List of University of Aberdeen people
Introduction


The [University of Aberdeen](/wiki/University_of_Aberdeen "University of Aberdeen") has produced leading figures in the UK, Scottish, and foreign governments, including the [Lord Chancellor](/wiki/Lord_Chancellor_of_Scotland "Lord Chancellor of Scotland") [George Gordon](/wiki/George_Gordon%2C_1st_Earl_of_Aberdeen "George Gordon, 1st Earl of Aberdeen"), former [Counsellor of State](/wiki/Counsellor_of_State "Counsellor of State") [William Barclay](/wiki/William_Barclay_%28jurist%29 "William Barclay (jurist)"), the former [Secretary of State for Scotland](/wiki/Secretary_of_State_for_Scotland "Secretary of State for Scotland"), [Alistair Carmichael](/wiki/Alistair_Carmichael "Alistair Carmichael"), former [Secretary of State for Scotland](/wiki/Secretary_of_State_for_Scotland "Secretary of State for Scotland"), [George Mackenzie](/wiki/George_Mackenzie%2C_1st_Earl_of_Cromartie "George Mackenzie, 1st Earl of Cromartie"), former [Chancellor of the Exchequer](/wiki/Chancellor_of_the_Exchequer "Chancellor of the Exchequer"), [Alistair Darling](/wiki/Alistair_Darling "Alistair Darling"), the former [Paymaster General](/wiki/Paymaster_General "Paymaster General"), [Tessa Jowell](/wiki/Tessa_Jowell "Tessa Jowell"), the former Deputy Leader of the [Scottish National Party](/wiki/Scottish_National_Party "Scottish National Party"), [Angus Robertson](/wiki/Angus_Robertson "Angus Robertson"), the former Leader of the [Scottish Labour Party](/wiki/Scottish_Labour "Scottish Labour"), [Kezia Dugdale](/wiki/Kezia_Dugdale "Kezia Dugdale"), the former Deputy Leader of the [Scottish Conservative Party](/wiki/Scottish_Conservatives "Scottish Conservatives"), [Murdo Fraser](/wiki/Murdo_Fraser "Murdo Fraser"), the former Leader of the [Scottish Liberal Democrats](/wiki/Scottish_Liberal_Democrats "Scottish Liberal Democrats"), [Nicol Stephen](/wiki/Nicol_Stephen "Nicol Stephen"), the former leader of the [Scottish Green Party](/wiki/Scottish_Greens "Scottish Greens"), [Robin Harper](/wiki/Robin_Harper "Robin Harper"), [John Rose](/wiki/Sir_John_Rose%2C_1st_Baronet "Sir John Rose, 1st Baronet"), former [Finance Minister](/wiki/Minister_of_Finance_%28Canada%29 "Minister of Finance (Canada)") and [Solicitor General of Canada](/wiki/Solicitor_General_of_Canada "Solicitor General of Canada"), [Sylvester Douglas](/wiki/Sylvester_Douglas%2C_1st_Baron_Glenbervie "Sylvester Douglas, 1st Baron Glenbervie"), former [Chief Secretary for Ireland](/wiki/Chief_Secretary_for_Ireland "Chief Secretary for Ireland"), and [Cosmo Gordon](/wiki/Cosmo_Gordon "Cosmo Gordon"), politician and co\-founder of the [Royal Society of Edinburgh](/wiki/Royal_Society_of_Edinburgh "Royal Society of Edinburgh"). 

