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
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
- 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
- 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
Alexander Watson Hutton
- 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
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
Swimming
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
- Lea, Richard (29 December 2019). "Alasdair Gray, influential Scottish writer and artist, dies aged 85". The Guardian. Retrieved 29 December 2019.
- Torchwood star's civil ceremony BBC News, 27 December 2006. Retrieved on 19 August 2008.
- "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.
- Reichler, Joseph L., ed. (1979) [1969]. The Baseball Encyclopedia (4th ed.). New York: Macmillan Publishing. ISBN 0-02-578970-8.
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