Notable Alumni of University of Aberdeen [Sorted List]

1. Robin Harper

1940-. (aged 86)

politician

Robin Charles Moreton Harper, FRSSA is a Scottish politician, who was a Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for the Lothians region (1999–2011).

2. Dominic Hubbard, 6th Baron Addington

1963-. (aged 63)

politician

Dominic Bryce Hubbard, 6th Baron Addington, is a British Liberal Democrat politician, the president of the British Dyslexic Association, and the vice-president of the UK Sports Association.

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3. Robert Adamson

1821-1848 (aged 27)

photographer chemist

Robert Adamson was a Scottish chemist and pioneer photographer at Hill & Adamson. He is best known for his pioneering photographic work with David Octavius Hill and producing some 2500 calotypes, mostly portraits, within 5 years after being hired by Hill in 1843.

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4. Anne Begg

1955-. (aged 71)

politician

Dame Margaret Anne Begg DBE is a Scottish politician who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Aberdeen South from 1997 to 2015. A member of the Labour Party, she was Chair of the Work and Pensions Select Committee from 2010 to 2015.

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5. Frank Mulholland

1959-. (aged 67)

solicitor advocate solicitor judge

Francis Mulholland, Lord Mulholland, CBE, PC is a Scottish judge who has been a Senator of the College of Justice since 2016. He previously served from 2011 to 2016 as Lord Advocate, one of the Great Officers of State of Scotland and the country's chief Law Officer, and as Solicitor General, the junior Law Officer.

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6. Alexander John Forsyth

1769-1843 (aged 74)

chemist inventor clergyman

Alexander John Forsyth was a Scottish Church of Scotland minister, who first successfully used fulminating (or 'detonating') chemicals to prime gunpowder in fire-arms thereby creating what became known as percussion ignition.

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7. Leeona Dorrian, Lady Dorrian

1957-. (aged 69)

lawyer judge

Leeona June Dorrian, Lady Dorrian PC, KC is a Scottish advocate and judge who served as the Lord Justice Clerk from 2016 until her retirement from judicial office on 3 February 2025. She was the first woman to hold the position of Lord Justice Clerk. She was a Senator of the College of Justice from 2005 until her retirement in...

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8. Scott Sagan

1955-. (aged 71)

writer academic political scientist university teacher

Scott Douglas Sagan is the Caroline S.G. Munro Professor of Political Science at Stanford University and co-director of Stanford's Center for International Security and Cooperation (CISAC). He is known for his research on nuclear weapons policy and nuclear disarmament, including discussions of system accidents, and has published widely on these subjects.

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9. Sir James Reid, 1st Baronet

1849-1923 (aged 74)

physician

Sir James Reid, 1st Baronet GCVO KCB VD JP was a British doctor who served as physician-in-ordinary to three British monarchs: Queen Victoria, King Edward VII and King George V.

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10. John Jeffries

1744-1819 (aged 75)

balloonist surgeon physicist meteorologist physician

John Jeffries was an American medical doctor, scientist, and military surgeon with the British Army in Nova Scotia and New York during the American Revolution. He is best known for accompanying French inventor Jean-Pierre Blanchard on his 1785 balloon flight across the English Channel.

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11. Alasdair Allan

1971-. (aged 55)

politician

Alasdair James Allan is a Scottish politician serving as the Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for the Na h-Eileanan an Iar constituency since 2007. A member of the Scottish National Party (SNP), he served in the Scottish Government from 2011 to 2018, first as Minister for Learning, Science and Scotland's Languages and then Minister for International Development and Europe....

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12. Kenneth Onwuka Dike

1917-1983 (aged 66)

historian academic archivist

Kenneth Onwuka Dike // was a Nigerian educationist, historian and the first Nigerian vice-chancellor of the University of Ibadan.

13. James Augustus Grant

1827-1892 (aged 65)

military personnel explorer botanical collector scientific collector botanist

Lieutenant-Colonel James Augustus Grant CB CSI FRS FRGS was a Scottish explorer of eastern equatorial Africa. He made contributions to the journals of various learned societies, the most notable being the "Botany of the Speke and Grant Expedition" in vol. xxix of the Transactions of the Linnean Society. He married in 1865 and settled down at Nairn, where he died...

