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The Royal Scottish Geographical Society (RSGS) is an educational charity based in Perth, Scotland founded in 1884. The purpose of the society is to advance the subject of geography worldwide, inspire people to learn more about the world around them, and provide a source of reliable and impartial geographical information.

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General Sir James Edward Alexander was a Scottish traveller, author and soldier in the British Army.

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John Christopher Bartholomew was a Scottish cartographer and geographer.

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John George Bartholomew was a Scottish cartographer and geographer. As a holder of a royal warrant, he used the title "Cartographer to the King"; for this reason he was sometimes known by the epithet "the Prince of Cartography".

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John Bartholomew Sr. was a Scottish cartographer and engraver.

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Dr Henry Moubray Cadell of Grange, DL FRSE LLD was a Scottish geologist and geographer, noted for his work on the Moine Thrust, the oil-shale fields of West Lothian, and his experiments in mountain building published in 1888. He also travelled extensively abroad, for example in 1899 he travelled the length of the Irrawaddy River in Burma. He is especially remembered for his working models, explaining geomorphology, the science relating to the folding of rock beds. He was also a competent amateur artist.

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John Crawfurd was a Scottish physician, colonial administrator and diplomat, and author. He is now best known for his work on Asian languages, his History of the Indian Archipelago, and his role in founding Singapore as the last British Resident of Singapore; the position of Resident was replaced by the Governor of the Straits Settlements.

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James Croll, FRS, was a 19th-century Scottish scientist who developed a theory of climate variability based on changes in the Earth's orbit.

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Alexander Dalrymple FRS was a Scottish geographer and the first Hydrographer of the British Admiralty. He was the main proponent of the theory that there existed a vast undiscovered continent in the South Pacific, Terra Australis Incognita. He produced thousands of nautical charts, mapping a remarkable number of seas and oceans for the first time, and contributing significantly to the safety of shipping. His theories prompted a number of expeditions in search of this mythical land, until James Cook's second journey (1772–1775) led to the conclusion that, if it did exist, it was further south than the 65° line of latitude South.

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Prof Henry Newton Dickson was a Scottish geographer, meteorologist and oceanographer from Edinburgh.

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John Horne PRSE FRS FRSE FEGS LLD was a Scottish geologist. He served as President of the Royal Society of Edinburgh from 1915 to 1919.

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Alexander Keith Johnston FRSE FRGS FGS FEGS LLD was a Scottish geographer and cartographer.

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Alexander Keith Johnston was a Scottish explorer, cartographer and geographer.

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Sir John Scott Keltie was a Scottish geographer, best known for his work with the Royal Geographical Society.

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Sir James Ronald Leslie Macdonald was a Scottish engineer, explorer and cartographer. He served as a British Army engineer, rose to the rank of Brigadier-General and was knighted. A balloon observer as a young man, he surveyed for railways in India and East Africa, explored the upper Nile region, commanded balloon sections during wars in South Africa and China and led a major expedition into Tibet in 1903–1904.

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Anson W. Mackay is a Professor of Geography in the Environmental Change Research Centre at University College London. He works on the impact of climate change on freshwater ecosystems. Mackay is editor-in-chief of the Royal Geographical Society journal Geo: Geography and Environment and sits on the board of Open Quaternary.

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Patrick Francis Maitland, 17th Earl of Lauderdale,, styled The Hon. Patrick Maitland, Master of Lauderdale, from 1953 to 1968, was a Scottish Unionist politician.

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John Melish was a Scottish mapmaker who published some of the earliest maps of the United States (US). In 1816 he created the first map of the United States extending to the Pacific Ocean.

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John Rennie Short is a professor of geography and public policy in the School of Public Policy at University of Maryland, Baltimore County.

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Sir Robert Sibbald was a Scottish physician and antiquary.