This list contains famous or notable people (or groups) who have either been born or based in Glasgow, Scotland.

• Billy Connolly - Comedian (The Man Who Sued God)
• Alan Cumming - Actor (X-Men 2)
• John Hannah - Actor (The Mummy)
• Billy Boyd - Actor (Lord of the Rings)
• Robert Carlyle - Actor (Trainspotting/The World is not Enough)
• Robbie Coltrane - Actor (Harry Potter)
• Gregor Fisher - Comedian (Love Actually/Rab C Nesbitt)
• Elaine C Smith- Comedian (Rab C Nesbitt)
• Bill Forsyth - Director (Gregory's Girl)
• Rikki Fulton - comedian (Scotch and Wry/Francie and Josie)
• Craig Ferguson- U.S TV presenter (The Late Late Show)
• Janey Godley- Comedian and writer, whose 2005 autobiography "Handstands in the Dark" describes life in working class Glasgow 1961-1994
• Alasdair Gray - Novelist
• James Kelman - Novelist
• Liz Lochhead - Poet, Playwright
• Charles Rennie Mackintosh - Architect, Designer
• Edwin Morgan - Poet, Translator
• Alexander "Greek" Thomson - Architect
• David Hamilton - Architect
• Tom Leonard - Poet
• Hannah Frank - Artist and Sculptor
• Nigel Tranter - Historian, Writer
• Grant Morrison - Comic Book Author (X-Men/Superman)
• Frank Quitely - Comic Book Artist (X-Men/Superman)
• John Glashan - Cartoonist
• Bud Neill - Cartoonist (Lobey Dosser)
• Gerard Butler - Actor (Dracula 2000/Phantom of the Opera (2004))

• Sir William Burrell - shipping owner and philanthropist
• Sir Thomas Lipton

• Angus Young
• Arab Strap
• Average White Band
• Belle & Sebastian
• Bis
• The Blue Nile
• BMX Bandits
• Deacon Blue
• Del Amitri
• The Delgados
• Frankie Miller
• Franz Ferdinand
• Hipsway
• Jimmy Dewar (from Robin Trower band)
• Love And Money
• Lulu
• Malcolm Young
• Mark Knopfler
• Midge Ure
• Mogwai
• Optimo
• Orange Juice
• The Pastels
• The Rezillos
• The River Detectives
• The Supernaturals
• Sensational Alex Harvey Band
• Simple Minds
• The Silencers
• Soup Dragons
• Teenage Fanclub
• Texas
• Travis
• Wet Wet Wet

• Sir Menzies Campbell, Acting Leader of the British Liberal Democrats
• Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman (British Prime Minister)
• Donald Dewar (Secretary of State for Scotland, First Minister)
• Winnie Ewing (Scottish National Party MP, MEP and MSP)
• James Keir Hardie (Co-founder and Chairman of the Scottish Labour Party)
• Arthur Henderson (Chairman of the Labour Party)
• Rosie Kane (Scottish Socialist Party MSP)
• Andrew Bonar Law (British Prime Minister)
• John MacCormick (Scottish National Party)
• John A. MacDonald (first Prime Minister of Canada)
• John Maclean MA (Socialist)
• Michael Martin (Speaker of the House of Commons)
• James Maxton (Independent Labour Party MP)
• Tommy Sheridan (Scottish Socialist Party MSP)
• Manny Shinwell (Labour MP)

• Kenny Dalglish - football player and manager
• Sir Alex Ferguson - football manager
• Mo Johnston - football player
• Benny Lynch - boxer
• Ally McCoist - football player and television personality
• Alan McManus - top 16 professional snooker player
• Jock Stein - football manager

• William Thomson, Lord Kelvin
• Joseph Lister
• Sir William Ramsay
• Joseph Black
• Teasdale & Jennett -- originators of the Glasgow Coma Scale

• Charles Macintosh - inventor
• Allan Pinkerton - detective
• John Scott Russell - naval engineer
• Adam Smith - economist
• R. D. Laing - psychiatrist
• Scrooge McDuck - the richest duck in the world

• List of Provosts and Lord Provosts of Glasgow