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| n | item | label | date of birth | date of death | description | GfS | ODNB | Old DNB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Q75242694 | Sir Alexander Home of Home and Dunglas | 1380 | 1424-08-17 | Peerage person ID=4814 | 2290 | ||
| 2 | Q18729949 | Alexander Mylne | 1470 | 1548 | Mylne, Alexander (c.1470–1548), abbot of Cambuskenneth and historian | 802 | 19693 | Old DNB |
| 3 | Q18546642 | John Spottiswoode | 1509 | 1585 | Scottish reformer and superintendent of Lothian | 1126 | 26166 | Old DNB |
| 4 | Q76307450 | Thomas Maule, 6th of Panmure | 1521-12-21 | 1600-03-07 | (1521-1600) | 1102 | ||
| 5 | Q18813210 | Gilbert Skeyne | 1522 | 1599 | Skeyne [Skene], Gilbert (c.1522–1599), physician | 2352 | 25675 | Old DNB |
| 6 | Q75902922 | Sir James Dundas of Arniston | 1570 | 1628 | (1570-1628) | 1574 | ||
| 7 | Q75248514 | John Lyon, 2nd Earl of Kinghorne | 1596-08-13 | 1646-05-12 | (1596-1646) | 1060 | ||
| 8 | Q18733684 | Norman Macleod | 1606 | 1705 1705-03-03 |
Scottish royalist army officer | 1856 | 17677 | Old DNB |
| 9 | Q18670693 | Alexander Mylne | 1613 | 1643 | Scottish sculptor | 800 | 19694 | |
| 10 | Q18671556 | James Gordon | 1617 1615 |
1686 | Scottish historian and map maker | 1582 | 11051 | Old DNB |
| 11 | Q76096337 | Sir George Skene of Rubislaw | 1619 | 1707-04-09 | 1619-1707, Provost of Aberdeen | 685 | ||
| 12 | Q18756712 | George Ogilvie of Barras | 1634 | 1679 | Scottish royalist army officer | 2469 | 20594 | Old DNB |
| 13 | Q75634473 | Sir John Foulis of Ravelston, 1st Bt. | 1638-02-20 | 1707-08-05 | (1638-1707) | 3213 | ||
| 14 | Q18674300 | Patrick Mòr MacCrimmon | 1640 | 1670 | Scottish piper (fl. 1640–1670) | 1841 | 76531 | |
| 15 | Q75271270 | John Hope of Hopetoun | 1650-06-16 | 1682-05-05 | (died 1682) | 600 | ||
| 16 | Q19325316 | John Elphinstone, 4th Lord Balmerino | 1652-12-26 | 1736-05-13 | Scottish nobleman and lawyer | 2335 | 8749 | |
| 17 | Q69558838 | Walter Stuart, 6th Lord Blantyre | 1683 1682-02-01 1683-02-01 |
1713 1713-06-23 |
(1682-1713) | 3321 | ||
| 18 | Q75264714 | John Murray, Marquess of Tullibardine | 1684-05-06 | 1709-09-11 | (1684-1709) | 778 | ||
| 19 | Q18729972 | Andrew McDouall | 1685 | 1760 | Scottish judge | 2331 | 17471 | Old DNB |
| 20 | Q19325979 | Hew Dalrymple | 1690 | 1755 | Scottish judge (1690–1755) | 2253 | 7048 | |
| 21 | Q15440800 | William Ramsay, 5th Earl of Dalhousie | 17th century | 1710-10 | Scottish nobleman | 1096 | ||
| 22 | Q18922287 | George Ross of Cromarty | 1700 | 1786 | Scottish army agent and agricultural improver (1708/9–1786) | 3186 | 64091 | |
| 23 | Q18819622 | Margaret Dickson | 1702 | 1753 | Dickson, Margaret [called Half Hanged Maggy Dickson] (d. in or after 1753), survivor of execution | 1188 | 57792 | |
| 24 | Q18810799 | James Abercromby | 1707 | 1775 | Abercromby, James (1707–1775), colonial agent and politician | 2869 | 68426 | |
| 25 | Q2427280 | Thomas Short | 1711 | 1788 | Scottish optician from Leith | 1025 | ||
| 26 | Q26212980 | James Dickson | 1712 | 1771-11-14 | British Member of Parliament (died 1771) | 1789 | ||
