Notable Aberdonians

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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.

Contents 1 Artists and sculptors 2 Astronomers 3 Authors, journalists and writers 4 Musicians 5 Politicians 6 Sports 7 Others 8 References

[edit] Artists and sculptors

• Alexander Milne Calder (1846–1923), sculptor
• William Dyce (1806–1864), artist
• Alberto Morrocco (1917–1998), artist and teacher

[edit] Astronomers

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

[edit] Authors, journalists and writers

• Alexander Chalmers (1759–1834), journalist
• Simon Farquhar (born 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.^[1]
• Rachel Annand Taylor (1876–1960), poet

[edit] Musicians

• Calvin Goldspink (born 1989), singer and American based actor
• Ian Campbell (born 1933), singer and founder of the Ian Campbell Folk Group
• Evelyn Glennie (born 1965), internationally renowned virtuoso percussionist
• Annie Lennox (born 1954), singer
• Neil Mackie (born 1946), tenor, professor at Royal College of Music

[edit] Politicians

• Sir John Anderson, (1858 - 1915), Governor of Straits Settlements
• Sir John Arbuthnot, 1st Baronet (1912–1992), politician
• William Mortimer Clark (1836–1917), Canadian politician
• James Forrester (born 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 (born 1960) Deputy First Minister of Scotland, 2005 to 2007. Leader of Scottish Liberal Democrats, 2005 to present.

[edit] Sports

• John Hewitt (born 1963), footballer and scorer of winning goal in European Cup Winners Cup 1983
• Denis Law (born 1940), footballer
• Paul Lawrie (born 1969), golfer
• Martin Buchan (born 1949), footballer
• Gavin Rae (born 1977), footballer
• John Rattray (born 1978), professional skateboarder

[edit] Others

• David Baird (1757–1829), soldier
• William Barclay (1546–1608), jurist
• John Hill Burton (1809–1881), Historiographer Royal
• Oswald Chambers (1874–1917), seminarian
• Sir Andrew Clark, 1st Baronet (1826–1893), physician
• Alexander Cruden (1699–1770), theologian
• Alexander Ewing (1814–1873), church leader
• John Ferguson (1852-1925), Presbyterian minister and Acting Principal of St Andrew's College at the University of Sydney^[2]
• 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 (born 1790), architect responsible for many Aberdeen buildings
• George Smith (1806–1899), financier
• George Washington Wilson (1823–1892), photographer
• Mary Garden {1874-1967}, opera singer

[edit] References