2021 in Scotland

Centuries:	19th; 20th; 21st; ; ;
Decades:	2000s; 2010s; 2020s; ; ;
See also:	List of years in Scotland; Timeline of Scottish history; 2021 in: The UK • England • Wales • Elsewhere; Scottish football: 2020–21 • 2021–22; 2021 in Scottish television

Events from the year 2021 in Scotland.

Incumbents[]

4 February – 2021 Kilmarnock incidents.
6 May – Elections to the devolved Scottish parliament take place. Voter turnout is the highest in a Scottish Parliament election to date, at 63.0%. The Scottish Nationalist Party improves its performance, finishing with 64 seats, just short of an overall majority. The Conservatives finish with 31 seats, Labour 22, Scottish Greens 8 and Liberal Democrats 4.^[1]
13 May – 2021 Airdrie and Shotts by-election
28 May – Murder of Esther Brown

1–12 November – The 26th session of the Conference of the Parties (COP26), a major United Nations climate summit, is to be held in Glasgow.^[2]

4 January – Kay Ullrich, politician, MSP 1999–2003 (born 1943)
12 January – Willie Miller, urban planner (born 1950)
14 January – Vincent Logan, Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Dunkeld 1981–2012 (born 1941; COVID-19).^[3]
14 February – Sir William Macpherson, High Court judge and clan chief (born 1926)
11 May – Neil Connery, retired actor and younger brother of actor Sir Sean Connery (born 1938)^[4]
21 May – Ken MacKinnon, Scottish Gaelic sociolinguist (born 1933)
17 June – Andrew Welsh, Scottish politician (born 1944)
12 August – Una Stubbs, English actress (born 1937 in England)^[5]
23 August – Elizabeth Blackadder, painter and printmaker (b. 1931)^[6]
15 October – Robert Black, auditor (born 1946)^[7]
26 October – Walter Smith, Scottish association football player, manager and director (born 1948)^[8]
5 December – Gary Callander, Scottish international rugby union player (born 1959)^[9]