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  1. 13-May-12, 15:34 #1
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    Default who's your top ten most famous scots

    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.
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    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
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  3. 13-May-12, 16:31 #3
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    Thomas Telford.
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    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
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  5. 13-May-12, 17:31 #5
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    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...............
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    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
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    Thomas Telford, Alexander Graham Bell, Alexander Fleming, Billy Connolly, John Boyd Dunlop, John Loudon Macadam, Jackie Stewart, Jim Clark, Lorraine Kelly, Kirsty Wark.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Corrie 3 View Post
    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?

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    Mel Gibson
    James Doohan
    Joely Richardson
    Geordie
    Grey Friars Bobby
    Nessie
    Lassie
    Russ Abbot
    Rab C Nesbit
    Christoffer Lambert
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    I'm surprised the Rev I M Jolly isn't on someones list.
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    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.
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  12. 14-May-12, 00:21 #12
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    Alexander Graham Bell
    Robert The Bruce
    John Logie Baird
    Robert Burns
    Sir Walter Scott
    Sean Connery
    Chris Hoy
    Neil Gunn
    Alexander Fleming
    Thomas Telford
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    Wallace
    Bruce
    Mary Queen of Scots
    James Watt
    Alexander Graham Bell
    Joseph Lister
    Rod Stewart
    Billy connolly
    Sean Connery
    Donald Dewar
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    Bit too general for me to narrow it down to ten, There are quite a lot here:


    If anyone is looking suggestions beyond the usual suspects.

    I'd probably put David Hume on most lists though.
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    James Doohan aka Montgomery "Scotty" Scott was Canadian......
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    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
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    Quote Originally Posted by Big Gaz View Post
    James Doohan aka Montgomery "Scotty" Scott was Canadian......
    Do you understand the concept of micky taking?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Big Gaz View Post
    James Doohan aka Montgomery "Scotty" Scott was Canadian......
    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.
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    Nobody says stephen hendry ?
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    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 !
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