Scottish Famous Names Starting with Letter J

Was a Scottish professional footballer who played as a defender.

Was a Scottish professional footballer who played as a defender.

Was a Scottish professional footballer who played as an outside-forward for various clubs in Scotlan

Was a Scottish professional footballer who played as an outside-forward for various clubs in Scotland and England in the 1890s.McKenzie was born in Glasgow and trained as an upholsterer, playing amateur football for various clubs in the northern half of the city before moving to England in September 1896 to join Burton Swifts of the Football League Second Division.

Was a professional footballer who played for Alloa Athletic, Celtic, Norwich City, Crystal Palace, D

Was a professional footballer who played for Alloa Athletic, Celtic, Norwich City, Crystal Palace, Derby County, Tottenham Hotspur, Bradford Park Avenue, Doncaster Rovers and Lincoln City.Bauchop, later played for Norwich City and Crystal Palace. In 1909 he joined Derby County where he featured in 126 matches and scoring 68 goals between 1909–12.

Was a Scottish footballer who was born in Dumbarton. He played as a half back. He joined Newton Heat

Was a Scottish footballer who was born in Dumbarton. He played as a half back. He joined Newton Heath from Linfield in February 1892. He left the club for Tottenham Hotspur in May 1898, having played in 157 games, scoring 12 goals.

Was a Scottish footballer.Reid played his early football in Scotland, he left Hibernian for Port Val

Was a Scottish footballer.Reid played his early football in Scotland, he left Hibernian for Port Vale in July 1899. He enjoyed regular football in the 1899-1900 season until coming down with an injury in December 1899. He left at the season's end to join Arnold Hills' young West Ham side.

Is a Scottish former professional footballer. McInch began his career as a youth player with Cardiff

Is a Scottish former professional footballer. McInch began his career as a youth player with Cardiff City where he formed a partnership with future Wales international Derek Showers.

Was a Scottish sportsman who played both rugby union and cricket for his country. He was also part o

Was a Scottish sportsman who played both rugby union and cricket for his country. He was also part of the first official British and Irish Lions team that toured South Africa in 1910. Kerr also played cricket for Greenock as a Right-hand bat. In 279 match

Is a Scottish football currently playing for Bristol City. He can play both as a left back and a lef

Is a Scottish football currently playing for Bristol City. He can play both as a left back and a left winger noted for his forward play and crossing ability

Is a former professional footballer who played during the 1950s & 1960s for clubs in England and Sco

Is a former professional footballer who played during the 1950s & 1960s for clubs in England and Scotland.

Is a retired Scottish football player.Gibson began his career with Rangers, and made three appearanc

Is a retired Scottish football player.Gibson began his career with Rangers, and made three appearances before being signed by Alan Kernaghan for Clyde. Gibson made his Clyde debut against Brechin City in August 2003. Gibson had a very good first season, and was an integral part of the side that missed promotion to the Scottish Premier League by 1 point.

Is a Scottish professional golfer who plays on the Challenge Tour.McLeary was born in Peterhead, Sco

Is a Scottish professional golfer who plays on the Challenge Tour.McLeary was born in Peterhead, Scotland. In 2004 he represented Scotland at the Eisenhower Trophy and represented Great Britain and Ireland at the St Andrews Trophy.

Was a Scottish professional association football player of the 1920s. Born in Partick, he joined Gil

Was a Scottish professional association football player of the 1920s. Born in Partick, he joined Gillingham from Glasgow-based club Ashfield in 1925 and went on to make six appearances for the club in The Football League. He left to join Norwich City in 1926.

A former Scottish football player and manager.He started his professional career at Dundee in 1930.

A former Scottish football player and manager.He started his professional career at Dundee in 1930. He then had a three year spell at English team Portsmouth before signing for boyhood heroes Rangers in 1938. He did, however, only play 37 Scottish League games for Rangers but did win in the League title in 1939. He also won a Scotland cap in 1938 against Hungary, thus becoming the first of a select group of players to have represented their country at cricket and football.

Is a Scottish former professional association football player who played as a defender.

Is a Scottish former professional association football player who played as a defender.

