Ara Paiaya, film producer and director of Skin Traffik, Instant Death and Purge of Kingdoms.

Leslie Benzies, Former president of Rockstar North, creators of the critically acclaimed Grand Theft Auto series.

Scott Booth, former football player, played for Aberdeen F.C., FC Twente, Borussia Dortmund and the Scottish national football team.

Alf Burnett, footballer who played for Dundee United
Lord Byron FRS (1788 – 1824), poet, was raised (age 2–10) in Aberdeen.

David Carry, swimmer, 2x 2006 Commonwealth Games gold medallist.

Henry Cecil, one of the most successful horse trainers of all time.

Oswald Chambers, author of My Utmost For His Highest
Andrew Cruickshank, actor famous for his role in Dr Finlay's Casebook
John Mathieson Dodds, apprentice and engineer with Metrovick, Manchester and radar pioneer in Chain Home defence system for 1940 Battle of Britain.

Neil Fachie, cyclist, 2012 Paralympic Games gold and silver medallist.

Simon Farquhar, playwright.

Bertie Charles Forbes (from New Deer, Aberdeenshire), founded Forbes.

Graeme Garden, author, actor, comedian, artist, TV presenter, famous for The Goodies.

Martin Gatt, principal bassoonist English Chamber Orchestra, LPO and LSO.

Ryan Gauld, footballer who currently plays for Sporting Lisbon in the Portuguese Primeira Liga.

James Gibbs, 18th-century architect.

George Jamesone, Scotland's first eminent portrait-painter.

Andy Nisbet (1953 – 2019), a Scottish mountaineer, guide, climbing instructor, and editor of climbing guidebooks.
A pioneer of mixed rock and ice climbing techniques over 45 years.
Developed over 1,000 new winter climbing routes in Scotland.

Denis Law, former football player, played for Manchester City, Manchester United and the Scottish national football team, joint all-time record Scotland goalscorer with thirty goals.

Paul Lawrie, golfer, winner of the 1999 Open Championship.

Lawson Robertson (1883 – 1951), born in Aberdeen, competed for the U.S. Olympic Team at the 1904 Olympics in St. Louis, winning the bronze medal in the standing high jump.
Head coach of U.S. track team at 4 sucessive Olympic games, 1924, 1928, 1932, 1936.

Annie Lennox, musician, winner of eight Brit Awards, grew up in Ellon.

Rose Leslie, actress, best known for playing Ygritte in HBO's Game of Thrones.

Laura Main, actress, best known for playing Sister Bernadette/Shelagh Turner in BBC's Call the Midwife.

Robert Morison (1620 – 1683), a Scottish botanist and taxonomist.
He elucidated and developed the first systematic classification of plants.
Gained his Master of Arts from the University of Aberdeen at the age of eighteen.
For ten years Director of Louis XIV's royal gardens at Blois, France, then physician, botanist & superintendent of all royal gardens for Charles II of Scotland.

James Gregory FRS (1638 – 1675), Scottish mathematician and astronomer, born in the manse at Drumoak, just outside Aberdeen.
Attended Aberdeen Grammar School and Marischal College, University of Aberdeen.
Discovered diffraction gratings a year after Newton's prism experiments, and invented the Gregorian telescope design in 1663 which is used in telescopes such as the Arecibo Observatory.

David Gregory FRS (1659 – 1708), Scottish mathematician and astronomer.
Attended Aberdeen Grammar School and Marischal College, University of Aberdeen.
A professor of mathematics.
Based on  his uncle James Gregory's work, he extended or discovered the method of quadratures by infinite series.
His principle work "Astronomiae physicae et geometricae elementa" (1702) was the first text-book on gravitational principles.

John Alexander MacWilliam FRS (1857 – 1937), Professor of the Institutes of Medicine (later Physiology) at the University of Aberdeen.
Pioneer in the field of cardiac electro-physiology & ventricular fibrillation of the heart.
First to propose ventricular fibrillation as the most common cause of sudden death through heart attack.
First to propose use of life saving electrical de-fibrilators.
His work laid the frame work for the development of the pace maker.