| 27 | Q76065851 | Francis Macnab of that Ilk, 16th Chief | 1734 | 1816-05-25 | (1734-1816) | 3036 | ||
| 28 | Q18732238 | John Murray | 1737-01-01 | 1793-11-06 | Scottish bookseller and publisher, first of the name (1737-1793) | 4030 | 17699 | |
| 29 | Q18529148 | Thomas Edington | 1742 | 1811 | Edington, Thomas (1742–1811), ironmaster and merchant | 4247 | 47476 | |
| 30 | Q75582995 | James Clark | 1747-09-12 | 1829-10-06 | (1747-1829) | 4307 | ||
| 31 | Q18671646 | James Taylor | 1753 | 1825 | Scottish naval engineer and potter | 3419 | 27036 | Old DNB |
| 32 | Q18954412 | John Wilson | 1758 | 1821 | Scottish printer and publisher (1758-1821) | 4410 | 60695 | |
| 33 | Q21510571 | George Don | 1764 | 1814 | botanist (1764-1814) | 3153 | ||
| 34 | Q19040638 | Gavin Turnbull | 1765 | 1816 | Scottish poet and actor | 1699 | 64791 | |
| 35 | Q75580869 | Alexander Baird | 1765-05-12 | 1833-12-23 | (1765-1833) | 1649 | ||
| 36 | Q63983533 | Sir James Erskine, 3rd Baronet of Torrie | 1772-09-30 | 1825 | Scottish art collector and museum benefactor (1772-1825) | 543 | ||
| 37 | Q18735275 | Thomas Nelson | 1780 | 1861 | Scottish bookseller and publisher | 413 | 39032 | |
| 38 | Q76198480 | Andrew Usher | 1782-04-07 | 1855-08-17 | (1782-1855) | 1662 | ||
| 39 | Q21546497 | James Gall | 1784 | 1874 | 1784?-1874 | 2380 | ||
| 40 | Q117008555 | James Andrew Anderson | 1785 | 1863 | 1785 - 1863. Banker. | 1512 | ||
| 41 | Q2735681 | John Clunies-Ross | 1786 | 1854-05-26 | 607 | |||
| 42 | Q112762006 | Margaret Stuart Hamilton Tyndall-Bruce | 1788 | 1869 | Scottish heiress and landowner (1788- 1869) | 95 | ||
| 43 | Q18671918 | John Kennedy | 1789 | 1833 | Scottish poet | 1702 | 15384 | Old DNB |
| 44 | Q57451867 | Frederick Cathcart | 1789 | 1865 | British diplomat | 2749 | ||
| 45 | Q94374942 | Robert Aitchison | 1795 | 1861-02-13 | Scottish naval officer (1795-1861) | 1921 | ||
| 46 | Q88828413 | John Anderson | 1796 | 1864 | Church of Scotland minister, archaeologist and geologist | 3427 | ||
| 47 | Q18729995 | Archibald McLellan | 1797 | 1854 | Scottish art collector and local politician (1797-1854) | 1507 | 17663 | Old DNB |
| 48 | Q18671566 | James Hall | 1797 | 1854 | Scottish painter | 2757 | 11966 | Old DNB |
| 49 | Q18534928 | Robert Gibb | 1800 | 1837 | Scottish landscape painter (1800-1837) | 4068 | 10582 | Old DNB |
| 50 | Q18922046 | Alexander Shanks | 1801 | 1845 | Shanks, Alexander (1801–1845), engineer and lawnmower manufacturer | 331 | 50034 | |
| 51 | Q1928699 | Michael Nairn | 1804-04-04 | 1858-01-18 | Scottish floorcloth manufacturer | 1587 | 67807 | |
| 52 | Q18757020 | Peter Spence | 1806 | 1883 | Spence, Peter (1806–1883), industrial chemist and alum manufacturer | 1835 | 37998 | |
| 53 | Q20638266 | Alexander Duff Robertson | 1807 | 1886 | Scottish landscape artist | 2623 | ||
| 54 | Q18593261 | John Menzies | 1808 | 1879 | Scottish wholesale distributor and newsagent | 2989 | 39017 | |
| 55 | Q110083756 | Sir William Ferguson | 1808 | 1877 | 471 | |||
| 56 | Q18821822 | Montague Stanley | 1809-01-05 | 1844-05-04 | Scottish actor and landscape painter (1809-1844) | 3899 | 26277 | Old DNB |
