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Sir Alexander Mackenzie
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he discovered and charted the longest river in Canada
Alexander Selkirk
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he was a real life Robinson Crusoe
Dr. David Livingstone
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In the 1850s he discovered the Victoria Falls
Robert The Bruce
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he was a key figure in the Wars of Independence against English occupation. Bruce was crowned in 1306 and reigned until his death in 1329. The Battle of Bannockburn in 1314 was one of the main turning points of the war. He was potrayed in film Bravehearth
Rob Roy Macgregor
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participated in the 1715 Jacobite uprising. Sir Walter Scott immortalised him in the book of the same name.
Flora MacDonald
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she was made famous for her part in sheltering Bonnie Prince Charlie on his escape through Scotland
William Wallace
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William Wallace would become the leader of the Scots' resistance against the English occupation at the beginning of the Wars of Independence. He defeated the army of Edward I at the battle of Stirling Bridge 1297
Bonnie Prince Charlie
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led the ill-fated Jacobite rebellion of 1745 which, despite being a much smaller army than expected, managed to reach Derby. The rebellion was effectively crushed at the Battle of Culloden in 1746
The Marquis of Montrose
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He won several battles for the king Charles I in war of 3 kingdoms, but was defeated by Leslie at Philiphaugh in 1645
John Graham of Claverhouse, Viscount Dundee
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He controlled the Covenanters in the reign of James II where he earned the name 'Bloody Clavers'. Claverhouse became a Jacobite hero
Andrew Carnegie
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He made a fortune in the steel industry in US and built over 2500 free libraries
Rev Hendry Duncan
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He opened world's first savings bank
Adam Smith
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The true founder of classical economics. Author of The Wealth of Nations
W. E. Gladstone
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He was leader of the Liberal Party and Prime Minister in four governments from 1868 to 1894
John Knox
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he was a key figure in the Reformation in Scotland. Influenced by John Calvin, he often came in to conflict with Mary Queen of Scots who was Catholic
Kenneth MacAlpin
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Crowned first King of Scots in 843
Mary Queen of Scots
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She was the ruler in 16th century. Her cousin was Elizabeth 1 and she was executed by her
James VI / I
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He united Scotland and England in 1603
Macbeth
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He was the first Scottish king to make a pilgrimage to Rome in 1050. He was made into Shakespeare's play
Andrew Meikle
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He invented the threshing machine which was used to remover the outer husks from grain
James Watt
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Watt steam engine, the Si unit of energy. He brought designs to reduce waste and improve the efficiency of steam engines
Robert Adam
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Architect who designed Hopetoun House, Culzean Castle and Charlotte Square home to the Georgian House
James Clerk-Maxwell
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He demonstrated that electric and magnetic fields travel through space in the form of waves and at the constant speed of light. He helped establish radio waves.
Sir James Dewar
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He invented vacuum flask (termos) and cordite
Sir Charles Lyell
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He was a distinguished geologist and a great encouragement to Charles Darwin when he was laying the groundwork of evolutionary biology. He published Principals of Geology
Alexander Graham Bell
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He developed phone
John Napier
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He theorised the concept of logarithms
Sir Alexander Fleming
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He discovered penicillin in 1928
John Dunlop
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He changed tyres of a bicycle from solid rubber to having pneumatic tyre
John Logie Baird
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Inventor of television
Tom Anderson
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iddler composer and folklorist
Aly Bain
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Fiddler
Robert Carlyle
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Actor who played in Trainspotting, The Full Monty
Robbie Coltrane
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He played Hagrid in Harry Potter, Danny in Tutti Frutti
Neil Gow
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Renowned composer contemporary to Burns
Sir Harry Lauder
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Most famous comic to come out of scotland
Ian McDiarmid
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Actor who played Senator Palpatine in he Star Wars films
Annie Lennox
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Eurythmics known for 'Sweet Dreams'
Sir Walter Scott
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Ivanhoe, Rob Roy, The Hearth of Midlothian and The Lady of the Lake, Waverly
James Matthew Barrie
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author of Peter Pan
Robert Louis Stevenson
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Strange Case of Dr Jerkyll and Mr Hyde, Kidnapped, Treasure island
Iain Banks
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The Wasp Factory, The Crow Road, Complicity and his final novel, The Quarry
Irvine Welsh
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Author of Trainspotting
Robert Burns
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A Red, Red Rose, A Man's a Man for A' That and Tam o' Shanter, Auld Lang Syne
The Glasgow School
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was a selection of artistic collectives that emerged in the 1870s, flourishing between the 1890s and 1910. The 'school' was composed of The Four, which included renowned architect Charles Rennie Mackintosh and his wife Margaret MacDonald
Charles Reenie Mackintosh
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Scotland's most original architect. He designed Glasgow School of Art, Hill house in Helensburgh and House of an Art Lover
Sir Charles Blyth
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He rowed across the North Atlantic from Cape Cod to the Aran Islands in 90 days
James Braid
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Professional golfer and golf course architect
Jim Clark, David Coulthard
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Formula One
Kenny Dalglish
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Celtic striker football player
Colin Montgomerie
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Scotland's most successful golfer, holds the world record for European Tour Order of Merit titles with eight wins.
Graeme Obree
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The Flying Scotsman, cyclist
Sir Chris Hoy
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most successful Olympic athlete and the most decorated Olympic cyclist of all time
Andrew Murray
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Tennis player
Danny MacAskill
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Mountain Cyclist
What Scottish title was given to Prince William and Kate Middleton once they were married?
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Earl and Countess of Strathearn
Nicola Sturgeon
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First Minister of Scotland
Cinaed Mac Alpin (Kenneth 1)
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First ruler of Pictland
Keir Hardie
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Founder of the Scottish Labour Party

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