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

Architecture

• David Hamilton – architect
• Charles Rennie Mackintosh – architect and designer
• Alexander "Greek" Thomson – architect

Dance

• Christopher Harrison – dancer

Film

• Patrick Doyle – film composer
• Bill Forsyth – film director
• May Miles Thomas – screenwriter, filmmaker
• Stephen G. Watts – author, film and drama critic

Literature

• Freddie Anderson – socialist playwright and poet originally from Ireland
• James Bridie – playwright
• Catherine Carswell – novelist and biographer of the Scottish renaissance
• A. J. Cronin – doctor and novelist
• Ivor Cutler – poet, songwriter, humourist
• Lavinia Derwent – children's writer and autobiographer
• Lawrence Donegan – journalist and author
• Alasdair Gray – artist, novelist and essayist[1]
• Johann Hari – journalist and playwright
• Pearse Hutchinson – poet
• James Kelman – novelist
• Tom Leonard – poet
• Liz Lochhead – poet and playwright
• Peter May – crime writer
• Edwin Morgan – poet and translator
• Grant Morrison – comic book author
• Suhayl Saadi – physician, novelist, playwright, anthologist; co-editor of A Fictional Guide to Scotland
• Jane Shaw – children's author
• J David Simons – author
• Alan Spence – novelist and short story writer
• John Strang – novelist and short story writer
• Tony Roper – actor, television writer, author
• Nigel Tranter – historical novelist
• Jack Webster – journalist

Music

• Michael Hunter – music games composer
• Frederic Lamond – classical pianist and pupil of Franz Liszt
• David McCallum, Sr. – concertmaster violinist; father of David McCallum
• Angus Young – guitarist (AC/DC)
• Malcolm Young – guitarist (AC/DC)
• Stevie Young – guitarist (AC/DC)

Performing arts

• John Barrowman – singer and actor (The Producers, Torchwood)[2]
• Sean Biggerstaff – actor (Harry Potter)
• Billy Boyd – actor (The Lord of the Rings)
• Frankie Boyle – comedian
• Kevin Bridges – comedian
• Peter Capaldi – actor (The Thick of It, In The Loop, Doctor Who)
• Robert Carlyle – actor (Trainspotting, The World Is Not Enough)
• Morven Christie – actress
• Robbie Coltrane – actor (Harry Potter, Cracker)
• Billy Connolly – comedian (The Man Who Sued God)
• Tony Curran – actor (Underworld: Evolution)
• Henry Ian Cusick – actor (Lost, The Gospel of John, Half Light, 24)
• Iain De Caestecker – actor (The Fades, Young James Herriot, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.)
• Craig Ferguson – comedian, actor, writer, director
• Lynn Ferguson – comedian, actress, writer
• Gregor Fisher – comedian
• Tommy Flanagan – actor
• Laura Fraser – actress
• Rikki Fulton – comedian
• Greg Hemphill – actor
• Michelle Gomez – actress (Doctor Who, Green Wing)
• Holly Jack – actress, acting coach
• Ford Kiernan – actor
• Jeanie Lambe – jazz singer
• Gary Lewis – actor
• Brian Limond – comedian and actor
• Marie Loftus – music hall entertainer
• Helen Marnie – singer, Ladytron
• Kelly Macdonald – actress (Trainspotting, Boardwalk Empire)
• Angus Macfadyen – actor
• Freya Mavor – actress (Skins)
• James McAvoy – actor
• David McCallum – actor, first noted for playing secret agent Illya Kuryakin
• Rory McCann – actor
• Brian McCardie – actor
• Alan McHugh – actor and writer
• Graham McTavish – actor and voice actor*Gray O'Brien – actor (Coronation Street)
• David O'Hara – actor
• Daniel Portman – actor
• Richard Rankin – actor
• Maurice Roëves – actor
• Jerry Sadowitz – comedian and magician
• John Gordon Sinclair – actor
• Elaine C Smith – comedian
• Jimmy Somerville – singer
• Dawn Steele – actress
• Brian Vernel – actor
• Susan Calman – comedian, actor, lawyer and dancer
• Jonathan Watson – actor

Visual arts

• John Amabile – interior designer and television presenter
• Christodoulos Aronis – painter and priest
• Jacqueline Donachie – artist
• Hannah Frank – artist and sculptor
• John Glashan – cartoonist
• Bud Neill – cartoonist (Lobey Dosser)
• Frank Quitely – comic book artist
• Edward Rainey – tetraplegic painter
• John Stephen – fashion designer; King of Carnaby St
• John Muir Wood – photographer, musician, piano maker

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

Civic

Founder

• Saint Mungo – traditional founder of the city

Campaigners

• Mary Barbour

Crime and punishment

• Ian Brady – violent criminal
• Archibald Hall – murderer
• Allan Pinkerton – detective
• Edward William Pritchard – murderer and last person to be publicly executed in Glasgow

Media

• Clare Grogan – singer, actress, TV presenter
• Sarah Heaney – TV presenter
• Jack House – writer and broadcaster
• Cameron McKenna Scottish Television, BBC Scotland Announcer
• Shantha Roberts – television presenter

