Robert Adam, architect Stuart Adamson, musician (Big Country, The Skids) Robert Hope Moncrieff Aitken, Lieutenant in the 13th, Bengal Native Infantry, awarded the Victoria Cross William Allan, classicist at the University of Oxford Ian Anderson, musician, frontman of Jethro Tull Iain Banks, writer Lady Anne Barnard, travel writer, artist and socialite of the period Andrew Whyte Barclay, physician, Lumleian lecturer, and Harveian orator Jim Baxter, footballer David Bethune, Archbishop of St Andrews George Bethune, MSP for Kilrenny James Bethune, Archbishop of St Andrews James Bethune, Archbishop of Glasgow Janet Bethune, noblewoman Mary Bethune, attendant of Mary, Queen of Scots Elizabeth Bethune, mistress of King James V of Scotland Guy Berryman, bassist from the band Coldplay Sir James Black, pharmacologist and nobel prize winner Sir Ernley Blackwell, lawyer and civil servant Edith Bowman, BBC Radio 1/6 DJ Caroline Brazier, librarian Gordon Brown, former British Prime Minister and Chancellor of the Exchequer and former MP for Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath Scott Brown, Scotland and Celtic F.C. footballer Gregory Burke, playwright Kenn Burke, ballet dancer Andrew Carnegie, industrialist and philanthropist Henry Chisholm, steel industry executive Jim Clark, two-times Formula One World Drivers' Champion James Clephan, Lieutenant on board HMS Spartiate during the Battle of Trafalgar Archibald Constable, publisher, bookseller and stationer Kenneth Cranham, actor King Creosote, musician Lawrence Daly, General Secretary of the NUM David Danskin, principal founding member of Arsenal FC James Dewar, judge Barbara Dickson, singer and actress Thomas Millie Dow, artist, a member of the Glasgow School Peter Dumbreck, racing driver and 1998 Macau Grand Prix winner Philip Charles Durham, sailor and captain of HMS Defiance at Trafalgar Marjorie Fleming, child writer and poet Sir Sandford Fleming, engineer, who proposed worldwide standard time zones, engineered on the Intercolonial Railway and the Canadian Pacific Railway Valentine Fleming, member of parliament and father of the author Ian Fleming John Forbes, named the city of Pittsburgh Chris Fusaro, rugby player Thomas Lomar Gray, engineer noted for his pioneering work in seismology Martin Grehan, footballer Samuel Greig, Russian admiral and "Father of the Russian Navy" Thomas Hardy, minister of religion, Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland and Professor of Ecclesiastical History at Edinburgh University Alexander Henderson, theologian, and an important ecclesiastical statesman Shirley Henderson, actress Stephen Hendry MBE, former professional snooker player and multiple world champion Peter Horne, rugby player Bob Howie and Dave Howie, rugby players Ninian Imrie, army officer and geologist Danny Inglis, darts player Peter Johnstone, Celtic FC footballer Henrietta Keddie, novelist who wrote under the pseudonym Sarah Tytler Deborah Knox, Olympic gold medallist in curling Craig Levein, Scottish former professional footballer and manager Jackie Leven, singer-songwriter Wallace Lindsay, classical scholar, palaeographer, Professor of Humanity at St Andrews University Robert Lindsay of Pitscottie, 16th-century writer Anne Macaulay musicologist, archaeologist, author and lecturer Douglas Mackinnon, director Val McDermid, writer Ken McNaught, footballer, Aston Villa F.C. centre back, 1982 European Cup Winner Willie McNaught, footballer, Raith Rovers F.C. defender Old Tom Morris, greenskeeper St Andrews Links and 4 times champion of The Open Championship Tom Nairn, political theorist of nationalism Rab Noakes, singer, songwriter, record producer Aileen Paterson, author/illustrator John Philip, missionary in South Africa David Pitcairn, physician John Pitcairn, British Marine officer killed at the Battle of Bunker Hill William Pitcairn, physician Ian Rankin, writer Craig and Charlie Reid, singer-songwriters of The Proclaimers David Rollo, rugby player Craig Russell (British author), writer Dougray Scott, actor John Scrimgeour of Myres, Master of Work for royal buildings for James V and Mary, Queen of Scots Alexander Selkirk, seafarer and inspiration for Robinson Crusoe Jimmy Shand, accordion player Daniel Sloss, comedian Adam Smith, philosopher and economist Jordan Smith, actor Mary Fairfax Somerville, science writer and polymath Catherine Steele, plant biochemist David Steel, former Presiding Officer of the Scottish Parliament and leader of the Liberal party and MSP for Lothian and MP for Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale Ian Stewart, co-founder of the Rolling Stones Lawrence Storione, miner and anarchist organiser Sir John Struthers, first Regius Professor of Anatomy at the University of Aberdeen John McDouall Stuart, explorer of Australia's interior Michaela Tabb, first female snooker referee to appear at the Crucible William Tennant, scholar and poet John Thomson, Celtic F.C. and Scotland goalkeeper KT Tunstall, musician Jack Vettriano, artist William Montgomery Watt, historian, Emeritus Professor in Arabic and Islamic Studies at the University of Edinburgh Sir David Wilkie, painter Alexander Wilson, surgeon, type-founder, astronomer, mathematician and meteorologist James Wilson, signer of US Declaration of Independence, appointed by George Washington to first Supreme Court Jocky Wilson, darts player James Yorkston, musician Douglas Young, poet, scholar, translator, and leader of the Scottish National Party