Scottish Famous Names Starting with Letter J

Is a Scottish footballer and football manager.He played as a centre-forward for Dundee, Tottenham Ho

Is a Scottish footballer and football manager.He played as a centre-forward for Dundee, Tottenham Hotspur, Derby County, Scunthorpe United and the Scottish Football League.

Is a retired Faroese football striker who is currently manager of Skála ÍF. Petersen made his debu

Is a retired Faroese football striker who is currently manager of Skála ÍF. Petersen made his debut for the Faroe Islands in an October 1995 European Championship qualifying match against San Marino, coming on as a substitite for Todi Jónsson. He has coll

Is a Scottish former professional football player and manager. Philliben started his career at Stirl

Is a Scottish former professional football player and manager. Philliben started his career at Stirling Albion. In 1982, he was part of the Scotland under-18 side which won the European Under-19 Championship. Philliben returned to Scotland in 1987 with Motherwell, where he spent ten years. In 1991, he helped them on their way to victory in the Scottish Cup.

Was a professional footballer who played for Maryhill and Tottenham Hotspur.Eadon began his career w

Was a professional footballer who played for Maryhill and Tottenham Hotspur.Eadon began his career with local club Maryhill. The goalkeeper joined Tottenham Hotspur and played five matches in 1915.

Was a Scottish football player and manager. He played for Heart of Midlothian, Rangers, Falkirk and

Was a Scottish football player and manager. He played for Heart of Midlothian, Rangers, Falkirk and Dumbarton, and managed Arbroath, Falkirk, Dundee, Clyde and Scotland.

Is a Scottish footballer who plays for Hibernian as a midfielder. Born in Bellshill, North Lanarkshi

Is a Scottish footballer who plays for Hibernian as a midfielder. Born in Bellshill, North Lanarkshire, Rankin began his career with Manchester United, but he did not make a first team appearance.

Is a retired Scottish snooker player. The highlight of Rea's career came in the 1989 Scottish Profes

Is a retired Scottish snooker player. The highlight of Rea's career came in the 1989 Scottish Professional Championships when he beat Murdo McLeod to become the Scottish champion. On February 18, 1989, he scored a maximum 147 break in a match against Ian

Was a Scottish publisher, journalist, writer, photographer, and singer. Much of his career was spent

Was a Scottish publisher, journalist, writer, photographer, and singer. Much of his career was spent in China and Japan where he published several newspapers including The Far East, a fortnightly newsmagazine illustrated with original photographs.

Is a Scottish former professional footballer who played as an inside forward. Active in both Scotlan

Is a Scottish former professional footballer who played as an inside forward. Active in both Scotland and England, Reid made nearly 500 career league appearances between 1954 and 1968, scoring nearly 100 goals.

Was a Scottish footballer, who played as a centre forward and helped Bolton Wanderers win the FA Cup

Was a Scottish footballer, who played as a centre forward and helped Bolton Wanderers win the FA Cup in 1923 and 1926.From there he moved on to Kilmarnock, where he scored seven of their 14 goals on the way to winning the Scottish Cup in 1920, including scoring the third goal for Kilmarnock in the final when they defeated his former team, Albion Rovers, 3–2.

Is a Scottish former professional footballer who played as a striker. Reilly began his career with D

Is a Scottish former professional footballer who played as a striker. Reilly began his career with Dundee United, signing as a schoolboy and going to make over fifty league appearances in the first half of the 1980s, making enough appearances to earn a medal during United's Scottish Premier League win in the 1982–83 season. Signing for Motherwell in 1985, Reilly suffered an achilles tendon injury which looked to have ended his career at the age of 24, prompting early retirement.

Was a Scottish footballer who played for Scarborough, York City, Bradford Park Avenue, Huddersfield

Was a Scottish footballer who played for Scarborough, York City, Bradford Park Avenue, Huddersfield Town, Blackburn Rovers and Carlisle United. He was born in Duns. He died on 20 April 1964 in Blackburn, Lancashire.

Is a Scottish professional footballer who currently plays for Partick Thistle on loan from Falkirk.

Is a Scottish professional footballer who currently plays for Partick Thistle on loan from Falkirk. He is a former Scottish international and played at the 1998 FIFA World Cup. McNamara has filled a variety of defensive roles in his career and captained Celtic under the management of Martin O'Neill.

