Famous People with Name Macintosh

Charles Macintosh            Origin/Culture/Country: Scottish

Charles Macintosh: was a Scottish chemist and inventor of waterproof fabrics. The Mackintosh raincoat is named after him.He devoted all his spare time to science, particularly chemistry, and before he was twenty resigned his clerkship to take up the manufacture of chemicals. In this he was highly successful, inventing various new processes. His experiments with one of the by-products of tar, naphtha, led to his invention of waterproof fabrics, the essence of his patent being the cementing of two thicknesses of India-rubber together, the India-rubber being made soluble by the action of the naphtha. For his various chemical discoveries he was, in 1823, elected a fellow of the Royal Society.

Stuart MacIntosh            Origin/Culture/Country: Scottish

Stuart MacIntosh: is a drummer, songwriter and vocalist.Also known as Stuart Tosh, MacIntosh recorded and toured with a succession of well-known and respected bands during the 1970s and 1980s, including Pilot, Alan Parsons Project, 10cc and Camel.