Scottish Famous Names Starting with Letter J

Is a Faroese football midfielder. He is currently under contract with NSÍ Runavík. He usually play

Is a Faroese football midfielder. He is currently under contract with NSÍ Runavík. He usually plays as controlling midfielder. He has been capped for the Faroe Islands national side 17 times.

Is a Scottish professional football midfielder who currently plays for East Fife. began his career i

Is a Scottish professional football midfielder who currently plays for East Fife. began his career in 1991 with local Fife team Raith Rovers. A First Division winner in 1992-93, Dair suffered relegation in Raith's first season in the Premier Division. Months into Raith's season back in the First Division, Dair was part of the side that beat Celtic to win the League Cup, ensuring UEFA Cup football for the following season.

Is a Scottish professional footballer currently playing for Scottish Premier League club Heart of Mi

Is a Scottish professional footballer currently playing for Scottish Premier League club Heart of Midlothian. Thomson joined boyhood favourites Hearts from their youth ranks in 2003. He earned an unexpectedly early debut in March 2005, when a flu epidemic at Tynecastle forced Hearts' head coach John Robertson into naming a plethora of youngsters in his first team squad against Inverness Caledonian Thistle.

Was a Scottish football player and manager, best known as manager of Dundee United from 1959 to 1971

Was a Scottish football player and manager, best known as manager of Dundee United from 1959 to 1971. He is credited with taking the club from relative obscurity to being mainstays in what is now the Scottish Premier League. Kerr was a full back in a playing career which began at Armadale and took him to Motherwell and Alloa Athletic before joining St Bernards in 1937. He captained the Edinburgh side to the Scottish Cup semi-finals in his first season at the Gymnasium, where they eventually lost to fellow Second Division side East Fife in a second replay. It was in the field of football management where Kerr's true strengths began to emerge. His first post was as player/manager with the East of Scotland League club Peebles Rovers, followed by a spell at Berwick Rangers before being appointed manager of Alloa Athletic in 1955, a club where he had spent time as a player.

Is a Scottish association football player, currently playing for Berwick Rangers.A tough battler and

Is a Scottish association football player, currently playing for Berwick Rangers.A tough battler and a competent defender, Shields made his Hibernian debut in 2004. He was loaned out to Berwick Rangers in the first half of the 2005–06 season for first-team experience. After returning to a Hibs squad ravaged with injuries later in the 2005–06 season, Shields made seven starts in the right back position. He was then given a new one-year deal at Hibs.

Was the runner up on the fifth season of Canadian Idol. In 2008 he signed with Her Royal Majesty's R

Was the runner up on the fifth season of Canadian Idol. In 2008 he signed with Her Royal Majesty's Records and went on to release his debut album Cowboys and Cadillacs.

Was a Scottish freestyle swimmer who competed for Great Britain in the 1928 Summer Olympics.

Was a Scottish freestyle swimmer who competed for Great Britain in the 1928 Summer Olympics.

After her family relocated to the South of England aged 7, Falconer moved to Leeds in 1994 to attend

After her family relocated to the South of England aged 7, Falconer moved to Leeds in 1994 to attend university, majoring in Spanish and Italian, with minors in Latin, Geography and Management. Studies[2] However, she dropped out after a couple of years. Jenni now lives in London with her boyfriend James Midgley, an actor best known for his role in Cutting It, who now runs his own post production facility.She made her television debut in 1994 as a contestant on Blind Date, and later presented BBC Scotland's Big Country and ITV's We Can Work It Out.[1] She was the main host of Entertainment Today since its launch on GMTV in 2000[1] until it's end in 2008.

Is a Scottish female international football defender. She currently plays her club football for Arse

Is a Scottish female international football defender. She currently plays her club football for Arsenal Ladies and has represented Scotland at Senior level. Beattie made her debut for the senior Scotland side in 2008, against the United States as second-half substitute for Leanne Ross.

Was the first poet who wrote in Faroese. He composed several Faroese ballads in traditional style on

Was the first poet who wrote in Faroese. He composed several Faroese ballads in traditional style on historical themes. The best known is Ormurin langi. Djurhuus also composed satirical poems directed against Danish rule in the Faroe Islands. Djurhuus was the fourth son of Johan Christian Djurhuus (1741–1815) and Maria Rønning (1741–1807). They lived in Nes, Eysturoy, where his Danish grandfather Christen Djurhuus (1708–1775) was provost. His mother came from Aust-Agder in Norway and is supposed to be a descendant of Earl Haakon Sigurdsson.

Was a Scottish professional footballer who played as a full back.

Was a Scottish professional footballer who played as a full back.