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14. John Strachan

1778-1867 (aged 89)

Anglican priest

John Strachan was a notable figure in Upper Canada, an "elite member" of the Family Compact, and the first Anglican Bishop of Toronto. He is best known as a political bishop who held many government positions and promoted education from common schools to helping to found the University of Toronto.

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15. James Grant Duff

1789-1858 (aged 69)

historian politician

James Grant Duff was a British soldier and historian from Scotland, who was active in British India.

16. Mairi Gougeon

1985-. (aged 41)

politician

Mairi Angela Gougeon is a Scottish politician who has served as Cabinet Secretary for Rural Affairs, Land Reform and Islands since 2021. A member of the Scottish National Party (SNP), she has been the Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for Angus North and Mearns since 2016.

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17. Mark Strange

1961-. (aged 65)

Anglican priest

Mark Jeremy Strange is a British Anglican bishop. He is the current Bishop of Moray, Ross and Caithness in the Scottish Episcopal Church. He is the Primus of the Scottish Episcopal Church, having been elected at an Episcopal Synod in Edinburgh on 27 June 2017.

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18. James Beattie

1735-1803 (aged 68)

linguist essayist poet literary critic translator

James Beattie was a Scottish poet, moralist, and philosopher.

19. James Cantlie

1851-1926 (aged 75)

physician

Sir James Cantlie KBE FRCS KStJ was a British physician. He was a pioneer of first aid, which in 1875 was unknown: even the police had no knowledge of basic techniques such as how to stop serious bleeding and applying splints. He was also influential in the study of tropical diseases and in the debates concerning degeneration theory.

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20. Nicol Stephen, Baron Stephen

1960-. (aged 66)

politician

Nicol Ross Stephen, Baron Stephen is a Scottish politician who served as Deputy First Minister of Scotland and Minister for Enterprise and Lifelong Learning from 2005 to 2007. A member of the Scottish Liberal Democrats, he was the Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for Aberdeen South from 1999 to 2011, and was leader of the Scottish Liberal Democrats from...

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21. Andy Wightman

1963-. (aged 63)

writer politician

Andrew Dearg Wightman is a Scottish Independent politician, who served as a Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for the Lothian region from 2016 to 2021. He was elected as a member of the Scottish Greens, but resigned from the party in 2020 and served out the rest of his term as an independent. He is also a writer and...

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22. Robert Davidson

1804-1894 (aged 90)

inventor

Robert Davidson was a Scottish inventor who built the first known electric four wheeled car in 1839 and in 1842 the first known electric locomotive. He was a lifelong resident of Aberdeen, northeast Scotland, where he was a prosperous chemist and dyer, amongst other ventures. Davidson was educated at Marischal College, where he studied second and third year classes from...

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23. Sir James Wylie

1768-1854 (aged 86)

surgeon physician

Sir James Wylie, 1st Baronet, was a Scottish physician who served as a battlefield surgeon and as a court physician in the Russian Empire from 1790 until his death in 1854, and as president from 1808 to 1838 of the Imperial Medical and Surgical Academy at Saint Petersburg and of also its sister annex at Moscow. He is considered one...

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24. James Mackintosh

1765-1832 (aged 67)

politician writer historian philosopher physician

Sir James Mackintosh FRS FRSE was a Scottish jurist, Whig politician and Whig historian. His studies and sympathies embraced many interests. He was trained as a doctor and barrister, and worked also as a journalist, judge, administrator, professor, philosopher and politician.

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25. Katy Clark

1967-. (aged 59)

trade unionist politician

Katy Clark, Baroness Clark of Kilwinning, is a British politician and life peer who has served as a Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for the West Scotland region since the 2021 Scottish Parliament election. A member of the Labour Party, she was previously the Member of Parliament (MP) for North Ayrshire and Arran from 2005 to 2015.

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26. Stephen House

1957-. (aged 69)

police officer

Sir Stephen House QPM is a Scottish police officer who served as Acting Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police in 2022. After beginning his career at Sussex Police in 1981, House held positions in Northamptonshire Police and West Yorkshire Police, then became Assistant Chief Constable of Staffordshire Police in 1998. In 2001, he joined the Metropolitan Police as a Deputy Assistant...

