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Name	Years	Country	Profession	Quotes	Rank
David Hume	1711-1776	Scottish	Philosopher	52	4
Adam Smith	1723-1790	Scottish	Economist	30	11
Andrew Carnegie	1835-1919	Scottish	Businessman	31	11
Robert Louis Stevenson	1850-1894	Scottish	Poet (with poems)	102	11
Andy Murray	1987-	Scottish	Athlete	70	11
Saint Patrick	385-461	Scottish	Saint	8	101
William Wallace	1270-1305	Scottish	Revolutionary	14	101
William Dunbar	1460-1520	Scottish	Poet	7	101
William Kidd	1645-1701	Scottish	Explorer	9	101
Robert Burns	1759-1796	Scottish	Poet (with poems)	14	101
Walter Scott	1771-1832	Scottish	Poet (with poems)	34	101
Frances Wright	1795-1852	Scottish	Writer	33	101
Thomas Carlyle	1795-1881	Scottish	Philosopher	153	101
Samuel Smiles	1812-1904	Scottish	Author	43	101
George MacDonald	1824-1905	Scottish	Poet (with poems)	30	101
Alexander Smith	1830-1867	Scottish	Poet	30	101
Alexander Graham Bell	1847-1922	Scottish	Inventor	11	101
Oswald Chambers	1874-1917	Scottish	Theologian	15	101
B. C. Forbes	1880-1954	Scottish	Journalist	25	101
Alexander Fleming	1881-1955	Scottish	Scientist	3	101
Peter Marshall	1902-1949	Scottish	Clergyman	25	101
William Barclay	1907-1978	Scottish	Theologian	15	101
Ian Hamilton Finlay	1925-	Scottish	Poet	18	101
Sean Connery	1930-	Scottish	Actor	49	101
Ian St. John	1938-	Scottish	Athlete	9	101
Alex Ferguson	1941-	Scottish	Coach	23	101
Billy Connolly	1942-	Scottish	Comedian	34	101
Ian McDiarmid	1944-	Scottish	Actor	13	101
Kenneth Cranham	1944-	Scottish	Actor	18	101
David Byrne	1952-	Scottish	Musician	142	101
Iain Banks	1954-2013	Scottish	Writer	33	101
Val McDermid	1955-	Scottish	Writer	32	101
Colin Mochrie	1957-	Scottish	Actor	35	101
Peter Capaldi	1958-	Scottish	Actor	141	101
Angus Young	1959-	Scottish	Musician	19	101
Ian Rankin	1960-	Scottish	Writer	18	101
Iain Glen	1961-	Scottish	Actor	13	101
Irvine Welsh	1961-	Scottish	Novelist	26	101
Craig Ferguson	1962-	Scottish	Comedian	64	101
Gordon Ramsay	1966-	Scottish	Chef	60	101
Shirley Manson	1966-	Scottish	Musician	69	101
Gerard Butler	1969-	Scottish	Actor	48	101
Nicola Sturgeon	1970-	Scottish	Politician	185	101
Ewan McGregor	1971-	Scottish	Actor	70	101
Rose Leslie		Scottish	Actress	67	102
Samuel Rutherford	1600-1661	Scottish	Theologian	13	102
Donald Cargill	1610-1681	Scottish	Clergyman	22	102
William Falconer	1732-1769	Scottish	Poet	20	102
Thomas Campbell	1777-1844	Scottish	Poet (with poems)	10	102
Robert Dale Owen	1801-1877	Scottish	Politician	23	102
David Livingstone	1813-1873	Scottish	Explorer	8	102
William Robertson Smith	1846-1894	Scottish	Scientist	16	102
Henry Drummond	1851-1897	Scottish	Writer	13	102
Patrick Geddes	1854-1932	Scottish	Scientist	3	102
Kenneth Grahame	1859-1932	Scottish	Novelist	18	102
Thomas Dewar	1864-1930	Scottish	Businessman	6	102
Robert W. Service	1874-1958	Scottish	Poet (with poems)	12	102
Walter Elliot	1888-1958	Scottish	Politician	2	102
