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DUNDEE
Most Famous People Born in Dundee, United Kingdom
- Notable people
- 566
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- Median birth year
- 1942
- Most distinctive
- Football 3.6×
One face per decade — the most globally famous figure born in Dundee during each.
Notable Births by Decade
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What Dundee Is Known For
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Football is Dundee's biggest profession — 40% of all notables (224).
Dundee over-indexes on football — 3.6× the global rate.
Dundee under-produces writer — only 0.4× the global rate.
Profession Mix Over Time
Each band shows a profession family's share of Dundee's notable births by decade. Hover the chart for the breakdown at any decade.
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- Science
- Writing
- Film & TV
- Music
- Other
Brian Cox (actor)
Born 1946
George Galloway
Born 1954
William Kidd
1645 - 1701
William Lyon Mackenzie
1795 - 1861
William Playfair
1759 - 1823
John Playfair
1748 - 1819
Peter Lorimer
Born 1946
Frances Wright
1795 - 1852
Charlie Adam
Born 1985
Williamina Fleming
1857 - 1911
A. L. Kennedy
Born 1965
Hector Boece
1465 - 1536
Billy Mackenzie
1957 - 1997
Liz McColgan
Born 1964
James Alfred Ewing
1855 - 1935
Christian Dailly
Born 1973
Anne Scott, 1st Duchess of Buccleuch
1651 - 1732
Jimmy MacDonald (sound effects artist)
1906 - 1991
Eilish McColgan
Born 1990
Danny Wallace (humorist)
Born 1976
James Ivory (mathematician)
1765 - 1842
George Barnes (British politician)
1859 - 1940
William Turnbull (artist)
1922 - 2012
Stephen Batchelor (author)
Born 1953
John Ogilby
1600 - 1676
Samuel Johnston
1733 - 1816
Thomas Henderson (astronomer)
1798 - 1844
Steven Brand
Born 1969
Ross Wallace
Born 1985
Stewart Hosie
Born 1963
George Thomson, Baron Thomson of Monifieth
1921 - 2008
Iain Macmillan
1938 - 2006
Ron Donachie
Born 1956
Maurice Ross
Born 1981
Augustine Henry
1857 - 1930
Andy Webster
Born 1982
Don Paterson
Born 1963
David W. Garland
Born 1955
Richard Claverhouse Jebb
1841 - 1905
William Duncan (actor)
1879 - 1961
Hilton McRae
Born 1949
George Mackenzie of Rosehaugh
1636 - 1691
Chris Sawyer
Born 1961
Bruce Millan
1927 - 2013
Charles Ritchie, 1st Baron Ritchie of Dundee
1838 - 1906
Mark Blyth
Born 1967
William Thomas Calman
1871 - 1952
Kevin McNaughton
Born 1982
John Duncan (painter)
1866 - 1945
Malcolm Longair
Born 1941
Mark Fotheringham (Scottish footballer)
Born 1983
David Narey
Born 1956
Lewis Toshney
Born 1992
William Craigie
1867 - 1957
Norman Kemp Smith
1872 - 1958
Charles Moore (botanist)
1820 - 1905
Dick McTaggart
Born 1935
Simon Murray (footballer)
Born 1992
Lesley Lokko
Born 1964
John Scott Keltie
1840 - 1927
Thomas W. Lamb
1870 - 1942
John Dickie (historian)
Born 1963
Thomas Dick (scientist)
1774 - 1857
Will Fyffe
1885 - 1947
Sinead Kerr
Born 1978
Bill Dundee
Born 1943
Alasdair Dickinson
Born 1983
Simon Ferry
Born 1988
Garry Kenneth
Born 1987
Jackie Mudie
1930 - 1992
Derek Johnstone
Born 1953
Ryan Dow
Born 1991
Alexander Keiller (archaeologist)
1889 - 1955
John Campbell, 2nd Marquess of Breadalbane
1796 - 1862
Michael Marra
1952 - 2012
Craig Wighton
Born 1997
Shirley Robertson
Born 1968
Stewart Duke-Elder
1898 - 1978