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27. Dorothy Bain

1964-. (aged 62)

Dorothy Ruth Bain KC is a Scottish advocate who has served as Lord Advocate since 2021. She is the second woman to hold the office after Lady Elish Angiolini KC. Bain previously served as the Principal Advocate Depute from 2009 to 2011, the first woman to hold the prosecutorial position in Scotland.

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28. Gilbert Burnet

1643-1715 (aged 72)

theologian politician historian Christian minister linguist

Gilbert Burnet was a Scottish philosopher and historian, and Bishop of Salisbury. He was fluent in Dutch, French, Latin, Greek, and Hebrew. Burnet was highly respected as a cleric, a preacher, an academic, a writer and a historian. He was always closely associated with the Whig party, and was one of the few close friends in whom King William III...

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29. Kirstene Hair

1989-. (aged 37)

politician

Kirstene Janette Hair is a former Scottish Conservative Party politician. She was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Angus between 2017 and 2019.

30. Neil Fachie

1984-. (aged 42)

sport cyclist athletics competitor

Neil Michael Fachie is a Scottish cyclist and former track athlete, competing in events for people with a visual impairment. Fachie has competed in two Paralympics, as a sprinter in the 2008 Games in Beijing and as a tandem cyclist in London 2012. In London he won the gold medal in the Men's individual 1 km time trial and silver...

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31. Eric Hoskins

1960-. (aged 66)

politician

Eric William Hoskins OC MSC ECO is a Canadian physician and former politician who served as an Ontario cabinet minister from 2010 to 2018. A member of the Ontario Liberal Party, he represented Toronto—St. Paul's in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 2009 to 2018. Before entering politics, Hoskins was the president of War Child Canada and was made an...

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32. William Roxburgh

1759-1815 (aged 56)

entomologist botanical collector surgeon illustrator botanist

William Roxburgh FRSE FRCPE FLS was a Scottish surgeon and botanist who worked extensively in India, describing species and working on economic botany. He is known as the founding father of Indian botany. He published numerous works on Indian botany, illustrated by careful drawings made by Indian artists and accompanied by taxonomic descriptions of many plant species. Apart from the...

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33. Sir John Macpherson, 1st Baronet

1745-1821 (aged 76)

politician

Sir John Macpherson, 1st Baronet, was a British administrator in India. He was the acting Governor-General of Bengal from 1785 to 1786.

34. George Siemens

1970-. (aged 56)

computer scientist head teacher pedagogue university teacher

George Siemens is a Canadian expatriate professor of psychology at the University of Texas at Arlington and professor and director of the Centre for Change and Complexity in Learning at the University of South Australia. He is known for his theory of connectivism, which seeks to understand learning in the digital age. He played a role in the early development...

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35. William Robertson Smith

1846-1894 (aged 48)

physicist archaeologist historian of religion biblical scholar librarian

William Robertson Smith FRSE was a Scottish orientalist, Old Testament scholar, professor of divinity, and minister of the Free Church of Scotland. He was an editor of the Encyclopædia Britannica and contributor to the Encyclopaedia Biblica. He is also known for his book Religion of the Semites, which is considered a foundational text in the comparative study of religion.

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36. Murdo Fraser

1965-. (aged 61)

politician

Murdo MacKenzie Fraser is a Scottish politician who served as Deputy Leader of the Scottish Conservative Party from 2005 to 2011. He has been a Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for the Mid Scotland and Fife region since 2001. As of 2024, he serves as Shadow Cabinet Secretary for Business, Economic Growth and Tourism, shadowing Deputy First Minister Kate...

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37. George Wishart

1513-1546 (aged 33)

theologian

George Wishart was a Scottish Protestant Reformer and one of the early Protestant martyrs burned at the stake as a heretic.

38. James Burnett, Lord Monboddo

1714-1799 (aged 85)

judge writer philosopher anthropologist linguist

James Burnett, Lord Monboddo was a Scottish judge, scholar of linguistic evolution, philosopher and deist. He is most famous today as a founder of modern comparative historical linguistics. In 1767, he became a judge in the Court of Session.

