This is a list of notable people from Scotland.
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Architects and master masons
James Adam (1732–1794), son of William Adam John Adam (1721–1792), eldest son of William Adam Robert Adam (1728–1792), architect, son of William Adam William Adam (1689–1748), father of James, John and Robert; architect and mason James Alison (1862–1932), architect responsible for the appearance of late Victorian Hawick John Macvicar Anderson (1835–1915) Robert Rowand Anderson (1834–1921) George Ashdown Audsley (1838–1925), architect, artist, illustrator, writer, and pipe organ designer William James Audsley (1833–1907) Ormrod Maxwell Ayrton (1874–1960), FRIBA John Baird (1798–1859), influential figure in the development of Glasgow Georgian and Victorian Architecture Andrew Balfour (1863–1943), architect, work including Holmlea Primary School, Glasgow Isobel Hogg Kerr Beattie (1900–1970), possibly the first woman to practise architecture in Scotland John Begg (1866–1937), architect who practised in London, South Africa and India, and taught at Edinburgh College of Art William Bryce Binnie (c. 1885–c. 1963) Alexander Black (c.1790–1858) Hippolyte Blanc (1844–1917) Thomas Bonnar (c.1770–1847), interior designer and architect James MacLellan Brown (c. 1886–1967), city architect of Dundee, designer of the Mills Observatory Thomas Brown (1781–1850), architect, works including Bellevue Church, Edinburgh Thomas Brown (1806–1872), architect notable for prison design Sir George Washington Browne (1853–1939) Sir William Bruce (c. 1630–1710) David Bryce (1803–1876) William Burn (1789–1870) John Burnet (1814–1901), architect who lived and practised in Glasgow Sir John James Burnet (1857–1938), Edwardian architect, son of John Burnet James Burton (1761–1837), famous London property developer and architect; father of Decimus Burton and James Burton (Egyptologist) James Byres of Tonley (1733–1817), architect, antiquary and dealer in Old Master paintings and antiquities Edward Calvert (c. 1847–1914) Charles Cameron (1743–1812) Alexander Buchanan Campbell (1914–2007) Alexander Lorne Campbell (1871–1944), architect founder of Scott & Campbell Colen Campbell (1676–1729) Colin Robert Vaughan Campbell, 7th Earl Cawdor (born 1962) John Campbell (1857–1942) John Chesser (1819–1892), architect largely based in Edinburgh Sir John Ninian Comper (1864–1960), Gothic Revival architect George Corson (1829–1910) David Cousin (1809–1878), architect, landscape architect and planner James Craig (1739–1795) James Hoey Craigie (1870–1930) Alexander Hunter Crawford (1865–1945), architect and businessman, owner of Crawford's Biscuits Alexander Davidson (1839–1908), architect active in Australia William Gordon Dey (1911–1997), architect who specialised in college buildings John Douglas of Pinkerton (c.1709–1778), architect who designed and reformed several country houses Sir Robert Drummond of Carnock (died 1592), Master of Work to the Crown of Scotland Sir James Duncan Dunbar-Nasmith, (1927–2023), leading conservation architect Alan Dunlop (born 1958) John Murray Easton (1889–1975), architect, winner of the Royal Gold Medal for architecture Alexander Edward (1651–1708), Episcopalian clergyman, draughtsman, architect and landscape designer Archibald Elliot (1760–1823) Reginald Francis Joseph Fairlie (1883–1952), architect of the National Library of Scotland James Fergusson (1808–1886) Claude Waterlow Ferrier (1879–1935), architect, specialising in the Art Deco style James Leslie Findlay (1868–1952) Kathryn Findlay (1953–2014) Robert Findlay (1859–1951) George Topham Forrest (1872–1945) William Fowler (1824–1906), architect Malcolm Fraser (born 1959) Patrick Allan Fraser (1812–1890), architect and painter Andrew Frazer (died 1792) Thomas Gildard (died 1895), architect of Britannia Music Hall James Gibbs (1682–1754) Charles Lovett Gill (1880–1960) James Gowan (1923–2015), postmodernist