A former Scottish footballer who played for both Rangers and Chelsea. He played at centre half.Stark

A former Scottish footballer who played for both Rangers and Chelsea. He played at centre half.Stark joined Rangers from junior side Glasgow Perthshire in May 1900. He had seven successful yeas at Ibrox, wining the league twice and a Scottish Cup, before moving to Chelsea in 1907. He returned to Rangers a year later.

Was a Scottish rugby union and cricket player. He died in Seattle, Washington in 1923. A notable cri

Was a Scottish rugby union and cricket player. He died in Seattle, Washington in 1923. A notable cricketer who took the record for the world's highest score at the age of 29, Carrick scored 419 not out for the touring West of Scotland team against Priory

Was a Scottish professional footballer who made 17 appearances in the Football League playing for Bi

Was a Scottish professional footballer who made 17 appearances in the Football League playing for Birmingham, Preston North End, Swindon Town, Walsall and Oldham Athletic. He played as an inside forward. He began his football career with junior clubs before moving into the Scottish League, first with Third Lanark and then King's Park. He came to England to sign for Birmingham of the First Division in September 1924.

Published under the pseudonym Bysshe Vanolis, was a Scottish Victorian-era poet famous primarily for

Published under the pseudonym Bysshe Vanolis, was a Scottish Victorian-era poet famous primarily for the long poem The City of Dreadful Night (1874), an expression of bleak pessimism in a dehumanized, uncaring urban environment.

Was a Scottish footballer, who played as a half back for Southampton in the Southern League before p

Was a Scottish footballer, who played as a half back for Southampton in the Southern League before playing for Football League clubs Millwall and Gillingham.Playing alongside the ever-dependable Bert Lee, he became a virtual ever-present up to the suspension of football in 1915. According to Holley & Chalk's "The Alphabet of the Saints", McAlpine was "rather small for a left half, (but) made up for his lack of stature with a determined and forceful temperament that made him a firm favourite with the Saints crowd.

Is a former Scottish cricketer. An offspinner, Govan appeared 5 times for Northamptonshire in the C

Is a former Scottish cricketer. An offspinner, Govan appeared 5 times for Northamptonshire in the County Championship during the 1989 and 1990 seasons. He took his career best innings figures of 6 for 70 playing for Scotland against Ireland in 1992.

Was a Scottish footballer who played for Sunderland, Middlesbrough and the Scottish national footbal

Was a Scottish footballer who played for Sunderland, Middlesbrough and the Scottish national football team.Watson made his Sunderland debut against Wolverhampton Wanderers on 24 October 1903 in a 2–1 defeat at The Molineux Stadium.[1] He was at Sunderland during 1903 to 1904 and played in just five games, scoring no goals.[2] He later played for Middlesbrough.

Was a footballer who played in the Football League for Barrow. He previously played for Parkhead and

Was a footballer who played in the Football League for Barrow. He previously played for Parkhead and Albion Rovers.

Was a Scottish inventor and mechanical engineer whose improvements to the steam engine were fundamen

Was a Scottish inventor and mechanical engineer whose improvements to the steam engine were fundamental to the changes brought by the Industrial Revolution in both Britain and the world.Watt attended school irregularly but instead he was mostly schooled at home by his mother. He exhibited great manual dexterity and an aptitude for mathematics, although Latin and Greek left him cold, and he absorbed the legends and lore of the Scottish people.When he was 18, his mother died and his father's health had begun to fail. Watt travelled to London to study instrument-making for a year, then returned to Scotland – to Glasgow – intent on setting up his own instrument-making business. However, because he had not served at least seven years as an apprentice, the Glasgow Guild of Hammermen (any artisans using hammers) blocked his application, despite there being no other mathematical instrument makers in Scotland.

Was a footballer who played in the Football League for Mansfield Town and Stoke City. He made sixty

Was a footballer who played in the Football League for Mansfield Town and Stoke City. He made sixty appearances for Stoke. His brother Douglas Westland was also a footballer who played for Stoke City.

Scottish doctor and pharmacologist who invented Propranolol, synthesized Cimetidine and was awarded

Scottish doctor and pharmacologist who invented Propranolol, synthesized Cimetidine and was awarded the Nobel Prize for Medicine in 1988 for these discoveries.