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39. Horatius Bonar

1808-1889 (aged 81)

poet writer non-fiction writer theologian hymnwriter

Horatius Bonar was a Scottish churchman and poet is principally remembered as a prodigious hymnodist. Friends knew him as Horace Bonar. Licensed as a preacher, he did mission work in Leith for a time, and in November 1837 he settled at Kelso as minister of the new North Church founded in connection with Thomas Chalmers's scheme of church extension. He...

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40. Saleh al-Mutlaq

1947-. (aged 79)

politician

Saleh Muhammed al-Mutlaq is an Iraqi politician who is the head of the Iraqi Front for National Dialogue, the fifth largest political list in Iraq's parliament. From 21 December 2010 to 11 August 2015, he was one of the three deputy prime ministers of Iraq.

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41. Reynold A. Nicholson

1868-1945 (aged 77)

translator university teacher

Reynold Alleyne Nicholson, FBA, or R. A. Nicholson, was an eminent English orientalist, scholar of both Islamic literature and Islamic mysticism, and widely regarded as one of the greatest Rumi (Mevlana or Mawlana) scholars and translators in the English language.

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42. Sir James Outram, 1st Baronet

1803-1863 (aged 60)

military commander soldier

Lieutenant-General Sir James Outram, 1st Baronet was a British army officer who served in the Indian Rebellion of 1857.

43. Alison Thewliss

1982-. (aged 44)

politician

Alison Emily Thewliss is a Scottish National Party (SNP) politician. She was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Glasgow Central from the May 2015 general election until 2024.

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44. Alexander Bain

1818-1903 (aged 85)

writer philosopher psychologist university teacher

Alexander Bain was a Scottish philosopher and educationalist in the British school of empiricism and a prominent and innovative figure in the fields of psychology, linguistics, logic, moral philosophy and education reform. He founded Mind, the first ever journal of psychology and analytical philosophy, and was the leading figure in establishing and applying the scientific method to psychology. Bain was...

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45. Alexander Duff

1806-1878 (aged 72)

missionary theologian

Alexander Duff, was a Scottish missionary in India; where he played a large part in the development of higher education. He was a Moderator of the General Assembly and convener of the foreign missions committee of the Free Church of Scotland and a scientific liberal reformer of anglicized evangelism across the Empire. He was the first overseas missionary of the...

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46. Adam Roberts

1965-. (aged 61)

literary critic university teacher novelist writer science fiction writer

Adam Charles Roberts FRSL is a British science fiction and fantasy novelist. In 2018 he was elected vice-president of the H. G. Wells Society.

47. Patrick Manson

1844-1922 (aged 78)

physician parasitologist entomologist

Sir Patrick Manson GCMG FRS was a Scottish physician who made important discoveries in parasitology, and was a founder of the field of tropical medicine.

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48. Frank Chan

1958-. (aged 68)

engineer politician

Frank Chan Fan GBS JP is a Hong Kong engineer and government official. He served as Secretary for Transport and Housing from 2017 to 2022, also the Chairman of Hong Kong Housing Authority, Chairman of Aviation Development & Three-runway System Advisory Committee and Chairman of Hong Kong Logistics Development Council. Before Chan has become a principal official as Secretary for...

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49. James Gibbs

1682-1754 (aged 72)

architect

James Gibbs was a Scottish architect. Born in Aberdeen, he trained as an architect in Rome, and practised mainly in England. He is an important figure whose work spanned the transition between English Baroque architecture and Georgian architecture heavily influenced by Andrea Palladio. Among his most important works are St Martin-in-the-Fields (at Trafalgar Square), the cylindrical, domed Radcliffe Camera at...

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50. George Mackenzie

1636-1691 (aged 55)

lawyer writer heraldist librarian advocate

Sir George Mackenzie of Rosehaugh was a Scottish lawyer, Lord Advocate, essayist and legal writer. He was nicknamed Bloody Mackenzie.

