List of personalities of the city of Glasgow
The following list contains Glasgow- born personalities, listed chronologically by year of birth. It is irrelevant whether or not the people later had their sphere of activity in Glasgow. Many of them moved away from Glasgow in the course of their lives and became known elsewhere. The list does not claim to be complete.
Glasgow born personalities
Until 1800
- John Moore (1761–1809), general during the Napoleonic Wars
- Charles Macintosh (1766–1843), inventor
- Robert Stevenson (1772–1850), lighthouse builder
- Andrew Ure (1778–1857), physician and professor of natural history and chemistry
- John Loudon (1783–1843), botanist and landscape architect
- William Hamilton (1788-1856), philosopher
- Colin Campbell, 1st Baron Clyde (1792–1863), Field Marshal
- Robert Foulis (1796–1866), inventor
19th century
1801 to 1850
- Robert Dale Owen (1801–1877), politician, diplomat and social reformer
- Thomas Graham (1805–1869), chemist and physicist
- John Scott Russell (1808–1882), engineer, shipbuilder and physicist
- John Stenhouse (1809-1880), chemist
- Andrew Ramsay (1814-1891), geologist
- Arthur MacArthur senior (1815-1896), politician
- John Macdonald (1815-1891), Prime Minister of Canada
- Thomas Thomson (1817–1878), botanist
- William Muir (1819–1905), colonial politician, orientalist, missiologist
- Allan Pinkerton (1819-1884), detective
- James Fairman (1826–1904), American officer and painter
- Thomas Haughey (1826–1869), doctor and politician
- John G. Campbell (1827-1903), politician
- Christopher Dresser (1834–1904), designer
- Madeleine Smith (1835–1928), prime defendant in a murder trial
- Henry Campbell-Bannerman (1836–1908), politician
- John L. MacDonald (1838-1903), politician
- William Wilson Hunter (1840–1900), statesman and writer
- William Black (1841–1898), writer
- Robert Macbeth (1848–1910), painter
- David Murray (1849–1933), landscape painter
- Thomas Neill Cream (1850-1892), serial killer
- Thomas Lipton (1850–1931), self-made man, dealer and yacht owner
- Gertrude Thomson (1850–1929), painter and illustrator
1851 to 1900
- William Mitchell Ramsay (1851–1939), ancient historian and classical archaeologist
- George Lennox Watson (1851-1904), yacht designer
- William Ramsay (1852–1916), chemist and Nobel Prize winner
- Lawrence Maxwell (1853–1927), American lawyer and United States Solicitor General
- Dugald Clark (1854-1932), inventor
- James Frazer (1854–1941), anthropologist, religious scholar and classical philologist
- James Paterson (1854-1932), painter
- William Ayerst Ingram (1855–1913), painter
- Elias John Wilkinson Gibb (1857-1901), orientalist
- Andrew Russell Forsyth (1858-1942), mathematician
- Thomas Corsan Morton (1859–1928), painter
- William Sutherland (1859–1911), physical chemist
- William Burrell (1861-1958), shipowner
- Arthur Henderson (1863-1935), politician
- Alexander Roche (1863–1921), painter
- Eugen d'Albert (1864–1932), composer and pianist
- William Boog Leishman (1865–1926), tropical doctor and pathologist
- Archibald Leitch (1865–1939), architect
- Dagobert Duck (1867–?), Richest duck in the world
- Frederic Lamond (1868–1948), pianist, composer and music teacher
- Charles Rennie Mackintosh (1868–1928), architect, interior designer, craftsman, designer, graphic artist and painter
- James Herbert McNair (1868–1955), painter and artisan
- Elizabeth MacNicol (1869–1904), portrait painter
- John Downes (1870-1943), regatta sailor
- John Aspin (1872–1933), regatta sailor
- Albert Neuhaus (1873–1948), lawyer, administrative officer and politician
- Bernard Battles senior (1875–1905), football player
- James Bunten (1875–1935), regatta sailor
- Donald Meek (1878-1946), actor
- Catherine Carswell (1879–1946), author and journalist
- William Reid Dick (1879–1961), sculptor
