Famous People from Anderston

 Sir Thomas Lipton Bt KCVO  was a born in Anderston in Glasgow a Scotsman of Ulster-Scots parentage who was a self-made man, merchant, and yachtsman. He created the famous Lipton tea brand and was the most persistent challenger in the history of the America's Cup.

although Thomas Lipton would later state that he was born at his family's home in Crown Street in the Gorbals in 1850, there is no record of this in the parish register for that period. However, in the 1851 census, the family were recorded as living in the north of Glasgow, with young Thomas being listed as being aged 3 years old. It would appear that he was therefore born in 1848 in Anderston.

 Billy Connolly CBE  born William Connolly  Jr. on 24 November 1942 in Anderston is a Scottish comedian, musician, presenter and actor. He is sometimes known, especially in his native Scotland, by the nickname The Big Yin  The Big One His first trade, in the early 1960s, was as a welder specifically a boilermaker in the Glasgow shipyards, but he gave it up towards the end of the decade in favour of being a folk singer. In the mid-1970s he changed career again, this time becoming a comedian, a role in which he continues. He is also an actor, and has appeared in such films as Indecent Proposal (1993); Mrs. Brown (1997), for which he was nominated for a BAFTA; The Boondock Saints (1999);The Man Who Sued God (2001); The Last Samurai (2003); Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events (2004); and The X-Files: I Want to Believe 2008.

 Tony Roper born 19 August 1941 in Anderston is a Scottish actor.

His first major starring role was in Scotch and Wry. He wrote the classic comedy-drama The Steamie in 1988. He achieved even greater fame in Naked Video and in the spin off series Rab C Nesbitt, in which he played Rab's partner-in-trouble, Jamesie Cotter. He also starred in the short-lived 1999 sitcom All Along the Watchtower. Tony also had a small part in The Wicker Man (he played the village postman.

In the theatre he played Tom Weals in Miles Tredinnick's farce It's Now or Never! at the Queen's Theatre, Hornchurch in 1994. Also starred in a host of other stage plays such as'Willie Rough'By Bill Bryden/The Red Runner' By Billy Connolly/ The usual Alyn Aykbournes and shaws and Shakespeare.alongside this he played comic and dame in various no 1 pantomimes.

Roper has also written Paddies, a conceptual sequel to The Steamie set in Glasgow's "Paddies Market", and two novels based on Rikki Fulton's character Rev. I.M. Jolly. he recently(2004-5) Co wrote and starred as Rikki Fulton in Rikki and Me. A play about the comedy actor Rikki Fulton (This is available on DVD)

Roper hosted the Celtic VHS/DVD "The Treble",'Make mine a double' in 2001-02, and is a life-long Celtic fan. In 2008 He wrote and directed the hit play 'The Celts in Seville' which played to rave reviews at the Pavilion Theatre Glasgow.

 Roddy McMillan  born in Anderston March 23, 1923 - July 9, 1979 was a Scottish actor and playwright, possibly most famous for his comedy role as Para Handy for BBC Scotland television. He also played the lead role in Edward Boyd's private eye series The View from Daniel Pike.

He also performed in his own play The Bevellers which achieved success in performance at the Citizens Theatre in Glasgow during 1973 and then as a televised Play For Today for BBC.

Roddy also played the detective "Choc" Minty in the late seventies Private Detective series Hazellstarring Nicholas Ball. Roddy died not long after completing filming on the second series of the show.

 Alex Mosson,born in Anderston is a former Lord Provost of Glasgow.

He was an official of the Transport and General Workers' Union and a member of the Labour Party and elected councillor for Anderston in 1984.

He was elected Lord Provost replacing Pat Lally in 1999 succeeded in 2003 by Liz Cameron.

 Michael Martin born in Anderston Glasgow, United Kingdom, in 1945, the son of a merchant seaman and a school cleaner. He attended St Patrick's Boys' School in Anderston, before leaving at the age of 15 to become an apprentice sheet-metal worker. He became involved in the Sheet Metal Workers trade union and joined the Labour Party when he was 21. He later worked in the Rolls-Royce plant at Hillington, and was an AUEW shop steward from 1970 to 1974.

In 1973, Martin was elected as a councillor on Glasgow Corporation — a position he retained until he was elected to the Parliament of the United Kingdom. He also served as a trade union organiser with the National Union of Public Employees (NUPE) between 1976 and 1979. He was elected as Member of Parliament for Glasgow Springburn in the 1979 general election, and was associated with the right wing of the party. He was a supporter of Roy Hattersley and Denis Healey, whom he served as a Parliamentary Private Secretary from 1980 until 1983.

Expenses

On 11 October 2007 Martin was criticised for spending more than £20,000 of taxpayers' money on lawyers to challenge negative press stories. Media lawyers Carter-Ruck was employed to represent him following articles querying his conduct. Martin was also criticised for the exemption of his wife, Mary, from security checks in the Palace of Westminster, where they live, and for trying to block the publication of details of MPs' £5m-a-year travel expenses under the Freedom of Information Act.

Two Sunday newspapers have carried stories that Martin claimed £17,166 last year towards the cost of his Bishopbriggs constituency home, on which he no longer pays a mortgage. The claim was made from the "additional costs allowance", which is to help MPs who live away from London.

On 29 March 2008 the Daily Telegraph revealed that refurbishment of Michael Martin's home has cost the taxpayer £1.7m.