Aberdeen has also produced numerous politicians, Lords, MPs, MSPs, and cabinet members. The former Chief Constable of [Police Scotland](/wiki/Police_Scotland "Police Scotland") and Deputy Commissioner of the [Metropolitan Police](/wiki/Metropolitan_Police "Metropolitan Police"), [Steve House](/wiki/Steve_House_%28police_officer%29 "Steve House (police officer)"), and the former Chief Constable of [Police Scotland](/wiki/Police_Scotland "Police Scotland"), [Iain Livingstone](/wiki/Iain_Livingstone "Iain Livingstone"). Additionally, businessmen such as [Stephen Carter](/wiki/Stephen_Carter%2C_Baron_Carter_of_Barnes "Stephen Carter, Baron Carter of Barnes"), founding CEO of [Ofcom](/wiki/Ofcom "Ofcom") and [Minister for Communications, Technology and Broadcasting](/wiki/Department_for_Digital%2C_Culture%2C_Media_and_Sport "Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport") under [Gordon Brown](/wiki/Gordon_Brown "Gordon Brown"), [David Reid](/wiki/David_Reid_%28businessman%29 "David Reid (businessman)"), former chairman of [Tesco](/wiki/Tesco "Tesco"), [Sir Thomas Sutherland](/wiki/Thomas_Sutherland_%28banker%29 "Thomas Sutherland (banker)"), the founder of [Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation](/wiki/The_Hongkong_and_Shanghai_Banking_Corporation "The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation") (HSBC), and [Will Whitehorn](/wiki/Will_Whitehorn "Will Whitehorn"), former president of Virgin Galactic, and [Donald Cruickshank](/wiki/Donald_Cruickshank "Donald Cruickshank"), former chairman of the [London Stock Exchange](/wiki/London_Stock_Exchange "London Stock Exchange").

Prominent alumni in law include former [Lord President](/wiki/Lord_President_of_the_Court_of_Session "Lord President of the Court of Session") [Duncan Forbes](/wiki/Duncan_Forbes_of_Culloden_%28judge%2C_born_1685%29 "Duncan Forbes of Culloden (judge, born 1685)"), [Lord Advocate](/wiki/Lord_Advocate "Lord Advocate") [George Mackenzie](/wiki/George_Mackenzie_of_Rosehaugh "George Mackenzie of Rosehaugh"), [Lady Dorrian](/wiki/Leeona_Dorrian%2C_Lady_Dorrian "Leeona Dorrian, Lady Dorrian"), the current [Lord Justice Clerk](/wiki/Lord_Justice_Clerk "Lord Justice Clerk") in the [Court of Session](/wiki/Court_of_Session "Court of Session"), [William Grant](/wiki/William_Grant_%28Master_of_the_Rolls%29 "William Grant (Master of the Rolls)"), former [Master of the Rolls](/wiki/Master_of_the_Rolls "Master of the Rolls"), [Frank Mulholland](/wiki/Frank_Mulholland%2C_Lord_Mulholland "Frank Mulholland, Lord Mulholland"), former [Lord Advocate](/wiki/Lord_Advocate "Lord Advocate") and [Solicitor General](/wiki/Solicitor_General_for_Scotland "Solicitor General for Scotland"), [Andrew Skene](/wiki/Andrew_Skene "Andrew Skene"), former [Solicitor General](/wiki/Solicitor_General_for_Scotland "Solicitor General for Scotland") and co\-founder of the [Bannatyne Club](/wiki/Bannatyne_Club "Bannatyne Club"), [Priyantha Jayawardena](/wiki/Priyantha_Jayawardena "Priyantha Jayawardena"), current Judge of the [Supreme Court of Sri Lanka](/wiki/Supreme_Court_of_Sri_Lanka "Supreme Court of Sri Lanka"), [Bertha Wilson](/wiki/Bertha_Wilson "Bertha Wilson"), the first female Pusine Justice of the [Supreme Court of Canada](/wiki/Supreme_Court_of_Canada "Supreme Court of Canada"), [Cosmo Innes](/wiki/Cosmo_Innes "Cosmo Innes"), former [Principal Clerk of the Session](/wiki/Principal_Clerk_of_Session_and_Justiciary "Principal Clerk of Session and Justiciary") and historian, [Bruce Allan Clark](/wiki/Bruce_Allan_Clark "Bruce Allan Clark"), prominent Canadian lawyer and First Nations activist, [James Stephen](/wiki/James_Stephen_%28British_politician%29 "James Stephen (British politician)"), abolitionist lawyer who drafted the [Slave Trade Act 1807](/wiki/Slave_Trade_Act_1807 "Slave Trade Act 1807") for [William Wilberforce](/wiki/William_Wilberforce "William Wilberforce"), and [Alexander Asher](/wiki/Alexander_Asher "Alexander Asher"), Dean of the [Faculty of Advocates](/wiki/Faculty_of_Advocates "Faculty of Advocates"). Aberdeen has also produced numerous [Senators of the College of Justice](/wiki/Senator_of_the_College_of_Justice "Senator of the College of Justice"): [Alastair Campbell](/wiki/Alastair_Campbell%2C_Lord_Bracadale "Alastair Campbell, Lord Bracadale"), [Alexander Seton](/wiki/Alexander_Seton%2C_1st_Earl_of_Dunfermline "Alexander Seton, 1st Earl of Dunfermline"), [Francis Grant](/wiki/Francis_Grant%2C_Lord_Cullen "Francis Grant, Lord Cullen"), [James Ferguson](/wiki/James_Ferguson%2C_Lord_Pitfour "James Ferguson, Lord Pitfour"), [Morag Wise](/wiki/Morag_Wise%2C_Lady_Wise "Morag Wise, Lady Wise"), [Lord Woolman](/wiki/Stephen_Woolman%2C_Lord_Woolman "Stephen Woolman, Lord Woolman"), and [Lord Sandison](/wiki/Craig_Sandison%2C_Lord_Sandison "Craig Sandison, Lord Sandison").