Norman MacCaig	1910-1996	Scottish	Poet	33	102
W. H. Murray	1913-1996	Scottish	Athlete	3	102
Norman McLaren	1914-1987	Scottish	Artist	16	102
R. D. Laing	1927-1989	Scottish	Psychologist	20	102
Keith O'Brien	1938-	Scottish	Clergyman	19	102
Alexander McCall Smith	1948-	Scottish	Writer	51	102
Annie Lennox	1954-	Scottish	Musician	132	102
Peter Mullan	1959-	Scottish	Actor	43	102
Sheena Easton	1959-	Scottish	Musician	30	102
Robert Carlyle	1961-	Scottish	Director	66	102
Alan Cumming	1965-	Scottish	Actor	45	102
Evelyn Glennie	1965-	Scottish	Musician	48	102
Denise Mina	1966-	Scottish	Writer	49	102
Sara Sheridan	1968-	Scottish	Writer	42	102
Ashley Jensen	1969-	Scottish	Actress	48	102
David Tennant	1971-	Scottish	Actor	27	102
Gail Porter	1971-	Scottish	Celebrity	42	102
Neve McIntosh	1972-	Scottish	Actress	24	102
Kirsty Gallacher	1976-	Scottish	Entertainer	28	102
James McAvoy	1979-	Scottish	Actor	91	102
Richard Madden	1986-	Scottish	Actor	74	102
Emeli Sande	1987-	Scottish	Musician	19	102
Iain De Caestecker	1987-	Scottish	Actor	5	102
Karen Gillan	1987-	Scottish	Actress	26	102
John Niven		Scottish	Author	84	103
Richard Holloway		Scottish	Writer	3	103
William Hamilton		Scottish	Politician	6	103
Withered Hand		Scottish	Musician	9	103
William Drummond	1585-1649	Scottish	Poet	9	103
Patrick Gordon	1635-1699	Scottish	Soldier	2	103
Thomas Reid	1710-1796	Scottish	Philosopher	7	103
Francis Jeffrey	1773-1850	Scottish	Judge	4	103
Hugh Miller	1802-1856	Scottish	Scientist	7	103
Norman Macleod	1812-1872	Scottish	Writer	3	103
John Boyd Orr	1880-1971	Scottish	Politician	26	103
Bill Shankly	1913-1981	Scottish	Athlete	12	103
Bon Scott	1946-1980	Scottish	Musician	10	103
Walter Smith	1948-	Scottish	Athlete	8	103
Lindsay Duncan	1950-	Scottish	Actress	29	103
David Russell	1953-	Scottish	Musician	10	103
Ken Stott	1954-	Scottish	Actor	24	103
Eddie Campbell	1955-	Scottish	Artist	21	103
John Burnside	1955-	Scottish	Writer	95	103
Phyllis Logan	1956-	Scottish	Actress	19	103
Gordon Strachan	1957-	Scottish	Athlete	23	103
Peter Doig	1959-	Scottish	Artist	14	103
Grant Morrison	1960-	Scottish	Writer	16	103
Steven Moffat	1961-	Scottish	Writer	35	103
Dougray Scott	1965-	Scottish	Actor	30	103
Shirley Henderson	1965-	Scottish	Actress	18	103
Andrew O'Hagan	1968-	Scottish	Novelist	40	103
Stevie Jackson	1969-	Scottish	Musician	10	103
Kevin McKidd	1973-	Scottish	Actor	15	103
Hans Matheson	1975-	Scottish	Actor	5	103
Kelly Macdonald	1976-	Scottish	Actress	14	103
Laura Fraser	1976-	Scottish	Actress	19	103
Sam Heughan	1980-	Scottish	Actor	13	103
Calvin Harris	1984-	Scottish	Musician	25	103
Charlie Adam	1985-	Scottish	Athlete	25	103
Katie Leung	1987-	Scottish	Actress	11	103
Hugh Blair	1718-1800	Scottish	Theologian	5	104
James Boswell	1740-1795	Scottish	Lawyer	14	104
William Allan	1782-1850	Scottish	Artist	2	104
Robert Fortune	1812-1880	Scottish	Scientist	22	104
