List of people from Glasgow
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This list covers famous or notable people or groups who were born or raised in Glasgow, Scotland or have been connected with it.
Arts
=Architecture=
- David Hamilton – architect{{cite web |title=David Hamilton |url=http://www.scottisharchitects.org.uk/architect_full.php?id=200207 |website=www.scottisharchitects.org.uk |access-date=1 January 2023 |archive-date=29 December 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231229140720/https://www.scottisharchitects.org.uk/architect_full.php?id=200207 |url-status=live}}
- Charles Rennie Mackintosh – architect and designer{{cite web |last1=Murphy |first1=Sean |title=The best places in Glasgow to discover Charles Rennie Mackintosh |url=https://www.glasgowlive.co.uk/whats-on/charles-rennie-mackintosh-discover-glasgow-25735897 |website=GlasgowLive |access-date=1 January 2023 |language=en |date=12 December 2022}}
- Alexander "Greek" Thomson – architect{{cite web |last1=O'Neill |first1=Christina |title=Alexander Greek Thomson and his Glasgow buildings still celebrated today |url=https://www.glasgowlive.co.uk/news/history/gallery/alexander-greek-thomson-glasgow-buildings-20352541 |website=GlasgowLive |access-date=1 January 2023 |language=en |date=9 April 2021}}
=Film=
- Bill Forsyth – film director{{cite web |title=Bill Forsyth, b. 1946. Film producer |url=https://www.nationalgalleries.org/art-and-artists/39398 |website=National Galleries of Scotland |access-date=1 January 2023 |language=en}}
- May Miles Thomas – screenwriter, filmmaker{{cite web |title=Interview: May Miles Thomas on searching for Glasgow's soul |url=https://www.scotsman.com/arts-and-culture/film-and-tv/interview-may-miles-thomas-searching-glasgows-soul-2480773 |website=Scotsman |access-date=1 January 2023}}
=Journalism=
- Lawrence Donegan – journalist{{cite web |title=Lawrence Donegan {{!}} Authors |url=https://us.macmillan.com/author/lawrencedonegan |website=Macmillan |access-date=3 January 2023}}
- Ross Finlay – motoring journalist, travel writer and broadcaster{{Cite web |last=Racecar |title=Posthumous award of Jim Clark Memorial |url=https://www.racecar.com/news/9913/motorsport/posthumous-award-of-jim-clark-memorial |access-date=2024-12-19 |website=www.racecar.com |language=en}}
- Johann Hari – journalist{{cite web |title=Johann Hari: Beware this tartan timebomb |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/commentators/johann-hari/johann-hari-beware-this-tartan-timebomb-5331218.html |website=The Independent |access-date=3 January 2023 |language=en |date=9 November 2006}}
- Jack House – journalist, writer and broadcaster{{cite web |title=Jack House, 'Mr Glasgow': 1981 and 1983 |url=https://www.heraldscotland.com/opinion/17937903.jack-house-mr-glasgow-1981-1983/ |website=HeraldScotland |access-date=3 January 2023 |language=en}}
- Andrew Marr – journalist, writer and television presenter{{cite web |title=BBC presenter Andrew Marr to leave the BBC for Global after 21 years with the broadcaster |url=https://www.scotsman.com/business/presenter-andrew-marr-to-leave-the-bbc-after-21-years-3464243https://www.scotsman.com/business/presenter-andrew-marr-to-leave-the-bbc-after-21-years-3464243 |website=Scotsman |access-date=3 January 2023}}
- Jack Webster – journalist{{cite web |title=Obituary: Jack Webster, journalist who met Ali and Chaplin and later became a columnist on the Herald |url=https://www.heraldscotland.com/opinion/18320410.obituary-jack-webster-journalist-met-ali-chaplin-later-became-columnist-herald/ |website=HeraldScotland |access-date=3 January 2023 |language=en}}
=Literature=
- Freddie Anderson – socialist playwright and poet originally from Ireland{{cite web |title=Freddy Anderson (1922 – 2001) |url=https://www.gcu.ac.uk/currentstudents/essentials/archives/catalogues/browsebycreator/anderson |website=Glasgow Caledonian University {{!}} Scotland, UK |access-date=2 January 2023 |language=en |date=15 March 2022}}
- James Bridie – playwright{{cite web |title=James Bridie {{!}} Scottish playwright {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/James-Bridie |website=www.britannica.com |access-date=3 January 2023 |language=en}}
- Catherine Carswell – novelist and biographer of the Scottish Renaissance{{cite web |title=BBC Two - Writing Scotland - Catherine Carswell |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/profiles/1yvQcKppgLrKGvJfLMP0vhJ/catherine-carswell |website=BBC |access-date=3 January 2023}}
- A. J. Cronin – doctor and novelist{{cite web |title=All about the doctor turned novelist whose heart always remained in Scotland |url=https://www.thenational.scot/news/18982685.aj-cronin-doctor-turned-novelist-whose-heart-always-remained-scotland/ |website=The National |access-date=3 January 2023 |language=en}}
- Ivor Cutler – poet, songwriter, humourist{{cite web |title=Remembering the Glasgow poet who ended up in a Beatles movie |url=https://www.glasgowtimes.co.uk/news/19984676.remembering-ivor-cutler-glasgow-poet-ended-beatles-movie/ |website=Glasgow Times |access-date=3 January 2023 |language=en}}
- Lavinia Derwent – children's writer{{cite book |last1=Ewan |first1=Elizabeth L. |last2=Innes |first2=Sue |last3=Reynolds |first3=Sian |last4=Pipes |first4=Rose |title=Biographical Dictionary of ScottishWomen |date=27 June 2007 |publisher=Edinburgh University Press |isbn=978-0-7486-2660-1 |page=97 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Zs6qBgAAQBAJ&pg=PA97 |language=en}}
- Alasdair Gray – artist, novelist and essayist{{Cite web |last1=Lea |first1=Richard |title=Alasdair Gray, influential Scottish writer and artist, dies aged 85 |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2019/dec/29/alasdair-gray-influential-scottish-writer-and-artist-dies-aged-85 |website=The Guardian |access-date=29 December 2019 |date=29 December 2019}}
- Pearse Hutchinson – poet{{cite web |title=Pearse Hutchinson |url=https://www.heraldscotland.com/opinion/13045036.pearse-hutchinson/ |website=HeraldScotland |access-date=3 January 2023 |language=en}}
- James Kelman – novelist{{cite web |title=James Kelman: 'Intimidation, provocation, contempt - that's the working class experience' |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2016/jul/15/books-interview-james-kelman-working-class-experience |website=the Guardian |access-date=3 January 2023 |language=en |date=15 July 2016}}
- Tom Leonard – poet{{cite web |title=Tom Leonard - Poet |url=https://www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/poet/tom-leonard/ |website=Scottish Poetry Library |access-date=3 January 2023}}
- Liz Lochhead – poet and playwright{{cite web |title=Liz Lochhead |url=https://booksfromscotland.com/bfs-author/liz-lochhead/ |website=Books from Scotland |access-date=3 January 2023}}
- Peter May – crime writer{{cite web |title=Peter May |url=https://booksfromscotland.com/bfs-author/peter-may/ |website=Books from Scotland |access-date=3 January 2023}}
- Edwin Morgan – poet and translator{{cite web |title=Edwin Morgan - Poet |url=https://www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/poet/edwin-morgan/ |website=Scottish Poetry Library |access-date=3 January 2023}}
- Grant Morrison – comic book author{{cite web |title=Interview: Grant Morrison, comic book writer |url=https://www.scotsman.com/news/interview-grant-morrison-comic-book-writer-2463755 |website=Scotsman |access-date=3 January 2023}}
- Tony Roper – actor, television writer, author{{cite web |title=BBC Radio Scotland - Schemes and Dreams, Alex Mosson, Tony Roper meets up with old pal Alex Mosson - Anderston.JPG |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p01jmf4s/p01jmdsr |website=BBC |access-date=3 January 2023}}
- Suhayl Saadi – physician, novelist, playwright, anthologist; co-editor of A Fictional Guide to Scotland{{cite web |title=Suhayl Saadi - Literature |url=https://literature.britishcouncil.org/writer/suhayl-saadi |website=literature.britishcouncil.org |access-date=3 January 2023}}
- J David Simons – author{{cite web |title=J David Simons |url=https://booksfromscotland.com/bfs-author/j-david-simons/ |website=Books from Scotland |access-date=3 January 2023}}
- Alan Spence – novelist and poet{{cite web |title=Alan Spence - Poet |url=https://www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/poet/alan-spence/ |website=Scottish Poetry Library |access-date=3 January 2023}}
- Nigel Tranter – historical novelist{{cite web |title=The day Nigel Tranter was born |url=https://www.scotsman.com/arts-and-culture/day-nigel-tranter-was-born-1488908 |website=Scotsman |access-date=3 January 2023}}
=Performing arts=
- Moyo Akandé – actress{{cite web|url=https://www.glasgowtimes.co.uk/lifestyle/spring-in-the-city/13260088.glasgow-actress-moyo-is-casting-spells-in-macbeth/|title=Glasgow actress Moyo is casting spells in Macbeth|website=The Glasgow Times|last=Beacom|first=Brian|date=16 July 2013|access-date=28 May 2023}}
- John Barrowman – singer and actor (The Producers, Torchwood)[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/6212729.stm Torchwood star's civil ceremony] BBC News, 27 December 2006. Retrieved 19 August 2008.