Aberdeen is well known in historical, philosophical and theological circles, and it was an important centre in the [Scottish Reformation](/wiki/Scottish_Reformation "Scottish Reformation") and the [Scottish Enlightenment](/wiki/Scottish_Enlightenment "Scottish Enlightenment"). [John Erskine](/wiki/John_Erskine_of_Dun "John Erskine of Dun"), a religious reformer who ranks only after John Knox in importance of those who made the Scottish Reformation happen, [John Lesley](/wiki/John_Lesley "John Lesley"), Roman Catholic [Bishop of Ross](/wiki/Bishop_of_Ross_%28Scotland%29 "Bishop of Ross (Scotland)"), historian, and counsellor to [Mary, Queen of Scots](/wiki/Mary%2C_Queen_of_Scots "Mary, Queen of Scots"), and [Florentus Volusensus](/wiki/Florentius_Volusenus "Florentius Volusenus"), a [Renaissance humanist](/wiki/Renaissance_humanism "Renaissance humanism"). The six [Aberdeen Doctors](/wiki/Aberdeen_doctors "Aberdeen doctors"), under the tutelage of [Patrick Forbes](/wiki/Patrick_Forbes_%28bishop_of_Aberdeen%29 "Patrick Forbes (bishop of Aberdeen)"), who opposed the [National Covenant of 1638](/wiki/Covenanters "Covenanters") and whose opposition was important in instigating the [First Bishops' War.](/wiki/Bishops%27_Wars "Bishops' Wars") [Thomas Reid](/wiki/Thomas_Reid "Thomas Reid"), the founder of the [Scottish common sense realism](/wiki/Scottish_common_sense_realism "Scottish common sense realism"), [Thomas Blackwell](/wiki/Thomas_Blackwell_%28scholar%29 "Thomas Blackwell (scholar)"), [John Gregory](/wiki/John_Gregory_%28moralist%29 "John Gregory (moralist)"), [James Beattie](/wiki/James_Beattie_%28poet%29 "James Beattie (poet)"), [James Macpherson](/wiki/James_Macpherson "James Macpherson"), [George Campbell](/wiki/George_Campbell_%28minister%29 "George Campbell (minister)"), and [Alexander Gerard](/wiki/Alexander_Gerard "Alexander Gerard"), were all significant figures in the [Scottish Enlightenment](/wiki/Scottish_Enlightenment "Scottish Enlightenment"). 

