It is named after the Scottish naval engineer John Scott Russell who discovered the soliton or solitary wave near Bridge 11 on the Union Canal where a plaque in his memory can be found.
Walter Scott | F. Scott Fitzgerald | Sir Walter Scott | Ridley Scott | Bertrand Russell | Russell Crowe | Orson Scott Card | Tony Scott | Winfield Scott | Frederick Russell Burnham | Russell Simmons | Kurt Russell | Russell Brand | Ken Russell | Robert Falcon Scott | Scott | Leon Russell | Scott Brown | Ronnie Scott | Francis Scott Key | Scott McCloud | Scott Lobdell | Rosalind Russell | John Scott, 1st Earl of Eldon | aqueduct | Winfield Scott Hancock | Russell Street | Russell Mulcahy | Randolph Scott | Peter Scott |