- Jimmy Lawrence (1879–1934), football player and coach
- Richard Gavin Reid (1879–1980), politician and farmer
- Mary Gordon (1882–1963), actress
- Arthur Downes (1993-1956), racing sailor
- Arthur Findlay (1883–1964), broker, stock exchange specialist and spiritualist
- John D. Beazley (1885–1970), Classical archaeologist
- Arthur Whitten Brown (1886–1948), aviation pioneer
- James Friskin (1886–1967), pianist, music teacher and composer
- John Harley (1886–1959 or 1960), Uruguayan football player
- Frank Lloyd (1886–1960), actor, director and producer
- Walter Aitkenhead (1887–1966), football player
- James Wordie (1889–1962), polar explorer and geologist
- Mortimer Wheeler (1890–1976), archaeologist
- Scottie Wilson (~ 1890–1976), artist
- Frank Mackenzie Ross (1891–1971), entrepreneur
- Jeanne Dusseau (1893–1979), singer and music teacher
- George Fielden MacLeod, Baron MacLeod of Fuinary (1895–1991), clergyman and founder of the Iona Community
- John Aitken (1897-1967), football player
- Archie Stark (1897–1985), football player
- Denis William Brogan (1900–1974), writer and historian
- James Dunn (1900–1963), football player
20th century
1901 to 1925
- Andy Aitkenhead (1904–1968), ice hockey goalkeeper
- Erik Chisholm (1904–1965), composer and conductor
- Jimmy McGrory (1904-1982), football player
- William Primrose (1904–1982), violist and viola teacher
- Duncan Macrae (1905-1967), actor
- Danny Blair (1906–1976), football player
- Gilbert Highet (1906–1978), classical philologist
- Alec Cheyne (1907-1983), football player and coach
- Helen MacInnes (1907–1985), writer
- Alexander Robertus Todd (1907-1997), chemist
- John Wheatley, Baron Wheatley (1908–1988), judge and politician
- Taso Mathieson (1908–1991), racing car driver
- Helen Adam (1909–1993), poet and artist
- Roderich Dietze (1909–1960), sports reporter and table tennis player
- Ian Fraser, Baron Fraser of Tullybelton (1911-1989), judge
- Stephen McGill (1912-2005), Roman Catholic bishop
- Thomas Taylor, Baron Taylor of Gryfe (1912-2001), politician
- Gordon A. Craig (1913–2005), historian and writer
- Benny Lynch (1913-1946), flyweight boxer
- Robert Browning (1914-1997), Byzantinist
- George Chisholm (1915–1997), jazz trombonist, arranger and band leader
- Douglas Fraser (1916-2008), trade unionist
- John Young (1916–1996), actor
- Phillip Alexander Clancey (1917-2001), ornithologist
- James McCallion (1918–1991), actor
- Eileen Herlie (1918–2008), actress
- Joe Henderson (1920–1980), piano player
- Victor Turner (1920–1983), ethnologist
- Charles Dempsey (1921-2008), football official
- Benjamin Creme (1922–2016), esotericist, painter and author
- Iain Hamilton (1922–2000), composer and music teacher
- Alistair MacLean (1922-1987), thriller writer
- Janet Brown (1923-2011), actress
- Jack D. Dunitz (* 1923), chemist
- Gordon Jackson (1923–1990), actor
- Elizabeth Sellars (1923–2019), film and stage actress
- Alex Campbell (1925–1987), musician
- Alastair McCorquodale (1925-2009), track and field athlete
- Dickson Mabon (1925-2008), politician
- Ian MacNaughton (1925–2002), TV, musical, opera and theater director and actor
- Gordon McIntosh (1925-2019), Australian politician
- Ninian Sanderson (1925–1985), racing car driver
- Alexander Trocchi (1925–1984), writer
1926 to 1950
- Edward Lyons (1926-2010), politician
- Eric Trevorrow (1926-2015), football player
- Ronald D. Laing (1927-1989), psychiatrist
- Norman Macleod (1927–1991), chess composer
- Tommy Docherty (* 1928), football player and coach
- Bill Knox (1928–1999), writer, journalist and editor
- Alan Paterson (1928-1999), track and field athlete
- Ian Steel (1928-2015), racing cyclist
- Alasdair MacIntyre (* 1929), philosopher
- John Aloysius Mone (1929–2016), Catholic Bishop of Paisley