- Sean Biggerstaff – actor (Harry Potter){{cite web |title=Sean Biggerstaff (Oliver) |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/hi/find_out/guides/showbiz/potter_actors/newsid_2381000/2381765.stm |website=BBC - CBBC News |access-date=2 January 2023 |date=31 October 2002}}
- Billy Boyd – actor (The Lord of the Rings)
- Frankie Boyle – comedian{{cite web |title=Famous Glaswegians |url=https://www.glasgow.gov.uk/index.aspx?articleid=15952 |website=www.glasgow.gov.uk |access-date=2 January 2023 |language=en |date=25 June 2015}}
- Kevin Bridges – comedian{{cite web |title=Profile: Kevin Bridges, comedian |url=https://www.scotsman.com/arts-and-culture/profile-kevin-bridges-comedian-1714925 |website=Scotsman |access-date=2 January 2023}}
- John Cairney – actor{{cite web |title=Scottish actor John Cairney has died aged 93 |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-66739513 |website=BBC News |access-date=7 September 2023 |date=7 September 2023}}
- Peter Capaldi – actor (The Thick of It, In The Loop, Doctor Who){{cite web |title=Peter Capaldi announced as recipient of BAFTA Scotland Outstanding Contribution Award 2022 |url=https://www.bafta.org/media-centre/press-releases/peter-capaldi-announced-as-recipient-of-bafta-scotland-awards-2022 |website=www.bafta.org |access-date=3 January 2023 |language=en |date=3 November 2022}}
- Robert Carlyle – actor (Trainspotting, The World Is Not Enough){{cite web |title=Robert Carlyle: I understand anyone who came from the gutter like me |url=https://www.glasgowtimes.co.uk/news/14433873.robert-carlyle-i-understand-anyone-who-came-from-the-gutter-like-me/ |website=Glasgow Times |access-date=3 January 2023 |language=en}}
- Lawrence Chaney – drag queen and winner of the second series of RuPaul's Drag Race UK{{cite web |last1=Meehan |first1=Abbie |title=Scottish Love Island winner appears on RuPaul's Lawrence Chaney's new BBC show |url=https://www.glasgowlive.co.uk/news/tv/scottish-love-island-winner-appears-25848565 |website=GlasgowLive |access-date=3 January 2023 |language=en |date=28 December 2022}}
- Morven Christie – actress{{cite web |title=Morven Christie filming new drama from Line of Duty makers in Glasgow |url=https://www.glasgowtimes.co.uk/news/scottish-news/20668968.actress-morven-christie-filming-new-drama-loss-return-line-duty-makers-glasgow/ |website=Glasgow Times |access-date=3 January 2023 |language=en}}
- Robbie Coltrane – actor (Harry Potter, Cracker){{cite web |title=Robbie Coltrane obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2022/oct/14/robbie-coltrane-obituary |website=the Guardian |access-date=2 January 2023 |language=en |date=14 October 2022}}
- Billy Connolly – comedian (The Man Who Sued God){{cite web |title=Six celebrities you didn't know are Glaswegian |url=https://www.glasgowlive.co.uk/news/glasgow-news/celebs-you-didnt-know-glaswegian-11389514 |website=GlasgowLive |date=19 November 2017 |access-date=2 January 2023}}
- Kate Copstick – actress and director{{cite web |title=Actress Kate Copstick attacked and robbed of charity money |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-62792813 |website=BBC News |access-date=5 September 2022 |date=5 September 2022}}
- Tony Curran – actor{{cite web |title=Tony Curran, b. 1969. Actor |url=https://www.nationalgalleries.org/art-and-artists/124908/tony-curran-b-1969-actor |website=National Galleries of Scotland |access-date=3 January 2023 |language=en}}
- Iain De Caestecker – actor (The Fades, Young James Herriot, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.)
- Karen Dunbar – comedian and actress{{cite web |title=Karen Dunbar from The Gazetteer for Scotland |url=https://www.scottish-places.info/people/famousfirst4044.html |website=www.scottish-places.info |access-date=2 September 2024 |language=en-gb |archive-date=28 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160328105629/http://www.scottish-places.info/people/famousfirst4044.html |url-status=live}}
- Craig Ferguson – actor and writer
- Gregor Fisher – comedian
- Laura Fraser – actress{{cite web |title=No place like home for Breaking Bad star Laura Fraser |url=https://www.glasgowtimes.co.uk/entertainment/14694837.no-place-like-home-for-breaking-bad-star-laura-fraser/ |website=Glasgow Times |date=20 August 2016 |access-date=3 January 2023 |language=en}}
- Rikki Fulton – comedian{{cite web |title=Rikki Fulton, 1924 - 2004. Actor and comedian |url=https://www.nationalgalleries.org/art-and-artists/44897 |website=National Galleries of Scotland |access-date=3 January 2023 |language=en}}
- Michelle Gomez – actress (Doctor Who, Green Wing){{cite web |title=Michelle Gomez is a force to be reckoned with |url=https://www.scotsman.com/whats-on/arts-and-entertainment/michelle-gomez-force-be-reckoned-2462757 |website=Scotsman |access-date=1 January 2023}}
- Greg Hemphill – actor{{cite web |title=Greg Hemphill from The Gazetteer for Scotland |url=https://www.scottish-places.info/people/famousfirst3113.html |website=www.scottish-places.info |access-date=3 January 2023 |language=en-gb}}
- Olaf Hytten – actor{{cite web |title=Olaf Hytten |url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b9f7853ac |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160312032619/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b9f7853ac |url-status=dead |archive-date=12 March 2016 |website=BFI |access-date=1 January 2023 |language=en}}
- Ford Kiernan – actor
- Gary Lewis – actor{{cite web |title=Gary Lewis (1957 - ) |url=https://www.gcu.ac.uk/currentstudents/essentials/archives/catalogues/browsebycreator/lewis |website=Glasgow Caledonian University {{!}} Scotland, UK |access-date=3 January 2023 |language=en |date=14 March 2022}}
- Brian Limond – comedian and actor{{cite web |title=Glasgow comedian Limmy's stabbing fears over 'I thought Celtic legend was dead' tweet |url=https://www.glasgowtimes.co.uk/news/16400764.glasgow-comedian-limmys-stabbing-fears-i-thought-celtic-legend-dead-tweet/ |website=Glasgow Times |date=6 August 2018 |access-date=3 January 2023 |language=en}}
- Marie Loftus – music hall entertainer{{cite web |title=Marie Loftus from The Gazetteer for Scotland |url=https://www.scottish-places.info/people/famousfirst1813.html |website=www.scottish-places.info |access-date=3 January 2023 |language=en-gb}}
- Kelly Macdonald – actress (Trainspotting, Boardwalk Empire)>{{cite web |last1=Welsh |first1=Kaite |title=Seven Glasgow actors who took on Hollywood |url=https://www.glasgowlive.co.uk/news/history/seven-glasgow-actors-who-took-21849483 |website=GlasgowLive |access-date=1 January 2023 |language=en |date=14 October 2021}}
- Angus Macfadyen – actor{{cite web |last1=Palmer |first1=Mary |title=Glasgow actor Angus Macfadyen brings new film to Edinburgh Festival |url=https://www.glasgowlive.co.uk/whats-on/film-news/glasgow-actor-angus-macfadyen-brings-11456093 |website=GlasgowLive |access-date=3 January 2023 |language=en |date=10 June 2016}}
- Freya Mavor – actress (Skins){{cite web |title=Freya Mavor: 'The best female characters are mad' |url=https://www.scotsman.com/arts-and-culture/freya-mavor-best-female-characters-are-mad-1566494 |website=Scotsman |access-date=3 January 2023}}
- James McAvoy – actor{{cite web |title=Actor James McAvoy was 'glad to leave' Glasgow after racist taunts |url=https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/23157489.glasgow-actor-james-mcavoy-glad-leave-city-racist-taunts/ |website=HeraldScotland |date=29 November 2022 |access-date=1 January 2023 |language=en}}
- David McCallum – actor, first noted for playing secret agent Illya Kuryakin{{cite web |title=David McCallum interview: The Clan From U.N.C.L.E. |url=https://www.scotsman.com/news/david-mccallum-interview-clan-uncle-2456573 |website=Scotsman |access-date=3 January 2023}}
- Rory McCann – actor
- Jane McCarry – actress
- Joe McFadden – actor (Holby City, Heartbeat){{cite web |last1=Magee |first1=Declan |title=Donegal links to BBC Strictly winner Joe McFadden |url=https://www.donegallive.ie/news/donegal-news/287626/donegal-links-to-bbc-strictly-winner-joe-mcfadden.html |website=www.donegallive.ie |access-date=3 January 2023 |language=en}}
