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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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John MacPhail
Born 1955
David Salariya
Born 1954
Kidd (Danish rapper)
Born 1989
Richard Gadd
Born 1989
Cheryl Valentine
Born 1980
Murray McDowell
Born 1978
Niall Stott
Born 1981
Graham Fyfe (footballer, born 1982)
Born 1982
George Merchant
1926 - 2015
John Knight (Royal Navy officer)
1747 - 1831
Bryan Deasley (footballer)
Born 1988
Gavin Beith
Born 1981
Jackie Oudney
-
Craig Wallace (cricketer)
Born 1990
Wilhelmina Hay Abbott
1884 - 1957
Bobby Cox (footballer)
1934 - 2010
Ewan Fenton
1929 - 2006
Ian Sunter
Born 1952
John Wight Duff
1866 - 1944
John Ford Paterson
1851 - 1912
Thomas Beach (VC)
1824 - 1864
Stuart Abbot
Born 1986
Dougie Cameron
Born 1983
Erraid Davies
Born 2001
Stevie Campbell
Born 1967
Jimmy Mills
1894 - 1990
Eddie Mair
Born 1965
Tom McAnearney
1933 - 2012
Gordon Messenger
Born 1962
Shaun Simpson
Born 1988
Jenny Wood-Allen
1911 - 2010
Jamie Winter
Born 1985
Gary Murray
Born 1959
Stuart Garden
Born 1972
Iain Phillip
Born 1951
Hannah Moncur
Born 2004
Eric Ramsay
Born 1979
Jock Ferguson
1887 - 1973
Gordon Barclay Corbet
Born 1933
Priyanaz Chatterji
Born 1993
John McLevy
1927 - 2002
Elizabeth Ann Macgregor
Born 1958
Robert Currey
Born 1955
Gillian Maitland
Born 1985
Marc Millar
Born 1969
Dennis Edney
-
George Aimer
1897 - 1935
James Brown (New Brunswick politician)
1790 - 1870
Steve Richards (footballer)
Born 1961
Andy Walls
Born 1993
Jim Henry (footballer, born 1975)
Born 1975
Bobby Glennie
Born 1957
Kathryn Imrie
Born 1967
Fraser Gange
1887 - 1962
Alan Cochrane
-
Jim Morton (footballer)
Born 1956
Charles Borromel
-
Harry Erentz
1874 - 1947
Robert Officer
1800 - 1879
Kenny Murphy (footballer)
Born 1956
Willie Brown (footballer, born 1900)
1896 - 1977
W. D. O. Greig
1851 - 1942
Allan MacDonald (Australian politician)
1892 - 1978
John McGlashan (footballer)
1967 - 2018
Kenny MacDonald (footballer)
Born 1961
Jeremy Lee
Born 1963
Mel Holden
1954 - 1981
Pat Page (magician)
1929 - 2010
Ross McKenzie
Born 1983
Dave Smith (footballer, born 1933)
Born 1933
George Horne (rugby union)
Born 1995
Charles Alexander (politician)
1816 - 1905
Jamie Ritchie
Born 1996
Matthew Parker (cricketer)
Born 1990
Alf Boyd
1920 - 1998
Logan Chalmers
Born 2000
Thomas Fulton (ironmaster)
1813 - 1859
Henry Julius Salomon Sand
1873 - 1944
William Douglas (footballer)
-
Danus Skene
1944 - 2016
Alistair Irwin
Born 1948
Archie Taylor (footballer, born 1879)
1882 - 1961
Alexander Easterman
1890 - 1983
Jimmy Kennedy (footballer)
1883 - 1947
Charlie Adam (footballer, born 1962)
1962 - 2012
Alexander Ross (Canadian politician)
1829 - 1900
Thomas Henderson (New Zealand politician)
1810 - 1886
Gary Ogilvie
Born 1967
John Maxwell Ferguson
1841 - 1924
