List of Scottish Gaelic–speaking people

Alasdair Allan

Donnie Munro

Some notable fluent Scottish Gaelic language speakers

This page lists biographies of notable people who speak or spoke the Scottish Gaelic language with some degree of fluency, but not necessarily as native speakers. In 1891, over 254,000 people in Scotland spoke Scottish Gaelic, however, by 2011, it had fallen to just over 57,000.^[1] Largely in part due to Scottish Government policy initiatives, the number of speakers has increased, with the 2022 Scottish census recording over 69,000 speakers.^[1]

List

References

^ ^a ^b "The Gaelic Language: Past and Present | Scotland.org". Scotland.org. Retrieved 26 October 2025.
^ "Western Isles MSP tells Labour hopeful to apologise for Gaelic 'disrespect'". The National. 20 August 2025. Retrieved 26 October 2025.
^ "Meg Bateman | Poet". Scottish Poetry Library. Retrieved 22 April 2020.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "Here are 11 Famous Scottish Gaelic speakers (or students) including Trump's mother". The Scotsman. 18 June 2023. Retrieved 26 October 2025.

[The_Gaelic_Language:_Past_and_Present_{{!}}_Scotland.org-1] "The Gaelic Language: Past and Present | Scotland.org". Scotland.org. Retrieved 26 October 2025.

[2] "Western Isles MSP tells Labour hopeful to apologise for Gaelic 'disrespect'". The National. 20 August 2025. Retrieved 26 October 2025.

[3] "Meg Bateman | Poet". Scottish Poetry Library. Retrieved 22 April 2020.

[Here_are_11_Famous_Scottish_Gaelic_speakers_(or_students)_including_Trump’s_mother-4] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "Here are 11 Famous Scottish Gaelic speakers (or students) including Trump's mother". The Scotsman. 18 June 2023. Retrieved 26 October 2025.

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