Scottish celebrities
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Mary Gordon (born Mary Gilmour, 16 May 1882 in Glasgow, Scotland – 23 August 1963 in Pasadena, California) was a Scottish actress, long in the United States, who specialized in housekeepers and mothers, most notably the landlady Mrs. Hudson in the
Russ Abbot (born 18 September 1947 in Ellesmere Port) is an English musician, comedian and actor. Abbot first came to public notice during the 1970s as the singer and drummer with British comedy showband the Black Abbots, later forging a prominent so
Willie Bauld (24 January 1928 – 11 March 1977) was a footballer who played for Newtongrange Star, Heart of Midlothian, Edinburgh City and the Scotland national team.
Gilbert Adair (29 December 1944 – 8 December 2011) was a Scottish novelist, poet, film critic and journalist. He was critically most famous for the “fiendish” translation of Georges Perec’s postmodern novel A Void, in which the letter e is not used
Vincent Winter (29 December 1947 – 2 November 1998) was a Scottish film actor who was successful as a child actor.
Peter May won the Scottish Young Journalist of the Year Award at the age of 21, and had his first novel published at 26. He then left journalism and became one of Scotland`s most successful and prolific television dramatists. By the age of 30 he had
Matt Healy (born David James Healy 16 November 1970) is a Scottish actor, who grew up in Oldham, Lancashire. He is best known for his role as Matthew King in the television soap series Emmerdale.
JANE DUNCAN (1910-1976)(pseudonym of Elizabeth Jane Cameron)Known (but not well enough) for the underrated “my friends” novels, nineteen in all, which follow narrator Janet Sandison from her youth during World War I up to the 1960s and which vary
John Carmichael VC MM (1 April 1893 – 20 December 1977) was a Scottish recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.
The Hon. William Douglas-Home (3 June 1912 – 28 September 1992) was a British dramatist and politician.