James Crumley (footballer)
1890 - 1981
Alex Halkett
1881 - 1917
Charles Robinson (Medal of Honor)
1840 - 1896
Sandra Webster
-
Jim Henry (footballer, born 1949)
Born 1949
George Kidd (wrestler)
1925 - 1998
Ian Cairns (actor)
Born 1963
Cammy Fraser
Born 1957
Charles Finnigan
1901 - 1967
Jim Gellatly
Born 1968
Raymond Keiller Butchart
1888 - 1930
Elizabeth Priddle
Born 1993
David Philip
1880 - 1917
Isaac Moore
1867 - 1954
Leonard Dudman
1933 - 2004
Sandy Davie
Born 1945
Graeme Kiddie
Born 1977
Danny Cameron (footballer)
Born 1953
John Reilly (footballer, born 1962)
Born 1962
Gordon Stewart (organist)
-
William Duncan Baxter
1868 - 1960
Jimmy McEwan
1929 - 2017
Lesley Stewart
Born 1963
Thomas Hamilton (footballer, born 1872)
1872 - 1942
Dave Russell (footballer)
1914 - 2000
John Urquhart Cameron
Born 1943
Kevin Thomson (cricketer)
Born 1971
Jimmy Briggs
1937 - 2011
Marc Petrie
Born 1990
Brian Alderson
1950 - 1997
Bobby Thomson (footballer, born 1937)
Born 1937
Stephen McNally (footballer)
Born 1984
Lesley Hinds
-
Calvin Burnett (Scottish cricketer)
Born 1990
Sandy Robertson (footballer, born 1878)
Born 1878
Jimmy Robertson (footballer, born 1910)
1910 - 1937
Jack Chaplin
1882 - 1952
Jim Brady (boxer)
Died 1980
Ruth Page (theologian)
1935 - 2015
James Matthew
-
Ron Wilson (magician)
1926 - 2010
John Watson (footballer, born 1877)
Born 1877
Alex Lindsay (footballer)
1896 - 1971
Jimmy Coupar
1873 - 1953
James Coutts Crawford
1760 - 1828
Eddie Marsh (footballer)
1927 - 2010
John Dow (footballer)
Born 1873
Brian Clark (Scottish footballer)
Born 1988
Robert Lickley
1912 - 1998
Mary Pollock Grant
1876 - 1957
Derek Spalding
Born 1954
Jimmy Bissett
1898 - 1932
Christopher Helm
1937 - 2007
Sam Gilligan
Born 1882
George Greig
1871 - 1940
Joe Clark (footballer, born 1874)
Born 1874
Malcolm Peat
1932 - 2017
Anuja Dhir
Born 1969
George Hutchison (New Zealand politician)
1846 - 1930
James Haldane (footballer)
1890 - 1915
William Gentle (headmaster)
1877 - 1964
Jimmy Milne (footballer, born 1911)
1911 - 1997
Scott Cameron (cricketer)
Born 1996
Bob Petrie
1874 - 1947
Gavin Plumley
Born 1981
Deborah Phillips
Born 1965
Harry Matthew
1870 - 1956
Douglas Chalmers
Born 1957
Jack Lyall
1881 - 1944
Ian Borthwick
-
George Buchan Simpson
1820 - 1892
Fred McKenzie (footballer)
1903 - 1979
Ross Gardler
Born 1969
Grant Anderson (Highland games)
-
David Davidson Hay
1828 - 1908
William Jack (Australian politician)
1892 - 1982
Rosemary Hutton
1925 - 2004
Jimmy Reid (footballer, born 1935)
1935 - 2017
Naomi Jones
Born 1986
Aqeel Ahmed (boxer)
Born 1992
Ross Stott
Born 1988
George Chaplin
1888 - 1963
Joe Hutton (footballer)
1927 - 1999
Ian Steen
Born 1954
David Steven
1878 - 1903
Dick Donnelly
1941 - 2016
William Buik
1824 - 1903
Abbi Grant
Born 1995
Mike Hewitt (footballer)
Born 1944
Peter Gowans
1944 - 2009