Is a former professional footballer and current director of football of Scottish Division One side D

Is a former professional footballer and current director of football of Scottish Division One side Dunfermline Athletic. Leishman played for Dunfermline between 1970 and 1977 before being transferred to local rivals Cowdenbeath. In August 2003 he returned to Dunfermline, ironically as General Manager. Following the sacking of Davie Hay with just three matches of the 2004-05 remaining, Leishman prevented relegation by steering the club to crucial wins over their main relegation rivals Dundee and Dundee United.

Is a former professional football player who plied his trade in Scotland, Hong Kong and later South

Is a former professional football player who plied his trade in Scotland, Hong Kong and later South Africa.Jim began playing football at an early age in the Craigmillar area of Edinburgh. It was not long before his talent was noticed and he was given trials by several professional clubs. Begbie played briefly for the reserve sides of both Heart Of Midlothian F.C. and Aberdeen F.C .It was at junior level however that he was given his first real opportunity to shine. At the age of 19 he began playing as a defender with famous Scottish Junior side Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic F.C.

Is a Scottish former football player, who played in over 200 league games for Jock Stein's highly su

Is a Scottish former football player, who played in over 200 league games for Jock Stein's highly successful Celtic sides of the late 1960s and early 1970s. He played in the 1970 European Cup Final and won four caps for Scotland.

Is a retired Scottish professional association football player. Calder played as a striker until he

Is a retired Scottish professional association football player. Calder played as a striker until he received a knee ligament injury at the age of 26. He then played as a goalkeeper, a highly unusual change given the specialist nature of that position.

Is a retired Scottish football midfielder. He spent eight seasons in Scotland and part of one season

Is a retired Scottish football midfielder. He spent eight seasons in Scotland and part of one season in the United States.Originally a schoolboy signing with Celtic, Casey signed a professional contract with the Bhoys in May 1974. He made his Celtic first team debut in the 1-0 League Cup win at home to Stenhousemuir on September 24 1975.

Was a Scottish footballer who played most of his career as a centre-forward for Bolton Wanderers in

Was a Scottish footballer who played most of his career as a centre-forward for Bolton Wanderers in the late 19th century.In 1889, Cassidy joined Bolton where he remained (with short spells with Carfin Shamrock and Celtic) for 9 seasons, making 219 appearances, scoring 101 goals.

Was a Scottish association football player and manager. Clunie played for Aberdeen in the 1959 Scott

Was a Scottish association football player and manager. Clunie played for Aberdeen in the 1959 Scottish Cup Final, which they lost 3–1 to St. Mirren in front of a crowd of 108,000 at Hampden Park. A year later he transferred to St. Mirren, for who he played in the 1962 Scottish Cup Final.

Is a Scottish former football goalkeeper, who played for Heart of Midlothian for most of his career.

Is a Scottish former football goalkeeper, who played for Heart of Midlothian for most of his career. He joined Hearts in 1960, making 528 appearances for the first team, and played his final game in 1977. He was capped by the Scotland national football team on six occasions, and was on the losing side only once.

Is a retired Scottish professional football player. Denny joined Rangers in 1970 from junior side Yo

Is a retired Scottish professional football player. Denny joined Rangers in 1970 from junior side Yoker Athletic. He made his debut in the Scottish Cup final replay against Celtic on May 12, 1971.

Is a Scottish singer-songwriter. Diamond is best known for his three Top 5 hits. The first was "I Wo

Is a Scottish singer-songwriter. Diamond is best known for his three Top 5 hits. The first was "I Won't Let You Down" (1982), as the lead singer in the trio Ph.D., with Tony Hymas and Simon Phillips. His solo performance, "I Should Have Known Better", was

Is a Scottish former footballer who played as a striker. Docherty began his short professional caree

Is a Scottish former footballer who played as a striker. Docherty began his short professional career with East Stirling, where a prolific spell saw him sign for Chelsea in a club record £45,000 deal, which is still a club record transfer to this day.

Is a retired Scottish football midfielder. Doherty began his career with hometown team Kilmarnock, b

Is a retired Scottish football midfielder. Doherty began his career with hometown team Kilmarnock, before moving to Clyde in 1981. He enjoyed the best spell of his career at Shawfield, making over 200 appearances in all competitions for the club. He had spells with Queen of the South and Stranraer, before injury forced him to retire in 1990.

Is a former Scottish footballer and manager.Fleeting began his career with Norwich City, making only

Is a former Scottish footballer and manager.Fleeting began his career with Norwich City, making only 1 appearance before joining Ayr United, where he stayed for 6 years. He went on to have play for Clyde and Greenock Morton (where he was assistant manager to Willie McLean), before joining Clyde again.

Was a footballer who played for Liverpool.Harley carried on in much the same way with 27 appearances

Was a footballer who played for Liverpool.Harley carried on in much the same way with 27 appearances in 45 matches, yet again he started the 3 opening games of the 1939/40 and probably would have carried on playing in either of the full-back roles if it were not for the outbreak of the Second World War curtailing the careers of Harley and his peers.