Events from the year 1970 in Scotland.
Incumbents
Law officers
Judiciary
Events
Births
- 14 February â Paul Rutherford, powerlifter
- 16 April â James Watson, actor
- 10 May â David Weir, international footballer
- 4 July
- Lewis MacLeod, voice actor
- Doddie Weir, rugby union player (died 2022)
- 19 July â Nicola Sturgeon, SNP politician, First Minister of Scotland (2014â ; Deputy from 2007)
- 21 July â Angus MacNeil, SNP politician
- 12 August â Alan Brown, SNP politician
- 21 August â David Hopkin, footballer
- 22 July â Doug Johnstone, crime fiction writer, rock musician and physicist
- 17 September â Dallas Campbell, television presenter
- 17 December â Stella Tennant, model (died 2020)
- 23 December â Karine Polwart, singer-songwriter
Deaths
See also
References