51. Natalie McGarry

1981-. (aged 45)

politician

Natalie McGarry is a Scottish former politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Glasgow East from 2015 to 2017. She was elected as a Scottish National Party (SNP) candidate in the 2015 general election but resigned the SNP whip after six months and sat as an independent until the end of the parliamentary session in May 2017.

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52. Thomas Urquhart

1611-1660 (aged 49)

linguist poet writer translator genealogist

Sir Thomas Urquhart was a Scottish aristocrat, writer, and translator. He translated the works of French Renaissance writer François Rabelais to English.

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53. Ted Malloch

1952-. (aged 74)

economist businessperson conspiracy theorist television producer politician

Theodore Roosevelt Malloch is an American author, consultant, and television producer. He was a professor at the Henley Business School of the University of Reading, England. He is chairman and chief executive officer of the family firm Global Fiduciary Governance and served as chairman and CEO of The Roosevelt Group. He is the author of several books, including Doing Virtuous...

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54. William Mitchell Ramsay

1851-1939 (aged 88)

biblical scholar archaeologist classical archaeologist university teacher writer

Sir William Mitchell Ramsay FBA was a British archaeologist and New Testament scholar. He was the foremost authority of his day on the history of Asia Minor, and a leading scholar in the study of the New Testament.

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55. Ho Kai

1859-1914 (aged 55)

physician barrister

Sir Kai Ho CMG JP, better known as Sir Kai Ho Kai and born Ho Shan-kai (何神啟), was a Hong Kong barrister, physician and essayist in colonial Hong Kong. He played a key role in the relationship between the Hong Kong local community and the British colonial government. He is remembered as a supporter of the Reform Movement and as...

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56. James Francis Edward Keith

1696-1758 (aged 62)

military personnel military officer military leader

James Francis Edward Keith was a Scottish soldier and Generalfeldmarschall of the Royal Prussian Army. As a Jacobite he took part in a failed attempt to restore the Stuart Monarchy to Britain. When this failed, he fled to Europe, living in France, and then Spain. He joined the Spanish and eventually the Russian armies and fought in the Anglo-Spanish War...

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57. Ross Thomson

1987-. (aged 39)

politician

Ross Thomson is a former Scottish Conservative Party politician who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Aberdeen South from 2017 to 2019. Thomson was the first Conservative MP elected for Aberdeen South since the 1992 general election, 25 years earlier. He was a Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for the North East Scotland region from May 2016 until...

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58. Sandy Gall

1927-2025 (aged 98)

television presenter foreign correspondent journalist

Henderson Alexander "Sandy" Gall was a Scottish journalist, author and Independent Television News (ITN) news presenter whose career as a journalist spanned more than 50 years. He began his career in journalism as a sub-editor at the Aberdeen Press and Journal in 1952 and became a foreign correspondent for the Reuters international news agency from 1953 to 1963. Gall joined...

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59. Alex Cole-Hamilton

1977-. (aged 49)

politician

Alexander Geoffrey Cole-Hamilton is a Scottish politician who has served as Leader of the Scottish Liberal Democrats since 2021 and the Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for the Edinburgh Western constituency since 2016.

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60. Carl Trueman

1967-. (aged 59)

theologian

Carl R. Trueman is an English Christian theologian and ecclesiastical historian. He was Professor of Historical Theology and Church History at Westminster Theological Seminary, where he held the Paul Woolley Chair of Church History. In 2018 Trueman left Westminster and became a professor at Grove City College in their Department of Biblical and Religious Studies.

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61. James Naughtie

1951-. (aged 75)

television presenter radio pundit journalist

Alexander James Naughtie FRSE is a British radio presenter and journalist, known for presenting on BBC Radio 4. From 1994 to 2015, he was one of the main presenters of the Today programme. In his 21 years on Today, Naughtie had anchored every BBC Radio UK election results programme from 1997 onwards. He also worked on every US presidential election...

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62. Zhang Shizhao

1881-1973 (aged 92)

journalist politician

Zhang Shizhao, courtesy name Xingyan, pen name Huangzhonghuang, Qingtong or Qiutong, was a Chinese journalist, educator, politician of the early 20th century known for his advocacy first of revolutionary cultural values in the period leading up to the 1911 Revolution and then of traditional Confucian culture in following years.

