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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.

Through the Decades

One face per decade — the most globally famous figure born in Aberdeen during each.

Notable Births by Decade

Click a decade to filter the list below. Peak: 1980s with 79 notable births.

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.

  1. Football195
  2. Politician79
  3. Actor27
  4. Painter20
  5. Writer19
  6. Physician18
  7. Poet15
  8. Historian15
  1. Surgeon97.8×
  2. Golf106.7×
  3. Botanist123.4×
  4. Physician183.0×
  5. Mathematician102.3×
  6. Engineer122.2×
  7. Football1952.0×
  8. Poet151.6×
  1. Actor270.6×
  2. Writer190.7×

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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0021 FOOTBALL

Barry Robson

Born 1978

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0031 FOOTBALL

Scott Booth

Born 1971

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0042 CHESS

Jonathan Rowson

Born 1977

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0057 POLITICIAN

Anneliese Dodds

Born 1978

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0089 CARTOONIST

Tom Gauld

Born 1976

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0099 FOOTBALL

Gavin Rae

Born 1977

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0101 PRODUCER

Leslie Benzies

Born 1971

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0106 FOOTBALL

Russell Anderson

Born 1978

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0149 KAYAK

Tim Baillie

Born 1979

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0153 RUGBY

Stuart Grimes

Born 1974

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0184 MUSIC

Seb Rochford

Born 1973

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0187 FOOTBALL

Gavin Strachan

Born 1978

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0227 SCREENWRITER

Jon S. Baird

Born 1972

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0232 SINGER

Lisa Milne

Born 1971

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0235 FOOTBALL

Simon McMenemy

Born 1977

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0265 FOOTBALL

Ross Tokely

Born 1979

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0277 FOOTBALL

Scott Murray (footballer, born 1974)

Born 1974

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0287 ATHLETE

Scott Neyedli

Born 1978

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0299 FOOTBALL

Jim Hamilton (footballer, born 1976)

Born 1976

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0355 BOXER

Jamie Arthur

Born 1979

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0396 FOOTBALL

Scott Paterson

Born 1972

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0450 PLAYER

Craig Moir

Born 1973

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0473 FOOTBALL

Roy McBain

Born 1974

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0480 SKATEBOARD

John Rattray

Born 1977

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0485 FOOTBALL

David Rowson

Born 1976

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0508 FOOTBALL

Scott M. Thomson

Born 1972

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0511 FOOTBALL

Hugh Robertson (footballer, born 1975)

Born 1975

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0520 CRICKET

Colin Smith (Scottish cricketer)

Born 1972

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0543 FOOTBALL

Nicky Grant

Born 1976

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0555 GOLF

Greig Hutcheon

Born 1973

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0558 FOOTBALL

Kevin Christie

Born 1976

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0572 JOURNALIST

Tyrone Smith (journalist)

Born 1975

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0573 FOOTBALL

Paul Mathers

Born 1970

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0592 FOOTBALL

Paul Black (Scottish footballer)

Born 1977

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0602 FOOTBALL

Forbes Johnston

1971 - 2007

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0612 FOOTBALL

Jamie Clark (footballer)

Born 1976

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0618 FOOTBALL

Malcolm Kpedekpo

Born 1976

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0626 RADIO

Niall Iain MacDonald

Born 1974

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0630 FOOTBALL

Mark Perry (Scottish footballer)

Born 1971

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0651 FOOTBALL

Michael Watt (footballer)

Born 1970

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0663 DIPLOMAT

Kirsty Hayes

Born 1977

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0676 FOOTBALL

Morag Pirie

Born 1975

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0793 MUSIC

Eloho

Born 1973

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