- Des McLean – comedian and actor{{Cite web |title=Des McLean, comedian reviews: Chortle: The UK Comedy Guide |url=https://www.chortle.co.uk/comics/d/2691/des_mclean/review |access-date=2023-08-15 |website=www.chortle.co.uk |language=en}}
- Graham McTavish – actor{{cite web |title=Glasgow-born actor and Outlander star Graham McTavish celebrates birthday |url=https://www.glasgowtimes.co.uk/news/19825190.glasgow-born-actor-graham-mctavish-celebrates-birthday-outlander-co-star-sam-heughans-best-wishes/ |website=Glasgow Times |date=5 January 2022 |access-date=3 January 2023 |language=en}}
- Alec Newman – actor{{cite web |title=Home truths: Alec Newman of BBC One's Waterloo Road |url=https://www.heraldscotland.com/life_style/arts_ents/13069600.home-truths-alec-newman-bbc-ones-waterloo-road/ |website=The Herald |access-date=2 September 2024 |language=en |date=18 August 2012 |archive-date=5 July 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240705211848/https://www.heraldscotland.com/life_style/arts_ents/13069600.home-truths-alec-newman-bbc-ones-waterloo-road/ |url-status=live}}
- David O'Hara – actor{{cite web |title=David O'Hara from The Gazetteer for Scotland |url=https://www.scottish-places.info/people/famousfirst4110.html |website=www.scottish-places.info |access-date=3 January 2023 |language=en-gb}}
- Daniel Portman – actor{{cite web |last1=Callan |first1=Isaac |title=The fate of Glasgow's Game of Thrones character has been confirmed |url=https://www.glasgowlive.co.uk/news/tv/game-thrones-actor-fate-confirmed-16299948 |website=GlasgowLive |access-date=3 January 2023 |language=en |date=20 May 2019}}
- Richard Rankin – actor{{cite web |title=Glasgow-born Outlander star Richard Rankin mourning death of father |url=https://www.glasgowtimes.co.uk/news/16127312.glasgow-born-outlander-star-richard-rankin-mourning-death-father/ |website=Glasgow Times |date=29 March 2018 |access-date=3 January 2023 |language=en}}
- Maurice Roëves – actor{{cite web |title=Maurice Roëves: Scottish actor who starred in The Nest and River City dies aged 83 |url=https://www.scotsman.com/news/people/maurice-roeves-scottish-actor-who-starred-nest-and-river-city-dies-aged-83-2914085 |website=Scotsman |access-date=3 January 2023}}
- Jerry Sadowitz – comedian{{cite web |last1=Speirs |first1=Kathleen |title=Glasgow comic Jerry Sadowitz hits back at Fringe venue's 'bile' amid axed show |url=https://www.glasgowlive.co.uk/news/glasgow-news/glasgow-comic-jerry-sadowitz-hits-24760368 |website=GlasgowLive |access-date=3 January 2023 |language=en |date=15 August 2022}}
- John Gordon Sinclair – actor{{cite web |title=John Gordon Sinclair, b. 1962. Actor |url=https://www.nationalgalleries.org/art-and-artists/68999/john-gordon-sinclair-b-1962-actor |website=National Galleries of Scotland |access-date=3 January 2023 |language=en}}
- Dawn Steele – actress{{cite web |title=Dawn Steele, b. 1975. Actress |url=https://www.nationalgalleries.org/art-and-artists/122806/dawn-steele-b-1975-actress |website=National Galleries of Scotland |access-date=3 January 2023 |language=en}}
- Brian Vernel – actor{{cite web |title=Life of Brian |url=https://www.rcs.ac.uk/review/life-of-brian/ |website=Review |access-date=3 January 2023 |language=en |date=29 December 2020}}
- Susan Calman – comedian and actor{{cite web |title=Susan Calman from The Gazetteer for Scotland |url=https://www.scottish-places.info/people/famousfirst4394.html |website=www.scottish-places.info |access-date=3 January 2023 |language=en-gb}}
- Jonathan Watson – actor{{cite web |title=Jonathan Watson |url=https://www.nationaltheatrescotland.com/profile/jonathan-watson |website=National Theatre of Scotland |access-date=3 January 2023 |language=en}}
=Visual arts=
- Jacqueline Donachie – artist{{cite web |title=Jacqueline Donachie |url=https://glasgowinternational.org/artists/jacqueline-donachie-2/ |website=Glasgow international |access-date=3 January 2023 |language=en}}
- Hannah Frank – artist and sculptor{{cite web |title=The Gorbals teacher who overcame persecution to take art world by storm |url=https://www.glasgowtimes.co.uk/news/18746549.gorbals-teacher-hannah-frank-overcame-persecution-take-art-world-storm/https://www.glasgowtimes.co.uk/news/18746549.gorbals-teacher-hannah-frank-overcame-persecution-take-art-world-storm/ |website=Glasgow Times |date=28 September 2020 |access-date=3 January 2023 |language=en}}
- John Glashan – cartoonist{{cite web |title=John Glashan |url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/1999/jun/19/guardianobituaries.michaelmcnay |website=the Guardian |access-date=3 January 2023 |language=en |date=18 June 1999}}
- Lucy McKenzie – artist{{cite web |title=Lucy McKenzie – Prime Suspect |url=https://www.museum-brandhorst.de/en/exhibitions/lucy-mckenzie/ |website=www.museum-brandhorst.de |access-date=11 March 2025}}
- Bud Neill – cartoonist (Lobey Dosser){{cite web |last1=Jenkins |first1=Carla |title=A look at Glasgow's Bud Neill memorial, the world's only two-legged horse statue |url=https://www.glasgowlive.co.uk/news/glasgow-news/meet-glasgows-bud-neill-memorial-20289385 |website=GlasgowLive |access-date=3 January 2023 |language=en |date=30 March 2021}}
- Cordelia Oliver – artist, writer and art critic{{cite web |last1=Grigor |first1=Murray |title=Cordelia Oliver obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2010/jan/26/cordelia-oliver-obituary |website=the Guardian |access-date=3 November 2022 |language=en |date=26 January 2010}}
- Frank Quitely – comic book artist{{cite web |title=Scotland's original independent cinema is the |url=https://glasgowfilm.org/shows/frank-quitely-the-art-of-comics |website=Glasgow Film Theatre |access-date=3 January 2023 |language=en |date=3 January 2023}}
- Joseph Urie – artist{{cite web |title=Joseph Urie {{!}} Artist {{!}} Royal Academy of Arts |url=https://www.royalacademy.org.uk/art-artists/name/joseph-urie |website=www.royalacademy.org.uk |access-date=18 January 2025}}
Business
- William Beardmore – Beardmores, Parkhead Forge, Arrol-Johnston motor company{{cite web |title=Sir William Beardmore from The Gazetteer for Scotland |url=https://www.scottish-places.info/people/famousfirst1216.html |website=www.scottish-places.info |access-date=14 January 2023 |language=en-gb}}
- George Bogle of Daldowie – wealthy tobacco merchant{{cite web |title=University of Glasgow :: Story :: Biography of George Bogle of Daldowie |url=https://www.universitystory.gla.ac.uk/biography/?id=WH1143&type=P |website=www.universitystory.gla.ac.uk |access-date=14 January 2023}}
- Sir William Burrell – shipping magnate and philanthropist{{cite web |title=About The Burrell Collection |url=https://burrellcollection.com/the-collection-the-gift-to-glasgow-and-the-charity-that-cares-for-it/ |website=Burrell |access-date=14 January 2023 |language=en}}
- Catherine Cranston – tearoom proprietor{{cite web |title=Kate Cranston |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/z7myt39 |website=BBC Bitesize |access-date=23 July 2024}}
- William Cunninghame – tobacco merchant{{cite web |title=TheGlasgowStory: 1560 to 1770s: Personalities: William Cuninghame |url=https://www.theglasgowstory.com/story/?id=TGSBH08 |website=www.theglasgowstory.com |access-date=14 January 2023}}
- John Glassford – wealthy tobacco merchant, partner in Thistle Bank{{cite web |title=John Glassford from The Gazetteer for Scotland |url=https://www.scottish-places.info/people/famousfirst3322.html |website=www.scottish-places.info |access-date=14 January 2023 |language=en-gb}}
- Sir Thomas Lipton – entrepreneur, Lipton Tea{{cite web |last1=McLean |first1=David |title=The Gorbals boy who defied all odds to become a world-famous tea tycoon |url=https://www.glasgowlive.co.uk/news/glasgow-news/thomas-lipton-gorbals-boy-who-21528056 |website=GlasgowLive |access-date=14 January 2023 |language=en |date=9 September 2021}}
