Events from the year 1926 in Scotland.
Incumbents
Law officers
Judiciary
Events
Births
- 13 January â Craigie Aitchison, painter (died 2009)
- 17 January â Moira Shearer, ballet dancer (died 2006 in England)
- 11 February â Alexander Gibson, conductor and opera intendant (died 1995)
- 19 February â Charlie Cox, footballer (died 2008)
- 8 March â Edith MacArthur, actress (died 2018)
- 12 March â Gudrun Ure, actress (died 2024)
- 22 March â Alastair Reid, poet and scholar of South American literature (died 2014 in the United States)
- 1 April â William Macpherson, High Court judge and clan chief (died 2021)
- 3 April â Andrew Keir, actor (died 1997 in England)
- 22 April â James Stirling, architect (died 1992 in England)
- 24 May â Stanley Baxter, comic actor (died 2025 in England)
- 31 May â Duncan Campbell, trumpet player (died 2013 in England)
- 2 July â Morag Beaton, dramatic soprano (died 2010 in Australia)
- 3 August â Rona Anderson, actress (died 2013 in England)
- 15 August â D. E. R. Watt, historian (died 2004)
- 4 September â George William Gray, chemist, pioneer of liquid crystal technology (died 2013)
- 12 September â Dave Valentine, international rugby player (died 1976)
- 17 October â Archie Duncan, historian (died 2017)
- 9 November â Johnny Beattie, comedian (died 2020)
Deaths
The arts
See also
References