World's Most Famous and Memorable Scotsmen

Yep this post is about those whiskey drinking, kilt wearing, bagpipe playing, golf inventing, haggis eating, claymore weaving bunch of nutters.


The world is fascinated by the Scots (they get progressively more fascinating after the world has had a few pegs of Scotch).


And so, after lots of research (abt 10 mins of Wiki), Cheapo decided to make a list of the most famous Scotsmen


10. James Watts - developed the steam engine...thereby starting a chain of events which has resulted in the depletion of the ozone layer and which has ensured that Paris Hilton will be caught in every country i nthe world with cocaine in her purse


9. David Hume - dabbled in philosophy and stuff...apparently said "Reason is, and ought only to be the slave of the passions".......possibly a wanker


8. Adam Smith - economics, money.. wuhooo


7. Sir Alexander Graham Bell - the dude invented the telephone without which our modern generation muppets would have been destitutes


6. Sir Alexander Fleming - penicillin.....without which women's headaches would hav been uncurable and men would have had to commit suicide


5. Sir Alex Ferguson - the sun shines out of the Glasgow Beetroot's purple tonker...definitely a wanker.....also allegations abound that he was anally bummed by Satan himself and their bastard lovechild is Gary fucking Neville (forever changing the meaning of the words Holy Crap)


4. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle - elementary my dear clackalackadackdacks


3. Sir William Wallace (made famous by Mel Gibson)- from all historical accounts a loser and a bit of a wanker...tell that to a Scotsman and if you can live after 5 minutes, go buy a lottery ticket...u will be a billionaire
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2. Sir Sean Connery - well you know, no explanations necessary


1. Dr. William MacDougal - the most famous Scotsman in history....the most recognizable Scotsman in history (according to Times)....and the man who coined the phrase "Cheese Eating Surrender Monkeys"

what? u didn't get it? shame on ye!!!!


what image comes to mind when u think of an angry Scotsman?


that's right


the man who said “Brothers and sisters are natural-born enemies, like Englishmen and Scots! And Welshmen and Scots! And Japanese and Scots! And Scots and other Scots! Lousy Scots! They ruin Scotland.”

Its Willie the Groundsman from Simpsons


http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/scotland/article581035.ece


other notable Scotsmen include

Andrew Carnegie (1835–1919), steel magnate, major philanthropist

Barrie - Sir J M (1860-1937) - Author of "Peter Pan" and "The Admirable Crichton".

Burns - Robert (1759-1796) - Scotland's most celebrated poet.

Carlyle - Thomas (1795-1881) - An influential philosopher and historian of the Victorian age.

McAdam - John Loudon (1756-1836) - Improved a tar-based road surface which became known as "tarmac".


Macbeth - King (1005- 1057) - Shakespeare based his tragedy on selected facts about this Scottish king.

MacGregor - Rob Roy (1671-1734) - The larger than life Highland Rogue.


Macintosh - Charles (1766-1843) - His invention of waterproof clothing added his name to the English dictionary.

Maclean - Alistair (1922-1987) - Author of books such as "HMS Ulysses" and "The Guns of Navaronne".
 
Scott - Sir Walter (1771-1832) - Author of novels such as "Ivanhoe" who also "invented" modern tartans.
 
Smollet - Tobias George (1721- 1771) - Regarded as a founder of the modern novel.
 
Stevenson - Robert Louis (1850-1894) - Author of such classics as "Treasure Island" and "Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde".
 
James Young Simpson (1811–1870), introduced chloroform into surgery
 
Kenny Dalglish (born 1951), retired footballer and manager of Liverpool F.C.
 
etc etc etc