Significant and Famous Scots

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• Cadell, Francis
  Australian explorer
• Cadell, Robert
  Publisher
• Cadell William Archibald
  Traveller and Mathematician
• Cadroe, Saint
  Abbot of Wassor and St. Felix, near Metz
• Caird, Edward
  Professor of Moral Philosophy in the University of Glasgow and Master of Balliol College, Oxford.
• Caird, John
  Principle of the University of Glasgow
• Cairns, John
  Principal Cairns, Principle of the United Presbyterian Theological College
• Carnie, Robert Hay
  Professor Emeritus
• Calder, James
  Reformer
• Calder, Sir Robert
  A distinguished British Admiral.
• Calderwood, David
  An eminent divine and ecclesiastical historian born in the 16th century.
• Cameron, Alexander
  LL.D., Minister and known for his Celtic and Gaelic Studies.
• Cameron, Donald
  This gallant Highland chief; who united such amiable manners and attractive accomplishments to the proverbial hardihood and valour of his race, that his name has descended to us under the title of "the gentle Lochiel."
• Cameron, Hugh
  Millwright
• Cameron, Richard
  An eminent martyr of the Scottish church, and whose name is still retained in the popular designation of one of its sects.
• Cameron, Roderick
  Flute maker
• Campbell, Alexander
  It is worth mentioning that his Dialogue on Scottish Music, prefixed to the History, was the first means of giving foreign musicians a correct understanding of the Scottish scale, which, it is well known, differs from that prevalent on the continent; and it is consistent with our knowledge, that the author was highly complimented on this subject by the greatest Italian and German composers.
• Campbell, Archibald, Marquis of Argyle
  an eminent political character of the seventeenth century.
• Campbell, Archibald
  Ninth Earl of Argyle, son of the preceding, was an equally unfortunate, though less distinguished political character, in the unhappiest era of Scottish history.
• Campbell, Sir Archibald
  Distinguished General and lieutenant-governor of New Brunswick.
• Campbell, Dr George
  An eminent theological writer, was born on Christmas day, 1719.
• Campbell, John LL.D.
  An eminent miscellaneous writer.
• Campbell, John
  Duke of Argyle and Greenwich, a distinguished soldier and statesman.
• Campbell, Rev John
  An active missionary and enterprising traveller.
• Campbell, Lieutenant Colonel John
  A distinguished soldier.
• Campbell, John Lorne
  Gaelic scholar and historian
• Campbell, John Gregorson
  Minister of Tiree
• Campbell, Robert
  Irish Mountain Man
• Campbell, Thomas
  A poet, so justly and poetically called the "Bard of Hope."
• Campbell-Tait, Archibald
  Archbishop of Caterbury
• Candlish, Robert Smith
  Preacher and theologian
• Cant, Andrew
  A Presbyterian preacher of great vigour and eloquence of the period of the Second Reformation.
• Cargill, Donald
  An eminent preacher of the more uncompromising order of presbyterians in the reign of Charles II.
• Carlyle, Alexander
  He left behind him a very valuable memoir of his own time, which, to the surprise of the literary world, is still condemned by his relations to manuscript obscurity.
• Carlyle, Thomas
  In the first rank of writers
• Carnegie, Andrew
  Born in Dunfermline, in Fife, in 1835. U.S. iron and steel magnate and great philanthropist.
• Carrick, John Donald
  Editor of the first series of "Whistle-Binkie" and a literary man of considerable reputation.
• Carstars, William
  An eminent political and ecclesiastical character.
• Carswell, Sir Robert
  Physician and Pathologist
• Cassie, James
  Painter
• Caw John
  Banker and miscellaneous writer
• Chalmers, Alexander
  A laborious literary workman.
• Chalmers, George
  An eminent antiquary and general writer. The author’s "Caledonia" astonished the world with the vast extent of its erudition and research.
• Chalmers, James
  Scottish missionary-explorer who served in Rarotonga in the Cook Islands for ten years.
• Chalmers, James
  Inventor of the Postage Stamp.