Provosts

Main article: List of provosts of Glasgow

• George Elphinstone (died 1634) – Lord Provost and courtier

Humanities

• C. A. Campbell – metaphysical philosopher
• William Purdie Dickson – scholar
• Niall Ferguson – historian, writer
• Douglas Gifford – professor of Scottish literature
• William MacAskill – philosopher and ethicist

Fictional figures

• Scrooge McDuck – fictional multi-billionaire cartoon duck[3]

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

Bands

Main article: List of bands from Glasgow

• AC/DC
• Belle & Sebastian
• Bis
• The Blue Nile
• BMX Bandits
• Camera Obscura
• Chvrches
• Deacon Blue
• Del Amitri
• The Delgados
• El Presidente
• Franz Ferdinand
• Glasvegas
• Hipsway
• Love and Money
• Makethisrelate
• The Marmalade
• Mogwai
• Mother and the Addicts
• Optimo
• Orange Juice
• The Pastels
• Primal Scream
• The River Detectives
• Rustie
• Sensational Alex Harvey Band
• The Silencers
• Simple Minds
• Sons and Daughters
• Soup Dragons
• The Supernaturals
• Teenage Fanclub
• Texas
• The Trash Can Sinatras
• Travis
• Twin Atlantic
• Wet Wet Wet

Musicians

• Jimmy Barnes
• Maggie Bell
• Jack Bruce
• Junior Campbell
• Gerry Cinnamon
• Darius Danesh
• Jimmy Dewar (from Robin Trower band)
• Jim Diamond
• Lonnie Donegan
• Donovan
• Joe Egan
• Bobby Gillespie
• Fran Healy
• Hudson Mohawke
• Mark Knopfler
• Lulu
• Lewis Capaldi
• Amy Macdonald
• John Martyn
• Lisa McHugh
• Frankie Miller
• Paolo Nutini
• Emma Pollock – Indie rock singer-songwriter, composer, musician and a founding member of the band The Delgados
• Gerry Rafferty
• Chris Rainbow
• Eddi Reader
• Maggie Reilly
• David Sneddon
• Sharleen Spiteri – singer, songwriter and guitarist
• John Swan
• Dougie Thomson
• Midge Ure
• Eric Woolfson
• Angus Young – rock guitarist
• George Young – rock guitarist
• John Paul Young
• Malcolm Young – rock guitarist

Politics

• Bashir Ahmad – first Asian MSP
• Jamesina Anderson
• James Sibree Anderson – member of the Wisconsin State Assembly
• Mhairi Black – youngest ever Member of Parliament (MP) elected to the House of Commons of the United Kingdom since at least the Reform Act of 1832
• 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

Cycling

• Robert Millar – cyclist

Snooker

• Marcus Campbell former professional snooker player
• Stephen Maguire – top 16 professional snooker player
• Anthony McGill – professional snooker player
• Alan McManus – top 16 professional snooker player

Baseball

• Mac MacArthur – Major League Baseball player[4]
• Jim McCormick – baseball player
• Bobby Thomson – baseball player

Boxing

• Scott Harrison – boxer
• Benny Lynch – boxer
• Jim Watt – boxer

Football

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• Jim Craig – footballer
• Graeme Churchill – 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
• Tom Boyd – footballer
• Danny McGrain – footballer and manager
• Andrew Robertson - footballer
• John Wark – international footballer

Golf

• Martin Laird – golfer
• Colin Montgomerie – golfer

Rugby union

• Adam Ashe
• Johnnie Beattie
• Magnus Bradbury
• Alan Bulloch
• Gordon Bulloch
• Thomas Chalmers
• Scott Cummings
• James Eddie
• Jonny Gray
• Richie Gray
• Rory Hughes
• Alastair Kellock
• James Malcolm
• Euan Murray
• Max Simmers
• Duncan Weir
• Jon Welsh

Cricket

• James Stewart Carrick (1855–1923) – holder of the world record for the highest score
• William Foster (born 1934) – first-class cricketer
• David Livingstone (1927–2011) – international cricketer for Scotland

Professional wrestling

• Nikki Cross

Swimming

• Michael Jamieson

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
• John Scott Russell – naval engineer
• Charles Macintosh – inventor

See also

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

References

1. Lea, Richard (29 December 2019). "Alasdair Gray, influential Scottish writer and artist, dies aged 85". The Guardian. Retrieved 29 December 2019.
2. Torchwood star's civil ceremony BBC News, 27 December 2006. Retrieved on 19 August 2008.
3. "A council spokeswoman said some light-hearted research led to the discovery that he was from Glasgow... made in a US comic called The Life And Times Of Scrooge McDuck, published in 1996.... [Scrooge McDuck] maintained the link to his Caledonian roots by buying a castle on Dismal Downs near Rannoch Moor – which was described as 'as desolate a piece o' real estate as ye'll find anywhere in Scotland'." "Glasgow claims McDuck as its own". BBC News. 1 October 2007. Retrieved 19 April 2019.
4. Reichler, Joseph L., ed. (1979) [1969]. The Baseball Encyclopedia (4th ed.). New York: Macmillan Publishing. ISBN 0-02-578970-8.