Our most famous local person The 6th wonder Our most famous local person
? ? Primary 4/3 wanted to find out who the most famous person to come from Glasgow is… ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
We had lots of ideas…. Sir Alex Ferguson Paolo Nutini James MacAvoy Franz Ferdinand Billy Connolly Benny Lynch
We looked on the internet… There were hundreds of famous Glaswegians!
We came up with a short-list of 10 people that we decided were among the most famous. We did some research to find out more about them...
Amy Macdonald Singer/songwriter Born – 25th August 1987 Famous songs include This is the life, Pride, Life in a beautiful light
Tommy Docherty Footballer Born - 24th April 1928 Played for Celtic, Preston North End, Arsenal, Chelsea and Scotland. Manager of lots of teams including Scotland and Manchester United
Lorraine Kelly TV presenter Born in 30th Nov 1959 in the Gorbals Presented GMTV, Daybreak and Lorraine Awarded an OBE in 2012
Billy Connolly Comedian/actor Born – 24th Nov 1942 Known as ‘The Big Yin’
Jimmy Boyle Novelist/sculptor Born in 1944 In 1967 he was sent to prison for murder. In prison he write a book and got interested in art and sculpture
Gordon Ramsay Chef Born 8th Nov 1966 Has restaurants and is a celebrity chef on TV. Is famous for losing his temper!
Peter Capaldi Actor Born in 14th April 1958 Has appeared in TV and films He is the current Dr Who
Sir Alex Ferguson Footballer/football manager Born 31st Dec 1941 Played for Rangers and Scotland Managed Aberdeen and Manchester United Most successful manager ever at Man U!
Lulu Singer Born 3rd Nov 1948 Real name is Marie McDonald Mclaughlin Lawrie Entered Eurovision Song Contest in 1969 Most famous song - Shout
Charles Rennie Mackintosh Architect/designer 7th June 1868 -10th Dec 1928 Many famous designs, including Glasgow School of Art and the Willow tearooms
We decided to ask our parents what they thought. We made up a questionnaire and sent it out to every family in the school...
We got a great response! We carefully counted all the replies...
It took a while!
And the winner is...!
Sir Alex Ferguson!