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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- Filtered to 1930s Clear ×
Kenneth Kitchen
Born 1932
Jimmy Hastings
Born 1938
Ron Yeats
Born 1937
Graham Leggat
1934 - 2015
John McLeod (composer)
Born 1934
Adam Blacklaw
1937 - 2010
Robert Hughes, Baron Hughes of Woodside
Born 1932
Norman Hogg, Baron Hogg of Cumbernauld
1938 - 2008
Richard Alexander (British politician)
1934 - 2008
Doug Smith (footballer, born 1937)
1937 - 2012
Ian Campbell (folk musician)
1933 - 2012
Scott Goodall
1935 - 2016
Glenn Cannon
1932 - 2013
John D. Burgess
1934 - 2005
James Forrester (politician)
1937 - 2011
Pat King
Born 1934
Roderick Klintebo
1933 - 2005
Ian Burns
1939 - 2015
Ross Laidlaw (author)
Born 1931
Seaton Baxter
Born 1939
George Kelly (footballer)
1933 - 1998
John Letford
Born 1935
John Taylor (bishop of Glasgow and Galloway)
Born 1932
William Reid (civil servant)
Born 1931
Les Massie
Born 1935
John Ogston
1939 - 2017
Ken Thomson (footballer)
1930 - 1969
Dave Bennett (footballer, born 1938)
Born 1938
George Black (RAF officer)
Born 1932
Bert Henderson (footballer)
1931 - 2008
Alan Main (minister)
Born 1936
Ernie Michie
Born 1933
David McCall (businessman)
Born 1934
Stewart Fraser (footballer)
Born 1936
Hughie Hay
1930 - 2012
Roy Hendry Thomson
1932 - 2009
Jack Lornie
1939 - 2014
Bill Smith (footballer, born 1938)
Born 1938
Dickie Ewen
1939 - 2001