1. Our most famous local person
The 6th wonder
Our most famous local person

2. ? ?
Primary 4/3 wanted to find out who the most famous person to come from Glasgow is… ? ? ? ? ? ? ?

3. We had lots of ideas…. Sir Alex Ferguson Paolo Nutini James MacAvoy
Franz Ferdinand
Billy Connolly
Benny Lynch

4. We looked on the internet…
There were hundreds of famous Glaswegians!

5. 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...

6. Amy Macdonald Singer/songwriter Born – 25th August 1987
Famous songs include This is the life, Pride, Life in a beautiful light

7. 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

8. Lorraine Kelly TV presenter Born in 30th Nov 1959 in the Gorbals
Presented GMTV, Daybreak and Lorraine
Awarded an OBE in 2012

9. Billy Connolly Comedian/actor Born – 24th Nov 1942
Known as ‘The Big Yin’

10. 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

11. Gordon Ramsay Chef Born 8th Nov 1966
Has restaurants and is a celebrity chef on TV.
Is famous for losing his temper!

12. Peter Capaldi Actor Born in 14th April 1958
Has appeared in TV and films
He is the current Dr Who

13. 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!

14. Lulu
Singer
Born 3rd Nov 1948
Real name is Marie McDonald Mclaughlin Lawrie
Entered Eurovision Song Contest in 1969
Most famous song - Shout

15. Charles Rennie Mackintosh
Architect/designer
7th June th Dec 1928
Many famous designs, including Glasgow School of Art and the Willow tearooms

16. We decided to ask our parents what they thought.
We made up a questionnaire and sent it out to every family in the school...

17. We got a great response! We carefully counted all the replies...

18. It took a while!

19. And the winner is...!

20. Sir Alex Ferguson!