This list contains famous or notable people (or groups) who have either been born or based in Glasgow, Scotland. - John Amabile - Interior designer and television presenter
- Freddie Anderson - Writer
- John Barrowman- Singer and Actor (The Producers/Torchwood)[1]
- Sean Biggerstaff - Actor ("Harry Potter and the Philosophers' Stone")
- Morris Blythman - Poet (nom de plume was Thurso Berwick)
- Billy Boyd - Actor (The Lord of the Rings)
- Frankie Boyle - Comedian
- James Bridie - Writer
- Gerard Butler - Actor (300 (2007) Phantom of the Opera (2004))
- Peter Capaldi - Actor (The Thick of It/In The Loop)
- Robert Carlyle - Actor (Trainspotting/The World Is Not Enough)
- Catherin Carswell - Writer
- Robbie Coltrane - Actor (Harry Potter) (Cracker)
- Billy Connolly - Comedian (The Man Who Sued God)
- A. J. Cronin - Doctor, Writer
- Tony Curran - Actor (Underworld: Evolution)
- Henry Ian Cusick - Actor (Lost|The Gospel of John|Half Light|24)
- Ivor Cutler - Poet, songwriter, humourist
- Donald Dewar - Politician
- Donovan - Folk Singer
- Lawrence Donegan - Journalist,Author
- Patrick Doyle - Film composer
- Craig Ferguson- Comedian, Actor, Writer, Director
- Niall Ferguson - Historian, Writer
- Gregor Fisher - Comedian
- Bill Forsyth - Film director
- Hannah Frank - Artist and Sculptor
- Laura Fraser- Actress
- Rikki Fulton - Comedian
- George Galloway - Politician
- John Glashan - Cartoonist
- Janey Godley- Comedian and writer
- Alasdair Gray - Novelist
- Clare Grogan - Singer, Actress, TV presenter
- David Hamilton - Architect
- John Hannah - Actor
- Johann Hari - Journalist and playwright
- Sarah Heaney - TV presenter
- Janey Godley - Comedian and physical abuse victim
- Greg Hemphill - Actor
- Jack House - Writer
- Pearse Hutchinson - Poet
- Lorraine Kelly - Television presenter
- James Kelman - Novelist
- Ford Kiernan - Actor
- Tom Leonard - Poet
- Gary Lewis - Actor
- Liz Lochhead - Poet, Playwright
- Angus MacFadyen - Actor
- Charles Rennie Mackintosh - Architect and Designer
- Peter May - Writer
- James McAvoy - Actor
- David McCallum - Actor
- David McCallum, Sr. - Concertmaster violinist and father of David McCallum
- Brian McCardie - Actor
- Eugene McGeady - Actor and Travel Writer
- Hector McGlinchey - Business Consultant*Mark Millar - Comic Book Author
- Edwin Morgan - Poet and Translator
- Grant Morrison - Comic Book Author
- Bud Neill - Cartoonist (Lobey Dosser)
- David O'Hara - Actor
- Frank Quitely - Comic Book Artist
- Shantha Roberts - Television presenter
- Tony Roper - Actor, television writer, & Author
- Maurice Roeves - Actor
- Suhayl Saadi - Physician, novelist, playwright, anthologist and co-editor of A Fictional Guide to Scotland
- Jerry Sadowitz - Comedian and Magician
- John Gordon Sinclair - Actor
- Jimmy Somerville - Singer
- Sharleen Spiteri - Singer
- Dawn Steele - Actress
- May Miles Thomas - Screenwriter, Filmmaker
- Alexander "Greek" Thomson - Architect
- Nigel Tranter - Historian, Writer
- Elaine C Smith- Comedian
- Midge Ure - Rock Singer
- Jack Webster - Journalist
- Angus Young - Rock Guitarist
- Malcolm Young - Rock Guitarist
- George Young - Rock Guitarist
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