21st-century Scottish LGBTQ people

Alan Cumming is a Scottish actor, filmmaker and presenter. Known for his roles on stage and screen, he has received numerous accolades including a BAFTA Award, five Emmy Awards, and two Tony Awards. He also won the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Comedy Performance for the West End production of Accidental Death of an Anarchist (1991). His other Olivier-nominated roles are in The Conquest of the South Pole (1988), La Bête (1992), and Cabaret (1994). Cumming won the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical for reprising his role as the Emcee on Broadway in Cabaret (1998). His other performances on Broadway include Design for Living (2001), and Macbeth (2013).

Belgium musician

Rwandan-Scottish actor

British author and journalist

Scottish-American actor, author, and singer

Scottish politician (born 1994)

Scottish pop singer

Dennis Andrew Nilsen was a Scottish serial killer and necrophile who murdered at least twelve young men and boys between 1978 and 1983. Convicted at the Old Bailey of six counts of murder and two of attempted murder, Nilsen was sentenced to life imprisonment on 4 November 1983, with a recommendation that he serve a minimum of 25 years; this recommendation was later changed to a whole life tariff in December 1994. In his later years, Nilsen was imprisoned at HM Prison Full Sutton in the East Riding of Yorkshire.

Scottish-American writer

Scottish comic book writer and playwright (born 1960)

Scottish poet and novelist

Scottish writer, actor and comedian

Scottish Conservative politician and government minister (born 1962)

Scottish politician (born 1973)

Scottish politician and peer

British actor (1926–2025)

Scottish professional wrestler

Scottish actor

Bruce Mouat is a Scottish curler from Stirling. He currently skips his own team out of the Gogar Park Curling Club. Mouat has led his team to two world championship titles in 2023 and 2025, four European championship titles and twelve Grand Slam titles. He also earned two silver medals in the men's team event of the Winter Olympics. He is a former World Mixed Doubles (2021), Winter Universiade (2017) and World Junior (2016) champion.

Scottish Labour Party politician (1966-2011)

Scottish politician and lawyer (born 1966)

Scottish politician (born 1986)

Scottish politician (born 1971)

Scottish politician (born 1978)

Scottish politician and journalist (born 1961)

Scottish actor

British figure skater and ice dancer

British opera director

British politician (born 1959)

British singer (1955-2021)

Scottish politician (born 1987)

Scottish writer

Scottish actor (born 1931)

Scottish politician (born 1983)

Scottish linguist, Professor of Linguistics

Scottish politician (born 1977)

British actor

British hymnwriter

British investigative journalist (1952-)

Scottish musician, songwriter

Scottish opera director

Scottish-Canadian writer

cricketer

Scottish female singer-songwriter.

Scottish stand-up comedian

British journalist

British comedian and actress

Scottish drag performer (born 1996)

Scottish serial killer

British businessman (1938-2009)

Scottish politician

Scottish artist (born 1963)