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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Rose Leslie
Born 1987
James Donald
1917 - 1993
Sophie Kennedy Clark
Born 1989
David Rintoul
Born 1948
Graeme Garden
Born 1943
Andrew Cruickshank
1907 - 1988
Amy Manson
Born 1985
Robert Arthur (actor)
1925 - 2008
Jade Alleyne
Born 2001
Ellie Haddington
Born 1955
Laura Main
Born 1981
Vincent Winter
1947 - 1998
Malcolm Rennie
Born 1947
Margaret Mann
1868 - 1941
Fiona Kennedy
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Abigail Lawrie
Born 1997
William Devlin (actor)
1911 - 1987
Jamie Timony
Born 1987
Gordon Begg
1868 - 1954
Annie Wallace
Born 1965
Jeff Stewart (actor)
Born 1955
Donald Gray
1914 - 1978
Ian Pirie
Born 1966
Glenn Cannon
1932 - 2013
Tunji Kasim
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Suzy Enoch
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Lisa Livingstone
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