and inventors scottish famous people. james watt james watt was a scottish inventor and engineer he...
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AND INVENTORS
Scottish Famous People
James Watt
James Watt was a Scottish inventor and engineer He was born in Greenock on 18th January 1736In 1763 he helped improve the steam engineHis invention meant that the engines were cheaper
to run because they didn’t use as much coalThe electrical unit – watt - is named after him.
Alexander Fleming
Alexander Fleming was born in Ayrshire, Scotland in 1881
He discovered penicillin in 1928 when he found some mould in his kitchen
Other people developed this idea so that penicillin could be used as antibiotics to treat illnesses
He won the Nobel Prize in 1945.
J.K. Rowling
J.K. Rowling is most famous for writing the Harry Potter books
She was born in England but now lives in Scotland
She also wrote her Harry Potter books in a cafe in Edinburgh called The Elephant House, which has views of Edinburgh Castle from the windows.
Robbie coltrane
He played Hagrid in Harry PotterHe also was in two James Bond films,
Golden Eye and The World is Not Enough
Recently, he was the voice of Lord Dingwall in the 2012 film Brave
Sean Connery
Sir Sean Connery is a Scottish actorHe was born in 1930 in EdinburghHe has starred as James Bond in seven films: Dr
No; From Russia with Love; Goldfinger; Thunderball; You Only Live Twice; Diamonds Are Forever; and Never Say Never Again.
Sean Connery has also starred in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade and Highlander
He has won an Academy Award (Oscar), 2 BAFTA Awards and 3 Golden Globes
David Tennant
David Tennant is most famous for being the 10th doctor in Doctor Who from 2005 until 2010.
He was born in Scotland in 1971.In 2005, he had a small role in Harry Potter
and the Goblet of Fire as Barry Crouch Jr.
Alexander Graham Bell
Alexander Graham Bell was born in Edinburgh 1847 and died in 1922.
He invented the first useable telephoneHis mother and his wife were both deaf He was a teacher to deaf children so he was was
experimenting with electronic devices to help them communicate
Games of Thrones
Eight actors from Game of Thrones are Scottish
Game of Thrones is very popular in ScotlandIs it popular in Spain?
Kevin Mckidd
Kevin McKidd is from Elgin in the North of Scotland
Since 2008 he has played Dr. Owen Hunt in the tv programme Grey’s Anatomy
He is the voice of John “Soap” MacTavish in the videogame Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 and Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3
He now lives in Los Angeles but tries to go back to Scotland with his family twice a year.
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