| 57 | Q5643725 | Charles Jenner | 1810 | 1893 | Botanist and entrepreneur (1810-1893) | 1097 | 61300 | |
| 58 | Q21462432 | John MacLaren Barclay | 1811 | 1886 | British painter (1811-1886) | 4083 | ||
| 59 | Q21289244 | John Adam Houston | 1812-12-25 | 1884-12-02 | Scottish painter (1812-1884) | 4039 | ||
| 60 | Q110018143 | Thomas Mackenzie | 1814 | 1854 1854-10-15 |
Scottish architect | 3783 | ||
| 61 | Q110109498 | Andrew Barclay | 1814 | 1900 | 394 | |||
| 62 | Q18535036 | William Nelson | 1816 | 1887 | Scottish publisher | 415 | 19889 | |
| 63 | Q18526561 | Arthur Perigal the younger | 1816-08-17 | 1884-06-05 | landscape painter (1816-1884) | 1556 | 21966 | |
| 64 | Q18821769 | David MacBrayne | 1818 | 1907 | MacBrayne, David (bap. 1817, d. 1907), shipowner | 1525 | 40335 | |
| 65 | Q76198488 | Thomas Usher | 1821-10-27 | 1896-06-30 | (1821-1896) | 1663 | ||
| 66 | Q76145389 | Thomas Corbett | 1822-03-06 | 1880-04-01 | (1822-1880) | 4419 | ||
| 67 | Q19357020 | Peter Henderson | 1822-06-09 | 1890-01-17 | Horticulturist in Jersey City and New York. | 1736 | ||
| 68 | Q21456975 | James Guthrie Orchar | 1825 | 1898 | Scottish engineer, draughtsman and painter (1925-1898) | 1318 | ||
| 69 | Q110018268 | William Robertson | 1825 1825-08-13 |
1899 1899-07-11 |
1319 | |||
| 70 | Q47488675 | George Warrender of Lochend, 6th Bt. | 1825-10-07 | 1901-06-13 | Scottish politician, 1825-1901 | 3225 | ||
| 71 | Q11963695 | Christian Salvesen | 1827-03-08 | 1911-01-15 | Norwegian whaling entrepreneur (1827–1911) | 422 | 49516 | |
| 72 | Q21466029 | William Muir | 1828 | 1910 | British painter (1828-1910) | 4234 | ||
| 73 | Q76198519 | Sir John Usher, 1st Bt. | 1828-01-18 | 1904-03-24 | (1828-1904) | 3992 | ||
| 74 | Q24250630 | John McIlwraith | 1828-05-26 | 1902 | (1828-1902) manufacturer and shipowner | 3299 | ||
| 75 | Q63158068 | William Robert Galbraith | 1829 | 1914 | (1829-1914) was a civil engineer during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. 1829 July 7th. Born 1862 He was appointed eng... | 4272 | ||
| 76 | Q18526367 | Alexander Brodie | 1830 | 1867 | Scottish sculptor (1830–1867) | 3411 | 3483 | Old DNB |
| 77 | Q109859628 | William Paterson Turnbull | 1830 | 1871 | 1735 | |||
| 78 | Q112762017 | James Robertson | 1831 | 1914 | Scottish armalade manufacturer, founder of Robertsons the fruit preserves company (c.1831-1914) | 2721 | ||
| 79 | Q21693508 | William Kerr, 8th Marquess of Lothian | 1832 | 1870 | (1832-1870) | 1067 | ||
| 80 | Q18821825 | Patrick Stewart | 1832 | 1865 | army officer | 3778 | 26501 | Old DNB |
| 81 | Q96020111 | William Mackison | 1833 | 1906-11-24 | 1833 - 1906. Engineer and architect. | 4024 | ||
| 82 | Q18762120 | William Briggs | 1839 | 1919 | Scottish chemical manufacturer | 4316 | 50636 | |
| 83 | Q97664906 | John B. Howard | 1841 | 1895 | 1841 - 1895. Theatre impresario and actor. | 1294 | ||
| 84 | Q24223682 | Andrew McIlwraith | 1844-07-11 | 1932 | (1844-1932) shipowner and frozen-meat trade pioneer | 3278 | ||
| 85 | Q18530102 | John Barbour | 1849 | 1918 | Barbour, John (1849–1918), clothing manufacturer | 3496 | 38974 | |
