Scottish Famous Names Starting with Letter W

Was a Scottish professional footballer. He spent eight years at Blackpool in the early 1900s, making

Was a Scottish professional footballer. He spent eight years at Blackpool in the early 1900s, making over 200 Football League appearances for the club. He played as a defender.The following season, 1928–29, Grant made 27 league appearances. This was under a new manager, Harry Evans, who succeeded Sydney Beaumont.

Was a Scottish singer, notable for his powerful voice and vast vocal range.MacKenzie was born and gr

Was a Scottish singer, notable for his powerful voice and vast vocal range.MacKenzie was born and grew up in Dundee. As a youngster, he lived in Park Avenue in the Stobswell area and attended St Mary's Forebank Primary School and St Michael's Secondary Sc

Was a Scottish football player and manager. A goalscoring centre forward, his 52 league goals for Mo

Was a Scottish football player and manager. A goalscoring centre forward, his 52 league goals for Motherwell's 1931-32 championship winning side remains the record goals total for a single season in Scottish League history. He also topped the scoring charts again the following season, netting 45 times. In total, he scored 251 league goals for Motherwell - the eighth-best top flight total in Scottish League history. [

Was a Scottish naturalist and ornithologist.MacGillivray was born in Aberdeen and brought up on the

Was a Scottish naturalist and ornithologist.MacGillivray was born in Aberdeen and brought up on the island of Harris. He returned to Aberdeen where he studied medicine at King's College. In 1823 he became assistant to the Professor of Natural History at the University of Edinburgh. He was Curator of the museum of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh from 1831, and Professor of Natural History at Marischal College, Aberdeen from 1841. He died in Aberdeen and was buried in Edinburgh's New Calton cemetery.

Is a former Scottish footballer.Henderson played for Rangers, where he went on loan to Hibernian bef

Is a former Scottish footballer.Henderson played for Rangers, where he went on loan to Hibernian before transferring to USA side Philadelphia Fury. He then moved to England to play for Leicester City, he moved on to Chesterfield before joining Port Vale in exchange for Bob Newton and £8,000 in October 1983.

Was a Scottish footballer and one of the founding members of Rangers Football Club. He made five Sco

Was a Scottish footballer and one of the founding members of Rangers Football Club. He made five Scottish Cup appearances for the club. A lot of what is now known of Mr McBeath was reasearched by author Gary Ralston in his book "The Gallant Pioneers".In 1872, McBeath along with Peter Campbell (15), Peter (the oldest at 17) and Moses McNeil saw a group of men playing football on Glasgow Green's Flesher's Haugh and a dream was born. Indeed the club's first game was played at Flesher's Haugh against a now defunct Glasgow team named Callander, which resulted in a 0-0 draw.

Was an Scottish professional footballer who played as an inside forward for several English and Scot

Was an Scottish professional footballer who played as an inside forward for several English and Scottish clubs. He played one match for the Scotland national football team, in a 2–2 draw with Wales on 23 March 1895.

Was an Scottish footballer. His regular position was as a forward.Born in Coatbridge, Lanarkshire, M

Was an Scottish footballer. His regular position was as a forward.Born in Coatbridge, Lanarkshire, McDonald played for Coatbridge, Law Scotia, Dundee United, Broxburn United, Armadale, Airdrieonians, Tranmere Rovers and Manchester United. He played for Westerlea, Ayr, and Manchester United.

A former Scottish international footballer.Carr was born in Glasgow but spent part of his formative

A former Scottish international footballer.Carr was born in Glasgow but spent part of his formative teenage years in Cambridge, where his family relocated in 1963.[1] He is famed for the donkey kick goal scored for Coventry City against Everton in October 1970, when he took a free kick by gripping the ball between his ankles and flicking it up for Ernie Hunt to volley home. The move gained widespread fame as the match was televised on Match of the Day, and moved the authorities to ban such a skill at the end of the season.

Is a Scottish football manager, former professional player and the current manager of Nottingham For

Is a Scottish football manager, former professional player and the current manager of Nottingham Forest. As a schoolboy Davies was associated with Manchester United and was offered a contract by then manager Dave Sexton, but left without ever playing a first-team game. He started his professional playing career at the Scottish club Rangers F.C. where he spent six years. He made his debut aged &0000000000000017.00000017 years, &0000000000000115.000000115 days against Brechin City on 23 September 1981.

Was a Scottish professional association football player. He played for Blackburn Rovers, Carlisle Un

Was a Scottish professional association football player. He played for Blackburn Rovers, Carlisle United and Gillingham between 1933 and 1938.

Is a Scottish former footballer who now works as Centre of Excellence Manager at Hull City, where he

Is a Scottish former footballer who now works as Centre of Excellence Manager at Hull City, where he has been caretaker manager on three occasions.As a player he was a defender, playing for Everton, Celtic, Doncaster Rovers, Scunthorpe United and Rotherham United, making over 450 league appearances.