- June Almeida (1930–2007) virologist, discoverer of the coronaviruses
- John Dick (1930-2000), football player
- Angus Lennie (1930-2014), actor
- Eugene McCabe (1930-2020), Irish writer and playwright
- Ronnie Simpson (1930-2004), football goalkeeper
- Andy White (1930-2015), drummer
- Lonnie Donegan (1931–2002), folk and skiffle musician
- John Fraser (born 1931), film and stage actor
- Ally MacLeod (1931-2004), football player and coach
- Phyllida Law (born 1932), actress
- Joseph Beltrami (1932–2015), famous criminal defense attorney
- David McCallum (born 1933), actor
- Mary Ure (1933–1975), film and theater actress and photo model
- Alasdair Gray (1934–2019), writer and artist
- Ian Richardson (1934-2007), actor
- John McCormack (1935-2014), middleweight boxer
- Jeff Torrington (1935-2008), writer
- Stevie Chalmers (1936-2019), football player
- Marion Chesney (1936–2019), writer
- Donald Mackay (* 1936), chemist
- Robert Maclennan, Baron Maclennan of Rogart (1936–2020), Liberal Democrat politician and life peer
- Bobby Wellins (1936-2016), jazz tenor saxophonist
- Kenneth White (born 1936), writer
- Donald Dewar (1937-2000), politician
- Anne Kristen (1937–1996), actress
- Duncan MacKay (1937-2019), football player
- Phil Shulman (born 1937), musician
- Ian Brady (1938-2017), serial killer
- Mike Lindsay (1938–2019), shot putter and discus thrower
- Bill Martin (1938–2020), songwriter, music publisher and impresario
- Pat Crerand (* 1939), soccer player and coach
- Frank McLintock (* 1939), soccer player and coach
- Lindsay L. Cooper (1940-2001), bassist and cellist
- Jeanie Lambe (1940-2020), jazz singer
- Lena Martell (* 1940), TV presenter and singer
- Eddie McCreadie (born 1940), football player and coach
- Menzies Campbell (born 1941), politician
- Eddie Large (1941-2020), comedian
- Don Adams (1942-1995), singer
- Billy Connolly (born 1942), comedian, musician, presenter and actor
- Prentis Hancock (born 1942), actor
- Thomas Rothschild (* 1942), literary scholar, university professor, author and journalist
- Elizabeth T. Spira (1942–2019), Austrian journalist and filmmaker
- Hamish Wilson (1942-2020), actor and radio producer
- Jim Craig (born 1943), football player
- Bert Jansch (1943–2011), folk singer and guitarist
- Campbell Armstrong (1944-2013), writer
- Ros Drinkwater (born 1944), actress, dancer and photojournalist
- Ian McDiarmid (born 1944), actor
- John McFall, Baron McFall of Alcluith (born 1944), politician
- Maggie Bell (born 1945), singer
- Colin Dunwoodie (1945-2008), musician
- Carol Kidd (* 1945), jazz singer
- Michael Martin, Baron Martin of Springburn (1945–2018), politician
- Elliot Meadow (1945–2017), jazz writer, music producer, manager and radio presenter
- Jim Mullen (born 1945), musician
- Bill Paterson (born 1945), actor
- Al Stewart (born 1945), singer-songwriter
- Eric Woolfson (1945–2009), musician and producer
- Stuart Christie (born 1946), anarchist
- Donovan (* 1946), singer, guitarist and songwriter
- Bill Forsyth (* 1946), film director and screenwriter
- Brian Hall (1946-2015), football player
- James Kelman (born 1946), author
- Neil MacGregor (born 1946), art historian
- George Young (1946–2017), rock musician, guitarist, songwriter and producer
- Adam Paterson Ingram (born 1947), politician
- Derek Shulman (born 1947), musician
- David Stewart (1947-2018), football goalkeeper
- Scott Fitzgerald (born 1948), singer
- Dick Gaughan (born 1948), folk singer
- Gillies MacKinnon (* 1948), director and screenwriter
- MM McCabe (* 1948), philosopher and historian of philosophy
- Tom Forsyth (1949-2020), football player
- Peter Guidi (1949–2018), jazz musician
- Mark Knopfler (* 1949), musician
- Hamish Stuart (born 1949), soul musician
- James Dillon (born 1950), composer
- Danny McGrain (born 1950), football player
