List of Scots - Rulers, Politicians, Soldiers

Rulers, Politicians, Soldiers

• James Alexander (1691–1756), attorney general of New Jersey
• Cardinal David Beaton (c. 1494–1546)
• Tony Blair (born 1953), Labour Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
• Gordon Brown (born 1951), Labour Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, (2007–2010)
• Calgacus
• Richard Cameron (c. 1648–1680), Republican Covenanter and founder of the "Cameronians"
• Colin Campbell, 1st Baron Clyde (1792–1863)
• Sir Colin Campbell (d. 1296) Warrior of Clan Campbell
• Sir Thomas Cochrane, 10th Earl of Dundonald (1775–1860), Admiral in the Royal Navy
• James Connolly (1868–1916) Irish socialist leader, executed by firing squad following the Easter Rising.
• Robert Bontine Cunninghame Graham ("Don Roberto"), (1852–1936), first socialist Member of Parliament (MP)
• Sir Frederick Currie, 1st Baronet (1799–1875)
• James Currie (1756–1805) biographer of Robert Burns, early advocate of hydropathy
• Mark John Currie (1795–1874), explorer, founder settler of Western Australia, Admiral in the Royal Navy
• Ian Davidson (born 1950), Labour Co-operative politician
• Donald Dewar (1937–2000 ), former First Minister of Scotland
• Sir Archibald Douglas (c. 1298–1333), Regent of Scotland and leader of Scots forces at the Battle of Halidon Hill
• Sir James Douglas (c.1287 -1329) Warden of the Scottish Marches, Scottish military leader
• James Douglas, 4th Earl of Morton (1525–1581), Regent of Scotland
• Alec Douglas-Home (1903–1995), Conservative Prime minister of the United Kingdom
• Iain Duncan Smith (born 1954), leader of the Conservative party
• Andrew Fletcher of Saltoun (1653–1716)
• John Forbes (1707–1759), Scottish general
• Liam Fox (1961- ) Conservative politician
• George Galloway (born 1954), Respect Party
• Annabel Goldie (born 1950), leader of the Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
• James Graham, 1st Marquess of Montrose (1612–1650), Covenanter and Royalist leader of Highland Armies
• Viscount (Bonnie) Dundee (c. 1648–1689), Jacobite Highland Army leader
• Iain Gray (born 1957), Scottish Labour Party politician
• Jo Grimond (1913–1993), Liberal Party leader from 1956–67
• Douglas Haig (1861–1928), Commander of British Forces during World War I
• James Hamilton, 2nd Earl of Arran (1516–1575), Regent of Scotland.
• Keir Hardie (1856–1915)
• David B. Henderson (1840–1906), politician and Speaker of the United States House of Representatives from 1899 to 1903
• Hugh Henry (born 1952), Scottish Labour politician
• King James IV (1473–1513)
• James VI of Scotland and I of England (1603–1625)
• Charles I of Scotland and of England (1625–1649)
• Tom Johnston (Tam), (1882–1965), World War II Secretary of State for Scotland
• John Paul Jones (1747–1792), father of the American Navy
• Charles Kennedy (born 1959), leader of the Liberal Democrats 1999–2006
• John Loughton (born 1987), political campaigner and winner of reality show Big Brother: Celebrity Hijack in 2008
• Arthur MacArthur, Sr. Governor of Wisconsin and grandfather of Gen. Douglas MacArthur
• Macbeth of Scotland (c. 1005–1057), High King of Scotland
• Jack McConnell (born 1960), First Minister of Scotland (2001–2007)
• John MacCormick (1904–1961), nationalist
• John A. Macdonald (1815–1891), first Prime Minister of Canada
• Margo MacDonald (born 1943), nationalist
• Malcolm MacDonald (1901–1981)
• Ramsay MacDonald (1866–1937), Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
• Rob Roy MacGregor (1671–1734)
• Archie McKellar (1912–1940) Battle of Britain ace pilot
• Alexander Mackenzie (1822–1892), second Prime Minister of Canada
• Colin Mackenzie (c. 1754–1821), soldier in British India
• Alexander Slidell MacKenzie, US NAvy
• Ranald Slidell Mackenzie, US Cavalryman
• Christina McKelvie (born 1968), Scottish National Party
• William McKinley, US President
• John MacLean (1879–1923), revolutionary
• Henry McLeish (born 1948) former First Minister
• Mary, Queen of Scots (1542–1587)
• Jimmy Maxton (1885–1946), leader of the Independent Labour Party
• Hugh Mercer Continental Army General
• Richard Montgomery Continental Army General
• Viscount Montgomery British Field Marshal
• Andrew Moray (died 1297) military leader during the Scottish Wars of Independence
• Jim Murphy (born 1967), Labour Party
• George S. Patton US General-World War II
• Jerry Rawlings (born 1947), former president of Ghana; partly of Scottish descent
• George Reid (born 1939)
• Jimmy Reid (1932–2010), trade union activist, orator, politician, and journalist
• Robert the Bruce (1274–1329), Robert I of Scotland
• Alex Salmond (born 1954), current First Minister (since 2007), and leader of the Scottish National Party (SNP)
• Tavish Scott (born 1956), Leader of the Scottish Liberal Democrats
• Tommy Sheridan (born 1964), Solidarity
• Jim Sillars (born 1937), founder of Scottish Labour Party (1976), MP
• John Smith (1938–1994) Labour Party leader
• David Steel (born 1938), Liberal Party leader from 1976–88
• Nicol Stephen (born 1960), former leader of the Scottish Liberal Democrats
• Sir James Stirling (1791–1865), 1st Governor of Western Australia, Admiral in the Royal Navy
• Lord Stirling, American Revolutionary War General
• Prince Charles Edward Stuart (1720–1788), Jacobite Field Marshal and heir to the throne of Great Britain.
• John Swinney (born 1964), Scottish National Party (SNP) politician
• Archibald Sinclair, 1st Viscount Thurso (1890–1970), Liberal Party leader from 1935–45
• Nicola Sturgeon (born 1970), Deputy First Minister of Scotland, and Deputy Leader of the Scottish National Party (SNP)
• William Wallace (c. 1270–1305), a.k.a. The Wallace
• General Sir Thomas Graham, Lord Lynedoch (1748–1843), leading Napoleonic General.
• Sir Thomas John Cochrane (1789–1872), Royal Navy First Sea Lord.