- Norman Macfarlane, Baron Macfarlane of Bearsden – entrepreneur{{cite web |title=Lord Macfarlane, the man behind Kelvingrove refurbishment, to stand down from House of Lords |url=https://www.glasgowtimes.co.uk/news/14565746.lord-macfarlane-the-man-behind-kelvingrove-refurbishment-to-stand-down-from-house-of-lords/ |website=Glasgow Times |date=18 June 2016 |access-date=14 January 2023 |language=en}}
- James McAlpin – merchant tailor{{Cite book |last=Russell |first=Doris McAlpin |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hSk3AAAAMAAJ&q=James+McAlpin+Philadelphia |title=McAlpin(e) Genealogies, 1730-1990: Alexander McAlpin of South Carolina and Georgia and His Descendants, Plus Other McAlpin(e) Families of North America |date=1990 |publisher=Gateway Press |language=en}}
- James McGill – businessman and philanthropist{{cite web |title=University of Glasgow :: Story :: Biography of James McGill |url=https://www.universitystory.gla.ac.uk/biography/?id=WH25639&type=P |website=www.universitystory.gla.ac.uk |access-date=14 January 2023}}
- Robert Napier – co-founder of Cunard Line{{cite web |title=Robert Napier: Biography on Undiscovered Scotland |url=https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/usbiography/n/robertnapier.html |website=www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk |access-date=14 January 2023}}
- Reo Stakis – entrepreneur{{cite web |title=Obituary: Sir Reo Stakis |url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2001/aug/29/guardianobituaries.rogercowe |website=the Guardian |access-date=14 January 2023 |language=en |date=29 August 2001}}
- Charles Tennant – St. Rollox Chemicals Works{{cite web |title=Charles Tennant |url=https://www.nrscotland.gov.uk/research/learning/hall-of-fame/hall-of-fame-a-z/tennant-charles |website=National Records of Scotland |access-date=14 January 2023 |language=English |date=31 May 2013}}
Civic
=Founder=
=Campaigners=
- Mary Barbour{{cite web |title=Times Past: Five facts about Mary Barbour |url=https://www.glasgowtimes.co.uk/news/18027912.times-past-five-facts-mary-barbour/ |website=Glasgow Times |access-date=4 November 2023 |language=en |date=11 November 2019}}
- Ian Dunn – gay and paedophile rights activist{{Cite web |url=http://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/obituary-ian-dunn-1151494.html |title=Obituary: Ian Dunn |date=21 March 1998 |website=The Independent}}
- Deborah Knox Livingston – temperance and suffrage activist{{cite web |title=Biographical Sketch of Deborah Knox Livingston {{!}} Alexander Street Documents |url=https://documents.alexanderstreet.com/d/1009656653 |website=documents.alexanderstreet.com |access-date=21 January 2024}}
=Crime and punishment=
- Ian Brady – violent criminal{{cite web |title=The Glasgow roots of sadistic Moors murderer Ian Brady |url=https://www.glasgowtimes.co.uk/news/20270293.crime-stories-extended-glasgow-roots-sadistic-moors-murderer-ian-brady/ |website=Glasgow Times |date=11 July 2022 |access-date=1 January 2023 |language=en}}
- Archibald Hall – murderer{{cite web |last1=Glover |first1=John |title=The gruesome story of 'The Monster Butler' |url=https://www.glasgowlive.co.uk/news/glasgow-news/gruesome-story-the-monster-butler-13220029 |website=GlasgowLive |access-date=1 January 2023 |language=en |date=21 June 2017}}
- Allan Pinkerton – detective{{cite web |title=Podcast reveals Glasgow roots of the man who became the world's most famous detective |url=https://www.glasgowtimes.co.uk/news/23123341.glasgow-roots-private-eye-allan-pinkerton/ |website=Glasgow Times |date=14 November 2022 |access-date=1 January 2023 |language=en}}
- Edward William Pritchard – murderer who was publicly executed in Glasgow and was the last person to be publicly executed in Scotland{{cite web |title=The Glasgow crime story of the respected doctor Edward Pritchard who killed |url=https://www.glasgowtimes.co.uk/news/scottish-news/19855125.glasgow-crime-story-respected-doctor-edward-pritchard-killed/ |website=Glasgow Times |date=23 January 2022 |access-date=1 January 2023 |language=en}}
=Law=
- Madge Easton Anderson – lawyer{{cite web |title=University of Glasgow - School of Law - 100 Years - 100 Voices for 100 Years - Madge Easton Anderson |url=https://www.gla.ac.uk/schools/law/100years/100voices/madgeeastonanderson/ |website=www.gla.ac.uk |access-date=18 February 2023 |archive-date=6 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210506183549/https://www.gla.ac.uk/schools/law/100years/100voices/madgeeastonanderson/ |url-status=live}}
=Provosts=
{{main|List of provosts of Glasgow}}
- George Elphinstone (died 1634) – Lord Provost and courtier{{cite web |title=Times Past: Sir George Elphinstone of Blythswood - from court favourite to pauper |url=https://www.glasgowtimes.co.uk/news/18615756.times-past-sir-george-elphinstone-blythswood---court-favourite-pauper/ |website=Glasgow Times |date=30 July 2020 |access-date=15 January 2023 |language=en}}
Education
- Mary Ellen Bews – New Zealand school principal and educationalist, born in Glasgow{{DNZB|title=Mary Ellen Bews|first= Rosalind|last= McClean|id=2b21|accessdate=23 April 2017}}
- Mary Cranston Mason (1846–1932) – social reformer, temperance leader, Glasgow school board member{{cite book |last1=Cherrington |first1=Ernest Hurst |author-link1=Ernest Cherrington |title=Standard encyclopedia of the alcohol problem. Vol IV. Kansas-Newton |date=1928 |via=Internet Archive |publisher=American Issue Publishing Co. |location=Westerville, Ohio |url=https://archive.org/details/standardencyclop04cher/page/1706 |page=1706 |access-date=12 April 2024 |chapter=MASON, MARY (CRANSTON)}} {{source-attribution}}
Humanities
- David Stow Adam – theologian{{cite book |author=Don Chambers |year=1979|title=Australian Dictionary of Biography: Adam, David Stow (1859–1925) |chapter=David Stow Adam (1859–1925) |publisher=Melbourne University Press |url=https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/adam-david-stow-4967 |access-date=28 April 2022}}
- C. A. Campbell – metaphysical philosopher{{cite web |title=University of Glasgow :: Story :: Biography of C Arthur Campbell |url=https://www.universitystory.gla.ac.uk/biography/?id=WH1429&type=P |website=www.universitystory.gla.ac.uk |access-date=16 January 2023}}
- William Purdie Dickson – scholar{{cite web |title=University of Glasgow :: Story :: Biography of William Purdie Dickson |url=https://www.universitystory.gla.ac.uk/biography/?id=WH0239&type=P |website=www.universitystory.gla.ac.uk |access-date=16 January 2023}}
- Niall Ferguson – historian and writer{{cite web |title=Historian Niall Ferguson to visit the University |url=https://www.gla.ac.uk/news/archiveofnews/2008/november/headline_97004_en.html |website=www.gla.ac.uk |access-date=16 January 2023 |language=en}}
- William MacAskill – philosopher and ethicist{{cite web |title=William MacAskill: 'There are 80 trillion people yet to come. They need us to start protecting them' |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/aug/21/william-macaskill-what-we-owe-the-future-philosopher-interview |website=the Guardian |access-date=16 January 2023 |language=en |date=21 August 2022}}
Fictional figures
- Scrooge McDuck – fictional multi-billionaire cartoon duck"A council spokeswoman said some light-hearted research led to the discovery that he was from Glasgow... made in a US comic called The Life And Times of Scrooge McDuck, published in 1996.... [Scrooge McDuck] maintained the link to his Caledonian roots by buying a castle on Dismal Downs near Rannoch Moor – which was described as 'as desolate a piece o' real estate as ye'll find anywhere in Scotland'." {{Cite news| url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/glasgow_and_west/7022173.stm |work=BBC News |title=Glasgow claims McDuck as its own |date=1 October 2007 |access-date=19 April 2019}}
- Desmond Hume – fictional character in the TV series Lost.{{cite web |last1=Williams |first1=Craig |title=The most random fictional characters from Glasgow to appear on film or TV |url=https://www.glasgowlive.co.uk/news/glasgow-news/most-random-fictional-characters-glasgow-19683428 |website=GlasgowLive |access-date=1 January 2023 |language=en |date=28 January 2021}}
Military
