1. Robert Burns - I'd betray my Ayrshire roots if I didn't put him top.
2. Robert the Bruce - A nasty b*****d, but without him there possibly wouldn't be a Scotland.
3. Denis Law - Went golfing rather than watching England win the World Cup, which pushes him to my top sports spot.
4. Andy Murray - Survived one of our worst atrocities as an infant, and carved out a pugilistic career against the grain to become best in the world. Fearless.
5. Jackie Stewart - Not as good a driver as Jim Clark, but gets listed on his commitment to making his sport safer, and also his philanthropy.
6. Andrew Carnegie - The king of philanthropists, his actions put the stupid white men who run America now to shame.
7. Margo MacDonald - Couldn't have an all male list and I greatly admired Margo's spirit and tireless committment to bettering lives, even through her own suffering.
Being a sporter of the MacLean tartan has influenced my final three picks...
8. Billy Connolly - Possibly the most successful Scots working class polymath. In his main job he was voted the greatest of all time by his peers. Tickety-boo.
9. Sean Connery - Another who rose from poverty to become a global icon. Spielberg called him the world's most bankable movie star.
10. John Maclean - In retrospect siding with the USSR wasn't a great look, but he stuck up for the wee guy at a time when they were being slaughtered in imperial wars.