Born in Edinburgh
Edinburgh
Capital city of Scotland, UK
Edinburgh as a birthplace has produced a number of famous personalities of various fields (e.g. Scottish actor (1930–2020), Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1997 to 2007, British writer and physician (1859–1930)): Sean Connery, Tony Blair, Arthur Conan Doyle and some more.
Celebrities from EdinburghCelebrities from Edinburgh
71 Arthur Conan Doyle
British writer and physician (1859–1930)
*May 22nd, 1859 †July 7th, 1930, Crowborough
48 James Clerk Maxwell
Scottish physicist (1831–1879)
*June 13th, 1831 †November 5th, 1879, Cambridge
75 Alexander Graham Bell
British-born American scientist and inventor (1847–1922)
*March 3rd, 1847 †August 2nd, 1922, Beinn Bhreagh
65 David Hume
Scottish philosopher, economist, and historian
*April 26th, 1711 †August 25th, 1776, Edinburgh.jpg "Fraser Stoddart")
81 Fraser Stoddart
Scottish chemist and Nobel Laureate in 2016 for the design and synthesis of molecular machines
*May 24th, 1942
44 Robert Louis Stevenson
Scottish novelist and poet (1850–1894)
*November 13th, 1850 †December 3rd, 1894, Vailima
61 Walter Scott
Scottish novelist, poet and playwright (1771–1832)
*August 15th, 1771 †September 21st, 1832, Abbotsford House
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66 John Anderson
Scottish anatomist and zoologist who worked in India as the curator of the Indian Museum (1833-1900)
*October 4th, 1833 †August 15th, 1900, Buxton
58 James VI and I
King of Scotland (1566–1625), England and Ireland (1603–25)
*June 19th, 1566 †March 27th, 1625, Theobalds House
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D'Arcy Wentworth Thompson
Scottish biologist, mathematician, and classics scholar (*1860 – †1948)
*May 2nd, 1860 †June 21st, 1948, St Andrews 81
Edward Stafford
Prime Minister of New Zealand (1819-1901)
*April 23rd, 1819 †February 14th, 1901, London
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Stuart Sutcliffe
Scottish painter and musician better known as the original bass guitarist of the English rock band the Beatles (1940–1962)
*June 23rd, 1940 †April 10th, 1962, Hamburg
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54 James Boswell
British lawyer, diarist, and author (1740–1795)
*October 18th, 1740 †May 19th, 1795, London
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James Hutton
Scottish geologist, physician, chemical manufacturer, naturalist, and experimental agriculturalist; (1726-1797)
*June 3rd, 1726 †March 26th, 1797, Edinburgh 85
Ronnie Corbett
Scottish stand-up comedian, actor, writer, broadcaster, and comedian (1930-2016)
*December 4th, 1930 †March 31st, 2016, London
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77 James Lind
Scottish physician and pioneer of naval hygiene
*October 4th, 1716 †July 13th, 1794, Gosport
85 George Bruce
Scottish-American inventor and businessman
*July 5th, 1781 †July 6th, 1866, New York City.jpeg "Rona Anderson")
58 Gregor MacGregor
British soldier, adventurer and confidence trickster (1786-1845)
*December 24th, 1786 †December 4th, 1845, Caracas
81 Robert Sibbald
Scottish physician and antiquary (1641-1722)
*April 15th, 1641 †August 9th, 1722, Edinburgh
75 John Hutton Balfour
British botanist (1808-1884)
*September 15th, 1808 †February 11th, 1884, Edinburgh_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg "Allan Ramsay")
61 George Brown
Scottish-born Canadian politician (1818–1880)
*November 29th, 1818 †May 9th, 1880, Toronto
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