- William Anderson – recipient of the Victoria Cross{{cite web |title=William Anderson VC - victoriacross |url=http://www.vconline.org.uk/william-anderson-vc/4585917713.html |website=www.vconline.org.uk |access-date=16 January 2023}}
- Andrew Bogle – recipient of the Victoria Cross{{cite book |last1=Best |first1=Brian |title=The Victoria Crosses that Saved an Empire: The Story of the VCs of the Indian Mutiny |date=19 June 2016 |publisher=Frontline Books |isbn=978-1-4738-5707-0 |page=125 and 230 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JmZGDAAAQBAJ&pg=PT125 |language=en}}
- Robert Downie – recipient of the Victoria Cross{{cite web |title=Robert Downie VC - victoriacross |url=http://www.vconline.org.uk/robert-downie-vc/4586576588.html |website=www.vconline.org.uk |access-date=16 January 2023}}
- Francis Farquharson – recipient of the Victoria Cross
- Herbert Henderson – recipient of the Victoria Cross{{cite book |last1=Best |first1=Brian |title=The Victoria Cross Wars: Battles, Campaigns and Conflicts of All the VC Heroes |date=30 March 2017 |publisher=Pen and Sword |isbn=978-1-4738-8738-1 |page=234 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=S2HNDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT234 |language=en}}
- John Knox – recipient of the Victoria Cross{{cite web |title=John S Knox VC - victoriacross |url=http://www.vconline.org.uk/john-s-knox-vc/4587349483.html |website=www.vconline.org.uk |access-date=16 January 2023}}
- Donald MacKintosh – recipient of the Victoria Cross{{cite web |title=Donald Mackintosh VC - victoriacross |url=http://www.vconline.org.uk/donald-mackintosh-vc/4587488411.html |website=www.vconline.org.uk |access-date=16 January 2023}}
- Henry May – recipient of the Victoria Cross{{cite web |title=Henry May VC - victoriacross |url=http://www.vconline.org.uk/henry-may-vc/4587565137.html |website=www.vconline.org.uk |access-date=16 January 2023}}
- John McAulay – recipient of the Victoria Cross{{cite web |title=John McAulay VC - victoriacross |url=http://www.vconline.org.uk/john-mcaulay-vc/4587567120.html |website=www.vconline.org.uk |access-date=16 January 2023}}
- John McDermond – recipient of the Victoria Cross{{cite web |title=John McDermond VC - victoriacross |url=http://www.vconline.org.uk/john-mcdermond-vc/4587584461.html |website=www.vconline.org.uk |access-date=16 January 2023}}
- Hugh McInnes – recipient of the Victoria Cross{{cite web |title=Hugh McInnes VC - victoriacross |url=http://www.vconline.org.uk/hugh-mcinnes-vc/4587599897.html |website=www.vconline.org.uk |access-date=16 January 2023}}
- James Miller – recipient of the Victoria Cross{{cite web |title=James W Miller VC - victoriacross |url=http://www.vconline.org.uk/james-w-miller-vc/4587644903.html |website=www.vconline.org.uk |access-date=16 January 2023}}
- Sir John Moore – British military officer{{cite web |title=Sir John Moore (1761-1809) |url=https://www.nrscotland.gov.uk/research/learning/hall-of-fame/hall-of-fame-a-z/moore-john |website=National Records of Scotland |access-date=16 January 2023 |language=English |date=31 May 2013}}
- James Park – recipient of the Victoria Cross{{cite web |title=James Park VC - victoriacross |url=http://www.vconline.org.uk/james-park-vc/4587813310.html |website=www.vconline.org.uk |access-date=16 January 2023}}
- Harry Ranken – recipient of the Victoria Cross{{cite web |title=Harry S Ranken VC - victoriacross |url=http://www.vconline.org.uk/harry-s-ranken-vc/4587976467.html |website=www.vconline.org.uk |access-date=16 January 2023}}
- William Reid – recipient of the Victoria Cross{{cite web |title=William Reid VC - victoriacross |url=http://www.vconline.org.uk/william-reid-vc/4587987906.html |website=www.vconline.org.uk |access-date=16 January 2023}}
- Walter Ritchie – recipient of the Victoria Cross{{cite web |title=Walter P Ritchie VC - victoriacross |url=http://www.vconline.org.uk/walter-p-ritchie-vc/4588041427.html |website=www.vconline.org.uk |access-date=16 January 2023}}
- George Rodgers – recipient of the Victoria Cross{{cite web |title=George Rodgers VC - victoriacross |url=http://www.vconline.org.uk/george-rodgers-vc/4588068874.html |website=www.vconline.org.uk |access-date=16 January 2023}}
- John Skinner – recipient of the Victoria Cross{{cite web |title=John K Skinner VC - victoriacross |url=http://www.vconline.org.uk/john-k-skinner-vc/4588241382.html |website=www.vconline.org.uk |access-date=16 January 2023}}
- James Stokes – recipient of the Victoria Cross{{cite web |title=James Stokes VC - victoriacross |url=http://www.vconline.org.uk/james-stokes-vc/4588288832.html |website=www.vconline.org.uk |access-date=16 January 2023}}
- James Turnbull – recipient of the Victoria Cross{{cite web |title=James Y Turnbull VC - victoriacross |url=http://www.vconline.org.uk/james-y-turnbull-vc/4588367830.html |website=www.vconline.org.uk |access-date=16 January 2023}}
- William Young – recipient of the Victoria Cross{{cite web |title=William Young VC - victoriacross |url=http://www.vconline.org.uk/william-young-vc/4588593650.html |website=www.vconline.org.uk |access-date=16 January 2023}}
Musicians and bands
{{main|List of bands and musicians from Glasgow}}
Politics
- Bashir Ahmad – first Asian MSP{{cite web |last1=Saeed |first1=Osama |title=Bashir Ahmad |url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2009/feb/16/obituary-bashir-ahmad |website=The Guardian |access-date=24 September 2023 |date=16 February 2009}}
- Mhairi Black – youngest Member of Parliament (MP) elected to the House of Commons of the United Kingdom since at the Reform Act 1832{{cite web |title=Mhairi Black from The Gazetteer for Scotland |url=https://www.scottish-places.info/people/famousfirst4109.html |website=www.scottish-places.info |access-date=24 September 2023 |language=en-gb}}
- Sir Menzies Campbell – Leader of the Liberal Democrats (2006–2007){{cite web |title=Menzies Campbell {{!}} British Liberal Democrat Politician & Lawyer {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Menzies-Campbell |website=www.britannica.com |access-date=21 October 2023 |language=en}}
- Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman – British prime minister{{cite web |title=Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman {{!}} British Prime Minister, Liberal Leader {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Henry-Campbell-Bannerman |website=www.britannica.com |access-date=4 November 2023 |language=en}}
- Roseanna Cunningham – Scottish National Party MP, MSP{{cite web |title=Roseanna Cunningham from The Gazetteer for Scotland |url=https://www.scottish-places.info/people/famousfirst1042.html |website=www.scottish-places.info |access-date=4 November 2023 |language=en-gb}}
- Donald Dewar – Secretary of State for Scotland, First Minister{{cite web |title=Donald Dewar: Biography on Undiscovered Scotland |url=https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/usbiography/d/donalddewar.html |website=www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk |access-date=4 November 2023}}
- Pearse Doherty – Sinn Féin politician{{cite news |title=Pearse Doherty: 'Fair play is what makes me tick' |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/news/politics/pearse-doherty-fair-play-is-what-makes-me-tick-1.2317106 |newspaper=The Irish Times |access-date=4 November 2023 |language=en}}
- Winnie Ewing – Scottish National Party MP, MEP and MSP{{cite web |last1=Risen |first1=Clay |title=Winnie Ewing, Who Transformed Scottish Politics, Dies at 93 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/06/world/europe/winnie-ewing-dead.html |website=The New York Times |access-date=4 November 2023 |date=6 July 2023}}
- Margaret Ferrier – Scottish National Party MP{{Cite news |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-54384628 |title=Who is Margaret Ferrier? |work=BBC News |date=2 October 2020 }}
- George Galloway – MP for Glasgow Hillhead (1987–97) and Glasgow Kelvin (1997–2005){{cite web |title=Mr George Galloway |url=https://members.parliament.uk/member/609/career |website=UK Parliament |access-date=21 October 2023}}
