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…

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We had lots of ideas….

Franz Ferdinand

Sir Alex Ferguson

Benny Lynch

James MacAvoy

Billy Connolly

Paolo Nutini

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!