This is a list of notable scientists born in Scotland or associated with Scotland, as part of the List of Scots series.
Scientist Lifespan Primary field Note Thomas Addison 1793-1860 physician nephrology pioneer James Edward Tierney Aitchison 1836–1898 botanist surgeon; collected plants in India and Afghanistan John Aitken 1839–1919 meteorologist, physicist and marine engineer inventor of the koniscope, (also known as the Aitken dust counter) William Aiton 1731–1793 botanist Adam Anderson 1783–1846 physicistcontributor to Edinburgh Encyclopædia and Encyclopædia Britannica Alexander Anderson 158?–162? mathematician c. 1582– c. 1620 John Anderson 1833–1900 zoologist and anatomist curator of the Indian Museum Thomas Anderson 1832–1870 botanist director of the Calcutta Botanic Garden William Arthur 1894–1979 mathematician John Logie Baird 1888–1946 engineer television inventor William Baird 1803–1872 zoologist author of The Natural History of the British Entomostraca Thomas Barker 1838–1907 mathematician professor of pure mathematics at Owens College