List of people from Glasgow

This list covers famous or notable people or groups who were born or raised in Glasgow, Scotland or have been connected with it.

Architecture

 * David Hamilton – architect
 * Charles Rennie Mackintosh – architect and designer
 * Alexander "Greek" Thomson – architect

Film

 * Bill Forsyth – film director
 * May Miles Thomas – screenwriter, filmmaker

Journalism

 * Lawrence Donegan – journalist
 * Johann Hari – journalist
 * Jack House – journalist, writer and broadcaster
 * Andrew Marr – journalist, writer and television presenter
 * Jack Webster – journalist

Literature

 * Freddie Anderson – socialist playwright and poet originally from Ireland
 * James Bridie – playwright
 * Catherine Carswell – novelist and biographer of the Scottish Renaissance
 * A. J. Cronin – doctor and novelist
 * Ivor Cutler – poet, songwriter, humourist
 * Lavinia Derwent – children's writer
 * Alasdair Gray – artist, novelist and essayist
 * Pearse Hutchinson – poet
 * James Kelman – novelist
 * Tom Leonard – poet
 * Liz Lochhead – poet and playwright
 * Peter May – crime writer
 * Edwin Morgan – poet and translator
 * Grant Morrison – comic book author
 * Tony Roper – actor, television writer, author
 * Suhayl Saadi – physician, novelist, playwright, anthologist; co-editor of A Fictional Guide to Scotland
 * J David Simons – author
 * Alan Spence – novelist and poet
 * Nigel Tranter – historical novelist

Performing arts

 * Moyo Akandé – actress
 * John Barrowman – singer and actor (The Producers, Torchwood)
 * Sean Biggerstaff – actor (Harry Potter)
 * Billy Boyd – actor (The Lord of the Rings)
 * Frankie Boyle – comedian
 * Kevin Bridges – comedian
 * John Cairney – actor
 * Peter Capaldi – actor (The Thick of It, In The Loop, Doctor Who)
 * Robert Carlyle – actor (Trainspotting, The World Is Not Enough)
 * Lawrence Chaney – drag queen and winner of the second series of RuPaul's Drag Race UK
 * Morven Christie – actress
 * Robbie Coltrane – actor (Harry Potter, Cracker)
 * Billy Connolly – comedian (The Man Who Sued God)
 * Kate Copstick – actress and director
 * Tony Curran – actor
 * Iain De Caestecker – actor (The Fades, Young James Herriot, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.)
 * Craig Ferguson – actor and writer
 * Gregor Fisher – comedian
 * Laura Fraser – actress
 * Rikki Fulton – comedian
 * Michelle Gomez – actress (Doctor Who, Green Wing)
 * Greg Hemphill – actor
 * Olaf Hytten – actor
 * Ford Kiernan – actor
 * Gary Lewis – actor
 * Brian Limond – comedian and actor
 * Marie Loftus – music hall entertainer
 * Kelly Macdonald – actress (Trainspotting, Boardwalk Empire)
 * Angus Macfadyen – actor
 * Freya Mavor – actress (Skins)
 * James McAvoy – actor
 * David McCallum – actor, first noted for playing secret agent Illya Kuryakin
 * Rory McCann – actor
 * Jane McCarry – actress
 * Joe McFadden – actor (Holby City, Heartbeat)
 * Des McLean – comedian and actor
 * Graham McTavish – actor
 * David O'Hara – actor
 * Daniel Portman – actor
 * Richard Rankin – actor
 * Maurice Roëves – actor
 * Jerry Sadowitz – comedian
 * John Gordon Sinclair – actor
 * Dawn Steele – actress
 * Brian Vernel – actor
 * Susan Calman – comedian and actor
 * Jonathan Watson – actor

Visual arts

 * Jacqueline Donachie – artist
 * Hannah Frank – artist and sculptor
 * John Glashan – cartoonist
 * Bud Neill – cartoonist (Lobey Dosser)
 * Cordelia Oliver – artist, writer and art critic
 * Frank Quitely – comic book artist