- Alex Norton (born 1950), actor
- Robert McMeeking (* 1950), Scottish-American engineer
- John Paul Young (born 1950), pop musician
- Robbie Coltrane (born 1950), actor
1951 to 1975
- Peter Boyle (* 1951), epidemiologist
- Gordon Brown (born 1951), politician
- Kenny Dalglish (* 1951), football player and coach
- Jim Diamond (1951-2015), pop singer
- Eddie Kelly (born 1951), football player
- Sharman Macdonald (* 1951), writer and playwright
- Alan Rough (born 1951), soccer goalkeeper
- Ian Sommerville (* 1951), computer scientist
- Philip Tartaglia (* 1951), Archbishop of Glasgow
- Michael Coulter (* 1952), cameraman
- Alex Fergusson (* 1952), guitarist and music producer
- Hugh Henry (* 1952), politician and State Secretary
- David Knopfler (* 1952), founding member of the British rock band Dire Straits
- Oliver Knussen (1952–2018), composer and conductor
- Patrick Prosser (* 1952), computer scientist
- Kenny Burns (born 1953), football player
- Gregor Fisher (* 1953), actor and comedian
- Alexander Mann (1853–1908), painter
- Jimmy McCulloch (1953-1979), musician
- Malcolm Young (1953-2017), rhythm guitarist, songwriter and co-founder of AC / DC
- Ishbel Moore (* 1954), writer
- Carol Ann Duffy (* 1955), poet and playwright
- Jim Fleeting (born 1955), soccer player
- Andy Gray (born 1955), football player
- Willie Miller (born 1955), soccer player and coach
- Angus Young (* 1955), lead guitarist, songwriter and co-founder of AC / DC
- Steve Archibald (* 1956), soccer player and coach
- Jimmy Barnes (born 1956), rock musician
- Tommy Burns (1956-2008), football player and coach
- Wendy Clarkson (* 1956), badminton player
- Tony Fitzpatrick (* 1956), soccer player and coach
- Derek Forbes (* 1956), bassist and founding member of Simple Minds
- Michael McIntyre , regatta sailor
- Martin Millar (* 1956), fantasy author
- Maggie Reilly (born 1956), singer
- Billy Stark (* 1956), soccer player and coach
- John Wark (born 1957), football player
- William Binnie (* 1958), American entrepreneur and racing car driver
- Peter Capaldi (* 1958), actor
- Gary Lewis (born 1958), actor
- Murdo MacLeod (* 1958), football player and coach
- David Newton (* 1958), jazz pianist and composer
- Craig Armstrong (born 1959), composer
- Charlie Burchill (* 1959), musician, composer and founding member of Simple Minds
- Maxwell Caulfield (born 1959), actor
- Janice Hally (* 1959), writer
- Jim Kerr (* 1959), lead singer and composer of the rock band Simple Minds
- Rose McDowall (born 1959), musician
- Brian McGee (* 1959), drummer and founding member of Simple Minds
- Eddi Reader (* 1959), singer
- Richard McCabe (born 1960), actor
- Grant Morrison (* 1960), comic book author
- Alan Thomson (* 1960), bass guitarist
- Douglas Cairns (* 1961), Graecist
- Robert Carlyle (born 1961), actor
- Paul Evans (born 1961), long-distance runner
- Graham McTavish (born 1961), actor
- Jimmy Somerville (born 1961), pop musician
- Craig Ferguson (* 1962), television presenter, comedian, actor and film director
- Clare Grogan (* 1962), actress, author of young books and pop singer
- Ray Houghton (born 1962), soccer player and sports commentator
- Paul Motwani (* 1962), chess player
- Owen Paul (born 1962), singer
- John Hannah (born 1962), actor
- Mo Johnston (born 1963), soccer player and coach
- Angus Macfadyen (born 1963), film actor
- Colin Montgomerie (* 1963), professional golfer
- David Moyes (* 1963), football player and coach
- Pat Nevin (born 1963), football player
- Justin Currie (born 1964), singer and songwriter
- Billy Davies (born 1964), soccer player and coach
- Niall Ferguson (born 1964), historian
- John Hodge (born 1964), screenwriter and doctor
- John Keenan (born 1964), Bishop of Paisley
- Jim Lambie (* 1964), artist, DJ and musician