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63. John James Rickard Macleod

1876-1935 (aged 59)

physician inventor physiologist university teacher

John James Rickard Macleod, FRS, FRSE, was a Scottish biochemist and physiologist. He devoted his career to diverse topics in physiology and biochemistry, but was chiefly interested in carbohydrate metabolism. He is noted for his role in the discovery and isolation of insulin during his tenure as a lecturer at the University of Toronto, for which he and Frederick Banting...

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64. Alistair Carmichael

1965-. (aged 61)

politician

Alexander Morrison "Alistair" Carmichael is a British politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Orkney and Shetland since 2001. A member of the Liberal Democrats, he previously served in the Cameron–Clegg coalition as Secretary of State for Scotland from 2013 to 2015 and as Deputy Government Chief Whip from 2010 to 2013. He currently serves as the...

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65. Kirsty Blackman

1986-. (aged 40)

politician council member

Kirsty Blackman is a Scottish politician. A member of the Scottish National Party (SNP), she has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Aberdeen North since 2015.

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66. James Legge

1815-1897 (aged 82)

sinologist Christian minister university teacher pedagogue lexicographer

James Legge was a Scottish linguist, missionary, sinologist, and translator who was best known as an early translator of Classical Chinese texts into English. Legge served as a representative of the London Missionary Society in Malacca and Hong Kong (1840–1873) and was the first Professor of Chinese at Oxford University (1876–1897). In association with Max Müller he prepared the monumental...

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67. Altai Kölgınov

1978-. (aged 48)

statesperson

Altai Seidırūly Kölgınov is a Kazakh politician, who's currently serving as the Ambassador of Kazakhstan to Estonia since March 2024. He's best known for his prior tenure as the Äkim of Astana from 2019 to 2022 and as the Deputy Prime Minister of Kazakhstan from 2022 to 2023.

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68. Sinclair Ferguson

1948-. (aged 78)

theologian

Sinclair Buchanan Ferguson is a Scottish Reformed systematic theology scholar. Known for his teaching, writing, and editorial work, he has been Chancellor's Professor of Systematic Theology at Reformed Theological Seminary since 2017, commuting from Scotland, where he was an assistant minister at St. Peter's Free Church of Scotland, Dundee. He is currently a preaching associate at Trinity Church, Aberdeen.

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69. William Thornton

1759-1828 (aged 69)

physician painter inventor architect

William Thornton was an American physician, inventor, painter and architect who designed the United States Capitol. He also served as the first Architect of the Capitol and first Superintendent of the United States Patent Office.

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70. Momus

1960-. (aged 66)

singer music journalist blogger songwriter musician

Nicholas John Currie, more popularly known under the artist name Momus (after the Greek god of mockery), is a Scottish musician and writer.

71. Thomas Sutherland

1834-1922 (aged 88)

banker entrepreneur politician

Sir Thomas Sutherland, GCMG was a Scottish banker and politician, initially elected to represent the Liberal Party and then as a Liberal Unionist. He founded HSBC and was a director of P&O.

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72. Hugh Mercer

1726-1777 (aged 51)

physician military officer

Hugh Mercer was a Scottish brigadier general in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War. He fought in the New York and New Jersey campaign and was mortally wounded at the Battle of Princeton.

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73. Angus Robertson

1969-. (aged 57)

journalist politician

Angus Struan Carolus Robertson is a Scottish politician serving as the Cabinet Secretary for the Constitution, External Affairs and Culture since 2021. Formerly Depute Leader of the Scottish National Party (SNP) from 2016 to 2018, he has served as the Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for Edinburgh Central since 2021. Robertson previously served as a Westminster MP for Moray...

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74. Richard Blair

1944-. (aged 82)

engineer

Richard Horatio Blair is a British trustee and patron who is the only (adopted) son of English author George Orwell.

75. Norman Swan

1953-. (aged 73)

physician broadcaster journalist

Norman Swan is a Scottish-born Australian physician, journalist and broadcaster.

76. Bill Schuette

1953-. (aged 73)

lawyer judge politician

William Duncan Schuette is an American lawyer and politician who served as the 53rd attorney general of Michigan from 2011 to 2019. He was the unsuccessful Republican nominee in Michigan’s 1990 U.S. Senate race and for Governor of Michigan in 2018.

