Significant and Famous Scots

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• St. Andrew
  Patron Saint of Scotland.
• St. John
  The first Scottish saint since Margaret in 1250
• St. Wendelin
  The Crown Prince of Scotland, who left his country for the love of God and to serve his God in humility and poverty by means of penance and prayer.
• Sage, John
  The Right Reverend.
• Salmond, Alex
  First Minister of Scotland
• Scotland, James
  CBE, MA, BL, LLB, MEd (1917, Glasgow - 1983, Aberdeen)
• Scott, David
  A picture poet.
• Scott, James
  Mason Astronomer and amazing clock maker
• Scott, Michael
  A learned person of the thirteenth century, known to the better informed as a philosopher, and to the illiterate, especially of Scotland, as a wizard, or magician, was born about the year 1214.
• Scott, Michael
  A talented writer.
• Scott, Sir Walter
  The father of historical fiction.
• Scott, Walter
  A top-class rower, fine pilot, nuclear physicist manque and International fund manager.
• Scougal, Henry
  A theological writer of considerable eminence.
• Scrimger, Henry
  A learned person of the sixteenth century.
• Sharp, James
  Archbishop of St Andrews.
• Sharp, William
  Scottish poet, literary biographer, and romantic story-teller.
• Short, James
  An eminent optician and constructor of reflecting telescopes.
• Sibbald, James
  An ingenious inquirer into Scottish literary antiquities.
• Sibbald, Sir Robert
  An eminent physician, naturalist, and antiquary.
• Simpson, Sir James Young
  He was the first to use ether in obstetric practice.
• Simson, Robert
  A mathematician.
• Sinclair, George
  A well-known mathematical writer, was professor of philosophy in the university of Glasgow in the latter part of the seventeenth century.
• Sinclair, Sir John
  A benefactor of Scotland, whose labours were devoted to its agricultural improvement.
• Skinner, John
  The well known author of several popular poems, and of an ecclesiastical history of Scotland.
• Skinner, Thomas
  Father of British homoeopathy
• Smellie, William
  An eminent naturalist, and useful miscellaneous writer.
• Smeton, Thomas
  An eminent clergyman of the sixteenth century.
• Smiles, Samuel
  Newspaper editor and writer
• Smith, Adam
  Born 1723. His book "Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations" was the corner-stone of the concept of political economy.
• Smith, James
  Inventor in the fields of Mechanics and Agriculture
• Smith, John Turnbull
  Famous Borderer
• Smith, Nigel
  Businessman and long-time supporter and campaigner for decentralisation and devolution.
• Smith, William Robertson
  Scottish orientalist, Old Testament scholar, professor of divinity, and minister of the Free Church of Scotland.
• Smollett, Tobias
  A celebrated novelist, poet, and miscellaneous writer.
• Smyth, Alexander
  A Veteran Border Journalist
• Somerville, Dr Thomas
  An eminent historian.
• Speedy, Tom
  Sportsman and Naturalist
• Spence, Charles
  A mason and poet.
• Spotswood, John
  Superintendent of Lothian, was descended of the ancient Merse family of Spotswood of that ilk.
• Spotswood, John
  Archbishop of St Andrews, and author of "The History of the Church and State of Scotland."
• Spotswood, Sir Robert
  President of the court of session.
• Steuart, Sir James
  The father of political economy in Britain.
• Stevenson, Robert
  An eminent engineer.
• Stevenson, Robert Louis
  Famous Scots author of Treasure Island and many other books. There is a mention of his writing poetry in our account of the Last Princess of Hawaii.
• Stewart, Andy
  Singer, Songwriter
• Stewart, David
  Author of the well-known "Sketches," of the Highlanders and Highland Regiments.
• Stewart, Dugald
  A celebrated metaphysical writer.
• Stewart, George
  An old Border worthy who emigrated to America.
• Stewart, James,  5th High Steward
  James the 5th High Steward was a fantastic example of his patronage to his beloved country, Scotland.  He was one of the seven guardians of Scotland that had the right to appoint a King.
• Stewart, James
  M.inst.C.E. - Civil Engineer and Surveyor 1832 - 1914.
• Stewart, Matthew
  An eminent geometrician, and professor of mathematics in the university of Edinburgh.
• Stirling, David
  Founder of the SAS.
• Stirling, James Hutchison
  Philosopher.
• Stirling, Robert
  Inventor of the Stirling engine
• Stone, Edmund
  An ingenious self-taught mathematician.
• Strahan, William
  An eminent printer and patron of literature.
• Strang, John
  Minister of Errol, and principal of the university of Glasgow.
• Strange, Robert
  The father of the line manner of engraving in Britain.
• Struthers, John
  An excellent poet, but an able historian and general writer.
• Stuart, Gilbert
  An eminent historical essayist.
• Stuart, James
  Earl of Murray, celebrated in Scottish history by the title of the "Good Regent," was an illegitimate son of James V., by Margaret Erskine daughter of John, fourth lord Erskine.
• Stuart, John
  Third earl of Bute, and prime minister of Great Britain.
• Sutherland, Robert
  The first black lawyer in Ontario
• Sutherland, Thomas
  The founder of the HSBC and Chairman of P & O.
• Swanston, Kelly
  A formidable pre-war amateur motorcycle racer before becoming a Yorkshire GP.
• Symington, William
  Born 1763. Developed the first steam-powered marine engine used to power the world's first paddle steamer.

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