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Famous Scots
General
- Famous Scots - wills and testaments of Famous Scots, including primary sources from ScotlandsPeople
- Scotland: Famous People - brief biography from Gateway to Scotland
- Significant Scots - search this alphabetical list for indepth biographies from Electric Scotland
- Famous Scots - Visit Dunkeld website
- Celebrity Scotland - small section from Scotland magazine
Artists
- Scottish Artists and Architects/Scottish Explorers - click "Homework" for the list from the National Trust
- Famous Scots - Sir Eduardo Luigi Paolozzi - from Rampant Scotland
- Eduardo Paolozzi - artwork - from the Government Art Collection
- ERS Guide to Charles Rennie Mackintosh
Entertainment (including authors/poets)
- The LULU Web Site - official site
- J.K. Rowling Biography
- ERS Guide to Robert Burns
Explorers/Inventors/Scientists
- David Livingstone - from BBC History
- Livingstone Online Home Page - learn about his job and read his letters
- John Muir - Father of the American National Parks - from Electric Scotland
- John Logie Baird - from BBC History
- Alexander Graham Bell - from BBC History
- James Clerk Maxwell - from foundation website of the same name
- James Clerk Maxwell: a force for physics - from physicsworld.com
- James Clerk Maxwell Telescope - from Joint Astronomy website in Hawaii
- James Clerk Maxwell - statue project from Royal Society of Edinburgh
- Professor Ian Donald - from History of Ultrasound website
- Alexander Fleming - from BBC History
- Henry Faulds - fingerprint expert from Beith from BBC History
- Henry Faulds - from Galton website
- Henry Faulds - student's report
Politicians
- Alex Salmond - First Minister from SNP website
Royalty
- Duncan and Macbeth - Kings of Scotland - from Historic UK
- Macbeth (c.1005 - 1057) - from BBC History
- ERS Guide to the Jacobites (for Bonnie Prince Charlie)
- ERS Guide to Mary, Queen of Scots
- ERS Guide to the Wars of Independence (for William Wallace and Robert the Bruce)
Sport
- Jim Clark - from personal website
- Sir Alex Ferguson - from BBC Sport
- Eric Liddell - from electric Scotland site
- Ally McCoist - from BBC Sport
- Jock Stein - from Rampant Scotland
- Jackie Stewart - from personal website
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