architect of the "engineering style" Sir James Gowans (1821–1890), maverick Edinburgh architect and builder James Gillespie Graham (1776–1855) John Edgar Gregan (1813–1855) David Hamilton (1768–1843) Sir James Hamilton of Finnart (c. 1495–1540), Master of Work to the Crown of Scotland Thomas Hamilton (1784–1858) John Henderson (1804–1862), architect chiefly remembered as a church architect James Macintyre Henry (1852–1929) William Hastie (1753/1763–1832) Gareth Hoskins (1967–2016), architect, UK Architect of the year 2006 Edith Mary Wardlaw Burnet Hughes (1888–1971), considered Britain's first practising woman architect, who established her own firm in 1920 Robert Hurd (1905-1963) Ernest Auldjo Jamieson (1880–1937), architect specialising in country houses, largely for wealthy family friends George Meikle Kemp (1795–1844), carpenter, draughtsman, and architect, best known as the designer of the Scott Monument Robert Kerr (1823–1904), co-founder of the Architectural Association Sir William Hardie Kininmonth (1904–1988), architect whose work mixed a modern style with Scottish vernacular Alexander Laing (1752–1823), architect William Leiper (1839–1916) David Lennox (1788–1873), bridge-builder and master stonemason, working in Australia John Lessels (1809–1883) Ian G Lindsay (1906–1966) Robert Lorimer (1864–1929) David MacGibbon (1831–1902) Kate Macintosh (born 1937), architect of Dawson's Heights in Southwark Alexander George Robertson Mackenzie (1879–1963), architect, in London and Aberdeen Alexander Marshall Mackenzie (1848–1933) Charles Rennie Mackintosh (1868–1928), architect, designer and watercolourist; husband and business partner of Margaret McDonald James Marjoribanks MacLaren (1853–1890), associated with the Arts and Crafts movement and Scottish Vernacular architecture Thomas MacLaren (1863–1928), architect who worked in worked in London, and the United States Andy MacMillan (1928–2014), architect, educator, writer and broadcaster Ebenezer James MacRae (1881–1951), City Architect for Edinburgh Thomas P. Marwick (1854–1927), architect based in Edinburgh, important to the architectural character of Marchmont Robert Matheson (1808–1877), architect and Clerk of Works for Scotland Robert Matthew (1906–1975) John McAslan, CBE (born 1954), designed many buildings around the world, such as the new departures concourse at London King's Cross railway station, the Iron Market in Port-au-Prince and the Olympia Park in Moscow Alexander McGill (died 1734), mason and architect, who worked in partnership with James Smith James Mckissack (1875–1940), cinema architect John McLachlan (1843–1893), architect George McRae (1858–1923), architect who migrated to Australia and pursued his career in Sydney Sir Frank Charles Mears (1880–1953) Adam Menelaws (born between 1748 and 1756–1831) James Miller (1860–1947) Sydney Mitchell (1856–1930) Robert Morham (1839–1912), City Architect for Edinburgh Richard Murphy (born 1955), architect, winner of the 2016 RIBA House of the year Gordon Murray (born 1954) Sir James Murray of Kilbaberton (died 1634), master wright and architect John Mylne (died 1621), master mason John Mylne of Perth (c. 1585–1657), master mason John Mylne (1611–1667), master mason and architect Robert Mylne (1633–1710), stonemason and architect, last Master Mason to the Crown of Scotland Robert Mylne (1733–1811), architect and civil engineer, remembered for Blackfriars Bridge, London Walter Newall (1780–1863) Peter Nicholson (1765–1844) John Paterson (died 1832) Robert Hamilton Paterson (1843–1911), partner in the architectural practice, Hamilton-Paterson and Rhind David Paton (1801–1882), architect and builder, who worked in the United States in the 1830s John Dick Peddie (1824–1891) John More Dick Peddie (1853–1921) Frederick Thomas Pilkington (1832–1898) James Playfair (1755–1794), father of William Henry William Henry Playfair (1790–1857) B. Marcus Priteca (1889–1971) Alan