis
• The Blue Nile
• BMX Bandits
• Jack Bruce
• Camera Obscura
• Darius Danesh
• Lonnie Donegan
• Donovan
• Deacon Blue
• Del Amitri
• Glasvegas
• Jimmy Barnes
• Jimmy Dewar (from Robin Trower band)
• The Delgados
• Jim Diamond
• Joe Egan
• El Presidente
• Franz Ferdinand
• Bobby Gillespie
• Fran Healy
• Hipsway
• Mark Knopfler
• Love and Money
• Lulu
• Frankie Miller
• Mogwai
• Mother and the Addicts
• Optimo
• Orange Juice
• The Pastels
• Gerry Rafferty
• Chris Rainbow
• The Rezillos
• The River Detectives
• San Sebastian
• SBC Sunshine
• Sensational Alex Harvey Band
• The Silencers
• Simple Minds
• David Sneddon
• Sons and Daughters
• Soup Dragons
• The Supernaturals
• Teenage Fanclub
• Texas
• Dougie Thomson
• The Trash Can Sinatras
• Travis
• Midge Ure
• Wet Wet Wet
• Eric Woolfson
• Angus Young
• John Paul Young
• Malcolm Young

Politics

• 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)
• Winnie Ewing (Scottish National Party MP, MEP and MSP)
• 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)
• Andrew Bonar Law (British Prime Minister)
• John MacCormick (Scottish National Party)
• John A. Macdonald (first Prime Minister of Canada)
• John Maclean MA (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)

Sports

• Pat Crerand - Footballer
• Kenny Dalglish - Former football player and manager
• Tommy Docherty - Football manager
• Sir Alex Ferguson - Manchester United manager
• Barry Ferguson - footballer
• Alexander Watson Hutton, the father of Argentine football.
• Mo Johnston - Footballer
• Benny Lynch - Boxer
• Mac MacArthur - major league baseball player^[2]
• Ally McCoist - Football player and television personality
• Stephen Maguire - Top 16 professional snooker player
• Ross McCormack - Footballer
• Jim McCormick - Baseball player
• Aiden McGeady - Footballer
• James McFadden - Footballer
• Alan McManus - Top 16 professional snooker player
• Andy Murray - Tennis player
• Jock Stein - Football manager

Science

• William Thomson, Lord Kelvin
• Joseph Lister
• Sir William Ramsay
• Joseph Black
• Teasdale & Jennett - originators of the Glasgow Coma Scale
• Thomas Hopkirk - botanist
• Phillip Clancey - ornithologist
• Ronald David Laing - psychiatrist

Other

• Ian Brady - violent criminal
• Archibald Hall - murderer
• Charles Macintosh - inventor
• Scrooge McDuck - fictional multibillionaire cartoon duck ^[3]
• Sir John Moore - British military officer
• Saint Mungo - founder of the city
• Allan Pinkerton - detective
• Edward William Pritchard - murderer and last person to be publicly executed in Glasgow
• Gordon Ramsay - chef and TV personality
• John Scott Russell - naval engineer
• William Shields - shipbuilder, most notably the Queen Mary
• Adam Smith - economist

See also

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

References