Paisley
This is an old revision of this page, as edited by Ulysses54 (talk | contribs) at 12:30, April 27, 2007. It may differ significantly from current revision.
Paisley, the "Pearl of Scotland", is best known for giving its name to the Paisley pattern, which was, however, originally not Scottish but a Babylonian design based on a stylized form of the acanthus leaf. It may therefore have been known to the Israelites in Babylonian exile.
The common slang term for a person from Paisley is a Buddie
Famous Residents - Past and Present
- Kenneth McKellar - tenor
- Tom Conti - actor
- John Byrne - painter an playwright
- Gordon Bowie - engineer and cricketer
- Paul McGillion - actor (Stargate: Atlantis)
- Gerard Butler - actor
- David Tennant - actor (Doctor Who)
- Alexander Wilson - ornithologist and poet
- Reverend James Witherspoon - signatory of the American Declaration of Independence