Scottish Independence Referendum: Vote For Your Favourite Scot

Who Is Your Favourite Scot?

Alex Salmond will announce the date of the Scottish independence referendum vote on Thursday no doubt boosting feelings of national pride across the border.

As Scotland prepares to tread the route towards deciding the future of the union the Huffington Post UK asks:

Who is your favourite Scot?

Some serious, some silly, have a look through our slideshow and let us know who gets your vote...

Favourite Scot
Robert Burns(01 of10)
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Poet and writer (credit:Alamy)
Robert the Bruce(02 of10)
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Leader of the Revolt against the English (credit:Alamy)
Sean Connery (03 of10)
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Actor and the the best Bond. Period. (credit:Alamy)
Tony Blair(04 of10)
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Former PMBlair was born in Edinburgh, don't you know. (credit:Alamy)
Groundskeeper Willie(05 of10)
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Angry man. (credit:Film Roman)
Mel Gibson(06 of10)
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He is Scottish, right? (credit:Alamy)
John Logie Baird(07 of10)
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Inventor of TV What did couch potatoes do before this man worked his magic? (credit:Getty Images)
Alex Ferguson (08 of10)
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Football manager and copious chewer of gum (credit:Alamy)
Mary Slessor(09 of10)
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Scottish missionary and face of the ten pound note (credit:Alamy)
J.K Rowling(10 of10)
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Author, previously habitual coffee shop inhabitant (credit:Alamy)