In the 16th & 17th centuries, Scottish peddlers were so common in Germany that all peddlers were called “Scots”.
The first European to cross North America was a Scot, Alexander McKenzie (1767-1820)
The first European to explore the polar region was a Scot, John Ross.
The first human on the Moon was a Scots-American, Neil Armstrong.
1,388,000 Scots immigrated from 1901-1961 or 20% of the population of Scotland primarily settling in North & South Carolina, Kentucky, Tennessee, Texas & West Virginia in the United States, the Maritime provinces of Canada, Australia and New Zealand
A Scot, Thomas Blake Glover (1838-1911), was instrumental in helping Japan transform into an industrial power and was a founder of Mitsubishi.
A Scot, Allan Octatvian Hume, was one of the founding fathers of the Congress Party in India leading to Indian independence.
A Scot wrote “Waltzing Matilda”
31 of the U.S. Presidents have been pf Scottish or Ulster-Scots descent.
One hundred years BEFORE Darwin, James Burnett, a Scot, published a theory of evolution.
Joan of Arc was supported by 500 Scots in her army.
The Scots Brigade helped the Dutch achieve their independence from the Spanish.
Ian Fleming, creator of James Bond, was a Scot.
Thirty-eight Scots-American have been awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor.
Twenty per cent of those who gave their lives in the Second World War fighting in the British armed forces were Scots — more than twice their proportion of the population.
Scots under the command of Henry Sinclair, Prince of the Orkneys, explored North America 100 years before Columbus and 40 years before the Vikings.
