Scotland
This page lists 1,141 biographies of scotlands, covering lives from AD 14 to 2004. Featuring Colin MacLaurin, James Gregory and John Craig. Each profile gives life dates, nationality, education, positions held and a sourced, attributed account of the person's life.
People of this nationality
John Paton
military officer
Alexander St Clair, 19th Baron of Roslin
Duncan Liddel
1561 β 1613
astronomer
William Lauder
1520 β 1573
poet
James Skene of Curriehill
1579 β 1633
judge
Robert Stewart, Duke of Albany
1339 β 1420
regent
William Drummond of Hawthornden
1585 β 1649
poet
Ernst Wilhelm Londicer
1655 β 1697
painter
William Charles
1776 β 1820
cartoonist
Kenneth II of Scotland
932 β 995
monarch
Robert Scott
Margorie McCall
1652 β 1705
housewife
Paul Boyd
film director
Thomas Urquhart
1611 β 1660
linguist
Peter Wedderburn, Lord Gosford
1616 β 1679
politician
William Borthwick
1641 β 1689
surgeon
Maria Bellett Browne
1786 β 1828
painter
John Allde
Dunbar Douglas, 4th Earl of Selkirk
1722 β 1799
aristocrat
Eleanor of Scotland
1433 β 1480
translator
Douglas Gordon
b. 1966
painter
Sir Alexander Dick, 3rd Baronet
1703 β 1785
physician
Charles Gordon, 2nd Earl of Aboyne
1670 β 1702
Andrew Buchanan
1690 β 1759
merchant
John Major
1467 β 1550
philosopher
Jean Scott
b. 1548
Janet Scott
James Fraser of Castle Leathers
1670 β 1760
soldier
Andrew Wilson
curler
George Hay, 5th Earl of Kinnoull
John Stewart, 2nd Lord of Aubigny
Janet Horne
1700 β 1727
Thomas Ruthven, 1st Lord Ruthven of Freeland
Cosmo Alexander
1724 β 1772
painter
Richard de Morville
1101 β 1189
William Douglas, 8th Earl of Douglas
1425 β 1452
aristocrat
Robert III of Scotland
1330 β 1406
politician
Jenny Geddes
1600 β 1660
businessperson
Robert Kerr, 1st Marquess of Lothian
1636 β 1703
politician
David Cranston
1480 β 1512
philosopher
David Lyndsay
1490 β 1554
poet
Archibald Douglas, 1st Duke of Douglas
1694 β 1761
politician
Muireadhach II, Earl of Menteith
aristocrat
George Gordon, 2nd Earl of Huntly
judge
Mark Alexander Boyd
1562 β 1601
poet
MΓ‘el Coluim, Earl of Angus
1150 β 1240
James Steuart of Coltness
1608 β 1681
politician
John Fleming
1792 β 1845
painter
John Comyn, Earl of Buchan
1250 β 1308
sheriff
Sir Charles Erskine, 1st Baronet
1643 β 1690
politician
David Carnegie, 5th Earl of Northesk
1701 β 1741
Lewis Gordon, 3rd Marquess of Huntly
1626 β 1653
Frances Brudenell
1677 β 1735
count
Fergus mac Echdach
monarch
Andrew Stewart
1442 β 1501
Catholic priest
William Montgomerie
1797 β 1856
physician
Duncan Ban MacIntyre
1724 β 1812
poet
Gavin Douglas
1474 β 1522
linguist
Archibald Napier, 3rd Lord Napier
1650 β 1683
George Joseph Bell
1770 β 1843
teacher
John Stewart, 3rd Earl of Lennox
1490 β 1526
politician
George Heriot
1539 β 1610
goldsmith
Colin Campbell, 6th Earl of Argyll
1545 β 1584
politician
Henry Hall
Macbeth
1005 β 1057
king
Elizabeth Delaval
1649 β 1717
writer
Alexander Ales
1500 β 1565
theologian
John Campbell Shairp
1819 β 1885
literary critic
William Alexander, 1st Earl of Stirling
1570 β 1640
explorer
James Stewart, 1st Lord Doune
judge
John Campbell, 1st Earl of Breadalbane and Holland
1635 β 1717
politician
Duncan Forbes, Lord Culloden
1685 β 1747
judge
Margaret Mitchelson
prophet
James Kirkpatrick
1676 β 1743
Christian minister
John Bellenden
translator
William Miles
1817 β 1887
politician
Jane Colquhoun
Lulach
1030 β 1058
politician
Margaret Wemyss, 3rd Countess of Wemyss
1659 β 1705
politician
Magdalen Livingstone
Matthew Stewart, 4th Earl of Lennox
1516 β 1571
regent
William Henry Murray
1790 β 1852
actor-manager
David Carnegie, 2nd Earl of Northesk
1650 β 1679
John Stewart, Earl of Buchan
1381 β 1424
military personnel
James Douglas, 2nd Earl of Queensberry
George Keith
1639 β 1716
missionary
William Douglas, Lord of Liddesdale
1300 β 1353
Andro Man
Robert Flint
1838 β 1910
theologian
Alexander Wedderburn of Blackness
1610 β 1676
politician
James Hamilton, 6th Earl of Abercorn
1661 β 1734
politician
George Douglas, 16th Earl of Morton
1761 β 1827
politician
D. H. MacGregor
1877 β 1953
economist
William St Clair, 13th Baron of Roslin
William Mackintosh of Borlum
1658 β 1743
Charlotte Maria Radclyffe, 3rd Countess of Newburgh
1694 β 1755
artist
Alexander Murray
1775 β 1813
linguist
Hugh Montgomerie, 12th Earl of Eglinton
1739 β 1819
politician
John Sinclair, 9th Lord Sinclair
1610 β 1674
military officer
Willie Young
curler
William Gordon, 2nd Earl of Aberdeen
1679 β 1746
politician
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