OUR columnist Lorraine Kelly has been named in a list of the top 10 most inspirational Scots.
Lorraine makes seventh place with the inventor of the telephone, Alexander Graham Bell, topping the list.
Scotland’s top inventors lead the way in the poll, with the creator of the television John Logie Baird and the scientist who discovered penicillin Alexander Fleming in second and third place respectively.
Also making the top ten are politicians Nicola Sturgeon and Gordon Brown and Manchester United and Aberdeen legend Sir Alex Ferguson.
The study, carried out by outdoors experts Rohan to celebrate their partnership with the Gift Your Gear charity initiative, compiled the list from Scottish responses to a UK-wide survey.
Gift Your Gear provides clothing and equipment to community organisations, youth groups and charities across the country from donations that can be made in Rohan stores this month.
The full list:
1. Alexander Graham Bell 34.4%
2. John Logie Baird 31.2%
3. Alexander Fleming 30.5%
4. Nicola Sturgeon 27.9%
5. David Livingstone 24%
6. Sir Alex Ferguson 16.2%
7. Lorraine Kelly 13.6%
8. Marie Stopes 13%
9. James Clerk Maxwell 5.2%
10. Gordon Brown 1.9%
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