Was a Scottish footballer. A midfielder, he is fondly remembered for a six year spell with English F

Was a Scottish footballer. A midfielder, he is fondly remembered for a six year spell with English Football League club Plymouth Argyle, having joined them from Alloa Athletic in 1949. He made a total of 221 first-team appearances for the club, scoring 13 goals, before he moved to Exeter City in January 1956.

Was a Scottish footballer whose career as a full-back extended from 1959 (Berwick Rangers) to 1964 (

Was a Scottish footballer whose career as a full-back extended from 1959 (Berwick Rangers) to 1964 (St Johnstone).A native of Broxburn, John Roe began his career as a trialist for Berwick Rangers, playing once in the 1957-58 season before moving south to Colchester United. The full-back played just twice for them before returning to Scotland, joining Dundee United in 1960. Despite staying at Tannadice for three seasons, Roe played in only eight league matches and made the short journey to Perth to join St Johnstone.

Known as Roger Hynd, is a former Scottish professional footballer who played as a centre-half. He st

Known as Roger Hynd, is a former Scottish professional footballer who played as a centre-half. He started his playing career at Rangers, for whom he played in the 1967 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Final, before moving to the Football League.

Was a footballer who played in the Football League for Aston Villa, Leicester City, Sheffield United

Was a footballer who played in the Football League for Aston Villa, Leicester City, Sheffield United and Stoke. He made fourteen appearances for Stoke.

John Scot Barrowman was born in Mount Vernon, Glasgow, where he lived for the first eight years of h

John Scot Barrowman was born in Mount Vernon, Glasgow, where he lived for the first eight years of his life. His mother worked in a record shop and his father worked for the Caterpillar heavy machinery company in nearby Uddingston. In 1976 the family was

Was a Scottish physiologist famous for intrepid self-experimenting which led to many important disco

Was a Scottish physiologist famous for intrepid self-experimenting which led to many important discoveries about the human body and the nature of gases.[1] He locked himself in sealed chambers breathing lethal cocktails of gases while recording their effect on his mind and body. He visited the scenes of many mining disasters and investigated their causes.[2][1] When the Germans used poison gas in World War I Haldane went to the front at the request of British secretary of state, Lord Kitchener and attempted to identify the gases being used. One outcome of this was his invention of the first gas mask [1].[1] His son, J.B.S. Haldane became equally famous, both by extending his father's interest in diving and as a key figure in the development of the modern evolutionary synthesis.[1]

Was a Scottish footballer who played as a wing half and won the FA Cup with Bury in 1903. He starte

Was a Scottish footballer who played as a wing half and won the FA Cup with Bury in 1903. He started his career with Stalybridge Rovers before joining Football League First Division Bury in May 1901, shortly followed by his former Stalybridge team-mate, centre-half Frank Thorpe.

Was a Scottish footballer who played 15 seasons for Leicester City between 1958 and 1973. Sjoberg jo

Was a Scottish footballer who played 15 seasons for Leicester City between 1958 and 1973. Sjoberg joined the Foxes from Scottish amateur side Banks o'Dee in August 1958, and went on to play 412 first-team matches for Leicester. His position on the pitch was central defender.

Is a retired Scottish-American soccer player who played professionally in the North American Soccer

Is a retired Scottish-American soccer player who played professionally in the North American Soccer League and Major Indoor Soccer League.In 1972, Smillie began his collegiate soccer career at De Anza College before transferring to San Jose State University where he was a 1975 Second Team All American soccer player.

Was a Scottish politician who served as leader of the Labour Party from July 1992 until his sudden d

Was a Scottish politician who served as leader of the Labour Party from July 1992 until his sudden death from a heart attack on 12 May 1994.Smith first stood as a Labour parliamentary candidate at a by-election in 1961 in the East Fife constituency, and contested that seat again in the 1964 General Election. At the 1970 general election he was elected as Member of Parliament (MP) for North Lanarkshire. He became a QC in 1983, the year that the constituency became Monklands East.

Was a Scottish professional football player and manager.Maconnachie apent his early career in his na

Was a Scottish professional football player and manager.Maconnachie apent his early career in his native Scotland with Glasgow Perthshire and Hibernian, before moving to English side Everton in 1907. Between September 1907 and April 1920, Maconnachie made 245 appearances in the Football League.

Was a Scottish professional association footballer who played as a wing half for Hamilton Academical

Was a Scottish professional association footballer who played as a wing half for Hamilton Academical and Burnley.