Award-winning United States film actor (1928-1999).

synonym: George C. Scott.

English explorer who reached the South Pole just a month after Amundsen; he and his party died on the return journey (1868-1912).

synonyms: Robert Falcon Scott, Robert Scott.

United States general who was a hero of the War of 1812 and who defeated Santa Anna in the Mexican War (1786-1866).

synonym: Winfield Scott.

British author of historical novels and ballads (1771-1832).

synonyms: Sir Walter Scott, Walter Scott.

Polish: Walter Scott

United States slave who sued for liberty after living in a non-slave state; caused the Supreme Court to declare the Missouri Compromise unconstitutional (1795?-1858).

synonym: Dred Scott.