List of Aberdonians

King Lear and the Fool in the Storm, by artist William Dyce

Astronomer James Gregory

Singer Annie Lennox

Thomas Blake Glover, founder of Mitsubishi

There are many notable Aberdonians from Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire in Scotland. In modern times the British Open winning golfer Paul Lawrie and the musician Annie Lennox are the most famous names. However in the past Aberdeen has produced many important people such as Thomas Blake Glover the founder of Mitsubishi and Bertie Charles Forbes who founded the Forbes publishing empire.

Artists and Sculptors

• Alexander Milne Calder (1846–1923) Sculptor
• William Dyce (1806–1864) Artist
• Alberto Morrocco (1917–1998) Artist and teacher

Astronomers

• Sir David Gill (astronomer) (1843 – 1914) astronomer
• David Gregory (1659–1708) Astronomer
• James Gregory (1638–1675) Astronomer and mathematician

Authors, Journalists and Writers

• Alexander Chalmers (1759–1834) Journalist
• Simon Farquhar (1972–) Writer
• B.C. Forbes (1880–1954) Journalist (founder of Forbes Magazine)
• Lewis Grassic Gibbon (1901–1935) Author
• David Masson (1822–1907) Author
• William Matthews, (1822-1896) noted bookbinder and author. Gold medal winner at The Crystal Palace Exhibition.
• Rachel Annand Taylor (1876-1960) Poet

Musicians

• Ian Campbell (b. 1933) Singer and founder of the Ian Campbell Folk Group
• Evelyn Glennie (b. 1965) Internationally renowned virtuoso percussionist
• Annie Lennox (b. 1954) Singer
• Neil Mackie (b. 1946) Tenor, professor at Royal College of Music

Others

• David Baird (1757–1829) Soldier
• John Hill Burton (1809 - 1881) Historiographer Royal
• William Barclay (1546–1608) Jurist
• Oswald Chambers (1874–1917) Seminarian
• Andrew Clark (1826–1893) Physician
• Alexander Cruden (1699–1770) Theologian
• Alexander Ewing (1814–1873) Church leader
• Thomas Blake Glover (1838–1911) Trader in Meiji era Japan and founder of Mitsubishi corporation
• William MacGillivray (1796–1852) Naturalist
• Francis Masson (1741-1805) Botanist
• George Croom Robertson (1842–1892) Philosopher
• Archibald Simpson (b. 1790) Architect responsible for many Aberdeen buildings
• George Washington Wilson (1823-1892) Photographer

Politicians

• Sir John Arbuthnot, 1st Baronet (1912-1992) Politician
• William Mortimer Clark (1836–1917) Canadian politician
• James Forrester (b. 1937) North Carolina politician
• Sir William MacGregor (1846–1919) Governor of British New Guinea, Lagos, Newfoundland and Labrador, and Queensland
• Thomas Smith (1745–1809) US politician
• Nicol Stephen (b. 1960) Deputy First Minister of Scotland
• Scott Whyte (b. 1988) Leader of the National Sheep Shaggers Alliance

Sports

• John Hewitt (b. 1963) Footballer and scorer of winning goal in European Cup Winners Cup 1983
• Denis Law (b. 1940) Footballer
• Paul Lawrie (b. 1969) Golfer