Scottish Famous Names Starting with Letter R

Was a Scottish professional association footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He played seven match

Was a Scottish professional association footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He played seven matches in the Football League Third Division North and made three FA Cup appearances for Nelson in the 1921–22 season.

A Scottish former professional football player who is best known for his time with Rangers.Main bega

A Scottish former professional football player who is best known for his time with Rangers.Main began his career at local team Baillieston Juniors and joined Rangers in 1929, initially as understudy to Sandy Archibald. He was in and out of the side for four years before becoming a regular in 1933. During his spell at the club he won two League championship's, two Scottish Cup, three Glasgow Cup and two Charity Cup. He made 158 appearances for Rangers and scored 35 goals.

Was a footballer who played in The Football League for Sheffield United and Stoke City. Howitt start

Was a footballer who played in The Football League for Sheffield United and Stoke City. Howitt started his career in Scotland at Vale of Clyde and Partick Thistle before moving to England with Sheffield United. He joined Stoke City in 1958 at became a useful player around at the Victoria Ground.

Is a Scottish former professional footballer who played as an forward. He played most of his profess

Is a Scottish former professional footballer who played as an forward. He played most of his professional career in the West Midlands, making over 300 appearances in total for the two Birmingham clubs, and is probably best known for his four years at Aston Villa. He began his football career as an amateur first with Albion Rovers and then Airdrieonians.

Was a former Scottish footballer who played with Celtic and Rangers.Campbell joined Rangers in Janua

Was a former Scottish footballer who played with Celtic and Rangers.Campbell joined Rangers in January 1906 from Celtic, having only moved from Queen's Park in June 1905 and helped ease the injury crisis at Ibrox. He was a right back but in later years would convert to a striker.

A Scottish-Australian astronomer at the Research School of Astronomy and Astrophysics of the Austral

A Scottish-Australian astronomer at the Research School of Astronomy and Astrophysics of the Australian National University. He has collaborated with David J. Asher of the Armagh Observatory.He is a prolific discoverer of asteroids, and participates in the Siding Spring Survey. He is also a co-discoverer of periodic comet 130P/McNaught-Hughes and, using the Uppsala Schmidt telescope, discovered comet C/2006 P1 on August 7, 2006, which became the brightest comet in several decades [1]. It made perihelion on 12 January 2007, and has become easily visible to the naked eye for observers in the Southern Hemisphere.

Was a Scottish footballer. Turnbull was originally a soldier, serving in the Royal Corps of Signals,

Was a Scottish footballer. Turnbull was originally a soldier, serving in the Royal Corps of Signals, and joined Arsenal in 1921 as an amateur.

Is a Scottish football defender currently playing for Queen of the South.Harris signed professional

Is a Scottish football defender currently playing for Queen of the South.Harris signed professional terms for Clyde at the start of the 2004/05 season, and made his senior debut on the last day of the campaign, playing the full ninety minutes in a 1-1 draw against Ross County. Harris played more games the following season, including Clyde's 5-2 AET encounter with Rangers, in the Scottish League Cup. Harris won the penalty which gave Clyde the lead.

Is a Scottish retired professional footballer who played as an midfielder. During his playing career

Is a Scottish retired professional footballer who played as an midfielder. During his playing career, Connor made nearly 600 appearances in the Scottish Football League, and earned four caps for the Scottish national side between 1986 and 1990.

Is a Scottish footballer currently a free agent having been released by Leicester City. He is a goal

Is a Scottish footballer currently a free agent having been released by Leicester City. He is a goalkeeper and is also a former Scotland international. As a boy, Douglas was a Motherwell supporter.

Was a Scottish footballer who played as a forward in the 1890s.Born in Johnstone he started his care

Was a Scottish footballer who played as a forward in the 1890s.Born in Johnstone he started his career as a youth player with Johnstone before joining Abercorn in 1887 Whilst on the books of Abercorn, he made his solitary international appearance for Scotland on 21 March 1891 scoring in a 4–3 victory over Wales.

Known as John Little or Johnny Little, is a retired Scottish football defender who played for Queen'

Known as John Little or Johnny Little, is a retired Scottish football defender who played for Queen's Park, Rangers, Morton and the Scotland national team.Little was born in Calgary, Alberta, Canada but grew up in Scotland in Millport, Isle of Cumbrae. He started his career with Queen's Park, making 55 league appearances. He joined Rangers in 1951, and he made a total of 275 appearances, scoring once. His only ever goal for the club came in a 1–1 draw with Hamilton Academical in March 1954. During his time at Ibrox he won four League championships and two Scottish Cups.

