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Famous Scots
Scotland has produced a surprising number of famous people, including inventors such as John Logid Baird, thinkers such as David Hume and Adam Smith, warriors such as William Wallace and actors such as Sean Connery and Ewan MacGregor. For a more detailed look at some of them, click on the links below:
http://website.lineone.net/~scottishfreedom/histgreatscots.html This gives more information about a variety of famous Scots.
Another similar site can be found at: http://scottishculture.about.com/library/weekly/aa111599.htm
or at: http://www.geo.ed.ac.uk/home/scotland/greatscots.html
http://www.robertburns.org/ Scotland's national poet,long dead, but dealing with very current themes such as independence and equality. Try also http://www.innotts.co.uk/~asperges/burns.html