William Winwood Reade	1838-1875	Scottish	Historian	3	104
Arthur Keith	1866-1955	Scottish	Scientist	27	104
E. T. Bell	1883-1960	Scottish	Mathematician	13	104
Hugh MacDiarmid	1892-1978	Scottish	Poet	3	104
Gilbert Highet	1906-1978	Scottish	Writer	8	104
Muriel Spark	1918-2006	Scottish	Novelist	14	104
Edwin Morgan	1920-2010	Scottish	Poet	6	104
Deborah Kerr	1921-2007	Scottish	Actress	6	104
George MacDonald Fraser	1925-2008	Scottish	Author	7	104
Len G. Murray	1933-	Scottish	Lawyer	12	104
William McIlvanney	1936-	Scottish	Writer	2	104
Tom Conti	1941-	Scottish	Actor	13	104
Sylvester McCoy	1943-	Scottish	Actor	24	104
Bill Forsyth	1946-	Scottish	Director	14	104
Lord Robertson	1946-	Scottish	Diplomat	17	104
Lulu	1948-	Scottish	Musician	15	104
Robbie Coltrane	1950-	Scottish	Actor	36	104
Kenny Dalglish	1951-	Scottish	Athlete	8	104
Ken MacLeod	1954-	Scottish	Writer	7	104
Alan Hansen	1955-	Scottish	Athlete	35	104
David Mackay	1957-	Scottish	Aviator	21	104
Johann Lamont	1957-	Scottish	Politician	67	104
Eddi Reader	1959-	Scottish	Musician	12	104
Armando Iannucci	1963-	Scottish	Writer	17	104
Billy Boyd	1968-	Scottish	Actor	16	104
Rory McCann	1969-	Scottish	Actor	23	104
Kate Dickie	1971-	Scottish	Actress	7	104
Alex Kapranos	1972-	Scottish	Musician	39	104
Ewen Bremner	1972-	Scottish	Actor	8	104
Greg McHugh	1980-	Scottish	Actor	8	104
Emun Elliott	1983-	Scottish	Actor	13	104
Pete Cashmore	1985-	Scottish	Businessman	9	104
Theresa Breslin		Scottish	Author	7	105
George Gillespie	1613-1648	Scottish	Theologian	6	105
James Hogg	1770-1835	Scottish	Poet	6	105
Edward Irving	1792-1834	Scottish	Clergyman	5	105
James C. Maxwell	1831-1879	Scottish	Mathematician	8	105
David Gill	1843-1914	Scottish	Scientist	18	105
David McCallum	1933-	Scottish	Actor	11	105
Margo MacDonald	1943-	Scottish	Politician	7	105
Gordon Waller	1945-	Scottish	Musician	4	105
Gerry Rafferty	1947-2011	Scottish	Musician	4	105
Debi Gliori	1959-	Scottish	Writer	15	105
Graham McTavish	1961-	Scottish	Actor	5	105
Tom Hunter	1961-	Scottish	Businessman	6	105
Ali Smith	1962-	Scottish	Writer	23	105
Richard Gough	1962-	Scottish	Athlete	14	105
Mark Millar	1969-	Scottish	Writer	22	105
Tony Curran	1969-	Scottish	Actor	8	105
Guy Berryman	1978-	Scottish	Musician	6	105
Paul Gallagher	1984-	Scottish	Athlete	2	105
Sophie Kennedy Clark	1989-	Scottish	Actress	16	105
Robert Blair	1699-1746	Scottish	Poet	9	106
James Thomson	1700-1748	Scottish	Poet (with poems)	13	106
David Mallet	1705-1765	Scottish	Dramatist	7	106
Tobias Smollett	1721-1771	Scottish	Writer	2	106
Thomas Erskine	1788-1870	Scottish	Theologian	2	106
Thomas Guthrie	1803-1873	Scottish	Clergyman	3	106
Robert Rainy	1826-1906	Scottish	Clergyman	8	106
Mary Garden	1874-1967	Scottish	Musician	15	106
John Buchan	1875-1940	Scottish	Politician	15	106
Tommy Armour	1894-1968	Scottish	Athlete	3	106
Eric Liddell	1902-1945	Scottish	Athlete	1	106
James W. Black	1924-	Scottish	Scientist	20	106