Business

 * William Beardmore – Beardmores, Parkhead Forge, Arrol-Johnston motor company
 * George Bogle of Daldowie – wealthy tobacco merchant
 * Sir William Burrell – shipping magnate and philanthropist
 * William Cunninghame – tobacco merchant
 * John Glassford – wealthy tobacco merchant, partner in Thistle Bank
 * Sir Thomas Lipton – entrepreneur, Lipton Tea
 * Norman Macfarlane, Baron Macfarlane of Bearsden – entrepreneur
 * James McAlpin – merchant tailor
 * James McGill – businessman and philanthropist
 * Robert Napier – co-founder of Cunard Line
 * Reo Stakis – entrepreneur
 * Charles Tennant – St. Rollox Chemicals Works

Founder

 * Saint Mungo – traditional founder of the city

Campaigners

 * Mary Barbour
 * Ian Dunn, gay and paedophile rights activist
 * Deborah Knox Livingston, temperance and suffrage activist

Crime and punishment

 * Ian Brady – violent criminal
 * Archibald Hall – murderer
 * Allan Pinkerton – detective
 * Edward William Pritchard – murderer who was publicly executed in Glasgow and was the last person to be publicly executed in Scotland

Law

 * Madge Easton Anderson, lawyer

Provosts

 * George Elphinstone (died 1634) – Lord Provost and courtier

Education

 * Mary Ellen Bews, New Zealand school principal and educationalist, born in Glasgow
 * Mary Cranston Mason (1846-1932), social reformer, temperance leader, Glasgow school board member

Humanities

 * David Stow Adam, theologian
 * C. A. Campbell – metaphysical philosopher
 * William Purdie Dickson – scholar
 * Niall Ferguson – historian and writer
 * William MacAskill – philosopher and ethicist

Fictional figures

 * Scrooge McDuck – fictional multi-billionaire cartoon duck
 * Desmond Hume, fictional character in the TV series Lost.

Military

 * William Anderson – recipient of the Victoria Cross
 * Andrew Bogle – recipient of the Victoria Cross
 * Robert Downie – recipient of the Victoria Cross
 * Francis Farquharson – recipient of the Victoria Cross
 * Herbert Henderson – recipient of the Victoria Cross
 * John Knox – recipient of the Victoria Cross
 * Donald MacKintosh – recipient of the Victoria Cross
 * Henry May – recipient of the Victoria Cross
 * John McAulay – recipient of the Victoria Cross
 * John McDermond – recipient of the Victoria Cross
 * Hugh McInnes – recipient of the Victoria Cross
 * James Miller – recipient of the Victoria Cross
 * Sir John Moore – British military officer
 * James Park – recipient of the Victoria Cross
 * Harry Ranken – recipient of the Victoria Cross
 * William Reid – recipient of the Victoria Cross
 * Walter Ritchie – recipient of the Victoria Cross
 * George Rodgers – recipient of the Victoria Cross
 * John Skinner – recipient of the Victoria Cross
 * James Stokes – recipient of the Victoria Cross
 * James Turnbull – recipient of the Victoria Cross
 * William Young – recipient of the Victoria Cross

Politics

 * Bashir Ahmad – first Asian MSP
 * Mhairi Black – youngest ever Member of Parliament (MP) elected to the House of Commons of the United Kingdom since at least the Reform Act of 1832
 * Sir Menzies Campbell – Leader of the Liberal Democrats (2006–2007)
 * Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman – British prime minister
 * Roseanna Cunningham – Scottish National Party MP, MSP
 * Donald Dewar – Secretary of State for Scotland, First Minister
 * Pearse Doherty – Sinn Féin politician
 * Winnie Ewing – Scottish National Party MP, MEP and MSP
 * Margaret Ferrier – Scottish National Party MP
 * George Galloway – MP for Glasgow Hillhead (1987–97) and Glasgow Kelvin (1997–2005)
 * Nigel Griffiths – Labour Member of Parliament for Edinburgh South
 * Arthur Henderson – Chairman of the Labour Party
 * Bonar Law – British prime minister
 * John MacCormick – Scottish National Party
 * Sir John A. Macdonald – first Prime Minister of Canada
 * John Maclean – Socialist
 * Michael Martin – Speaker of the House of Commons
 * James Maxton – Independent Labour Party MP
 * Tommy Sheridan – Scottish Socialist Party MSP
 * Manny Shinwell – Labour MP
 * Nicola Sturgeon – Scottish First Minister and leader of the Scottish National Party (2014–2023)
 * Humza Yousaf – Scottish First Minister and leader of the Scottish National Party