Aberdeen has produced three [Historiographer Royal](/wiki/Historiographer_Royal_%28Scotland%29 "Historiographer Royal (Scotland)"): [John Hill Burton](/wiki/John_Hill_Burton "John Hill Burton"), [David Masson](/wiki/David_Masson "David Masson"), and [Robert Rait](/wiki/Robert_Rait "Robert Rait"). [Gilbert Burnet](/wiki/Gilbert_Burnet "Gilbert Burnet"), Bishop of Salisbury, philosopher, adviser to [William and Mary](/wiki/William_III_of_England "William III of England") and noted historian of the Scottish Reformation and English Civil War, [James Mackintosh](/wiki/James_Mackintosh "James Mackintosh"), Whig politician, philosopher, and historian of the French Revolution and the Glorious Revolution, [Joseph Robertson](/wiki/Joseph_Robertson_%28historian%29 "Joseph Robertson (historian)") and [John Stuart](/wiki/John_Stuart_%28genealogist%29 "John Stuart (genealogist)"), historians and founders of the [Spalding Club](/wiki/Spalding_Club "Spalding Club"), and [James Burnett](/wiki/James_Burnett%2C_Lord_Monboddo "James Burnett, Lord Monboddo"), a pioneer anthropologist and founder of modern comparative historical [linguistics](/wiki/Linguistics "Linguistics") and a precursive figure in the modern [theory of evolution](/wiki/Evolution "Evolution"). [William Smith](/wiki/William_Smith_%28Episcopal_priest%29 "William Smith (Episcopal priest)"), the first Provost of the [University of Pennsylvania](/wiki/University_of_Pennsylvania "University of Pennsylvania"), [James Blair](/wiki/James_Blair_%28clergyman%29 "James Blair (clergyman)"), founder of [The College of William and Mary](/wiki/College_of_William_%26_Mary "College of William & Mary"), and [William Small](/wiki/William_Small "William Small"), co\-founder of the [Lunar Society](/wiki/Lunar_Society_of_Birmingham "Lunar Society of Birmingham") and teacher of [Thomas Jefferson](/wiki/Thomas_Jefferson "Thomas Jefferson"). Other academics who were ungraduates at Aberdeen include [William Geddes](/wiki/William_Duguid_Geddes "William Duguid Geddes"), [Sue Black](/wiki/Sue_Black_%28anthropologist%29 "Sue Black (anthropologist)"), President of the [Royal Anthropological Institute](/wiki/Royal_Anthropological_Institute_of_Great_Britain_and_Ireland "Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland"), [Michael Lynch](/wiki/Michael_Lynch_%28historian%29 "Michael Lynch (historian)"), [George Croom Robertson](/wiki/George_Croom_Robertson "George Croom Robertson"), [Robert Adamson](/wiki/Robert_Adamson_%28philosopher%29 "Robert Adamson (philosopher)"), [William Robinson Clark](/wiki/William_Robinson_Clark "William Robinson Clark"), [Andrew Ross](/wiki/Andrew_Ross_%28sociologist%29 "Andrew Ross (sociologist)"), [Colin Campbell](/wiki/Colin_Campbell_%28lawyer%29 "Colin Campbell (lawyer)"), [Oliver D. Crisp](/wiki/Oliver_D._Crisp "Oliver D. Crisp"), [James Legge](/wiki/James_Legge "James Legge"), and [Arthur Thomson](/wiki/Arthur_Thomson_%28naturalist%29 "Arthur Thomson (naturalist)"). [James Gregory](/wiki/James_Gregory_%28mathematician%29 "James Gregory (mathematician)"), [Duncan Liddel](/wiki/Duncan_Liddel "Duncan Liddel"), [Henry Farquharson](/wiki/Henry_Farquharson "Henry Farquharson"), [George Chrystal](/wiki/George_Chrystal "George Chrystal"), and [Leetsch C. Hsu](/wiki/Leetsch_C._Hsu "Leetsch C. Hsu"), were noted mathematicians.