- Nigel Griffiths – Labour Member of Parliament for Edinburgh South{{cite web |title=Profile: Nigel Griffiths |url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2007/mar/12/labour.military |website=The Guardian |access-date=4 November 2023 |date=12 March 2007}}
- Arthur Henderson – Chairman of the Labour Party{{cite web |title=Arthur Henderson {{!}} British Labour Leader, Nobel Peace Prize Winner {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Arthur-Henderson |website=www.britannica.com |access-date=4 November 2023 |language=en |date=16 October 2023}}
- Bonar Law – British prime minister{{cite web |title=Bonar Law (1858-1923) |url=https://www.nrscotland.gov.uk/research/learning/hall-of-fame/hall-of-fame-a-z/law-bonar |website=National Records of Scotland |access-date=4 November 2023 |language=English |date=31 May 2013}}
- John MacCormick – Scottish National Party{{cite web |title=Notable People: John MacCormick |url=https://www.worldchanging.glasgow.ac.uk/notable-people/?id=111 |website=www.worldchanging.glasgow.ac.uk |access-date=4 November 2023}}
- Sir John A. Macdonald – first Prime Minister of Canada{{cite web |title=Sir John A. Macdonald: Biography on Undiscovered Scotland |url=https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/usbiography/mac/johnamacdonald.html |website=www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk |access-date=4 November 2023}}
- John Maclean – Socialist{{cite web |title=John Maclean: Biography on Undiscovered Scotland |url=https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/usbiography/mac/johnmaclean.html |website=www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk |access-date=4 November 2023}}
- Michael Martin – Speaker of the House of Commons{{cite web |last1=Bates |first1=Stephen |title=Lord Martin of Springburn obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2018/apr/29/lord-martin-of-springburn-obituary |website=The Guardian |access-date=4 November 2023 |date=29 April 2018}}
- James Maxton – Independent Labour Party MP{{cite web |title=James Maxton {{!}} Labour Leader, Scottish MP, Pacifist {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/James-Maxton |website=www.britannica.com |access-date=4 November 2023 |language=en}}
- Tommy Sheridan – Scottish Socialist Party MSP{{cite web |title=Tommy Sheridan |url=https://www.parliament.scot/msps/current-and-previous-msps/tommy-sheridan |website=www.parliament.scot |access-date=4 November 2023 |language=en}}
- Manny Shinwell – Labour MP{{cite web |title=A Man Like Manny |url=https://archives.blog.parliament.uk/2021/02/08/a-man-like-manny/ |website=archives.blog.parliament.uk |access-date=21 October 2023}}
- Nicola Sturgeon – Scottish First Minister and leader of the Scottish National Party (2014–2023){{cite web |title=Nicola Sturgeon |url=https://www.snp.org/your-team/nicola-sturgeon/ |website=Scottish National Party |access-date=21 October 2023 |date=5 September 2018}}
- Humza Yousaf – Scottish First Minister and leader of the Scottish National Party{{cite web |title=Humza Yousaf |url=https://www.parliament.scot/msps/current-and-previous-msps/humza-yousaf |website=www.parliament.scot |access-date=21 October 2023 |language=en}}
Sports
=Athletics=
- Angela Bridgeman – sprinter{{cite web |title=Athlete Stories: Angela Bridgeman Baxter |url=https://collections.stir.ac.uk/walking-in-the-footsteps-of-heroes/athlete-stories-angela-bridgeman-baxter/#:~:text=Angela%20competed%20for%20Scotland%20in,and%20the%20400%20in%201983. |website=University of Stirling Online Collections |access-date=4 July 2023}}
=Baseball=
- Mac MacArthur – Major League Baseball player{{Cite book |editor= Reichler, Joseph L. |title= The Baseball Encyclopedia |orig-year= 1969 |edition= 4th |year= 1979 |publisher= Macmillan Publishing |location= New York |isbn= 0-02-578970-8 |url-access= registration |url= https://archive.org/details/baseballencyclop00reic}}
- Jim McCormick – baseball player{{cite web |title=Jim McCormick Stats, Fantasy & News |url=https://www.mlb.com/player/jim-mccormick-118595 |website=MLB.com |access-date=3 January 2023 |language=en}}
- Bobby Thomson – baseball player{{cite web |title=Robert (Bobby) Thomson from The Gazetteer for Scotland |url=https://www.scottish-places.info/people/famousfirst905.html |website=www.scottish-places.info |access-date=3 January 2023 |language=en-gb}}
=Boxing=
- Scott Harrison – boxer{{cite web |title=Scott Harrison from The Gazetteer for Scotland |url=https://www.scottish-places.info/people/famousfirst1446.html |website=www.scottish-places.info |access-date=3 January 2023 |language=en-gb}}
- Benny Lynch – boxer
- Jim Watt – boxer{{cite web |title=TheGlasgowStory: Jim Watt |url=https://www.theglasgowstory.com/image/?inum=TGSA01550 |website=www.theglasgowstory.com |access-date=3 January 2023}}
=Cricket=
- James Stewart Carrick (1855–1923) – first-class cricketer{{cite web |title=James Carrick Profile - Cricket Player Scotland {{!}} Stats, Records, Video |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/cricketers/james-carrick-373067 |website=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=4 November 2023 |language=en}}
- William Foster (born 1934) – first-class cricketer{{cite web |title=William Foster Profile - Cricket Player England {{!}} Stats, Records, Video |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/cricketers/william-foster-13161 |website=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=4 November 2023 |language=en}}
- David Livingstone (1927–2011) – international cricketer for Scotland{{cite web |title=David Livingstone Profile - Cricket Player Scotland {{!}} Stats, Records, Video |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/cricketers/david-livingstone-25269 |website=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=4 November 2023 |language=en}}
=Cycling=
- Philippa York – cyclist{{cite web |last1=Williams |first1=Craig |title=Remembering the Glasgow cycling star who finished fourth in the Tour de France |url=https://www.glasgowlive.co.uk/news/history/remembering-glasgow-cycling-star-who-16588601 |website=GlasgowLive |access-date=2 January 2023 |language=en |date=15 July 2019}}
=Football=
- Eddie Austin – forward{{Cite web |title=NASL-Eddie Austin |url=https://www.nasljerseys.com/Players/A/Austin.Eddie.htm |access-date=January 1, 2025 |website=(NASL) jerseys}}
- Jen Beattie – defender{{cite web |last1=Macdonald |first1=Siobhan |last2=Buchan |first2=Sophie |title=Glasgow footballer smitten as she confirms relationship with Love Island winner |url=https://www.glasgowlive.co.uk/news/celebs/glasgow-footballer-jen-beattie-smitten-26488685 |website=Glasgow Live |access-date=4 November 2023 |language=en |date=16 March 2023}}
- Ralph Black – defender{{Cite web |title=MISL–Ralph Black |url=https://www.nasljerseys.com/MISL/Players/B/Black.Ralph.htm |access-date=January 29, 2025 |website=(NASL) jerseys}}
- Tom Boyd – defender{{cite web |title=Thomas Boyd {{!}} Scotland {{!}} Scottish FA |url=https://www.scottishfa.co.uk/players/?pid=1161&lid=1 |website=www.scottishfa.co.uk |access-date=28 January 2023}}
- Jim Craig – defender and manager{{cite web |title=Jim Craig {{!}} Scotland {{!}} Scottish FA |url=https://www.scottishfa.co.uk/players/?pid=113253&lid=1 |website=www.scottishfa.co.uk |access-date=28 January 2023}}
- Graeme Churchill – striker{{cite web |title=Graeme Churchill |url=https://www.eurosport.co.uk/football/graeme-churchill_prs121858/person.shtml |website=www.eurosport.com |access-date=28 January 2023}}
- Paddy Crerand – midfielder, manager, and sports commentator{{cite web |title=Glasgow Manchester United legend Paddy Crerand calls YouTube star an 'eejit' |url=https://www.glasgowlive.co.uk/news/glasgow-news/glasgow-manchester-united-legend-paddy-25491784 |website=GlasgowLive |access-date=28 January 2023 |language=en |date=11 November 2022}}
- Sir Kenny Dalglish – forward and manager{{cite web |title=Scottish football LEGEND Kenny Dalglish to give talk in Glasgow |url=https://www.glasgowtimes.co.uk/news/scottish-news/23146131.celtic-legend-kenny-dalglish-give-talk-glasgow-kings-theatre/ |website=Glasgow Times |date=24 November 2022 |access-date=28 January 2023 |language=en}}
