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Hamish Brown (born 1934), first person to walk all the Munros in a single trip; Kathryn Bryce (born 1997), cricketer in Scotland women's national cricket team, first Scots cricketer in the top ten of the ICC Women's Player Rankings; Sarah Bryce (born 2000), cricketer in Scotland women's national cricket team; Ken Buchanan (born 1945), world ...
Of the many notable Aberdonians from Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire in Scotland, The Open winning golfer Paul Lawrie and the musician Annie Lennox are the most famous in modern times. However, Aberdeen has produced many earlier important people, such as Thomas Blake Glover, an assisting figure in the foundation of Mitsubishi.
Margaret Ferrier – Scottish National Party MP [141] George Galloway – MP for Glasgow Hillhead (1987–97) and Glasgow Kelvin (1997–2005) [142] Nigel Griffiths – Labour Member of Parliament for Edinburgh South [143] Arthur Henderson – Chairman of the Labour Party [144] Bonar Law – British prime minister [145] John MacCormick ...
Burns Cottage in Alloway, South Ayrshire. Burns was born two miles (3 km) south of Ayr, in Alloway, Ayrshire on the west coast of Scotland, the eldest of the seven children of William Burnes (1721–1784), a self-educated tenant farmer from Dunnottar in the Mearns, and Agnes Broun (1732–1820), the daughter of a Kirkoswald tenant farmer.
Mary of Guise (1515–1560), regent of Scotland, and mother of Mary, Queen of Scots; Mary, Queen of Scots (1542–1587), lived in Holyrood Palace; Mynyddog Mwynfawr, Brittonic ruler of kingdom of Gododdin in Hen Ogledd (in reading of Y Gododdin accepted by most scholars), perhaps with his court at Din Eidyn
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 27 January 2025. Scottish inventor, known for first demonstrating television (1888–1946) John Logie Baird FRSE Baird in 1917 Born (1888-08-13) 13 August 1888 Helensburgh, Dunbartonshire, Scotland Died 14 June 1946 (1946-06-14) (aged 57) Bexhill, Sussex, England Resting place Baird family grave in ...
It's an increasingly popular destination to live in. The National Records of Scotland reports that the Scottish population in the year up to mid-2023 rose to 5,490,100. This is 43,100 people more ...
The Scottish Sports Hall of Fame is the national sports hall of fame of Scotland, set up in 2002. [1] It is a joint project organised by sportscotland, the national governmental body for Scottish sport, and National Museums Scotland. [2] It is also funded by BBC Scotland and donations from the general public.