Prominent alumni of the medical faculty include [Patrick Manson](/wiki/Patrick_Manson "Patrick Manson"), who first proposed malaria was transmitted by mosquito, and was the founder of the [tropical medicine](/wiki/Tropical_medicine "Tropical medicine") field, the [London School of Hygiene \& Tropical Medicine](/wiki/London_School_of_Hygiene_%26_Tropical_Medicine "London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine"), and the [Dairy Farm](/wiki/Dairy_Farm_International_Holdings "Dairy Farm International Holdings") in 1886\. [Robert Brown](/wiki/Robert_Brown_%28botanist%2C_born_1773%29 "Robert Brown (botanist, born 1773)"), botanist and discoverer of Brownian motion, [William Watson Cheyne](/wiki/Watson_Cheyne "Watson Cheyne"), pioneer in the use of antiseptic surgical methods under [Joseph Lister](/wiki/Joseph_Lister "Joseph Lister"), [Neil Arnott](/wiki/Neil_Arnott "Neil Arnott"), inventor of the waterbed and one of the founders of University College London, [Kai Ho](/wiki/Kai_Ho "Kai Ho"), politician, co\-founder of the [University of Hong Kong](/wiki/University_of_Hong_Kong "University of Hong Kong") and teacher of [Sun Yat\-sen](/wiki/Sun_Yat-sen "Sun Yat-sen"), [Peter Shepherd](/wiki/Peter_Shepherd_%28British_Army_officer%29 "Peter Shepherd (British Army officer)"), who introduced the concept of teaching first aid to civilians, [James Cantlie](/wiki/James_Cantlie "James Cantlie"), pioneer in the use of first aid, [William Wilson Jameson](/wiki/Wilson_Jameson "Wilson Jameson"), [Chief Medical Officer](/wiki/Chief_Medical_Officers_%28United_Kingdom%29 "Chief Medical Officers (United Kingdom)") (1942–44\) and an important figure in the development of the [National Health Service](/wiki/National_Health_Service "National Health Service"), [Graeme Catto](/wiki/Graeme_Catto "Graeme Catto"), former President of the [General Medical Council](/wiki/General_Medical_Council "General Medical Council"), [Alexander Ogston](/wiki/Alexander_Ogston "Alexander Ogston"), discoverer of *[Staphylococcus aureus](/wiki/Staphylococcus_aureus "Staphylococcus aureus"),* [Alexander Stuart](/wiki/Alexander_Stuart_%28scientist%29 "Alexander Stuart (scientist)"), [Alexander Mowat](/wiki/Alex_Mowat "Alex Mowat"), pioneer of paediatric hepatology, [John Mudge](/wiki/John_Mudge "John Mudge"), [Robert Daniel Lawrence](/wiki/Robert_Daniel_Lawrence "Robert Daniel Lawrence"), founder of the [British Diabetic Association](/wiki/Diabetes_UK "Diabetes UK"), [Joseph Adams](/wiki/Joseph_Adams_%28physician%29 "Joseph Adams (physician)"), founder of medical genetics, and [Arthur Keith](/wiki/Arthur_Keith "Arthur Keith"), discoverer of the [sinoatrial node](/wiki/Sinoatrial_node "Sinoatrial node"). The first full\-body [MRI scanner](/wiki/Magnetic_resonance_imaging "Magnetic resonance imaging") was also invented in Aberdeen. [Nora Wattie](/wiki/Nora_Wattie "Nora Wattie") OBE, pioneer for women and children's health care in Glasgow slums.

