WHO do you think is the greatest Glaswegian of all time? This summer we are showcasing the top 50 men and women who have put the city on the map.

Once they have all been revealed, we will be holding a public vote to find the winner.

Herehe public will be hard pressed to choose between two important, we feature two very different figures: Dire Straits frontman Mark Knopfler and Dr Marion Gilchrist, the first female graduate from the University of Glasgow to become a medical doctor.

Mark is a man of many musical talents. The singer-songwriter, guitarist, record producer and film composer founded Dire Straits with wee brother David in 1977. They have sold over 120million records and were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame last year.

Born in Glasgow in 1949, Mark attended Bearsden Primary.Originally inspired by his uncle Kingsley’s harmonica and boogie-woogie piano playing, Mark soon became familiar with many different styles of music. Although he hounded his father for an expensive Fiesta Red Fender Stratocaster electric guitar like Hank Marvin’s, he had to settle for a £50 Höfner Super Solid.

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As well as his work with Dire Straits, Mark has composed and produced scores for nine films, including Local Hero, Cal, The Princess Bride, Wag the Dog and Altamira. He has also recorded and performed with many prominent musicians, including BB King, Eric Clapton and Bob Dylan, Elton John, Bryan Ferry, Van Morrison, Steely Dan and Sting. As if he wasn’t busy enough, He has also produced albums for Tina Turner, Bob Dylan and Randy Newman, has won four Grammy awards and, holds three honorary doctorate degrees in music.

And at 69, is still touring.

Our next greatest Glaswegian, is a very different but equally impressive candidate. Dr Marion Gilchrist, was born in 1864. She was the first female graduate of the University of Glasgow and the first woman to qualify in medicine from a Scottish university As well as her medical work and was a leading activist in the Women’s Suffrage Movement in Scotland. She has a public park named in her honour.

In 1887 Gilchrist attended the University of Glasgow, as an arts student.

She began her examinations early and was awarded her arts degree by the University of St Andrews in 1890. In the same year she enrolled at the new Queen Margaret College Medical School, where she was voted president of the Women Students’ Representative Council at its first meeting.

After graduating in 1894, Marion became the first woman to graduate from University of Glasgow, and the first woman to qualify in medicine in Scotland. She set up her own practice at Buckingham Terrace in Glasgow and was appointed assistant surgeon of diseases for the eye at Glasgow Victoria Infirmary, a massive feat for a woman of her day.

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Women’s suffrage was another vital focus of Gilchrist’s work. Gilchrist was one of the founding members of the Glasgow and West of Scotland Association for Women’s Suffrage, which she left in 1907 to join the Women’s Social and Political Union and the Women’s Freedom LeagueIn 1922, she was elected president of the Glasgow and West Scotland Association

of the Medical Women’s Federation. She also became a leading member of the British Medical Association and the first woman chairman of its Glasgow division.

Since her death, she has been celebrated for both her work in medicine and in women’s suffrage. The Marion Gilchrist Prize was established in 1952 from her bequest and is awarded annually by the University of Glasgow to “the most distinguished woman graduate in Medicine of the year.

While both are from opposite ends of the scale of influence, both Mark and Marion are very important figures in Glasgow’s history.

Don’t forget to vote for who you think is the greatest Glaswegian this summer.