| 86 | Q21539323 | James Hardie | 1851-07-27 | 1920 | (1851-1920) businessman | 1583 | ||
| 87 | Q19911755 | John Ross Menzies | 1852 | 1935 | Menzies, John (1808–1879), wholesale distributor and newsagent | 2988 | 49247 | |
| 88 | Q26260936 | Henry Edward Clifford | 1852-09-12 | 1932-10-15 | Architect, 1852-1932 | 4294 | ||
| 89 | Q97664904 | Frederick W. P. Wyndham | 1853 | 1930 | 1853 - 1930. Theatre impresario and actor. | 1295 | ||
| 90 | Q75248687 | Dora Erskine-Wemyss | 1856-02-06 | 1894-12-24 | (1856-1894) | 1914 | ||
| 91 | Q76222997 | William Younger of Ravenswood | 1857 | 1925-08-22 | (1857-1925) | 847 | ||
| 92 | Q63160313 | Henry Alexander Mavor | 1858 | 1915 | electrical engineer and industrialist 1858-1915 | 352 | ||
| 93 | Q20064373 | Joseph Milne | 1859 | 1911 | Scottish painter | 4240 | ||
| 94 | Q75342374 | Robert Finnie McEwen of Marchmont and Bardrochat | 1861-01-01 | 1926-03-31 | British advocate, land-owner and patron of the arts (1861-1926) | 3057 | ||
| 95 | Q75603934 | James Curle | 1862-03-05 1862-03-27 |
1944-03-01 | Scottish solicitor and archaeologist | 4192 | ||
| 96 | Q21458438 | Stuart Park | 1862-04-29 | 1933 | British painter (1862-1933) | 1382 | ||
| 97 | Q96093154 | William Thomson Neill | 1866 | 1943 | New Zealand surveyor (1866–1943) | 3250 | ||
| 98 | Q18527271 | Sir John Mactaggart, 1st Baronet | 1867-09-30 | 1956-11-24 | Scottish builder (1867-1956) | 3061 | 49245 | |
| 99 | Q76318973 | Kenneth MacKenzie Clark | 1868 | 1932 | Peerage person ID=685469 | 4308 | ||
| 100 | Q21288734 | David Waterson | 1870 | 1954 | Scottish painter and draftsman (1870-1954) | 1110 | ||
| 101 | Q19324999 | Andrew Barr | 1872 | 1903 | Barr, Andrew Greig (1872–1903), soft drinks manufacturer | 395 | 50405 | |
| 102 | Q63161452 | Frederick Pattison Pullar | 1875 | 1901 | (1875-1901) | 4230 | ||
| 103 | Q18880338 | William Baxter | 1877 | 1973 | Scottish food manufacturer | 1891 | 50462 | |
| 104 | Q18783891 | Percy Unna | 1878 | 1950 | Unna, Percy John Henry (1878–1950), mountaineer and conservationist | 3558 | 48900 | |
| 105 | Q112783002 | Norman Ainsley | 1881 | 1948 | Scottish screen and stage actor (1881-1948) | 588 | ||
| 106 | Q75324195 | Neil Boyd Watson McEacharn | 1884-10-28 | 1964-04-18 | (1884-1964) | 3016 | ||
| 107 | Q110566537 | David Clyde | 1885-03-27 1885 |
1945-05-17 1945 |
592 | |||
| 108 | Q21462437 | John Maclauchlan Milne | 1885-08 | 1957-10-28 | British painter | 4239 | ||
| 109 | Q112762008 | Flora Murray Scott | 1891 | 1984 | Scottish plant physiologist and professor at UCLA (1891-1984) | 3270 | ||
| 110 | Q94118188 | P. A. Macnab | 1903 | 2002 | 1950 | |||
| 111 | Q21454339 | Donald Bain | 1904 | 1979 | British painter (1904-1979) | 2370 | ||
| 112 | Q21454262 | Domenico Chiocchetti | 1910-05-15 | 1999-05-07 | Italian painter (1910-1999) | 694 | ||
| 113 | Q4717352 | Alex Lees | 1911-07-11 | 2009-04-22 | British Army officer (1911-2009) | 3588 | ||
| 114 | Q21166880 | William Watt | 1912-04-14 | 1985-08-11 | Scientist at Royal Aircraft Establishment, Farnborough (1912-1985) | 4338 | ||
| 115 | Q75331739 | Mary Elizabeth Vaughan-Lee | 1915-11-28 | 2008-12-10 | (1915-2008) | 2402 | ||
