of rodeo equipment Alexander Graham Bell, inventor of the telephone Alexander Melville Bell James Blair, founder of the College of William and Mary Walter Houser Brattain, inventor of the transistor George Harold Brown James McGill Buchanan, economist Nicholas Murray Butler Joseph Campbell, professor of comparative mythology William Wallace Campbell, astronomer Allan McLeod Cormack Donald J. Cram, shared the 1987 Nobel Prize in Chemistry with Jean-Marie Lehn and Charles J. Pedersen Alexander Garden, botanist; namesake of gardenia flower; physician and zoologist William Harkness Irving Langmuir David MacAdam, color scientist James Ross MacDonald, physicist Kevin B. MacDonald, psychology professor at California State University Colin Munro MacLeod Katherine McAlpine Richard Sears McCulloh Andrew Cunningham McLaughlin, historian Robert Burns Woodward, Nobel Prize-winning chemist Musicians and singers David Gunn, rapper and singer songwriter for American band KING 810 Billie Joe Armstrong, singer and guitarist for Green Day Billie Eilish, singer-songwriter Tim Armstrong, lead singer and guitarist for Rancid Emilie Autumn Joan Baez, singer-songwriter and activist; her mother was born in Edinburgh Jeff Baxter, guitarist for Steely Dan Shannon Bex, former member of Danity Kane Wes Borland, of the band Limp Bizkit Roy Buchanan, guitarist and blues musician; a pioneer of the Telecaster sound David Byrne, musician, singer-songwriter of the band Talking Heads, born in Dumbarton David Campbell Glen Campbell, singer Aaron Carter, singer Nick Carter, singer Johnny Cash, singer Rosanne Cash, singer-songwriter; daughter of Johnny Cash Kurt Cobain, American musician who was the lead singer, guitarist, and primary songwriter of the rock band Nirvana, of partial Scottish ancestry Alice Cooper, rock singer Brann Dailor, drummer for Mastodon Glen Danzig, singer known for work with Misfits and Danzig Jonathan Davis, lead singer and songwriter for Korn Stacy "Fergie" Ferguson, singer best known as part of The Black Eyed Peas Lana Del Rey, singer-songwriter; father and mother of Scottish descent/ancestry; family roots in Lanarkshire Brandon Flowers, singer and keyboardist of The Killers Dan Fogelberg, singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Alison Fraser Kim Gordon, singer/guitarist for Sonic Youth Kina Grannis Langston Hughes, African-American musician with some Scottish ancestry Oscar Hammerstein II, writer of musicals of "Rodgers and Hammerstein" fame, Scottish grandparent Gil-Scott Heron, African-American musician with some Scottish ancestry James Hetfield, singer/rhythm guitarist of Metallica Faith Hill John S. Hilliard, composer Brent Hinds, singer/guitarist for Mastodon David Homyk Alan Hovhaness Alicia Keys, mother of Scottish descent Chris Kirkpatrick, former member of N'Sync Amy Lee, lead singer of Evanescence Joanna Levesque,