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77. Nicky Campbell

1961-. (aged 65)

journalist

Nicholas Andrew Argyll Campbell OBE is a Scottish broadcaster and journalist. He has worked in television and radio since 1981 and as a network presenter with BBC Radio since 1987.

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78. Alistair Darling

1953-2023 (aged 70)

politician biographer

Alistair Maclean Darling, Baron Darling of Roulanish, PC was a British politician who served as Chancellor of the Exchequer under prime minister Gordon Brown from 2007 to 2010. A member of the Labour Party, he was a member of Parliament (MP) from 1987 to 2015, representing Edinburgh Central and Edinburgh South West.

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79. Kezia Dugdale

1981-. (aged 45)

blogger politician

Kezia Alexandra Ross Dugdale is a Scottish former politician who served as Leader of the Scottish Labour Party from 2015 to 2017. A former member of the Scottish Labour Party and Co-operative Party, she was a Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for the Lothian region from 2011 to 2019.

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80. Andrew Brunson

1968-. (aged 58)

pastor

Andrew Craig Brunson is an American pastor. Before becoming a lecturer in the Evangelical Presbyterian Church, he was the evangelical pastor of a Protestant church with a congregation of 24 people in İzmir, Turkey.

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81. Ali Smith

1962-. (aged 64)

writer playwright journalist short story writer

Ali Smith CBE FRSL is a Scottish author, playwright, academic and journalist. Sebastian Barry described her in 2016 as "Scotland's Nobel laureate-in-waiting."

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82. Simon Fraser, 11th Lord Lovat

1667-1747 (aged 80)

politician

Simon Fraser, 11th Lord Lovat, was a Scottish landowner and head of Clan Fraser of Lovat. Convicted of high treason for his role in the Jacobite rising of 1745, he was the last man in Britain to be executed by beheading.

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83. Thomas Reid

1710-1796 (aged 86)

university teacher librarian writer philosopher mathematician

Thomas Reid FRSE was a religiously trained Scottish philosopher best known for his philosophical method, his theory of perception, and its wide implications on epistemology, and as the developer and defender of an agent-causal theory of free will. He also focused extensively on ethics, theory of action, language and philosophy of mind.

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84. James Macpherson

1736-1796 (aged 60)

poet writer politician

James Macpherson was a Scottish writer, poet, literary collector, and politician. He is known for the Ossian cycle of epic poems, which he claimed to have discovered and translated from Gaelic.

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85. Iain Glen

1961-. (aged 65)

television actor stage actor actor film actor

Iain Alan Sutherland Glen is a Scottish actor. He has appeared as Dr. Alexander Isaacs/Tyrant in three films of the Resident Evil film series (2004–2016) and as Jorah Mormont in the HBO fantasy television series Game of Thrones (2011–2019). Other notable film and television roles include John Hanning Speke in Mountains of the Moon (1990), Larry Winters in Silent Scream...

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86. George MacDonald

1824-1905 (aged 81)

theologian novelist pastor journalist poet

George MacDonald was a Scottish author, poet and Congregational minister. He became a pioneering figure in the field of modern fantasy literature and the mentor of fellow-writer Lewis Carroll. In addition to his fairy tales, MacDonald wrote several works of Christian theology, including several collections of sermons.

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87. Stewart Stevenson

1946-. (aged 80)

banker engineer politician

James Alexander Stewart Stevenson is a Scottish former politician who served as Minister for Transport, Infrastructure and Climate Change from 2007 to 2010 and Minister for Environment and Climate Change from 2011 to 2012. A member of the Scottish National Party (SNP), he was Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for Banffshire and Buchan Coast, formerly Banff and Buchan, from...

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88. Alex Kapranos

1972-. (aged 54)

singer songwriter guitarist

Alexander Paul Kapranos is a Scottish musician. He is the lead vocalist and lead guitarist of Scottish rock band Franz Ferdinand. He has also been a part of the supergroups FFS and BNQT.

