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Sir William Alexander (Nova Scotia)John Arthur (Missionary)William Balfour Baikie (Africa)John Begg (Architect)James Gordon Bennett (News)Alexander Berry (Australia) John Buchan, 1st TweedsmuirAlexander Graham Bell (Telephone)Sir Thomas Brisbane (Australia)Robert Brown (Botanist)James Bruce (African Exolporer)William Speirs Bruce (Explorer)George Buchanan (Scholar)David Dunbar Buick (Cars)

Thomas Burns (New Zealand)George Byron, 6th Baron (Poet)Lady Agnes Campbell (Ireland)Colin Campbell (Sweden)Andrew Carnegie (Philanthropist)Hugh Clapperton (Africa)James Connolly (Irish Republican)William Davidson (Canada)Thomas Cochrane,10th DundonaldDavid Douglas (Botanist)Thomas Drummond (Ireland)John Duns Scotus (Theologian)Grace Elliott (Courtesan)James Alfred Ewing (Physicist)Hugh Falconer (Botanist)Major Patrick Ferguson (Soldier)John Duncan Fergusson (Artist)Williamina Fleming (Astronomer)Sir Sandford Fleming (Canada)George Forbes (Engineer)Brigadier General John ForbesRobert Fortune (Botanist)Helen Gloag (Empress of Morocco)Thomas Blake Glover (Japan)Ishbel Hamilton-GordonJohn Hamilton-GordonJames Augustus Grant (Africa)Isobel Gunn (Hudson's Bay)

Jane Haining (Auschwitz)James Hector (Geologist)Isabel Hutchison (Explorer)Elsie Inglis (Surgeon)William Jardine (Jardine Matheson)John Paul Jones (US Navy)Honoria Keer (Surgeon) Field Marshal James Keith (Prussia)Sir William Keith (Pennsylvania)Isabel Kerr (Missionary)Captain William Kidd (Pirate)Macgregor Laird (River Niger)Frederic Lamond (Pianist)Johann von Lamont (Astronomer)John Law (Economist)Eric Liddell (Runner)David Livingstone (Missionary)Helen Nora Low (Screenwriter)John Macadam (Australia)Angus MacAskill (Giant)James McCosh (Philosopher)

Ethel McDonald (Anarchist)Étienne MacDonald (France)Sir John A. Macdonald (PM Canada)Alexander Mackenzie (PM Canada)Sir Alexander Mackenzie (Canada)Colin Mackenzie (Surveyor of India)Gregor MacGregor (Poyais)John MacGregor V.C. (Soldier)Helen MacInnes (Novelist)Sheila Scott Macintyre (Maths)Fitzroy Maclean (DiplomatJohn Macleod (Nobel Prize)Harry McNish (Antarctic)Lachlan Macquarie (Australia)John Hans Makeléer (Sweden)Sir John Malcolm (Diplomat)Sir Patrick Manson (Doctor)Francis Masson (Plant Hunter)Sir James Matheson (Lewis)Archibald Menzies (Naturalist)

Hugh Mercer (American Revolution)John Middleton, 1st Earl MiddletonThomas Mitchell (Australia)Sir John Moore (General)John Muir (Environmentalist)James Murdoch (Japan)James Nasmyth (Steam Hammer)Mungo Park (African Explorer)Sir William Paterson (Darien)William Playfair (Graphs)Pontius Pilate (Roman)Allan Pinkerton (Detective)Dr John Rae (North West Passage)Christina Robertson (Painter)William Roxburgh (Botanist)Bon Scott (Rock Musician)Alexander Selkirk (Castaway)Henry Sinclair, 1st Earl of Orkney Mary Slessor (Missionary)Sir Andrew Smith (Naturalist)Catherine Helen Spence (Australia)Robert Louis Stevenson (Author)John McDouall Stuart (Australia)Charles Thomson (Oceanographer)John Thomson (Photographer)Joseph Thomson (Africa)Margaret Thomson (Doctor)Alexander Trocchi (Novelist)Peter Williamson (Slave)Alexander Wilson (Ornithologist)John Witherspoon (US Congress)

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