Adam, Robert
1728-1792
Architect |
Adam, William
1689-1748
Builder and Architect |
Alexander, William
c. 1567-1641
Writer and statesman |
Baillie, Robert, of Jerviswood
1634-1684
Landowner and Presbyterian |
Baird, John Logie
1888-1946
Scientist and inventor |
Bell, Sir Charles
1774-1842
Surgeon and neurologist |
Black, Joseph
1728-1799
Scientist |
Boswell, James
1740-1795
Biographer and diarist |
Burns, Robert
1759-1796
Poet |
Burrell, William
1861-1958
Ship owner and art collector |
Calderwood, David
1575-1650
Minister of religion and church historian |
Campbell, Archibald, 1st Duke of Argyll
1658-1703
Landowner and Privy Councillor |
Carlyle, Alexander
1722-1805
Minister of religion and writer |
Carlyle, Thomas
1795-1881
Writer and literary critic |
Carstairs, William
1649-1716
Minister of religion and principal of Edinburgh University |
Chalmers, James
1782-1853
Bookseller and stationer |
Clerk, Sir John, of Penicuik
1676-1755
Baron of the Exchequer |
Cockburn, Alison
1717-1794
Poet and socialite |
Cockburn, Henry
1779-1854
Advocate and writer |
Constable, Archibald
1774-1827
Publisher |
Craig, James
1744-1795
Architect |
Cullen, William
1710-1790
Physician and chemist |
Dalrymple, James, 1st Viscount Stair
1619-1695
Lawyer and statesman |
Dalrymple, John, 1st earl of Stair
1648-1707
Lord Advocate, Secretary of State for Scotland |
Denny, William
d.1854
Shipbuilder |
Douglas, Archibald, duke of Douglas
1694-1761
Landowner |
Douglas, James, duke of Queensberry
1662-1711
Statesman |
Douglas, Margaret, duchess of Douglas
d1774
Socialite |
Drummond, William, of Hawthornden
1585-1649
Poet and man of letters |
Dundas, Henry
1742-1811
Advocate and statesman |
Erskine, Mary
1629-1707
Businesswoman, proponent of female education |
Erskine, Thomas, earl of Kellie
1732-1781
Musician and composer |
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Ferguson, Adam
1723-1816
Scholar and academic |
Forbes, Duncan
1644-1704
Landowner, Provost of Inverness |
Foulis brothers
1707-1776, 1712-1775
Printers and booksellers |
Fraser, Simon, Captain
1773-1852
Fiddler |
Geikie, James
1839-1915
Geologist |
Gow, Neil
1727-1807
Fiddler and composer |
Graham, James Gillespie
1776-1855
Architect |
Grahame, James
1790-1842
Historian of the USA |
Grant, Anne
1755-1838
Poet and essayist |
Grieve, Christopher Murray (Hugh MacDiarmid)
1892 - 1978
Poet |
Gunn, Neil Miller
1891 - 1973
Author |
Guthrie, Thomas
1803-1873
Preacher and social reformer |
Hall, Basil
1788-1844
Naval officer and travel writer |
Hamilton, John, lord Belhaven
1656-1708
Politician and opponent of the Union |
Hamilton, Thomas
1563-1637
Landowner and statesman |
Hamilton, William
1704-1754
Poet and Jacobite |
Hardie, James Keir
1856 - 1915
Founder of the Scottish Labour Party |
Hepburn, Adam, of Craggis
d.1513
Courtier, killed at the battle of Flodden |
Heriot, Andrew, of Trabroun
d.c.1531
Landowner |
Heriot, George, yr.
1563-1624
Goldsmith, philanthropist |
Hill, David O.
1892-1870
Painter and photographer |
Hume, David
1711-1776
Philosopher and historian |
Hume, Joseph
1777-1855
Surgeon and politician |
Jeffrey, Francis
1773-1850
Lawyer, writer and politician |
Knox, John
d.1572
leader of the Scottish Reformation |
Lauder, Sir John, of Fountainhall
1646-1742
Judge and chronicler |
Leslie, David
1601-1682
Soldier and Royalist |
Leveson-Gower, George, 1st duke of Sutherland
1758-1833
Highland landowner |
Lindsay, James Bowman
1799-1862
Electrical inventor |
Livingstone, David
1813-1873
Misionary and explorer in Africa |
Lockhart, George, of Carnwarth
1681-1731/2
Jacobite |
Lockhart, John Gibson
1794-1854
Writer, son-in-law and biographer of Sir Walter Scott |
MacDonell, Alexander, chief of Glengarry
c.1725-1761
Soldier and Jacobite |
MacGillivray, William
1796-1852
Professor of Natural History, ornithologist |
Mackenzie, George, 2nd earl of Seaforth
d. 1651
Covenanter and Royalist |
Mackenzie, Henry
1745-1831
Writer and literary editor |
Mackenzie, Sir Alexander
1764-1820
Explorer in Canada |
Mackintosh, Charles Rennie
1868 - 1928
Architect |
Macquarie, Lachlan
1761-1824
Soldier, Governer General of New South Wales |
Maitland, John, duke of Lauderdale
1616-1682
Royalist and politician |
Maxwell, James Clerk
1831-1879
Scientist |
MacCulloch, Horatio
1805-1867
Landscape painter |
MacLehose, Agnes
1759-1841
Robert Burns' 'Clarinda' |
MacQueen, Robert, lord Braxfield
1722-1799
Judge |
Meikle, Andrew
1719-1811
Inventor of agricultural machinery |
Middleton, John, 1st earl of Middleton
1619-1674
Soldier and Royalist |
Miller, Hugh
1802-1856
Geologist |
Monro, Alexander
1697-1767
Founder of Edinburgh University medical school |
Mowbray, Agnes
d.1595
wife of Robert Crichton of Eliok, Lord Advocate |
Nairne, Caroline, Lady
1766-1845
Song writer |
Pitcairne, Archibald
1652-1713
Physician and bibliophile |
Playfair, John
1748-1819
Mathematician and geologist |
Playfair, William Henry
1789-1857
Architect |
Rae, Dr John
1813-1893
Arctic Explorer |
Raeburn, Sir Henry
1756-1823
Portrait painter |
Reid, Thomas
1710-1796
Philosopher |
Rob Roy
1671-1734
Clan leader |
Robertson, William
1721-1793
Historian |
Rutherford, Daniel
1749-1819
Physician, Keeper of the Royal Botanic Garden |
Sellar, Patrick
1780-1851
Factor to the Duke of Sutherland |
Sharp, James
1613-1679
Minister of religion, Archbishop of St Andrews |
Simpson, Sir James Young
1811-1870
Pioneer of the use of chloroform in anaesthesia |
Slezer, John
d.1717
Soldier, surveyor and engraver |
Smith, Adam
1723-1790
Philosopher and economist |
Smith, William Alexander
1854 - 1914
Founder of the Boys' Brigade |
Stevenson, Robert
1772-1850
Lighthouse engineer |
Stevenson, Robert Louis
1850-1894
Writer |
Stewart, Dugald
1753-1828
Philosopher |
Sutherland, Elizabeth, duchess-countess of
1765-1839
Highland landowner |
Telford, Thomas
1757-1834
Road, bridge and canal engineer |
Tennant, Charles
1768-1838
Chemical manufacturer and industrialist |
Wilkie, Sir David
1785-1841
Painter |
Wilson, Alexander
1714-1786
Printer and astronomer |
Wilson, George Washington
1823-1893
Photographer |
Wodrow, Robert
1679-1734
Minister of religion and church historian |