- U.S. inventor, born in England.
- English physicist (son of Sir Joseph John): Nobel Prize 1937.
- English poet, born in Scotland.
- English poet.
- Scottish scientist and author.
- English physicist: Nobel Prize 1906.
- U.S. composer and music critic.
- Kelvin, 1st Baron.
- Sir George Paget, son of Joseph John Thomson. 1892–1975, British physicist, who discovered (1927) the diffraction of electrons by crystals: shared the Nobel prize for physics 1937
- James. 1700–48, Scottish poet. He anticipated the romantics' feeling for nature in The Seasons (1726–30)
- James, pen name B.V. 1834–82, British poet, born in Scotland, noted esp for The City of Dreadful Night (1874), reflecting man's isolation and despair
- Sir Joseph John. 1856–1940, British physicist. He discovered the electron (1897) and his work on the nature of positive rays led to the discovery of isotopes: Nobel prize for physics 1906
- Roy, 1st Baron Thomson of Fleet. 1894–1976, British newspaper proprietor, born in Canada
- Virgil. 1896–1989, US composer, music critic, and conductor, whose works include two operas, Four Saints in Three Acts (1928) and The Mother of Us All (1947), piano sonatas, a cello concerto, songs, and film music
- Sir William. See (1st Baron) Kelvin