Lonnie Donegan	1931-2002	Scottish	Musician	3	106
Al Stewart	1945-	Scottish	Musician	13	106
Drew Busby	1947-	Scottish	Athlete	8	106
Richard McCabe	1960-	Scottish	Actor	11	106
Allan Guthrie	1965-	Scottish	Author	14	106
Andrea McLean	1969-	Scottish	Celebrity	13	106
Michelle Gomez	1971-	Scottish	Actress	20	106
Jane Welsh Carlyle	1801-1866	Scottish	Writer	31	107
James Nasmyth	1808-1890	Scottish	Inventor	10	107
Robert Adamson	1852-1902	Scottish	Philosopher	7	107
Douglas Dunn	1942-	Scottish	Poet	6	107
Steve Valentine	1966-	Scottish	Actor	7	107
Sean Biggerstaff	1983-	Scottish	Actor	5	107
Martin Compston	1984-	Scottish	Actor	11	107
Daniel Portman	1992-	Scottish	Actor	3	107
Martin Millar		Scottish	Writer	7	108
Robert Barclay	1648-1690	Scottish	Writer	3	108
Adam Ferguson	1723-1816	Scottish	Philosopher	6	108
Anne Grant	1755-1838	Scottish	Poet	6	108
David Douglas	1799-1834	Scottish	Environmentalist	2	108
Robert Chambers	1802-1871	Scottish	Writer	3	108
Margaret Oliphant	1828-1897	Scottish	Novelist	7	108
James G. Frazer	1854-1941	Scottish	Scientist	5	108
Dorothy Dunnett	1923-2001	Scottish	Novelist	3	108
Denis Law	1940-	Scottish	Athlete	2	108
Joseph Hume	1777-1855	Scottish	Scientist	19	109
Andrew Lang	1844-1912	Scottish	Poet (with poems)	5	109
Ronald Ross	1857-1932	Scottish	Scientist	2	109
Matt Busby	1909-1994	Scottish	Athlete	5	109
Jock Stein	1922-1985	Scottish	Celebrity	2	109
Magnus Magnusson	1929-	Scottish	Journalist	5	109
Ronnie Corbett	1930-	Scottish	Comedian	2	109
Robin Cook	1946-2005	Scottish	Politician	2	109
Midge Ure	1953-	Scottish	Musician	7	109
Morag Joss		Scottish	Writer	4	110
Andrew Fletcher	1653-1716	Scottish	Writer	2	110
Alexander Duff	1806-1878	Scottish	Clergyman	2	110
Alistair Maclean	1922-1987	Scottish	Novelist	2	110
Alan Gorrie	1946-	Scottish	Musician	2	110
John Higgins	1975-	Scottish	Celebrity	16	110
Mary Queen of Scots	1542-1587	Scottish	Royalty	1	111
James Beattie	1735-1803	Scottish	Poet	11	111
Marie Stopes	1880-1958	Scottish	Author	2	111
Jimmy Reid	1932-2010	Scottish	Activist	10	111
Joan Lingard	1932-	Scottish	Novelist	11	111
Jackie Stewart	1939-	Scottish	Athlete	12	111
John Gordon Sinclair	1962-	Scottish	Actor	11	111
Jamie Sives	1973-	Scottish	Actor	10	111
James Lind	1716-1794	Scottish	Scientist	8	112
James Mirrlees	1936-	Scottish	Economist	9	112
James Cosmo	1948-	Scottish	Actor	8	112
James Mackintosh	1765-1832	Scottish	Judge	4	114
James Connolly	1868-1916	Scottish	Politician	5	114
Joanna Baillie	1762-1851	Scottish	Poet	4	115
John Wilson	1785-1854	Scottish	Writer	4	115
Jonathan Potter		Scottish	Psychologist	3	116
John Knox	1514-1572	Scottish	Clergyman	3	116
John Arbuthnot	1667-1735	Scottish	Physicist	3	116
James Hutton	1726-1797	Scottish	Scientist	2	116
John Stuart Blackie	1809-1895	Scottish	Writer	3	116
James Donald	1917-1993	Scottish	Actor	2	116
John Gilmour	1876-1940	Scottish	Politician	2	117

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