Sportspeople
- Scott Agnew (born 1987), footballer
- Gary Anderson, (born 1970), professional darts player
- Robert Archibald (born 1980), 1st Scottish NBA player
- Alain Baxter (born 1973), alpine skier
- Jim Baxter (1939–2001), footballer
- Ken Buchanan (born 1945), world champion boxer
- Sir Matt Busby (1909–1994), former football manager, won the European Cup in 1968
- Jim Clark (1936–1968), Formula One driver
- Gillian Cooke (born 1982), athlete and bobsledder
- Steph Cook (born 1972) modern pentathlete, Olympic gold medallist
- Davie Cooper (1956–1995), footballer
- David Coulthard (born 1971), Formula One driver
- Kenny Dalglish (born 1951), retired footballer and manager of Liverpool F.C.
- Sir Alex Ferguson (born 1941), retired footballer and current manager of Manchester United F.C.
- Darren Fletcher (born 1984), international footballer
- David Florence (born 1982), slalom canoeist
- Dario Franchitti (born 1973), Indy Car Driver
- Marino Franchitti (born 1978), American Le Mans Driver
- Drew Galloway (born 1985), professional wrestler
- Richie Gray (born 1989), Rugby player
- Wyndham Halswelle (1882–1915), Olympic champion runner
- Dougal Haston (1940–1977), mountaineer
- Joe Hendry, footballer
- Stephen Hendry (born 1969), professional snooker player, 7 times World champion
- John Higgins (born 1975), professional snooker player, 3 times World champion
- Chris Hoy (born 1976), world, Olympic and Commonwealth champion track cyclist
- Gerry Hughes (born 1958), sailor, first single-handed atlantic crossing by a deaf person
- Gary Jacobs, Scottish, British, Commonwealth, and European (EBU) welterweight champion boxer
- Jimmy Johnstone (1944–2006), football player
- John Kerr (born 1980), Ice dancer
- Sinead Kerr (born 1978), Ice dancer
- Dominic Kinnear (born 1967), former soccer player, now the head coach of Houston Dynamo in Major League Soccer.
- Billy Kirkwood (born 1958), football player
- Russell Knox (born 1985), golfer
- Martin Laird (born 1982), golfer
- Denis Law (born 1940), football player
- Andrew Lemoncello (born 1982), long distance runner
- Eric Liddell (1902–1945), athlete, one of the two subjects of Chariots of Fire
- Jackie Lockhart (born 1965), curler, skip of Scotland team which won the 2002 world championships
- Benny Lynch (1913–1946), world champion boxer
- Hamish MacInnes (born 1930), mountaineer
- Craig MacLean (born 1971), world, Olympic and Commonwealth champion track cyclist
- Rhona Martin (born 1966), curler, Olympic gold medallist
- Catriona Matthew (born 1969), golfer
- Ally McCoist (born 1962), football player
- Liz McColgan (born 1964), athlete
- James McFadden (born 1983), footballer
- William McGregor (1846–1911), founder of the Football League in England
- William McMillan, footballer
- Jackie McNamara (born 1973), football player and manager who currently manages Partick Thistle
- Billy McNeill (born 1940), footballer and a manager of Celtic F.C.
- Colin McRae (1968–2007), world champion rally driver
- Dick McTaggart (born 1935), boxer
- David Millar (born 1977), road cyclist
- Robert Millar (born 1958), professional cyclist, "King of the Mountains" in 1984 Tour de France
- Willie Miller (born 1955), International footballer and captain of Aberdeen when they won the European Cup Winners' Cup in 1983
- Janice Moodie (born 1973), golfer
- Colin Montgomerie (Born 1963), golfer, winner of European Tour Order of Merit a record 8 times
- Hugh Munro (1856–1919), mountaineer, famous for his list of mountains
- Andy Murray (born 1987), tennis player
- Jamie Murray (born 1986), tennis player, doubles, Wimbledon winner 2007 mixed doubles
- Graeme Obree (born 1965), world record holding cyclist
- Stewart Pitt (born 1968), slalom canoeist
- Shirley Robertson (born 1968), sailor and Olympic gold medallist
- Bill Shankly (1914–1981), One of Liverpool F.C.'s most successful managers
- Jock Stein (1922–1985), football manager, won the European Cup with Celtic F.C.
- Sir Jackie Stewart (born 1939), world champion Formula One driver
- Bobby Thomson (born 1923), Scots-born American baseball player
- Sam Torrance (born 1953), golfer
- Lawrence Tynes (born 1978), Scots-born Kicker for the New York Giants and Kansas City Chiefs
- Andrew Watson (born 1857, date of death unknown) world's first black international football player, captain and administrator
- Jim Watt (born 1948), world champion boxer, won the WBC World Lightweight title
- David Wilkie (born 1954), swimmer
- Jocky Wilson (1950–2012), World professional Darts Champion in 1982 and 1989
- Allan McNish (born 1969), racing driver
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