1964 in Scotland

Incumbents

• Monarch – Elizabeth II
• Secretary of State for Scotland and Keeper of the Great Seal – Michael Noble until 16 October; then Willie Ross

  Law officers

• Lord Advocate – Ian Shearer, Lord Avonside; then Gordon Stott
• Solicitor General for Scotland – David Colville Anderson; then Henry Wilson

  Judiciary

• Lord President of the Court of Session and Lord Justice General – Lord Clyde
• Lord Justice Clerk – Lord Grant
• Chairman of the Scottish Land Court – Lord Gibson

  Events

• 11 January – Nationwide UK teenage girls' magazine Jackie is first published by DC Thomson of Dundee.
• 29 April – 1964 Aberdeen typhoid outbreak: All schools in Aberdeen are closed following 136 cases of typhoid being reported.
• 30 April – Breakthrough on tunnel under the Firth of Forth to link the colliery at Valleyfield, Fife, to the modern coal processing facilities at Kinneil colliery near Bo'ness.
• 14 May – Rutherglen by-election: Labour gains seat from the Conservatives.
• 20 May – 1964 Aberdeen typhoid outbreak begins.
• 23 June – University of Strathclyde chartered.
• 4 September – The Forth Road Bridge opens across the Firth of Forth, connecting Fife and Edinburgh.
• 22 September – Hunterston A nuclear power station opens.
• 15 October – United Kingdom general election: Labour defeats Sir Alec Douglas-Home's Conservatives and the Unionist Party in Scotland loses eight seats.
• 20 November – The first part of the M8 motorway between Glasgow and Edinburgh is opened.
• HMNB Clyde established by the Royal Navy at Faslane on the Gare Loch.
• William Grant & Sons first market their Glenfiddich distillery Speyside single malt whisky in bottles internationally.

  Births

• 2 January – Michael McCann, lawyer and politician
• 29 January – Roddy Frame, singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 2 February – Susan Deacon, Labour politician and MSP
• 12 February – Stephen Carter, businessman and politician
• 19 February – Jim McInally, international footballer and manager
• 7 March – Tommy Sheridan, socialist politician and MSP
• 13 April – John Swinney, Scottish National Party leader and government minister
• 18 April – Niall Ferguson, historian
• 24 May – Liz McColgan, athlete
• 31 May – Billy Davies, footballer and manager
• 1 August – Fiona Hyslop, Scottish National Party MSP and government minister
• 9 September – John Hughes, footballer and manager
• 13 November – Paul McBride, criminal lawyer
• 11 December – Justin Currie, singer-songwriter
• 25 December – Gary McAllister, international footballer, manager and coach
• Stephen Conroy, painter
• Aminatta Forna, novelist
• Jim Lambie, installation artist
• Alan Warner, novelist

  Deaths

• 31 May – Nikolai Orlov, classical pianist
• 21 July – John White, international footballer
• 25 September – Robert Wilson, tenor
• 3 December – Dot Allan, writer
• 11 December – Charles Donaldson, Conservative politician
• 31 December – Ronald Fairbairn, psychoanalyst

  The arts

• 15 December – Peter Watkins' docudrama Culloden is broadcast on BBC Television.