List of Glaswegians

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") [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/6212729.stm Torchwood star's civil ceremony] BBC News, 27 December 2006. Retrieved on 19 August 2008.]
*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 ("Dracula 2000"/"Phantom of the Opera (2004)")
*Peter Capaldi - Actor
*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 ("")
*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 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
*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
*Mark Millar - Comic Book Author
*Edwin Morgan - Poet and Translator
*Grant Morrison - Comic Book Author
*Bud Neill - Cartoonist (Lobey Dosser)
*Frank Quitely - Comic Book Artist
*Shantha Roberts - Television presenter
*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
*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, Leader of the British 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)
*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)

ports

*Pat Crerand - Footballer
*Kenny Dalglish - Football player and manager
*Tommy Docherty - Football manager
*Sir Alex Ferguson - Football manager
*Barry Ferguson - Rangers F.C and Scotland national team captain
* Alexander Watson Hutton, the father of Argentine football.
*Mo Johnston - Football player
*Benny Lynch - Boxer
*Mac MacArthur - major league baseball playercite book |editor=Reichler, Joseph L.| title=The Baseball Encyclopedia |origyear=1969 |edition= 4th edition |year= 1979|publisher= Macmillan Publishing |location= New York|language= |id= ISBN 0-02-578970-8 ]
*Ally McCoist - Football player and television personality
*Stephen Maguire - Top 16 professional snooker player
*Jim McCormick - Baseball player
*Alan McManus - Top 16 professional snooker player
*Jock Stein - Football manager

cience

*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
*Sir John Moore - British Military Officer
*Saint Mungo - Founder of the City
*Charles Macintosh - inventor
*Allan Pinkerton - detective
*Janey Menzies - Missionary to Africa
*John Scott Russell - naval engineer
*Adam Smith - economist
*William Shields - Shipbuilder, most notably the Queen Mary
*Scrooge McDuck - fictional multibillionare cartoon duck [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/glasgow_and_west/7022173.stm BBC NEWS | Scotland | Glasgow, Lanarkshire and West | Glasgow claims McDuck as its own ] ]

ee also

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

References