- Allan Moore (born 1964), football player
- Tommy Boyd (born 1965), soccer player
- Tommy Flanagan (born 1965), actor
- Brian McCardie (born 1965), actor
- David O'Hara (* 1965), theater and film actor
- Douglas Gordon (born 1966), artist
- Andrew Macdonald (born 1966), film producer
- Gary McKinnon (born 1966), computer hacker
- John Rankin Waddell (* 1966), portrait and fashion photographer
- John Barrowman (* 1967), actor and singer
- Mark Covell (* 1967), regatta sailor
- Kevin Macdonald (* 1967), film director, screenwriter and film producer
- Sharon Small (born 1967), actress
- Sharleen Spiteri (* 1967), musician
- Henry Ian Cusick (born 1967), actor
- Billy Boyd (* 1968), film and stage actor
- Christopher Brookmyre (* 1968), novelist
- Tony Curran (born 1969), actor
- Gerard Butler (born 1969), actor
- Graeme Connal (* 1969), curler
- Eddie Duffy (* 1969), bassist and member of the rock band Simple Minds
- Mary Kiani (born 1969), singer
- Paul Lambert (* 1969), football player
- Rory McCann (born 1969), actor
- Alex Rae (born 1969), football player
- Lynne Ramsay (* 1969), director and screenwriter
- John Spencer (born 1970), football player
- Joe Brooks (born 1971), biathlete
- Funk D'Void (born 1971), producer
- Alan McManus (* 1971), snooker player
- Paul Dickov (born 1972), football player
- Darren Ferguson (* 1972), football player and coach
- Kirsty Hay (* 1972), curler
- Frankie Boyle (born 1972), comedian
- Jackie McNamara (born 1973), football player
- Alyn Smith (* 1973), politician
- Laura Macdonald (* 1974), jazz musician
- Kirsty Mitchell (born 1974), actress
- Alec Newman (* 1974), theater and film actor
- Kwame Nkrumah-Acheampong (* 1974), ski racer
- Ray Park (born 1974), actor
- Katherine Grainger (* 1975), rower
- Ruth Millar (* 1975), actress
1976 to 2000
- Imornefe "Morph" Bowes (* 1976), beach volleyball coach
- Isobel Campbell (born 1976), singer
- Alastair Forsyth (* 1976), professional golfer
- Laura Fraser (* 1976), film actress
- Kelly Macdonald (born 1976), actress
- Charlie Miller (born 1976), football player
- Catriona Morrison (* 1977), duathlete and triathlete
- Lee McConnell (born 1978), track and field athlete
- Johann Hari (* 1979), journalist, writer and columnist
- Richard Hughes (born 1979), football player
- James McAvoy (* 1979), theater and film actor
- Stephen Ashfield (born 1979), actor
- Khalid Abdalla (* 1980), British-Egyptian actor
- Michelle McManus (born 1980), singer
- Euan Murray (born 1980), rugby union player
- Aidan O'Donnell (* ≈1980), jazz musician
- Stephen Maguire (born 1981), snooker player
- Marianna Palka (* 1981), actress, screenwriter, film producer and director
- Alan Gow (born 1982), football player
- Sean Biggerstaff (born 1983), actor
- Chris Burke (born 1983), soccer player
- James McFadden (born 1983), football player
- Graeme Smith (born 1983), football player
- Craig Beattie (born 1984), soccer player
- Alan Hutton (born 1984), football player
- Mark Wilson (born 1984), football player
- Darren Barr (born 1985), football player
- David Marshall (* 1985), soccer goalkeeper
- Charlotte Dobson (* 1986), regatta sailor
- Calum Gourlay (* 1986), jazz bassist
- Aiden McGeady (born 1986), soccer player
- Charlie Mulgrew (born 1986), soccer player
- Graham Dorrans (* 1987), football player
- Ludovic Geilich (* 1987), poker player
- Kevin McCann (born 1987), soccer player
- Robert Snodgrass (* 1987), football player
- Corrie Dick (* 1990), jazz musician
- James McCarthy (born 1990), football player
- John Fleck (born 1991), football player
- Anthony McGill (born 1991), snooker player
- Callum Skinner (* 1992), track cyclist
- Freya Mavor (* 1993), actress and model
- Nicholas Percy (* 1994), athlete
- Neil Gourley (born 1995), track and field athlete
- Luca Manning (* 1999), jazz singer