James Clerk Maxwell FRSE FRS (1831 – 1879), Chair of N
Ara Paiaya, film producer and director of Skin Traffik, Instant Death and Purge of Kingdoms.
Leslie Benzies, Former president of Rockstar North, creators of the critically acclaimed Grand Theft Auto series.
Scott Booth, former football player, played for Aberdeen F.C., FC Twente, Borussia Dortmund and the Scottish national football team.
Alf Burnett, footballer who played for Dundee United
Lord Byron FRS (1788 – 1824), poet, was raised (age 2–10) in Aberdeen.
David Carry, swimmer, 2x 2006 Commonwealth Games gold medallist.
Henry Cecil, one of the most successful horse trainers of all time.
Oswald Chambers, author of My Utmost For His Highest
Andrew Cruickshank, actor famous for his role in Dr Finlay's Casebook
John Mathieson Dodds, apprentice and engineer with Metrovick, Manchester and radar pioneer in Chain Home defence system for 1940 Battle of Britain.
Neil Fachie, cyclist, 2012 Paralympic Games gold and silver medallist.
Simon Farquhar, playwright.
Bertie Charles Forbes (from New Deer, Aberdeenshire), founded Forbes.
Graeme Garden, author, actor, comedian, artist, TV presenter, famous for The Goodies.
Martin Gatt, principal bassoonist English Chamber Orchestra, LPO and LSO.
Ryan Gauld, footballer who currently plays for Sporting Lisbon in the Portuguese Primeira Liga.
James Gibbs, 18th-century architect.
George Jamesone, Scotland's first eminent portrait-painter.
Andy Nisbet (1953 – 2019), a Scottish mountaineer, guide, climbing instructor, and editor of climbing guidebooks. A pioneer of mixed rock and ice climbing techniques over 45 years. Developed over 1,000 new winter climbing routes in Scotland.
Denis Law, former football player, played for Manchester City, Manchester United and the Scottish national football team, joint all-time record Scotland goalscorer with thirty goals.
Paul Lawrie, golfer, winner of the 1999 Open Championship.
Lawson Robertson (1883 – 1951), born in Aberdeen, competed for the U.S. Olympic Team at the 1904 Olympics in St. Louis, winning the bronze medal in the standing high jump. Head coach of U.S. track team at 4 sucessive Olympic games, 1924, 1928, 1932, 1936.
Annie Lennox, musician, winner of eight Brit Awards, grew up in Ellon.
Rose Leslie, actress, best known for playing Ygritte in HBO's Game of Thrones.
Laura Main, actress, best known for playing Sister Bernadette/Shelagh Turner in BBC's Call the Midwife.
Robert Morison (1620 – 1683), a Scottish botanist and taxonomist. He elucidated and developed the first systematic classification of plants. Gained his Master of Arts from the University of Aberdeen at the age of eighteen. For ten years Director of Louis XIV's royal gardens at Blois, France, then physician, botanist & superintendent of all royal gardens for Charles II of Scotland.
James Gregory FRS (1638 – 1675), Scottish mathematician and astronomer, born in the manse at Drumoak, just outside Aberdeen. Attended Aberdeen Grammar School and Marischal College, University of Aberdeen. Discovered diffraction gratings a year after Newton's prism experiments, and invented the Gregorian telescope design in 1663 which is used in telescopes such as the Arecibo Observatory.
David Gregory FRS (1659 – 1708), Scottish mathematician and astronomer. Attended Aberdeen Grammar School and Marischal College, University of Aberdeen. A professor of mathematics. Based on  his uncle James Gregory's work, he extended or discovered the method of quadratures by infinite series. His principle work "Astronomiae physicae et geometricae elementa" (1702) was the first text-book on gravitational principles.
John Alexander MacWilliam FRS (1857 – 1937), Professor of the Institutes of Medicine (later Physiology) at the University of Aberdeen. Pioneer in the field of cardiac electro-physiology & ventricular fibrillation of the heart. First to propose ventricular fibrillation as the most common cause of sudden death through heart attack. First to propose use of life saving electrical de-fibrilators. His work laid the frame work for the development of the pace maker.
James Clerk Maxwell FRSE FRS (1831 – 1879), Chair of N
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