Scottish Famous Names Starting with Letter J

Was a Scottish football player and manager and is currently on the staff of Wigan Athletic. He was b

Was a Scottish football player and manager and is currently on the staff of Wigan Athletic. He was born in Arbroath.John Benson's long career in football began with Stockport Boys before signing as an apprentice with Manchester City. He turned professional with the Maine Road side in July 1961 and made 44 league appearances before moving to Torquay United in June 1964. He established himself as a regular in the Torquay side and was a member of the 1965-66 promotion side, Torquay finishing 3rd in Division Four.

Was a Scottish professional footballer who played as a defender. He played in the Football League fo

Was a Scottish professional footballer who played as a defender. He played in the Football League for Nelson and Brentford as well as having spells in his native Scotland with Third Lanark and Arthurlie.

Was a former Scottish footballer. He played with Rangers, Greenock Morton and Kilmarnock.Hempsey beg

Was a former Scottish footballer. He played with Rangers, Greenock Morton and Kilmarnock.Hempsey began his career at Port Glasgow before moving to Greenock Morton in 1911. He joined Rangers a year later and would make 150 appearances during his eight year spell.

A Scottish football coach and former player, currently First Team Coach at Plymouth Argyle.Blackley

A Scottish football coach and former player, currently First Team Coach at Plymouth Argyle.Blackley made 279 appearances at centre-half for Hibernian and also represented Newcastle United, Preston North End and Hamilton Academical. He won seven Scottish international caps and represented his country in the 1974 FIFA World Cup.Blackley began a mangerial career with Hamilton in 1982,

Is a Scottish football forward.

Is a Scottish football forward.

Was a Scottish football player. Fitzpatrick came up through the Manchester United youth academy.Fitz

Was a Scottish football player. Fitzpatrick came up through the Manchester United youth academy.Fitzpatrick retired from the club due to injury in 1973, after playing nearly 150 games during a generally successful era for the club. Fitzpatrick won a European Cup medal as reserve in the 1968 team. He had failed to make sufficient appearances to qualify for title winner's medals in 1965 and 1967, but won a FA Youth plaque medal in 1964.

Is a Scottish former footballer and manager, who spent the majority of his playing career with Aberd

Is a Scottish former footballer and manager, who spent the majority of his playing career with Aberdeen F.C., but also had spells with Celtic and St. Mirren among others. He also spent a short time in management in Ireland with Dundalk before retiring from the game.

A Scottish professional snooker player. His World Championship victory in 2007 was his second world

A Scottish professional snooker player. His World Championship victory in 2007 was his second world title, having also won in 1998.[1] His achievements also include being the first teenager to win three ranking events in a season (1994/95), making 147s in successive matches (the 2003 LG Cup final, and the first round of the following tournament, the British Open), and a record 494 unanswered points against Ronnie O'Sullivan in the final of the 2005 Grand Prix. In total, he was won 18 ranking titles.Higgins turned professional in 1992, compiling 357 competitive centuries to date, including five 147 breaks (only O'Sullivan and Stephen Hendry have made more). In his career thus far, Higgins has won a total of 18 ranking tournaments.

Is a Scottish professional football goalkeeper.Hillcoat is a former Dunfermline Athletic, Clyde, Ham

Is a Scottish professional football goalkeeper.Hillcoat is a former Dunfermline Athletic, Clyde, Hamilton Academical, Partick Thistle, Clydebank, Morton, Queen of the South, St. Mirren, Dumbarton, Stranraer, Ayr, Brechin City and Stenhousemuir goalkeeper.

Is a Scottish footballer who played as a full-back, most prominently for Dundee United. Holt played

Is a Scottish footballer who played as a full-back, most prominently for Dundee United. Holt played his part in all of Dundee United's successes in the 1980s, breaking into the first team in 1974 along with the likes of David Narey and Andy Gray, and made regular appearances in midfield or defence for the club until 1987, when he left for Dunfermline.

Was a Scottish football player who played for various clubs in both England and Scotland, including

Was a Scottish football player who played for various clubs in both England and Scotland, including Newcastle United, Manchester United, Plymouth Argyle and Hearts. As a Plymouth Argyle player he is most famous for scoring their first ever goals in the Western and Southern Leagues. Peddie began his football career with Scottish club Benburb before moving to Third Lanark in June 1895.

Is a Scottish-born former footballer who represented the Australian national football team five time

Is a Scottish-born former footballer who represented the Australian national football team five times in full international matches.Anderson played between 1957 and 1960 with Stoke City in England and later in Scotland for Third Lanark. In the mid-1960s he moved to Australia to play with South Melbourne where he came to the notice of the Australian selectors. He eventually played eight matches for the Socceroos, five of which were full internationals.

