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annemarie482
13-May-12, 15:34
now here's one to get you all thinking...

who (in your opinion) are your top ten most famous scots?

they can be anybody from william wallace to robert louis stevenson, billy connolly to oor wullie.

i'm not worried about order of importance, just your top ten list.

billmoseley
13-May-12, 16:15
Sean Connery
Robert Stevenson
John Boyd Dunlop
Air Chief Marshall Hugh Dowding
Mary, Queen of Scots
Robbie Coltrane,
Annie Lennox,
Alex Salmond
John smith (labour leader)
Ken Buchanan (boxer)
there you go but not in any order

Kevin Milkins
13-May-12, 16:31
Thomas Telford.

golach
13-May-12, 16:37
Sir William A Smith.... founder of the Boys Brigade
John Smith..... MP
Lord Emmanuel Shinwell (Manny) ......MP
Allan Pinkerton....founded the Pinkerton Agency
Neil Gunn......Writer
William McEwan........Brewer
Joseph Lister ...Pioneered the use of Antiseptics
Evelyn Glennie.....Deaf Percussionist
James Chalmers.....Inventor of the adhesive postage stamp
Andrew Carnegie........Gave back a fortune to Scotland

Corrie 3
13-May-12, 17:31
Robert the Bruce.
Alex Salmond.
Kenny Dalglish.
Ally McCoist.
John Smith.
Robert Burns.
Sean Connery.
Jackie Stewart.
Annie Lennox.
Flora MacDonald.
Golach.

Oh sorry, that's 11 isn't it? Can someone get rid of the last one for me please?

C3...............:roll:;)

teddybear1873
13-May-12, 17:46
1- Montgomery Scott, Chief engineer of USS Enterprise.
2- Maw Broon
3- Paw Broon
4- Grandpaw Broon
5- Joe Broon
6- Hen Broon
7- Maggie Broon
8- Daphne Broon
9- Horace Broon
10-The Twins
11-The Bairn

joxville
13-May-12, 18:50
Thomas Telford, Alexander Graham Bell, Alexander Fleming, Billy Connolly, John Boyd Dunlop, John Loudon Macadam, Jackie Stewart, Jim Clark, Lorraine Kelly, Kirsty Wark.

golach
13-May-12, 19:21
Robert the Bruce.
Kenny Dalglish.
Ally McCoist.
John Smith.
Robert Burns.
Sean Connery.
Jackie Stewart.
Annie Lennox.
Flora MacDonald.
Golach.

Oh sorry, that's 11 isn't it? Can someone get rid of one for me please?

C3...............

There you are corrie.....sorted

ducati
13-May-12, 19:50
Mel Gibson
James Doohan
Joely Richardson
Geordie
Grey Friars Bobby
Nessie
Lassie
Russ Abbot
Rab C Nesbit
Christoffer Lambert

teddybear1873
13-May-12, 20:02
I'm surprised the Rev I M Jolly isn't on someones list.

John Little
13-May-12, 21:56
Sir Walter Scott for redefinition
Montrose for glory, and making military history
Robert Burns; for universal genius.
James Watt; for the modern world
Robert Owen for humane capitalism
Robert Bruce for being a true hero
.Sir Arthur Conan Doyle - for evocation of an era.
Kenneth Grahame - for ducks, rats and moles
James Vi and 1st for uniting our nations
Graham of Claverhouse for gallantry and determination.

Kenn
14-May-12, 00:21
Alexander Graham Bell
Robert The Bruce
John Logie Baird
Robert Burns
Sir Walter Scott
Sean Connery
Chris Hoy
Neil Gunn
Alexander Fleming
Thomas Telford

squidge
14-May-12, 09:48
Wallace
Bruce
Mary Queen of Scots
James Watt
Alexander Graham Bell
Joseph Lister
Rod Stewart
Billy connolly
Sean Connery
Donald Dewar

RecQuery
14-May-12, 10:05
Bit too general for me to narrow it down to ten, There are quite a lot here:


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Scots
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Scottish_actors
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Scottish_musicians
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Scottish_scientists
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Scottish_writers

If anyone is looking suggestions beyond the usual suspects.

I'd probably put David Hume on most lists though.

Big Gaz
14-May-12, 11:25
James Doohan aka Montgomery "Scotty" Scott was Canadian......:roll:

wicker8
14-May-12, 11:48
ok heres my top 10 ,burns,st andrew,james barrie,alexander fleming,eddie reader,charles rennie mackintosh,mary slessor,phil cunningham.ali bain,last one helen duncan

ducati
14-May-12, 13:05
James Doohan aka Montgomery "Scotty" Scott was Canadian......:roll:

Do you understand the concept of micky taking?:roll:

RecQuery
14-May-12, 13:14
James Doohan aka Montgomery "Scotty" Scott was Canadian......:roll:

No he wasn't he was born in Aberdeenshire or Orkney (depending on the accounts and canon). How dare you insult such a fine engineer.

winnie
14-May-12, 13:30
Nobody says stephen hendry ?

RN1995
14-May-12, 17:09
Sean Connery
Alex Ferguson
William Wallace
Billy Connolly
Rabbie Burns
King James VI and I
Robert the Bruce
Jackie Stewart
Thomas Telford
John Boyd Dunlop

In no particular order ! :D

chirpy chick
14-May-12, 21:49
Its got to be the Krankies at number 1

riggerboy
15-May-12, 02:27
beelly moche