Was a scientific writer and translator from Scotland.He studied medicine at the University of Edinbu

Was a scientific writer and translator from Scotland.He studied medicine at the University of Edinburgh and practised at the Edinburgh Foundling Hospital as a surgeon. He translated several scientific works into English, such as Antoine Lavoisier's Traitée Elémentaire de Chimie in 1789. In 1792, he published The Animal Kingdom, the first two volumes of a four-tome translation of Linnaeus' Systema Naturae, which is often cited as the taxonomic authority for a great many species. (He never did the remaining two volumes.)In 1794 he left his post as a surgeon to manage a paper mill. He lost much of his fortune with this enterprise. Out of economical necessity he began writing again in 1809, publishing a variety of minor works,

Was a Scottish footballer and one of the founding members of Queen's Park Football Club.Leckie playe

Was a Scottish footballer and one of the founding members of Queen's Park Football Club.Leckie played for Queen's Park from its formation in 1867 until his retirement from football in 1875, winning the inaugural Scottish Cup competition in 1874.

Was a footballer who played in the Football League for Exeter City and Stoke City.

Was a footballer who played in the Football League for Exeter City and Stoke City.

Is a Scottish football defender currently without a club following his release from Clyde.Halliday s

Is a Scottish football defender currently without a club following his release from Clyde.Halliday started his career with Clyde. He never made a senior appearance for the club, though he did appear as an unused substitute. He was released by Clyde in January 2004.

Was a Scottish-Australian statistician and man of science.Johnson was born near Inverness, Scotland,

Was a Scottish-Australian statistician and man of science.Johnson was born near Inverness, Scotland, the son of a crofter. He was educated at the village school where his ability was quickly recognized. He was influenced by the life of Hugh Miller whose b

Was a Scottish association footballer who played as a right back. He played in the Scottish football

Was a Scottish association footballer who played as a right back. He played in the Scottish football league system for Falkirk and Ayr United, before spending the majority of his playing career at English Football League club Watford. He later moved into English amateur football, first as a player, and later as a coach and manager.

Is a Scottish professional footballer currently playing for Scottish Premier League side Motherwell.

Is a Scottish professional footballer currently playing for Scottish Premier League side Motherwell. He is a lifelong supporter of Celtic Football Club. McHugh made his Motherwell debut when he came on as a substitute in a 2-0 win over Hibernian in May 2008.

Was a Scottish professional footballer.McKean started his career at local club Blantyre Victoria bef

Was a Scottish professional footballer.McKean started his career at local club Blantyre Victoria before moving to St Mirren in 1969. After five seasons in Paisley he joined Rangers for £50,000 in September 1974.He enjoyed a successful spell in Govan and won the league twice in his first two seasons. He was also part of the 1976 Scottish Cup winning team.

Is a Scottish swimmer who first rose to prominence by swimming the anchor leg in the Scottish men's

Is a Scottish swimmer who first rose to prominence by swimming the anchor leg in the Scottish men's 4×200 metre freestyle relay team at the 2006 Commonwealth Games. However, the team won silver, after Renwick was narrowly touched out by the opposing Engli

Was a Scottish professional footballer who played as a right back for Manchester United, Sunderland

Was a Scottish professional footballer who played as a right back for Manchester United, Sunderland and Birmingham in the Football League.

Is a former Scottish football midfielder.Reilly played with 11 Scottish clubs during his career, his

Is a former Scottish football midfielder.Reilly played with 11 Scottish clubs during his career, his most notable spell came arguably whilst playing for Clyde, where he made 168 appearances, scoring 28 goals.

Was a Scottish professional footballer in the 1920s.Blyth was born in Muirkirk Scotland - his fathe

Was a Scottish professional footballer in the 1920s.Blyth was born in Muirkirk Scotland - his father was the Portsmouth player Bob Blyth, who went on to manage Portsmouth from 1901 to 1904 and his cousins included Bill Shankly and Bob Shankly.

Was a footballer who played for Liverpool in the early 20th century. He was the elder brother of Pet

Was a footballer who played for Liverpool in the early 20th century. He was the elder brother of Peter Pursell and uncle of the similarly named Robert Wilson Pursell.