John Logie Baird

Inventor of the first publicly demonstrated television system, Baird was also credited with creating the world's first fully electronic colour television tube. Although Baird's electromechanical system was eventually displaced by purely electronic systems (such as those of Philo Farnsworth), his early successes demonstrating working television broadcasts and his colour and cinema television work earned him a prominent place in television's invention.

In 2002, Logie Baird was ranked number 44 in the list of the "100 Greatest Britons" following a nationwide UK vote. In 2006, Baird was also named as one of the 10 greatest Scottish scientists in history, having been listed in the National Library of Scotland's "Scottish Science Hall of Fame".