Famous Diaspora Scots — Past and Present

Across the globe there are many Diaspora Scots. The United States is home to approximately 5.5 million, Canada has about 4.2 million, England approximately 800,000, and presently residing in Australia are approximately half a million Diaspora Scots. In total it is estimated that there are about 40 million Scottish Diaspora around the world.

Many of these individuals have made significant contributions to their particular fields of expertise, and in doing so have made quite a name for themselves. You will no doubt have heard of some of them.

If we have missed anyone interesting who you think should be listed here, please let us know we will be happy to add them.

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American Scots:

James Dean | Actor

Clint Eastwood | Actor/Director

Katherine Hepburn | Actress

John Wayne | Actor

Tommy Hilfiger | Fashion Designer

Jackson Pollock | Artist

David Dunbar Buick | Buick Motor Company

Jasper Newton “Jack” Daniel | Jack Daniel’s Tennessee Whiskey

Donald Trump | Businessman

Johnny Cash | Singer

Marshall “Eminem” Mathers | Rapper

Elvis Presley | Singer

Neil Armstrong | Astronaut

Ronald Reagan | American President

Alexander Graham Bell | Inventor

Thomas Edison | Inventor

Michael Crichton | Author

William Faulkner | Author

Edgar Allan Poe | Writer/poet/critic

Mark Twain | Author

Canadian Scots

J.K. Galbraith | Economist

Max Aitken, Lord Beaverbrook | Newspaper Magnate

Alice Munro | Writer

Alasdair MacLeod | Writer

Donald Sutherland | Actor

Simon Fraser | Explorer

Robert Service | Poet

Sir John A MacDonald | First Canadian PM

Sanford Fleming | Inventor of standard time

Flora MacDonald | Politician

English Scots

Tony Blair | Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, 1997 – 2007

David Cameron | MP Leader of The Conservative party

German Scots

David McAllister | Member of the German Parliament