John Wilkie (footballer)
Born 1947
Paul Dailly
Born 1971
Archibald Watson (mayor)
1874 - 1941
John Alexander (councillor)
Born 1988
Francis Bannerman VI
1851 - 1918
Willie Cook (footballer)
1906 - 1981
Ian Buist
1930 - 2012
Robert Dobbie
1901 - 2000
Billy Oswald
1900 - 1969
John Chisholm (police officer)
1896 - 1958
David L. MacFarlane
1893 - 1953
Bobby Reid (footballer, born 1936)
1936 - 2000
Alec Milne
Born 1937
Bob Wyllie
1929 - 1981
Alan Brown (rugby union)
Born 1980
Ian Blyth
Born 1942
Alfred Speakman
1880 - 1943
John Duffy (footballer, born 1929)
1929 - 2004
Wally McReddie
1871 - 1939
Lewis Collins (RAF officer)
1894 - 1971
Fred Poland
-
Frederick Miller (British journalist)
1863 - 1924
John Paterson (footballer)
Born 1896
Michael Rosen (anaesthetist)
1927 - 2018
Mike Cosgrove (footballer)
1901 - 1972
John Anderson (footballer, born 1915)
1915 - 1987
James Edward Earnshaw
1808 - 1870
Gavin Scott (rugby union)
Born 1974
George Taylor (footballer, born 1948)
Born 1948
David Sturrock
Born 1938
Frank Sandeman
1936 - 2018
Chris Black (rugby union)
Born 1978
Freda Brierley
Born 1942
Bob Stormont
1872 - 1943
George Higgins (footballer, born 1925)
1925 - 1993
Kinnaird Ouchterlonie
-
William Albert Robertson
1885 - 1942
Dan Thomson
Born 1891
David Carmichael (railway engineer)
1818 - 1895
Brian Scrimgeour
Born 1959
Duncan MacEwan
Born 1958
Suttie Smith
1905 - 1975
Bill Souter
1931 - 2012
George Kidd (footballer)
1909 - 1988
Bobby McAvan
Born 1953
Alex Chaplin
1892 - 1986
Willie Hurrell
1920 - 1999
Gerry Follon
1919 - 1993
John Duncan (New Zealand politician)
1848 - 1924
George Stevens (Scottish footballer)
-
William Henderson (footballer, born 1883)
Born 1883
Jimmie Robertson
1868 - 1950
Tom Lonie
1872 - 1941
Jimmy Page (footballer)
Born 1964
Jimmy Grewer
1865 - 1950
Peter Coupar
1866 - 1944
Robert Harris (golfer)
1882 - 1959
Davie Kemp
Born 1950
Jimmy Munro (footballer, born 1870)
1870 - 1899
Andy Reilly (footballer, born 1986)
Born 1986
Frederick Leckie
1929 - 2013
Alan Dymock
Born 1987
W. Robertson
-
Peter McLachlan (Queensland politician)
1867 - 1929
Joe Locherty
1925 - 2000
Gus Malone
Born 1960
Alexander Moodie
1886 - 1968
Norman Snowy Walker
Born 1901
Douglas Cameron
1902 - 1972
John Gray (American Civil War soldier)
1836 - 1887
William Thomson (Dundee footballer)
-
Gilbert Christie
Born 1892
Thomas Coupar
Born 1862
Tom Rodger
1882 - 1908
Bobby Farrell (footballer)
1906 - 1971
Isabella 'Marie' Imandt
1860 - 1945
Eddie McLaren
Born 1929
George McNaughton (Fußballspieler)
1872 - 1898
Douglas Thomson (footballer)
Born 1891
William Simmers (footballer)
1865 - 1950
Peter Beckers
1947 - 1996
Danny McLaren
Born 1870
Mackay William Morton
Born 1934
Kenneth McConnell
1951 - 2006
Duncan Stewart (footballer, born 1900)
Born 1900
George McGuckin
Born 1938
Agnew Burlie
1906 - 1952