57.1501° N, 2.1018° W
ABERDEEN
Most Famous People Born in Aberdeen, United Kingdom
- Notable people
- 885
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- Median birth year
- 1911
- Most distinctive
- Surgeon 7.8×
Granite-city overachievers: the Surgeon and Physician benches reflect the medical school that trained the founders of modern anaesthesia and tropical medicine, and the Botanist cluster comes from Kew-adjacent plant hunters who combed the empire. The Golf reading is simply what happens when your coastline invented the sport.
One face per decade — the most globally famous figure born in Aberdeen during each.
Notable Births by Decade
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What Aberdeen Is Known For
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Football is Aberdeen's biggest profession — 22% of all notables (195).
Aberdeen over-indexes on surgeon — 7.8× the global rate.
Aberdeen under-produces actor — only 0.6× the global rate.
Profession Mix Over Time
Each band shows a profession family's share of Aberdeen's notable births by decade. Hover the chart for the breakdown at any decade.
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- Politics & Law
- Writing
- Art & Design
- Music
- Other
- Filtered to 1790s Clear ×
William MacGillivray
1796 - 1852
John Rae (economist)
1796 - 1872
William Jack (botanist)
1795 - 1822
Archibald Simpson
1790 - 1847
Edward Ramsay
1793 - 1872
James Logan (writer)
1794 - 1872
Alexander Gerard (explorer)
1792 - 1839
William Thom (poet)
1799 - 1848
John Duncan (theologian)
1796 - 1870
Finlay Dun
1795 - 1853
Nathaniel Morren
1798 - 1847
John Imlah
1799 - 1846
Alexander Wedderburn (businessman)
1796 - 1843
George Imlay
1794 - 1846
Peter Imlay
1797 - 1881
Alexander Shepherd (public servant)
1797 - 1859
Robert Dyce
1798 - 1869