| 116 | Q110135844 | Robert James Naismith | 1916-03-04 | 2004-06-09 | Scottish architect and town planner (1916–2004) | 3845 | ||
| 117 | Q112782678 | Ian McIntyre | 1919 | 2008 | Scottish veterinary scientist and academic (1919-2008) | 4222 | ||
| 118 | Q112782856 | Charles Smith | 1920 | 2006 | Scottish local historian and author (1920-2006) | 3380 | ||
| 119 | Q29643278 | Ross Mitchell | 1920 | 2006 | paediatrician | 3294 | ||
| 120 | Q47471222 | Allan Douglas Galloway | 1920-07-30 | 2006-02-04 | Professor Emeritus of Divinity, University of Glasgow 1920 2006 | 3066 | ||
| 121 | Q94400115 | Doris Davidson | 1922 | 2012 | Scottish primary school teacher and novelist (1922-2012) | 3366 | ||
| 122 | Q18528601 | Lewis Robertson | 1922 | 2008 | Robertson, Sir Lewis Findlay (1922–2008), industrialist and public servant | 3549 | 100553 | |
| 123 | Q110724916 | Andrew William Morrison | 1925-12-03 | 2006-01-06 | 3 December 1925 - 6 January 2006, Otolaryngologist | 3064 | ||
| 124 | Q60760001 | Geoffrey Copcutt | 1928-07-31 | 1997 | ; Architect ; 31 July 1928 ; 1997 | 4200 | 109735 | |
| 125 | Q76126063 | Walter Alexander | 1931-04-06 | 2006-09-19 | (1931-2006) | 3267 | ||
| 126 | Q5494047 | Peter Alfred Cox | 1934-02-28 | Plant Collector | 3027 | |||
| 127 | Q18526388 | Alexander McEwen | 1935 | 2008 | McEwen, Alexander Dundas [Alex, Eck] (1935–2008), folk singer | 3059 | 100731 | |
| 128 | Q112761996 | Kirstin Linklater | 1936 | Scottish voice coach, born 1936 | 3435 | |||
| 129 | Q21462650 | George Devlin | 1937 | 2014 | British painter | 2828 | ||
| 130 | Q112761992 | Lillian Neilson | 1939 | 1998 | Scottish artist (1939-1998) | 3795 | ||
| 131 | Q21461477 | John G. Boyd | 1940 | 2001 | 2957 | |||
| 132 | Q71290073 | Matthew Dalziel | 1957 | Scottish artist, born 1957 | 3580 | |||
| 133 | Q75313725 | Helena McEwen | 1961-11-03 | Scottish author and painter | 3058 | |||
| 134 | Q70008121 | Tamara Kennedy | 1962-05-23 1969 |
stage and television actress (born 196_) | 2972 | |||
| 135 | Q71290802 | Louise Scullion | 1966 | Scottish artist, born 1966 | 3581 | |||
| 136 | Q112762012 | Shelley Jofre | 1969 | Scottish journalist born 1969 | 3756 | |||
| 137 | Q21530031 | Viorel Etko | 1978-02-23 | British amateur wrestler | 4055 | |||
| 138 | Q18670633 | Adam Forrester | 1405 | Scottish merchant and official | 1074 | 46960 | ||
| 139 | Q18671002 | Donald Mòr MacCrimmon | Scottish piper (active 1600–1614) | 1842 | 76530 | |||
| 140 | Q19325335 | John Forrester | 1449 | Scottish knight and official | 1275 | 54205 | ||
| 141 | Q50824732 | David Henderson | architect | 3673 | ||||
| 142 | Q70010640 | James Hay, 7th Lord Hay of Yester | 1608-02-03 | M, #17756, b. circa 1564, d. 3 February 1608/9 | 727 | |||
| 143 | Q75272081 | Alexander Home, Master of Home | 1456 | Peerage person ID=28115; (died 1456) | 2289 | Old DNB | ||
| 144 | Q99673712 | Onnie McIntyre | 2298 | |||||
| 145 | Q114039774 | Oor Wullie | fictional character in a comic strip of the same name, published in a Scottish newspaper, The Sunday Post, since 1936 | 314 |
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