Famous Scottish quote Authors (157 people)

Author	Profession	Quotes	Year
Adam Ferguson	Philosopher	6	1723 - 1816
Adam Smith	Economist	30	1723 - 1790
Al Stewart	Musician	9	1945
Alan Cumming	Actor	5	1965
Alan Hansen	Athlete	21	1955
Alexander Duff	Clergyman	2	1806 - 1878
Alexander Graham Bell	Inventor	11	1847 - 1922
Alexander Smith	Poet	30	1830 - 1867
Alistair Maclean	Novelist	2	1922 - 1987
Allan Cunningham	Poet	1	1784 - 1842
Andrew Fletcher	Writer	2
Andrew Lang	Poet	5	1844 - 1912
Angus Young	Musician	7	1959
Anne Grant	Poet	6	1755 - 1838
Annie Lennox	Musician	13	1954
Arthur Keith	Scientist	27	1866 - 1955
B. C. Forbes	Journalist	24	1880 - 1954
Bill Forsyth	Director	14	1946
Bill Shankly	Athlete	12	1913 - 1981
Billy Connolly	Comedian	21	1942
Bon Scott	Musician	10	1946 - 1980
Colin Mochrie	Actor	30	1957
Craig Ferguson	Comedian	5	1962
David Allan	Artist	1	1744 - 1796
David Byrne	Musician	33	1952
David Douglas	Environmentalist	2
David Gill	Scientist	18	1843 - 1914
David Hume	Philosopher	46	1711 - 1776
David Livingstone	Explorer	8	1813 - 1873
David Mallet	Dramatist	7
David McCallum	Actor	11	1933
David Russell	Musician	5
Deborah Kerr	Actress	6	1921 - 2007
Denis Law	Athlete	2	1940
Dennis Nilsen	Criminal	4	1945
Donald Cargill	Clergyman	22
Dorothy Dunnett	Novelist	3	1923 - 2001
Douglas Dunn	Poet	6	1942
E. T. Bell	Mathematician	13	1883 - 1960
Eddie Campbell	Artist	21	1955
Edward Irving	Clergyman	5	1792 - 1834
Ewan McGregor	Actor	31	1971
Frances Wright	Writer	15	1795 - 1852
Francis Wright	Activist	19	1795 - 1852
Gail Porter	Celebrity	12	1971
George Adam Smith	Clergyman	1	1856 - 1942
George Byron	Poet	31	1788 - 1824
George Gillespie	Theologian	6
George MacDonald	Novelist	30	1824 - 1905
Gerard Butler	Actor	21	1969
Gilbert Highet	Writer	8	1906 - 1978
Gordon Waller	Musician	4	1945
Henry Drummond	Writer	13	1851 - 1897
Hugh Blair	Theologian	5	1718 - 1800
Hugh MacDiarmid	Poet	3	1892 - 1978
Hugh Miller	Scientist	7
Iain Banks	Writer	9	1954
Ian Hamilton Finlay	Poet	18	1925
Ian McDiarmid	Actor	13	1944
Ian St. John	Athlete	9	1938
Irvine Welsh	Novelist	26	1961
J. M. Barrie	Novelist	8	1860 - 1937
Jackie Stewart	Athlete	12	1939
James Boswell	Lawyer	14	1740 - 1795
James C. Maxwell	Mathematician	8	1831 - 1879
James Connolly	Politician	4	1868 - 1916
James G. Frazer	Scientist	5	1854 - 1941
James Grainger	Poet	1
James Hogg	Poet	6	1770 - 1835
James Hutton	Scientist	2	1726 - 1797
James Lind	Scientist	8	1716 - 1794
James Mackintosh	Judge	4	1765 - 1832
James McAvoy	Actor	16	1979
James Nasmyth	Inventor	10	1808 - 1890
James Thomson	Musician	13	1700 - 1748
James W. Black	Scientist	12	1924
John Arbuthnot	Physicist	3	1667 - 1735
John Barbour	Poet	1