Scott Robertson (footballer, born 1985)
Born 1985
Colin McNab
Born 1961
Hamish Glencross
Born 1978
Ellie Greenwood
Born 1979
Craig Brewster
Born 1966
Philip Kuenen
1902 - 1976
Alfred Anderson (veteran)
1896 - 2005
Archie Knox
Born 1947
Bob Valentine (referee)
Born 1939
Colin Buchanan (actor)
Born 1966
Lee Wilkie
Born 1980
Jimmy Deuchar
1930 - 1993
Michael Gardyne
Born 1986
Robin Pilcher
Born 1950
Ricky Ross (musician)
Born 1957
Kelly Schafer
Born 1981
David Batchelor (artist and writer)
Born 1955
Walter Perry
1921 - 2003
Jimmy Rooney
Born 1945
Aidan Connolly
Born 1995
Edwin Scrymgeour
1866 - 1947
Ralph Milne
1961 - 2015
John Fulton, Baron Fulton
1902 - 1986
Stewart Petrie
Born 1970
Archibald Bower
1686 - 1766
Neil Forsyth
Born 1978
James Walker (chemist)
1863 - 1935
Kirsten Oswald
Born 1972
Sydney Jordan
Born 1928
Andy Wightman
Born 1963
Greg Drummond
Born 1989
David Moore (botanist born 1808)
1807 - 1879
Stephen Murphy (ice hockey)
Born 1981
James Wedderburn (poet)
1495 - 1553
Andrew Ronald Mitchell
1921 - 2007
Cammy Kerr
Born 1995
Patrick Blair (surgeon)
1680 - 1728
Robbie McIntosh (drummer)
1950 - 1974
W. N. Herbert
Born 1961
David Kinley
1861 - 1944
Ian Cussick
Born 1954
Frank Munro
1947 - 2011
Alex Forbes
1925 - 2014
Robert Fleming (financier)
1845 - 1933
Stephen Glass (footballer)
Born 1976
Jon Petrie
Born 1976
Joe FitzPatrick
Born 1967
T. S. R. Boase
1898 - 1974
Allan Boath
Born 1958
Hay Petrie
1895 - 1948
Giles Walker
1946 - 2020
Richie Vernon
Born 1987
Alan Don
1885 - 1966
David Jones (video game developer)
Born 1966
David Lockhart Robertson Lorimer
1876 - 1962
David Webster (opera manager)
1903 - 1971
Gary Bollan
Born 1973
Sir James Caird, 1st Baronet, of Belmont Castle
1837 - 1916
Matty Smith (footballer, born 1997)
Born 1997
Lewis Williamson
Born 1989
James Jones (footballer, born 1996)
Born 1996
Rosemary Wyse
Born 1957
Joyce Williams (tennis)
Born 1944
Alexander Keiller (businessman)
1804 - 1874
Matthew Fitt
Born 1968
Robbie Thomson
Born 1993
John Graham (British Army officer, born 1778)
1778 - 1821
Sylvia Chant
1958 - 2019
George Simpson, Baron Simpson of Dunkeld
Born 1942
Mike Towell
1991 - 2016
Davie Dodds
Born 1958
Jenny Marra
Born 1977
Paul Quinn (singer)
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Mark Stewart (cyclist)
Born 1995
Scott Fraser (footballer, born 1995)
Born 1995
George Mudie (politician)
Born 1945
Lewis Moonie
Born 1947
Derek Soutar
Born 1981
Robert J. Harris (writer)
Born 1955
Alexander Colville, 7th Lord Colville of Culross
1717 - 1770
Forbes KB
Born 1965
William Esson
1838 - 1916
Francis Robert Japp
1848 - 1925
Gareth Evans (weightlifter)
Born 1986
Murray McLachlan (musician)
Born 1965
Andy Nicol
Born 1971
George Elder Davie
1912 - 2007
David Kirkaldy
1820 - 1897
Stephen Kerr
Born 1960
Ian Cathro
Born 1986
Preston Watson
1880 - 1915
Ewart Adamson
1882 - 1945
Andy Dow
Born 1973
William Gardner Smith (botanist)
1866 - 1928
Willie Smith (golfer)
1876 - 1916
Robert Stirling Newall
1812 - 1889
Lisa Aitken
Born 1990
Ken Hyder
Born 1946
Eddie Wolecki Black
Born 1965
Helicopter Girl
Born 1969
Scotty Allan
1867 - 1941
Ray Petri
1948 - 1989
John W. Brown (New York politician)
1796 - 1875
Cissie Stewart
1911 - 2008
Thomas John MacLagan
1838 - 1903
Ray McKinnon (footballer)
Born 1970