Is a Scottish professional association football player currently playing for Clyde.McLachlan began h

Is a Scottish professional association football player currently playing for Clyde.McLachlan began his career with Rangers and in December 2008, he joined Airdrie United on loan. He made his debut against St Johnstone on 20 December.

Was a Scottish sailor who died on board the RMS Titanic, where he was employed by the White Star Li

Was a Scottish sailor who died on board the RMS Titanic, where he was employed by the White Star Line, serving as First Officer. He is notable as the officer in charge on the bridge the night when the Titanic collided with an iceberg in the Atlantic Ocean

Was a Scottish professional association footballer who played as a centre forward.

Was a Scottish professional association footballer who played as a centre forward.

Was a former professional footballer who played as a midfielder for Aberdeen, Falkirk, Huddersfield

Was a former professional footballer who played as a midfielder for Aberdeen, Falkirk, Huddersfield Town, Tranmere Rovers, Halifax Town & Stirling Albion.

A Scottish footballer who played for the majority of his career at Bolton Wanderers. He played mostl

A Scottish footballer who played for the majority of his career at Bolton Wanderers. He played mostly as an inside-right.Playing alongside Nat Lofthouse he was the Championship's top scorer in 1948-49 with 25 goals and continued good goal scoring form in the next few years, although always coming behind the more prolific Lofthouse.Moir was captain when Bolton gave away a 3–1 lead to Blackpool in the Matthews Cup Final, scoring in the game. Two years later he left the club to join Stockport County where he spent a further two years as player manager before retiring from playing. He left Stockport County in 1960.

Is a former Scottish cricketer who played with Warwickshire. A slow left arm orthodox bowler, Morton

Is a former Scottish cricketer who played with Warwickshire. A slow left arm orthodox bowler, Morton made his first-class debut in 1982 for Scotland in a match against Ireland. He appeared two more times at first-class level for the Scots and his other 10

Was a Scottish engineer and inventor. It is believed that his name was Anglicised to Murdock when he

Was a Scottish engineer and inventor. It is believed that his name was Anglicised to Murdock when he moved to England.He was employed by the firm of Boulton and Watt and worked for them in Cornwall as a steam engine erector for ten years, spending most of the rest of his life in Birmingham.He was the inventor of gas lighting in the early 1790s and coined the term gasometer. He also made a number of innovations to the steam engine, including the sun and planet gear and D slide valve; he invented the steam gun and pneumatic tube message system; he worked on one of the first British paddle steamers to cross the English Channel; he built a prototype steam locomotive in 1784; and he made a number of discoveries in the field of chemistry.

Was a Scottish footballer.Born in Dalkeith, Midlothian, Blyth played as a schoolboy for local junior

Was a Scottish footballer.Born in Dalkeith, Midlothian, Blyth played as a schoolboy for local junior side Wemyss Athletic. He was briefly on the books of Manchester City before signing for Arsenal in May 1914. He quickly made his debut for the Gunners, in a Second Division against Huddersfield Town on 21 November 1914, a game that Arsenal lost 3-0.

Was a Scottish cricketer. White was a right-handed batsman who bowled slow left-arm orthodox. He was

Was a Scottish cricketer. White was a right-handed batsman who bowled slow left-arm orthodox. He was born at Troon, Ayrshire. In 1947, White made his debut for Cambridgeshire in the Minor Counties Championship against Bedfordshire. From 1947 to 1949, he r

Was a Scottish cricketer. Nichol was an all-rounder made two centuries for Scotland, the first an u

Was a Scottish cricketer. Nichol was an all-rounder made two centuries for Scotland, the first an unbeaten 139 against Warwickshire in May 1951 and the other an even hundred against Ireland a couple of months later. His best bowling performance came agai

Was a Scottish soldier, explorer, and botanist best known for leading early settlement in Tasmania.

Was a Scottish soldier, explorer, and botanist best known for leading early settlement in Tasmania. The standard author abbreviation Paterson is used to indicate this individual as the author when citing a botanical name.[1]Paterson was originally commissioned in the 98th Regiment of Foot, but transferred to the 73rd Regiment of Foot after the 98th's disbandment in 1787.In 1794, Lieutenant-Colonel William Paterson, from the New South Wales Corps, granted more land and convict servants to the military, giving them great powers and undermining Governor Arthur Phillip's good naval government.

Was a Scottish professional association footballer who played as a centre forward. He was killed in

Was a Scottish professional association footballer who played as a centre forward. He was killed in action during the First World War.

Was a Scottish engineer and political economist, who is considered the founder of graphical methods

Was a Scottish engineer and political economist, who is considered the founder of graphical methods of statistics.[1]