John Boyd Orr	Politician	26	1880 - 1971
John Buchan	Politician	15	1875 - 1940
John Gilmour	Politician	2	1876 - 1940
John Hay Beith	Playwright	1
John Henry Mackay	Writer	1
John Knox	Clergyman	3
John Stuart Blackie	Writer	3	1809 - 1895
John Wilson	Writer	4	1785 - 1854
Jonathan Potter	Psychologist	3
Joseph Hume	Scientist	19	1777 - 1855
Ken MacLeod	Writer	2	1954
Kenneth Grahame	Novelist	18	1859 - 1932
Kenny Dalglish	Athlete	5	1951
King James I	Royalty	3	1566 - 1625
Kirsty Gallacher	Entertainer	1	1976
Lord Robertson	Diplomat	17	1946
Magnus Magnusson	Journalist	5	1929
Margaret Oliphant	Novelist	7	1828 - 1897
Margo MacDonald	Politician	2	1943
Marie Carmichael Stopes	Author	2	1880 - 1958
Mark Millar	Writer	22	1969
Midge Ure	Musician	7	1953
Norman MacCaig	Poet	32	1910 - 1996
Norman Macleod	Writer	3
Norman McLaren	Artist	16	1914 - 1987
Oswald Chambers	Theologian	15	1874 - 1917
Patrick Geddes	Scientist	3
Patrick Gordon	Soldier	2
Paul Sweeney	Politician	7	1989
Peter Marshall	Clergyman	13	1902 - 1949
R. D. Laing	Psychologist	20	1927 - 1989
Richard Holloway	Writer	3
Robbie Coltraine	Actor	8	1950
Robbie Coltrane	Actor	25	1950
Robert Adamson	Philosopher	7	1852 - 1902
Robert Barclay	Writer	3
Robert Burns	Poet	15	1759 - 1796
Robert Carlyle	Director	9	1961
Robert Chambers	Writer	2	1802 - 1871
Robert Dale Owen	Politician	23	1801 - 1877
Robert Fortune	Scientist	22	1813 - 1880
Robert Louis Stevenson	Writer	84	1850 - 1894
Robert Rainy	Clergyman	8	1826 - 1906
Robert Service	Poet	8	1874 - 1958
Robert W. Service	Poet	5	1874 - 1958
Robin Cook	Politician	2	1946 - 2005
Rod Stewart	Musician	12	1945
Ronald Ross	Scientist	2	1857 - 1932
Ronnie Corbett	Comedian	2	1930
Samuel Rutherford	Theologian	13
Samuel Smiles	Author	30	1812 - 1904
Sean Connery	Actor	32	1930 - 2020
Sheena Easton	Musician	30	1959
Shirley Manson	Musician	24	1966
Theodore Martin	Poet	1
Thomas Boston	Clergyman	1	1676 - 1732
Thomas Campbell	Poet	10	1777 - 1844
Thomas Carlyle	Writer	111	1795 - 1881
Thomas Chalmers	Clergyman	1	1780 - 1847
Thomas Erskine	Theologian	2	1788 - 1870
Thomas Guthrie	Clergyman	3
Thomas Reid	Philosopher	7	1710 - 1796
Tobias Smollett	Writer	2	1721 - 1771
Tommy Armour	Athlete	3	1894 - 1968
W. H. Murray	Athlete	3	1913 - 1996
Walter Elliot	Politician	2	1888 - 1958
Walter Scott	Novelist	32	1771 - 1832
Walter Smith	Athlete	2	1948
William Allan	Artist	2
William Barclay	Theologian	15	1907 - 1978
William Dunbar	Poet	7	1459 - 1530
William Falconer	Poet	21
William Hamilton	Politician	6
William Kidd	Explorer	9
William Minto	Writer	1	1845 - 1893
William Ramsay	Scientist	1	1852 - 1916
William Robertson Smith	Scientist	16	1846 - 1894
William Wallace	Revolutionary	2
William Winwood Reade	Historian	3