New Year Honours: Alex McLeish, Stuart Hogg and Alexander McCall Smith on list
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Alex McLeish has been made an OBE for his services to charity
Former Scotland manager Alex McLeish, rugby star Stuart Hogg and writer Alexander McCall Smith are among the Scots named in the New Year Honours.
McLeish, a former footballer who has twice led the men's national team, becomes an OBE, while best-selling author McCall Smith has been knighted.
Hogg has been appointed an MBE and fellow ex-Scotland rugby captain Rob Wainwright is recognised with an OBE.
Sports broadcaster Hazel Irvine also becomes an MBE.
The full list, which includes a total of 109 Scots, also features charity fundraisers, two Tory MSPs and arts and music figures.
McLeish played for Aberdeen and Scotland, then went on to manage the national team and clubs including Rangers and Birmingham City.
He said he was "hugely honoured and humbled" to be appointed an OBE for services to charity.
He is involved with organisations including Crohn's and Colitis UK and the Prince and Princess of Wales Hospice in Glasgow.
Alexander McCall Smith grew up in Zimbabwe but made Edinburgh his home after studying in the city
McCall Smith, the creator of The No 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series as well as the 44 Scotland Street novels, has been given a knighthood for services to literature, academia and charity.
The 75-year-old was born in Southern Rhodesia, now Zimbabwe, and made Edinburgh his home after studying there.
He published his first book in 1980 and rose to fame in 1998 with The No 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series, which has sold more than 20 million copies worldwide.
The emeritus professor of medical law at the University of Edinburgh is a patron of several charities, including the Eric Liddell Community, a care charity and community hub in Edinburgh.
Rob Wainwright becomes an OBE for voluntary and charitable services to the My Name'5 Doddie Foundation, which was founded in 2017 by his friend Doddie Weir.
Rob Wainwright is honoured for voluntary and charitable services to the My Name'5 Doddie Foundation
Scotland rugby legend Weir died in November 2022 aged 52 after a six-year battle with motor neurone disease.
Wainwright has raised more than £4m for the foundation through founding Doddie Aid.
He said being recognised was a "tremendous honour" and vowed to "complete Doddie's mission" of a world free of MND.
Fellow former Scotland rugby captain Stuart Hogg was appointed an MBE for services to the sport.
Scotland's top try scorer made 100 appearances for the national side before retiring earlier this year, having played at two World Cups and British and Irish Lions tours.
Stuart Hogg retired from rugby in the summer
There was also royal recognition for those in the arts world, with Alex Reedijk, general director of Scottish Opera, becoming an OBE for services to the performing arts in Scotland.
Morag Deyes, former artistic director of Dance Base in Edinburgh, was appointed an OBE for services to dance.
Blair Parham, director of music and principal conductor of the Scottish Fiddle Orchestra, becomes an MBE for services to Scottish music.
Two Conservative MSPs have been recognised in the New Year Honours list - Liz Smith and Pam Gosal.
Former Scotland cricketer Ms Smith, who represents Mid Scotland and Fife at Holyrood, said becoming a CBE for services to sport was "completely unexpected".
Her party colleague - the first Indian Sikh MSP - was appointed an MBE for services to business and racial equality, and said it was the "honour of [her] lifetime".
Conservative MSP Pam Gosal was included on the New Years Honours
Kenneth Thomson, until recently a director general at the Scottish government, was made a Companion of the Order of the Bath for public service.
Among those recognised for their charity work was Keith Armour, 46, from Livingston, West Lothian. Following a fundraising drive, he donated gifts at a children's hospice dressed in full Star Wars costume.
He then set up the Capital Sci-Fi Con and has since raised around £360,000 for Children's Hospices Across Scotland.
He said being awarded a British Empire Medal was "just unbelievable".
A Scots butcher has also been appointed an MBE for her services to retail and the economy.
Elizabeth Craig Ovens, 79, has spent 62 years working for the family business - the award-winning McCaskie's Butchers in Wemyss Bay, Inverclyde - where she became co-owner and director 25 years ago.
She said she felt a "mixture of surprise and delight".
She added: "It was also quite emotional, thinking about family members who are no longer with us who were very much part of this journey."