Husband spent 52 years at Partick Thistle, first as reserve player and progressing through roles as

Husband spent 52 years at Partick Thistle, first as reserve player and progressing through roles as player, captain, trainer, coach, physio and kitman and was a regular at Firhill until days before his death in 1992.[1]His greatest triumph at Thistle came in 1945 where he captained the team to a win over Hibernian F.C. to win the Summer Cup (the competition that replaced the Scottish Cup during the war).[1]

Was a Scottish botanist[1]. He became Professor of Botany first at the University of Glasgow in 1841

Was a Scottish botanist[1]. He became Professor of Botany first at the University of Glasgow in 1841, and then moved to Edinburgh University, also becoming Regius Keeper of the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh and Her Majesty's Botanist in Scotland in 1845, which posts he held until 1879. He was awarded the degree of LLD by Edinburgh University, Glasgow University and St Andrews University in 1879.Balfour was educated at the Royal High School in Edinburgh and then studied at St. Andrews University and Edinburgh University, graduating with degrees of M.A. and then M.D., the latter in 1832. His original intention had been to seek ordination in the Church of Scotland but instead started medical practice in Edinburgh in 1834 after studying abroad. With an interest in botany,

Is a Scottish former professional footballer. A centre-back, Inglis began his career with East Fife

Is a Scottish former professional footballer. A centre-back, Inglis began his career with East Fife in 1983.

Was a Scottish professional association footballer who scored 10 goals from 51 appearances in the Fo

Was a Scottish professional association footballer who scored 10 goals from 51 appearances in the Football League in the 1890s playing as an inside right for Lincoln City. He played for home-town club Queen of the South Wanderers for two years before moving to England to join Lincoln City. He made his debut for Lincoln City on 5 November 1889 in the Midland League, and played for the club until the 1894–95 season, their second in the Football League.

Is a Scottish professional footballer who plays in defence and midfield for Scottish Premier League

Is a Scottish professional footballer who plays in defence and midfield for Scottish Premier League club St. Mirren.Ross had spells as a youth player at Dundee and Forfar Athletic. He then moved to Camelon Juniors, where he featured in their 1996 Scottish Junior Cup run, before losing in the final.

Was a Scottish footballer who played for Celtic, Aston Villa, Third Lanark and the Scotland national

Was a Scottish footballer who played for Celtic, Aston Villa, Third Lanark and the Scotland national team.Campbell was born in Glasgow and began his football career at Celtic in 1890 where he won two league championship titles in season 1892-93 and season 1893-94 as well as the Scottish Cup in 1893. He moved to English club Aston Villa in the summer of 1894 and won the English league title in season 1895-96. Villa retained the league title in 1896-97 and Campbell scored in the club's FA Cup final triumph against Everton to win the domestic double.

A Scottish physician, physiologist, and recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine

A Scottish physician, physiologist, and recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine

Was a Scottish physicist, a neglected pioneer of the kinetic theory of gases.At age nineteen, Waters

Was a Scottish physicist, a neglected pioneer of the kinetic theory of gases.At age nineteen, Waterston published a paper proposing a mechanical explanation of gravitation, accounting for action at a distance in terms of colliding particles and discussing interactions between linear and rotational motion that would play a part in his later kinetic theory.Waterston moved to London at age twenty-one, where he worked as a railroad surveyor, becoming an associate of the Institution of Civil Engineers and publishing a paper on a graphical method for planning earthworks. The travel and disruption associated with his surveying work left Waterston little time to pursue his studies so he joined the hydrography department of the Admiralty under Francis Beaufort. It was Beaufort who, in 1839, supported Waterston for the post of naval instructor for cadets of the East India Company in Bombay. The posting worked well for Waterston who was able to pursue his reading and research at the library of Grant College.

Is an Irish amateur boxer who represented Ireland in the 2008 Olympic Games in the light welterweigh

Is an Irish amateur boxer who represented Ireland in the 2008 Olympic Games in the light welterweight division. Joyce was born in County Westmeath. Joyce is a national Irish boxing champion and is the 2008 European Union boxing champion in the light welte

Was a Scottish footballer. He played professionally for Oxford United between 1964 and 1966, making

Was a Scottish footballer. He played professionally for Oxford United between 1964 and 1966, making a total of 23 Football League appearances and scoring 14 goals. He and his team became the first Fourth Division club to reach the quarter-final of the FA Cup, being knocked out at this stage by Newcastle United.

More commonly known as John Joe Nevin, is an Irish amateur boxer who won the Irish national boxing t

More commonly known as John Joe Nevin, is an Irish amateur boxer who won the Irish national boxing title and qualified for the 2008 Summer Olympics at the age of 18.

Was a Scottish footballer who played for Petershill, Falkirk, Oldham Athletic, Tottenham Hotspur, Ne

Was a Scottish footballer who played for Petershill, Falkirk, Oldham Athletic, Tottenham Hotspur, Newcastle United, Partick Thistle, York City, Goole Town, East Fife, East Stirlingshire, Dumbarton and Scotland at international level.

Was a Scottish footballer. He played centre-forward for Celtic in the 1970s, under the management of

Was a Scottish footballer. He played centre-forward for Celtic in the 1970s, under the management of Jock Stein, and was a prolific goal-scorer. He was nicknamed "Dixie" in honour of the great English centre-forward Dixie Dean.Deans joined Motherwell from Neilston Victoria in 1965 and spent six seasons with the Fir Park side.[1] He signed for Celtic in a £17,500 deal in 1971 and played for the Hoops until 1976. During this time he scored 132 goals in just 184 games for the club and set several scoring records. The six goals he struck in a defeat of Partick Thistle is a post-war record for goals scored in a single game,