- Tommy Docherty – midfielder and manager{{cite web |title=Tommy Docherty {{!}} Scotland {{!}} Scottish FA |url=https://www.scottishfa.co.uk/players/?pid=113141&lid=1 |website=www.scottishfa.co.uk |access-date=28 January 2023}}
- Sir Alex Ferguson – forward and manager{{cite web |title=Sir Alex Ferguson {{!}} Biography & Facts {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Alex-Ferguson |website=www.britannica.com |access-date=28 January 2023 |language=en}}
- Alexander Watson Hutton – teacher and founder of the Argentine Football Association{{cite web |last1=Williams |first1=Craig |title=How a Gorbals man brought football to Argentina |url=https://www.glasgowlive.co.uk/sport/football/alexander-watson-hutton-argentina-football-13774177 |website=GlasgowLive |access-date=28 January 2023 |language=en |date=26 November 2018}}
- Mo Johnston – forward{{cite web |title=Mo Johnston {{!}} Scotland {{!}} Scottish FA |url=https://www.scottishfa.co.uk/players/?pid=4932&lid=1 |website=www.scottishfa.co.uk |access-date=28 January 2023}}
- Ruesha Littlejohn – forward and midfielder{{cite news |title=Ruesha Littlejohn has no regrets about defection |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/international/ruesha-littlejohn-has-no-regrets-about-defection-1.1998331 |newspaper=The Irish Times |access-date=19 June 2023 |language=en}}
- Ross McCormack – striker{{cite web |title=Ross McCormack |url=https://www.eurosport.co.uk/football/ross-mccormack_prs58845/person.shtml |website=www.eurosport.com |access-date=19 June 2023}}
- James McFadden – forward{{cite news |title='Springburn was my San Siro, my Hampden' |work=BBC Sport |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/43884380 |access-date=4 November 2023}}
- Frank McGarvey – forward{{cite news |title=Former Celtic and St Mirren forward McGarvey dies |work=BBC Sport |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/63270990 |access-date=1 January 2023}}
- Danny McGrain – defender and manager{{cite web |title=Danny McGrain |url=https://www.scottishfa.co.uk/players/?pid=276&lid=1 |website=www.scottishfa.co.uk |access-date=4 November 2023}}
- Jimmy McGrory – forward and manager{{cite web |title=Jimmy McGrory |url=https://www.scottishfootballmuseum.org.uk/exhibitions/hall-of-fame/jimmy-mcgrory/ |website=Scottish Football Museum |access-date=4 November 2023 |language=en}}
- Andrew Robertson – defender{{cite web |title=Andrew Robertson |url=https://www.scottishfa.co.uk/players/?pid=63749&lid=1 |website=www.scottishfa.co.uk |access-date=27 January 2024 |language=en}}
- Peter Sermanni – midfielder{{cite web |title=Peter Sermanni {{!}} Player Statistics {{!}} Clydebank FC (Bankies Archive) |url=https://www.clydebankfc.co.uk/player.php?id=234 |website=www.clydebankfc.co.uk |access-date=4 November 2023 |language=en}}
- Robert Snodgrass – midfielder and forward{{cite web |title=Robert Snodgrass explains how Glasgow street upbringing is helping him succeed at Hearts |url=https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/sport/football/hearts/robert-snodgrass-explains-how-glasgow-street-upbringing-is-helping-him-succeed-at-hearts-3979525 |website=Edinburgh News |access-date=4 November 2023}}
- Jock Stein – defender and manager{{cite web |title=Celtic legend Jock Stein's birth records released after his 100th birthday |url=https://www.glasgowtimes.co.uk/news/scottish-news/23275139.celtics-jock-steins-birth-records-released-100th-birthday/ |website=Glasgow Times |access-date=4 November 2023 |language=en |date=25 January 2023}}
- David Templeton – forward{{cite web |title=David Templeton |url=https://www.tntsports.co.uk/football/david-templeton_prs177347/person.shtml |website=www.tntsports.co.uk |access-date=4 November 2023}}
- John Wark – midfielder{{cite web |title=John Wark: How I escaped poverty in Glasgow to star in Escape to Victory |url=https://www.scotsman.com/sport/nostalgia/john-wark-how-i-escaped-poverty-in-glasgow-to-star-in-escape-to-victory-2991687 |website=Scotsman |access-date=4 November 2023}}
=Golf=
- Ewen Ferguson – professional golfer{{cite web |title=Emotional Ferguson wins third DP World Tour title at BMW International Open |url=https://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/24436299.bearsden-golfer-ewen-ferguson-wins-bmw-international-open/ |website=The Herald |access-date=30 January 2025 |language=en |date=7 July 2024}}
- Kylie Henry – professional golfer{{cite web |title=Kylie Henry 'buzzing' about LET return after fracturing elbow in bath slip |url=https://www.scotsman.com/sport/golf/kylie-henry-buzzing-about-let-return-after-fracturing-elbow-in-bath-slip-3613669 |website=Scotsman |access-date=4 November 2023}}
- Martin Laird – professional golfer{{cite web |title=Martin Laird Bio |url=https://www.pgatourmediaguide.com/player/bio/27936 |website=www.pgatourmediaguide.com |access-date=4 November 2023}}
- Colin Montgomerie – professional golfer{{cite web |title=Colin Montgomerie {{!}} Biography, Titles, & Facts {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Colin-Montgomerie |website=www.britannica.com |access-date=4 November 2023 |language=en |date=26 September 2023}}
- Janice Moodie – professional golfer{{cite web |title=Janice MOODIE |url=http://www.scottishgolfmuseum.co.uk/janicemoodie.html |website=www.scottishgolfmuseum.co.uk |access-date=4 November 2023}}
- Edith Orr – amateur golfer{{cite news |title=Golf, The Ladies' Championship, Success of Miss Edith Orr, North Berwick |url=https://newspapers.com/image/396717726/ |access-date=4 November 2023 |work=The Courier and Angus |date=29 May 1897}}
=Ice hockey=
- Andy Aitkenhead – ice hockey player{{cite web |title=Andy Aitkenhead Stats and News |url=https://www.nhl.com/player/andy-aitkenhead-8449787 |website=NHL.com |access-date=12 August 2023}}
- Gordie Clark – ice hockey player{{cite web |title=Gordie Clark Stats and News |url=https://www.nhl.com/player/gordie-clark-8446095 |website=NHL.com |access-date=12 August 2023}}
- James Foster – ice hockey player{{cite web |title=Olympic champion Jimmy Foster inducted into IIHF Hall of Fame |url=https://www.teamgb.com/article/olympic-champion-jimmy-foster-inducted-into-iihf-hall-of-fame/FeaTstWRpPGu8UvD8g7Z8 |website=www.teamgb.com |access-date=12 August 2023 |language=en-gb}}
- Alex Gray – ice hockey player{{cite web |title=Alex Gray Stats and News |url=https://www.nhl.com/player/alex-gray-8446641 |website=NHL.com |access-date=12 August 2023}}
- Frank Jardine – ice hockey player{{cite web |title=Olympedia – Frank Jardine |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/87483 |website=www.olympedia.org |access-date=12 August 2023}}
- Colin Shields – ice hockey player{{cite web |title=Former Giants Legend Colin Shields Awarded MBE |url=https://www.belfastgiants.com/news/former-giants-legend-colin-shields-awarded-mbe |website=Belfast Giants |access-date=12 August 2023 |language=en}}
- Steve Smith – ice hockey player{{cite web |title=Steve Smith Stats and News |url=https://www.nhl.com/player/steve-smith-8451558 |website=NHL.com |access-date=12 August 2023}}
=Rugby union=
- Adam Ashe – rugby union player and coach{{cite web |title=Ashe set to entertain fans on the decks in The Famous Grouse Clubhouse |url=https://scottishrugby.org/fanzone/ashe-set-to-entertain-fans-on-the-decks-in-the-famous-grouse-clubhouse/ |website=Scottish Rugby |access-date=4 November 2023 |date=3 November 2023}}
- Johnnie Beattie – rugby union player{{cite web |title=John (Johnnie) Beattie from The Gazetteer for Scotland |url=https://www.scottish-places.info/people/famousfirst4277.html |website=www.scottish-places.info |access-date=4 November 2023 |language=en-gb}}
- Magnus Bradbury – rugby union player{{cite web |title=Magnus Bradbury |url=https://www.tntsports.co.uk/rugby/magnus-bradbury_prs440835/person.shtml |website=www.tntsports.co.uk |access-date=4 November 2023}}
- Alan Bulloch – rugby union player{{cite web |title=Bulloch quits to sell shoes |url=https://www.scotsman.com/sport/bulloch-quits-to-sell-shoes-2476590 |website=Scotsman |access-date=4 November 2023}}