• Chalmers, Rev Thomas
  An eminent orator, philosopher, and divine. He now constitutes to all future time so essential a portion of Scottish history, that his name will be forgot only when Scotland itself will cease to be remembered.
• Chalmers, Stephen Marshall
  Novelist and Short Story Writer
• Chambers, David
  A distinguished historical and legal writer, of the sixteenth century.
• Chambers, Robert
  Author and Publisher
• Charles I
  King of Great Britain, was the second son of James VI. of Scotland, and First of Great Britain, by Anne, daughter of Frederick II., King of Denmark and Norway.
• Chepman, Walter
  Who appears to have been chiefly concerned in introducing the art of printing into Scotland.
• Cheyne, George
  A physician of considerable eminence.
• Chisholm, Colin
  Inspector General of Ordnance Hospitals in the West Indies
• Clapperton, Hugh
  The distinguished African traveler.
• Clark, George Aitken
  Manufacturer and philanthropist
• Cleghorn, George
  A learned physician.
• Cleland, William
  The troubadour, as he may be called, of the covenanters.
• Clerk, Sir Dugald
  Inventor of the the two-stroke spark ignition engine.
• Clerk, John
  Inventor of some invaluable improvements in the modern system of naval tactics.
• Cockburn, John
  The Father of Scottish husbandry.
• Cochrane, Sir Alexander
  Full Admiral and commander-in-chief at Plymouth.
• Cochrane, Archibald
  Ninth earl of Dundonald, a nobleman distinguished by his useful scientific investigations.
• Cochrane, Thomas
  Tenth earl of Dundonald, navel hero of Chile.
• Cocker, William Dixon
  Poet and Author
• Coffey, Danny
  Ayrshire's longest serving nationalist councillor and a former Provost of Kilmarnock & Loudoun District Council.
• Colquhoun, Patrick
  A writer on statistics and criminal jurisprudence.
• Combe, Andrew
  An excellent physician and physiologist.
• Constable, Archibald
  An eminent publisher.
• Cook, George
  Learned divine and ecclesiastical historian.
• Cooper, Thomas Mackay
  Lord Cooper, Lord Justice-General and Lord President of The Court of Session, 1947-54.
• Coutts, Thomas
  Who long moved at the head of the monied and banking interest of the metropolis.
• Cowan, Dr
  An extraordinary G.P.
• Craig, George
  Writer (law agent), banker, insurance agent, baron bailie and notary public.
• Craig, John
  An eminent mathematician.
• Craig, John
  An eminent preacher of the Reformation.
• Craig, Thomas
  Author of the Treatise on the Feudal Law, and of other learned works.
• Craig, William
  A distinguished senator of the college of Justice, and a large contributor to the literary paper styled "the Mirror."
• Crawford, David
  Historiographer to queen Anne.
• Creech, William
  An eminent bookseller, was the son of the Rev. William Creech, minister of Newbattle, a most respectable clergyman, and of Miss Mary Buley, an English lady, related to a family of rank in Devonshire.
• Crichton, James
  Commonly styled the Admirable Crichton.
• Crockett, W.S.
  Preacher and Litterateur
• Crofton, John
  Chair of tuberculosis at Edinburgh University.
• Cronin, A J
  A famous author.
• Cruden, Alexander
  Styled by himself, Alexander the Corrector, his great work was "Concordance of the Old and New Testaments."
• Cruickshanks, William
  An eminent surgeon in London
• Cullen, William M.D.
  One of the most highly gifted and accomplished physicians that Scotland has produced.
• Cumming, Sir William Gordon
  Baronet of Altyre and Gordonstoun and Chief of Clan Cumming.
• Cunningham, Alexander
  Fifth earl of Glencairn.
• Cunningham, Alexander
  The historian.
• Cunningham, Allan
  A distinguished poet.
• Cupples, George
  Author
• Currie, James
  An eminent physician.
• Currie, Robert
  Respected leader in the philanthropic and cultural heritage community.

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