Reiach (1910-1992) Robert Reid Raeburn (1819–1888), architect who worked in and around Edinburgh Robert Reid (1774–1856), King's architect and surveyor for Scotland David Rhind (1808–1883) James Robert Rhind (1854–1918) John Rhind (1836–1889), architect from Inverness George Richardson (c. 1737–c. 1813), architectural and decorative draftsman John Thomas Rochead (1814–1878) Thomas Ross (1839–1930) Fred Rowntree (1860–1927), Arts and Crafts architect Witold Rybczynski (born 1943) James Salmon (1873–1924), grandson of James Salmon (1805–1888) James Salmon (1805–1888), grandfather of James Salmon (1873–1924) William Schaw (c. 1550–1602), Master of Works to James VI of Scotland for building castles and palaces John Scrimgeour of Myres (fl. 16th century), Master of Work for royal buildings for James V and Mary, Queen of Scots James Robb Scott (1882–1965), chief architect of the Southern Railway James Sellars (1843–1888) Richard Norman Shaw (1831–1912), architect known for his country houses and for commercial buildings Archibald Simpson (1790–1847), one of the major architects of Aberdeen James Smith (c. 1645–1731) James Smith of Jordanhill (1782–1867), architect, merchant, antiquarian, geologist, biblical critic and man of letters John Smith (1781–1852), first official city architect of Aberdeen Robert Smith (1722–1777), emigrant to America William Smith (1817–1891) John Soutar (1881–1951) James Souttar (1840–1922), worked in Sweden Basil Spence (1907–1976) John James Stevenson (1831–1908) James Stirling (1926–1992) John Tait (1787–1856), architect based in Edinburgh Thomas S. Tait (1882–1954) Bruce James Talbert (1838–1881), architect and interior designer Sir Andrew Thomas Taylor (1850–1937), architect and Conservative Party municipal councillor Alexander "Greek" Thomson (1817–1875) Leslie Grahame Thomson (1896-1974) James Thomson (died 1927), City Engineer, City Architect, and Housing Director of Dundee Ramsay Traquair, architect and academic with strong links to Canada James Campbell Walker (1821–1888), architect specialising in poorhouses and schools William Wallace (died 1631) Frederick Walters (1849–1931), notable for Roman Catholic churches George Henry Walton (1867–1933) Thomas Lennox Watson (c. 1850–1920) William Weir (1865–1950) Charles Wilson (1810–1863) Robert Wilson (1834–1901), architect for the Edinburgh Board of Education George Wittet (1878–1926), architect working mostly in Bombay, India William Young (1843–1900), designer of Glasgow City Chambers
Artists
Businesspersons Robert Aitken (1734–1802), Philadelphia printer, the first to publish an English language Bible in the United States Alexander Aikman (1755–1838), Jamaican printer, newspaper publisher, and landowner. Arthur Anderson (1792–1868), co-founder of P&O Alexander Arbuthnot (died 1585), printer, work including George Buchanan's first History of Scotland Sir George Gough Arbuthnot (1848–1929), businessman and civic leader in British India John Bartholomew, Sr. (1805–1861), cartographer and engraver, founder of John Bartholomew and Son Ltd John Bartholomew Jr. (1831–1893), cartographer John Christopher Bartholomew (1923–2008), cartographer and geographer John George Bartholomew (1860–1920), cartographer and geographer Ian Bartholomew (1890–1962), cartographer and geographer William Beardmore, 1st Baron Invernairn (1856–1936), founder of William Beardmore & Company engineers and shipbuilders James Gordon Bennett, Sr. (1795–1872), founder and publisher of the New York Herald Alexander Berry (1781–1873), town of Berry is named after him, possibly the first millionaire in Australia David Berry (1795–1889), livestock breeder, landowner and benefactor; brother of Alexander Berry John Broadwood (1732–1812), founder of the piano manufacturer Broadwood and Sons Peter Buchan (1790–1854), editor, publisher, and collector of ballads and folktales David Buick (1854–1929), founded the Buick car company