- Gordon Bulloch – rugby union player{{cite web |title=Sports Union ball: Hall of Fame {{!}} University of Strathclyde |url=https://www.strath.ac.uk/strathclydesport/news/sportsunionballhalloffame/ |website=www.strath.ac.uk |access-date=4 November 2023}}
- Thomas Chalmers – rugby union player{{cite web |title=Gregor Townsend meets relatives of first Scotland team |url=https://scottishrugby.org/fanzone/gregor-townsend-meets-relatives-of-first-scotland-team/ |website=Scottish Rugby |access-date=4 November 2023 |date=3 November 2023}}
- Rory Hughes – rugby union player{{cite web |title=Rory Hughes (Wing) |url=https://www.leicestertigers.com/player/rory-hughes |website=Leicester Tigers |access-date=4 November 2023 |language=en}}
- James Malcolm – rugby union player{{cite web |title=James Malcolm |url=https://seawolves.rugby/our-team/james-malcolm/ |website=Seattle Seawolves |access-date=4 November 2023}}
- Duncan Weir – rugby union player{{cite web |title=Duncan Weir |url=https://www.tntsports.co.uk/rugby/duncan-weir_prs252486/person.shtml |website=www.tntsports.co.uk |access-date=4 November 2023}}
- Jon Welsh – rugby union player{{cite web |title=Jon Welsh |url=https://www.tntsports.co.uk/rugby/jon-welsh_prs221087/person.shtml |website=www.tntsports.co.uk |access-date=4 November 2023}}
=Snooker=
- Marcus Campbell – professional snooker player{{cite web |title=Campbell has sights set on top-32 place |url=https://www.scotsman.com/sport/campbell-has-sights-set-top-32-place-1710432 |website=Scotsman |access-date=2 January 2023}}
- Stephen Maguire – professional snooker player{{cite web |last1=Haigh |first1=Phil |title=Shaun Murphy looks back on how near 30-year rivalry with Stephen Maguire began |url=https://metro.co.uk/2022/04/16/shaun-murphy-recalls-how-stephen-maguire-rivalry-began-nearly-30-years-ago-16479406/ |website=Metro |access-date=20 October 2023 |language=en |date=16 April 2022}}
- Anthony McGill – professional snooker player{{cite web |title=Anthony McGill |url=https://www.eurosport.com/snooker/anthony-mcgill_prs268256/person.shtml |website=www.eurosport.com |access-date=20 October 2023}}
- Alan McManus – professional snooker player{{cite web |title=Alan McManus savours home comforts as snooker circus returns to Glasgow |url=https://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/17286890.alan-mcmanus-savours-home-comforts-snooker-circus-returns-glasgow/ |website=The Herald |access-date=20 October 2023 |language=en |date=9 December 2018}}
=Swimming=
- Michael Jamieson – swimmer{{cite news |title=Jamieson 'didn't have an off button' |work=BBC Sport |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/swimming/57932774 |access-date=1 January 2023}}
- Duncan Scott – swimmer{{cite web |title=Duncan Scott |url=https://www.britishswimming.org/athlete-swimming-profiles/british-swimming-profiles/duncan-scott/ |website=British Swimming |access-date=9 September 2022}}
=Tennis=
=Wrestling=
- Nikki Cross – professional wrestler{{cite web |title=WWE and Childline Glasgow tag-team in anti-bullying campaign as hometown wrestler Nikki Cross and R-Truth meet local kids |url=https://www.glasgowtimes.co.uk/news/18031871.wwe-childline-glasgow-tag-team-anti-bullying-campaign-hometown-wrestler-nikki-cross-r-truth-meet-local-kids/ |website=Glasgow Times |access-date=4 November 2023 |language=en |date=12 November 2019}}
- Joe Coffey – professional wrestler{{cite web |title=Joe Coffey |url=https://www.wwe.com/superstars/joe-coffey |website=WWE |access-date=4 November 2023 |language=en}}
- Mark Coffey – professional wrestler{{cite web |title=Mark Coffey |url=https://www.wwe.com/superstars/mark-coffey |website=WWE |access-date=4 November 2023 |language=en}}
- Wolfgang – professional wrestler{{cite web |title=Wolfgang |url=https://www.wwe.com/superstars/wolfgang |website=WWE |access-date=4 November 2023 |language=en}}
- Isla Dawn – professional wrestler{{cite web |title=Isla Dawn |url=https://www.wwe.com/section/mae-young-classic-competitors/article/isla-dawn |website=WWE |access-date=4 November 2023 |language=en}}
Science and engineering
- June Almeida – virologist{{cite web |title=June Almeida, tribute to Scotland's forgotten hero of the coronavirus |url=https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/18289806.june-almeida-tribute-scotlands-forgotten-hero-coronavirus/ |website=HeraldScotland |date=8 March 2020 |access-date=2 January 2023 |language=en}}
- Joseph Black – physicist and chemist{{cite web |title=Joseph Black |url=https://www.rcpe.ac.uk/heritage/college-history/joseph-black |website=www.rcpe.ac.uk |access-date=2 January 2023 |language=en |date=9 February 2017}}
- Phillip Clancey – ornithologist{{cite web |title=In Memoriam: Phillip Alexander Clancey, 1917–2001 |url=https://academic.oup.com/auk/article/120/1/198/5562028 |website=academic.oup.com |access-date=4 November 2023}}
- Thomas Hopkirk – botanist{{cite web |title=History |url=https://glasgowbotanicgardens.com/the-gardens/history/ |website=THE FRIENDS OF THE GLASGOW BOTANIC GARDENS |access-date=4 November 2023}}
- Ronald David Laing – psychiatrist{{cite web |title=R.D. Laing {{!}} Existentialist, Anti-psychiatry & Psychotherapist {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/R-D-Laing |website=www.britannica.com |access-date=4 November 2023 |language=en |date=3 October 2023}}
- Elizabeth Janet MacGregor – medical doctor{{cite journal |last1=Richmond |first1=Caroline |title=Janet Elizabeth Macgregor |journal=BMJ: British Medical Journal |pages=1410 |date=10 December 2005|volume=331 |issue=7529 |pmc=1309665 }}
- David Napier – marine engineer
- Robert Napier – marine engineer, co-founder of Cunard Line{{cite web |title=TheGlasgowStory: Robert Napier |url=https://www.theglasgowstory.com/image/?inum=TGSA00104 |website=www.theglasgowstory.com |access-date=4 November 2023}}
- James Beaumont Neilson – inventor{{cite web |title=James Beaumont Neilson {{!}} Inventor, Hot Blast, Iron Smelting {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/James-Beaumont-Neilson |website=www.britannica.com |access-date=4 November 2023 |language=en}}
- Sir William Ramsay – chemist{{cite web |title=Sir William Ramsay {{!}} Nobel Prize-Winning British Chemist {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/William-Ramsay |website=www.britannica.com |access-date=4 November 2023 |language=en |date=28 September 2023}}
- William Thomson, Lord Kelvin – mathematician, mathematical physicist and engineer{{cite web |title=William Thomson, Baron Kelvin {{!}} Biography & Facts {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/William-Thomson-Baron-Kelvin |website=www.britannica.com |access-date=4 November 2023 |language=en |date=22 September 2023}}
- James Watt – engineer{{cite web |title=James Watt {{!}} Biography, Inventions, Steam Engine, Significance, & Facts {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/James-Watt |website=www.britannica.com |access-date=4 November 2023 |language=en |date=28 September 2023}}
- Nora Wattie – public health pioneer{{Cite web |title=Meet the unsung health pioneer whose work helped wipe out deadly infection in Glasgow |url=https://www.glasgowtimes.co.uk/news/18603519.health-pioneer-nora-wattie-helped-wipe-deadly-infection-glasgow/ |access-date=2020-11-21 |website=Glasgow Times |date=27 July 2020 |language=en}}
- John Scott Russell – naval engineer{{cite web |title=John Scott Russell {{!}} British engineer {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/John-Scott-Russell |website=www.britannica.com |access-date=2 January 2023 |language=en}}
- Charles Macintosh – inventor{{cite web |title=Charles Macintosh {{!}} Scottish chemist {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Charles-Macintosh |website=www.britannica.com |access-date=2 January 2023 |language=en}}
- William Wright Virtue – engineer{{cite web |title=Life Summary - William Wright Virtue |url=https://adb.anu.edu.au/lifesummary/virtue-william-wright-13228 |website=Australian Dictionary of Biography |access-date=4 November 2023}}