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89. Mark McDonald

1980-. (aged 46)

politician

Mark McDonald is a Scottish politician who was the Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for the Aberdeen Donside constituency from 2013 to 2021, having previously represented the North East Scotland region between 5 May 2011 and 14 May 2013. Formerly a Scottish National Party politician and Minister for Childcare and Early Years in the Scottish Government, he was suspended...

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90. Emun Elliott

1983-. (aged 43)

television actor stage actor actor film actor

Emun Elliott is a Scottish actor, known for portraying Dr. Christian King in Paradox, Richie in Threesome, John Moray in The Paradise, Kenny in Guilt, and Tony Brightwell in The Gold.

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91. David Gill

1843-1914 (aged 71)

university teacher photographer astronomer

David Alan Gill CBE is a British football executive, formerly chief executive of Manchester United and a vice-chairman of The Football Association. He served as vice-chairman of the G-14 management committee until the G-14 was disbanded. He sits on the UEFA Executive Committee as of 2013. Gill was elected as a FIFA Vice-President sitting on the FIFA Council in 2015;...

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92. Andrew Ross

1956-. (aged 70)

sociologist

Andrew Ross, a Scottish-born social activist and analyst, is Professor of Social and Cultural Analysis at New York University (NYU). He has authored and edited numerous books, and written for The New York Times, The Guardian, The Nation, Newsweek, and Al Jazeera. Much of his writing focuses on labor, the urban environment, and the organisation of work, from the Western...

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93. Tessa Jowell

1947-2018 (aged 71)

politician

Tessa Jane Helen Douglas Jowell, Baroness Jowell, DBE, PC was a British Labour Party politician and life peer who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Dulwich and West Norwood, previously Dulwich, from 1992 to 2015.

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94. Sue Black

1961-. (aged 65)

television presenter

Susan Elizabeth Black is a British computer scientist, academic and social entrepreneur. She is known for saving Bletchley Park, (World War II codebreaking) with her Saving Bletchley Park campaign. Since 2018, she has been Professor of Computer Science and Technology Evangelist at Durham University. She was previously based at the University of Westminster and University College London.

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95. Hannatu Musawa

1974-. (aged 52)

lawyer writer politician

Hannatu Musa Musawa is a Nigerian lawyer, politician, and author who has served as the Minister of Art, Culture, Tourism and Creative Economy since 2023. She is from Katsina State in northern Nigeria and belongs to a mix of Hausa and Fulani ethnic groups.

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96. Polly Higgins

1968-2019 (aged 51)

barrister writer environmentalist

Pauline Hélène "Polly" Higgins FRSGS was a Scottish barrister, author, and environmental lobbyist, described by Jonathan Watts in her obituary in The Guardian as, "one of the most inspiring figures in the green movement". She left her career as a lawyer to focus on environmental advocacy, and unsuccessfully lobbied the United Nations Law Commission to recognise ecocide as an international...

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97. Andrew Murray

1981-. (aged 45)

ice hockey player

Andrew Murray was a South African writer, teacher and Christian pastor. Murray considered missions to be "the chief end of the church".

98. Konstantinos Floros

1961-. (aged 65)

military personnel

Constantin Floros is a Greek-German musicologist. Among the leading German musicologists, his output includes "pioneering research" on the Second Viennese School, especially Alban Berg as well as György Ligeti.

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99. Robert Brown

1773-1858 (aged 85)

botanist mycologist surgeon naturalist botanical collector

Robert Brown FRSE FRS FLS MWS was a Scottish botanist and paleobotanist who made important contributions to botany largely through his pioneering use of the microscope. His contributions include one of the earliest detailed descriptions of the cell nucleus and cytoplasmic streaming; the observation of Brownian motion; early work on plant pollination and fertilisation, including being the first to recognise...

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100. Jerry Gana

1945-. (aged 81)

minister academic politician

Jerry Gana is a Nigerian scholar, politician, and former senator of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, serving briefly in 1983 before becoming Director for the Directorate of Food, Roads and Infrastructure. He was later appointed Director of the Mass Mobilization for Social Justice and Economic Recovery (MAMSER) under Ibrahim Babangida, then Minister of Agriculture and Natural Resources in the Interim...

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