The good, the bad and the downright ugly of Scottish characters. They're all in here. Please feel free to suggest your own for inclusion.

The criteria we have used is that the characters interest us. Nothing more scientific ... boring, isn't it?

So, for everything you never needed to know about Henry Sinclair, John Logie Baird, Robert Watson-Watt, John Shepherd-Barron, Charles Rennie Mackintosh, Hugh Dowding, David Jenkins, James Young Simpson, Matthew Clydesdale, James Macpherson, John MacLean, Thomas Young, William Shields, Hamish Henderson, James McIntyre, Glasgow Clincher, Patrick Hamilton, Captain JC Lauder, Lord Byron, the Seven Men of Knoydart, Lord Semphill, Allan Pinkerton, the Abbot of Tungland, Andrew Carnegie, John Knox, William McGonagall, Michael Scott, Dr James Graham, the 10th Duke of Hamilton, Chic Murray, Robert Fergusson, James Bruce of Kinnaird, James Chalmers, James (the Admirable) Crichton, Sawney Bean, Ewan MacPhee, William Paterson, Andrew J Cochrane, Billy Marshall, James George Neill and Guy Aldred ........ look no further.

Of course, you could always pop down to the Best Scottish Bookshop, where you'll find books on many of the folk mentioned here.