Ernie Ross
Born 1942
Dawson Walker
1916 - 1973
Joseph Lee (poet)
1876 - 1949
James Thompson (swimmer)
1906 - 1966
David Walker (author)
1911 - 1992
Bobby Mann
Born 1974
Steven Milne
Born 1980
Penrhyn Stanlaws
1877 - 1957
Henry Mollison
1905 - 1985
Chris Robertson (footballer, born 1986)
Born 1986
Iain Luke
Born 1951
William Baxter Collier Fyfe
1836 - 1882
Gary McGinnis
Born 1963
Keiller Greig
1881 - 1971
David Meekison
1849 - 1915
Noel Baxter
Born 1981
Gerry Hassan
Born 1964
Andrew Abercromby
Born 1980
Catriona McKay
Born 1976
Doug McMillan
Born 1944
Christopher Bigsby
Born 1941
Bobby Linn
Born 1985
William Hughes, Baron Hughes
1911 - 1999
John Kane (writer)
Born 1945
Bill Roscoe
Born 1956
Henry Scrimgeour
1505 - 1572
Karly Robertson
Born 1989
Jim McAnearney
1935 - 2017
Euan Spark
Born 1996
James Haldane
1768 - 1851
William Edward Baxter
1825 - 1890
Gary Clark (musician)
Born 1962
Sam Robertson
Born 1985
Grant Johnson (footballer)
Born 1972
Kyle Falconer
Born 1987
Gavin Smith (author)
Born 1968
Brad Smith (Scottish footballer)
Born 1997
Ewan Hooper
Born 1935
Jamie Watt
Born 1994
Greg Cameron
Born 1988
Kieren Webster
Born 1986
James Mackenzie (actor)
Born 1979
Leighton McIntosh
Born 1993
Tom Waddell (baseball)
1958 - 2019
Henrietta Watson
1873 - 1964
George Dempster of Dunnichen
1732 - 1818
Nicci Jolly
Born 1981
Jimmy Gabriel
Born 1940
Carl Forgione
1944 - 1998
David Leslie (rugby union)
Born 1952
Carol Anne Davis
Born 1961
Fergus Thomson
Born 1983
Ryan McCord
Born 1989
Craig Ireland
Born 1975
John Duncan (diplomat)
Born 1958
Robin Laing
Born 1976
Mairi Gougeon
-
Arthur Donaldson
1901 - 1993
Kyle Benedictus
Born 1991
Natasha McKay
Born 1995
Scot Young
1962 - 2014
Derek Addison
Born 1955
Alex Falconer
1940 - 2012
Ged Grimes
Born 1962
Pamela Butchart
-
Frank Hadden
Born 1954
George Salmond
Born 1969
Graeme Moodie
1924 - 2007
Graeme Payne
Born 1956
John O. Agwunobi
-
John Dair
1933 - 2005
Albert Kidd
Born 1961
Ashley Booth
1937 - 2014
Scott Allardice
Born 1998
Frank Matthews Leslie
1935 - 2000
Gregor Ewan
Born 1971
Hugh Davidson (footballer)
Born 1980
Marlyn Glen
Born 1951
Gordon Wallace (footballer, born 1943)
Born 1943
George Matthew McNaughton
1893 - 1966
John Duncan (footballer)
Born 1949
Jamie Reid (Scottish footballer)
Born 1994
Ray Farningham
Born 1961
Angus Suttie
1946 - 1993
Shehzad Afzal
-
John Garrow
1929 - 2016
Susan Rae
Born 1950
Kate Maclean
Born 1958
Kenny Cameron
Born 1943
Jim O'Brien (director)
1947 - 2012
Alex Bruce (footballer, born 1952)
Born 1952
John Holt (footballer)
Born 1956
Fraser Milligan
Born 1989
Jim Reid (folk musician)
1934 - 2009
Ronald Kinnoch
1910 - 1995
W. J. M. Mackenzie
1909 - 1996
Henry Morris (footballer)
1919 - 1993
Mary Scanlon
Born 1947
Abbi Aitken
Born 1991
Francis Drummond
1803 - 1827
Denys Whitehorn Reid
1897 - 1970
Blair Sturrock
Born 1981
Lawrie Dring
1931 - 2012
Ian Britton (Scottish footballer)
1954 - 2016
Aaron Conway
Born 1985
Sir David Baxter, 1st Baronet
1793 - 1872
Peter Ballantine
1791 - 1883
John Gordon (journalist)
1890 - 1974
Christopher Cullen
Born 1957
Alexander Crawford Lamb
1843 - 1897
Frank Barrett (footballer)
1872 - 1907
George Kinloch (politician)
1775 - 1833
Fergus Murray
Born 1942
Ancell Stronach
1901 - 1981
Steven Kerr
Born 1989
Bert McCann
1932 - 2017