Alumni in literature and journalism include [Alexander Ross](/wiki/Alexander_Ross_%28writer%29 "Alexander Ross (writer)"), [Chaplain\-in\-Ordinary](/wiki/Ecclesiastical_Household%23Chaplains-in-Ordinary_to_HM_in_Scotland "Ecclesiastical Household#Chaplains-in-Ordinary to HM in Scotland") to Charles I and the first to translate the [Quran](/wiki/Quran "Quran") into English, [Thomas Urqhuart](/wiki/Thomas_Urquhart "Thomas Urquhart"), the first to translate [Rabelais](/wiki/Fran%C3%A7ois_Rabelais "François Rabelais") into English, writer and poet [Tobias Smollett](/wiki/Tobias_Smollett "Tobias Smollett"), [Ali Smith](/wiki/Ali_Smith "Ali Smith"), the author of the [Booker Prize](/wiki/Booker_Prize "Booker Prize") nominated novel *[Hotel World](/wiki/Hotel_World "Hotel World")* and the [Whitbread Award](/wiki/Costa_Book_Awards "Costa Book Awards") winning novel *[The Accidental](/wiki/The_Accidental "The Accidental")*, [George Coleman the Younger](/wiki/George_Colman_the_Younger "George Colman the Younger"), [James Fordyce](/wiki/James_Fordyce "James Fordyce"), [Rosemary Ashton](/wiki/Rosemary_Ashton "Rosemary Ashton"), [Quain Professor](/wiki/Quain_Professor "Quain Professor") of English Language and Literature at UCL, [Simon Farquhar](/wiki/Simon_Farquhar "Simon Farquhar"), [Adam Roberts](/wiki/Adam_Roberts_%28British_writer%29 "Adam Roberts (British writer)"), and [Archibald Forbes](/wiki/Archibald_Forbes "Archibald Forbes"). [George Chalmers](/wiki/George_Chalmers_%28antiquarian%29 "George Chalmers (antiquarian)"), historian, antiquarian, occasional economist, and writer and serial biographer who courted controversy when paid by the Pitt ministry to publish a hostile biography on [Thomas Paine](/wiki/Thomas_Paine "Thomas Paine"), read for an MA at King's. [George MacDonald](/wiki/George_MacDonald "George MacDonald"), a pioneering figure in the field of fantasy literature and a mentor of fellow writer [Lewis Carroll](/wiki/Lewis_Carroll "Lewis Carroll"), read for an [MA](/wiki/Master_of_Arts_%28Scotland%29 "Master of Arts (Scotland)") between 1840 and 1845\. [James Murdoch](/wiki/James_Murdoch_%28Scottish_Orientalist%29 "James Murdoch (Scottish Orientalist)"), journalist and linguist, wrote the first comprehensive history of Japan in the English language. [Nan Shepherd](/wiki/Nan_Shepherd "Nan Shepherd"), the [Modernist](/wiki/Modernism "Modernism") writer and poet, and [Eric Linklater](/wiki/Eric_Linklater "Eric Linklater"), poet, author, and military historian, who both played key roles in the [Scottish Renaissance](/wiki/Scottish_Renaissance "Scottish Renaissance").

Aberdeen has produced radio, music and television personalities including [Iain Glen](/wiki/Iain_Glen "Iain Glen"), [Nicky Campbell](/wiki/Nicky_Campbell "Nicky Campbell"), [Laura Main](/wiki/Laura_Main "Laura Main"), [James Fleet](/wiki/James_Fleet "James Fleet"), [Emun Elliott](/wiki/Emun_Elliott "Emun Elliott"), [James Naughtie](/wiki/James_Naughtie "James Naughtie"), [Sandy Gall](/wiki/Sandy_Gall "Sandy Gall"), [Iain Cuthbertson](/wiki/Iain_Cuthbertson "Iain Cuthbertson"), [Momus](/wiki/Momus_%28musician%29 "Momus (musician)"), [Glen Oglaza](/wiki/Glen_Oglaza "Glen Oglaza"), [Rebstar](/wiki/Rebstar "Rebstar"), [Rhod Sharp](/wiki/Rhod_Sharp "Rhod Sharp"), and [Derek Rae](/wiki/Derek_Rae "Derek Rae"). Filmmaker [Joseph A Adesunloye](/wiki/Joseph_A_Adesunloye "Joseph A Adesunloye") was also a student.

Those known in architectural circles include [William Thornton](/wiki/William_Thornton "William Thornton"), the designer of the [United States Capitol](/wiki/United_States_Capitol "United States Capitol"), [Charles Mitchell](/wiki/Charles_Mitchell_%28shipbuilder%29 "Charles Mitchell (shipbuilder)") who worked with [John Dobson](/wiki/John_Dobson_%28architect%29 "John Dobson (architect)") and commissioned the elegant art nouveau church of St George's Jesmond from Thomas Ralph Spence; and [Alexander Marshall MacKenzie](/wiki/Alexander_Marshall_Mackenzie "Alexander Marshall Mackenzie"), who designed [Australia House](/wiki/High_Commission_of_Australia%2C_London "High Commission of Australia, London") and the [Waldorf Hilton.](/wiki/The_Waldorf_Hilton%2C_London "The Waldorf Hilton, London") Most significantly, [James Gibbs](/wiki/James_Gibbs "James Gibbs"), one of Britain's most influential architects and designer of the [Radcliffe Camera](/wiki/Radcliffe_Camera "Radcliffe Camera") at [Oxford University](/wiki/University_of_Oxford "University of Oxford") and [Senate House](/wiki/Senate_House%2C_Cambridge "Senate House, Cambridge") at [Cambridge University](/wiki/University_of_Cambridge "University of Cambridge"), matriculated at the university.