Athletics

 * Angela Bridgeman – sprinter

Baseball

 * Mac MacArthur – Major League Baseball player
 * Jim McCormick – baseball player
 * Bobby Thomson – baseball player

Boxing

 * Scott Harrison – boxer
 * Benny Lynch – boxer
 * Jim Watt – boxer

Cricket

 * James Stewart Carrick (1855–1923) – first-class cricketer
 * William Foster (born 1934) – first-class cricketer
 * David Livingstone (1927–2011) – international cricketer for Scotland

Cycling

 * Philippa York – cyclist

Football

 * Jen Beattie – footballer
 * Tom Boyd – footballer
 * Jim Craig – footballer
 * Graeme Churchill – footballer
 * Pat Crerand – footballer
 * Sir Kenny Dalglish – former football player and manager
 * Tommy Docherty – football manager
 * Sir Alex Ferguson – former Manchester United manager
 * Alexander Watson Hutton – "Father of Argentine football"
 * Mo Johnston – footballer
 * Ruesha Littlejohn – footballer
 * Ross McCormack – footballer
 * James McFadden – footballer
 * Frank McGarvey – footballer
 * Danny McGrain – footballer and manager
 * Jimmy McGrory – footballer and manager
 * Andrew Robertson – footballer
 * Peter Sermanni – footballer
 * Robert Snodgrass – footballer
 * Jock Stein – football manager
 * David Templeton – footballer
 * John Wark – international footballer

Golf

 * Kylie Henry – professional golfer
 * Martin Laird – professional golfer
 * Colin Montgomerie – professional golfer
 * Janice Moodie – professional golfer
 * Edith Orr – amateur golfer

Ice hockey

 * Andy Aitkenhead – ice hockey player
 * Gordie Clark – ice hockey player
 * James Foster – ice hockey player
 * Alex Gray – ice hockey player
 * Frank Jardine – ice hockey player
 * Colin Shields – ice hockey player
 * Steve Smith – ice hockey player

Rugby union

 * Adam Ashe – rugby union player and coach
 * Johnnie Beattie – rugby union player
 * Magnus Bradbury – rugby union player
 * Alan Bulloch – rugby union player
 * Gordon Bulloch – rugby union player
 * Thomas Chalmers – rugby union player
 * Rory Hughes – rugby union player
 * James Malcolm – rugby union player
 * Duncan Weir – rugby union player
 * Jon Welsh – rugby union player

Snooker

 * Marcus Campbell – professional snooker player
 * Stephen Maguire – professional snooker player
 * Anthony McGill – professional snooker player
 * Alan McManus – professional snooker player

Swimming

 * Michael Jamieson – swimmer
 * Duncan Scott – swimmer

Tennis

 * Andy Murray – Olympic tennis player

Wrestling

 * Nikki Cross – professional wrestler
 * Joe Coffey – professional wrestler
 * Mark Coffey – professional wrestler
 * Wolfgang – professional wrestler
 * Isla Dawn – professional wrestler

Science and engineering

 * June Almeida – virologist
 * Joseph Black – physicist and chemist
 * Phillip Clancey – ornithologist
 * Thomas Hopkirk – botanist
 * Ronald David Laing – psychiatrist
 * Elizabeth Janet MacGregor – medical doctor
 * David Napier – marine engineer
 * Robert Napier – marine engineer, co-founder of Cunard Line
 * James Beaumont Neilson – inventor
 * Sir William Ramsay – chemist
 * William Thomson, Lord Kelvin – mathematician, mathematical physicist and engineer
 * James Watt – engineer
 * Nora Wattie – public health pioneer
 * John Scott Russell – naval engineer
 * Charles Macintosh – inventor
 * William Wright Virtue – engineer