Significant and Famous Scots

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• Abercrombie, John
  Distinguished not only as a most eminent and successful medical practitioner, but also as an able and eloquent writer.
• Abercromby, The Honourable Alexander
  (Lord Abercromby), a distinguished lawyer of the latter part of the 18th century, and an elegant occasional writer.
• Abercromby, John
  The author of several esteemed works on gardening.
• Abercromby, Patrick
  Historian and author of "The Martial Achievements of the Scots Nation".
• Abercromby, Sir Ralph
  A distinguished general officer, under whom the British arms met their first success in the French revolutionary war.
• Abernethy, John
  An eminent writer on physiology and had a novel way of courting.
• Adam, Alexander
  An eminent grammarian and writer on Roman antiquities.
• Adam, Robert
  An architect noted for his elegant terraces in the New Town of Edinburgh, together with many fine public buildings and also much Georgian development in London.
• Adamson, Henry
  A poet of the seventeenth century.
• Adamson, Patrick
  Archbishop of St Andrews whose name occupies so remarkable a place in the history of the Scottish Reformation.
• Agnew, Sir Andrew
  Fifth baronet of Lochnaw.
• Aidan, Saint
  Bishop of Lindisfarne in the seventh century, was originally a monk on the island of Iona, and afterwards became a missionary in England.
• Aikman, William
  A painter, of considerable merit.
• Ailes, Alexander
  A celebrated theologian of the sixteenth century.
• Aiton, William
  An eminent horticulturist and botanist born in 1731.
• Alexander, Kings I, II & III
  The famous Kings of Scotland.
• Alexander, William
  An eminent nobleman, statesman, and poet of the reign of James VI. and Charles I.
• Alison, Archibald
  A distinguished writer.
• Allan, David
  A painter of great merit.
• Alan, Scotty
  Helped put Alaska on the map.
• Allan, Sir William
  President of the Royal Scottish Academy of Painting.
• Allan, Sir William
  Poet and Engineer
• Alston, Charles, M.D.
  An eminent botanist.
• Alves, Robert
  A poet and miscellaneous writer
• Anderson, Adam
  Author of the largest British compilation upon commercial history
• Anderson, Alexander
  Railwayman, Librarian, Poet, Lyricist
• Anderson, Alexander
  A very eminent mathematician
• Anderson, Christopher
  A respected name both as an author and minister.
• Anderson, David John Boyd
  A respected minister and first General Secretary of Evangelical Alliance (Scotland).
• Anderson, James
  An eminent antiquary.
• Anderson, James
  An agricultural and miscellaneous writer of great merit.
• Anderson, James D.D.
  Author of a large and useful work, entitled, "Royal Genealogies,".
• Anderson, John F.R.S.
  Professor of natural philosophy in the university of Glasgow, and founder of the eminently useful institution, bearing his name, in that city.
• Anderson, John M.A.
  An eminent Presbyterian clergyman.
• Anderson, Robert M.D.
  The biographer of Smollett and Johnson.
• Annand, J K
  J K Annand was a teacher and a life-long champion of the Scots language. Both these interests found a happy outlet in his children’s poetry.
• Annand, William
  An episcopal divine of the reign of Charles II.
• Arbuthnot, Alexander
  An eminent divine of the reign of James VI., son of the laird of Arbuthnot, was born in the year 1538.
• Arbuthnot, John M.D.
  One of the constellation of wits in the reign of queen Anne, and the most learned man of the whole body.
• Armstrong, John
  A border freebooter.
• Armstrong, John M.D.
  Author of the well-known poem, entitled, "The Art of Preserving Health."
• Armstrong, Johnie
  King of the Borders.
• Arnot, Hugo
  A historical and antiquarian writer of the eighteenth century.
• Ayton, (Sir) Robert
  An eminent poet at the court of James VI.

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