Other figures include the inventor of percussion ignition, [Alexander John Forsyth](/wiki/Alexander_John_Forsyth "Alexander John Forsyth"); [Robert Gordon](/wiki/Robert_Gordon_%28philanthropist%29 "Robert Gordon (philanthropist)"), the founder of [Robert Gordon's College](/wiki/Robert_Gordon%27s_College "Robert Gordon's College") and [Robert Gordon University](/wiki/Robert_Gordon_University "Robert Gordon University"); Brigadier General in the US Continental Army and close friend to [George Washington](/wiki/George_Washington "George Washington"), [Hugh Mercer](/wiki/Hugh_Mercer "Hugh Mercer"); the soldier and Frederick the Great's Generalfeldmarschall of the Prussian Royal Army [James Keith](/wiki/James_Francis_Edward_Keith "James Francis Edward Keith"); botanists [C. H. Gimingham](/wiki/C._H._Gimingham "C. H. Gimingham") and [M. R. Henderson](/wiki/M._R._Henderson "M. R. Henderson"); dermatologist [Sir James Galloway](/wiki/James_Galloway_%28physician%29 "James Galloway (physician)"); plant pathologist [Lawrence Ogilvie](/wiki/Lawrence_Ogilvie "Lawrence Ogilvie"); founding Classics professor of the [University of Queensland](/wiki/University_of_Queensland "University of Queensland") [John Lundie Michie](/wiki/John_Lundie_Michie "John Lundie Michie"); [James Forbes](/wiki/James_Forbes_%28minister%29 "James Forbes (minister)"), founder of the [Scotch College](/wiki/Scotch_College%2C_Melbourne "Scotch College, Melbourne"); [William MacGregor](/wiki/William_MacGregor "William MacGregor"), [Lieutenant\-Governor of British New Guinea](/wiki/List_of_colonial_governors_of_Papua_New_Guinea%23Papua "List of colonial governors of Papua New Guinea#Papua"), [Governor of Newfoundland](/wiki/List_of_governors_of_Newfoundland_and_Labrador "List of governors of Newfoundland and Labrador") and [Governor of Queensland](/wiki/Governor_of_Queensland "Governor of Queensland"), and first Chancellor of the [University of Queensland](/wiki/University_of_Queensland "University of Queensland"); ornithologist [James Macdonald](/wiki/James_Macdonald_%28ornithologist%29 "James Macdonald (ornithologist)"); mountaineers [Tom Patey](/wiki/Tom_Patey "Tom Patey") and [Andy Nisbet](/wiki/Andy_Nisbet "Andy Nisbet"); [Colonial Secretary](/wiki/Chief_secretary_%28British_Empire%29 "Chief secretary (British Empire)") of Hong Kong [Frederick Stewart](/wiki/Frederick_Stewart_%28colonial_administrator%29 "Frederick Stewart (colonial administrator)"); sports broadcaster [Tyrone Smith](/wiki/Tyrone_Smith_%28journalist%29 "Tyrone Smith (journalist)") of *[STV News](/wiki/STV_News "STV News")*; sports broadcaster and international rugby player [Ian Robertson](/wiki/Ian_Robertson_%28rugby_commentator%29 "Ian Robertson (rugby commentator)"); Taliban kidnap victim [Linda Norgrove](/wiki/Death_of_Linda_Norgrove "Death of Linda Norgrove"); comedian [James Veitch](/wiki/James_Veitch_%28comedian%29 "James Veitch (comedian)"); and the first [Foreign Minister](/wiki/Ministry_of_Foreign_Affairs_%28Kosovo%29 "Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Kosovo)") of the [Republic of Kosovo](/wiki/Kosovo "Kosovo"), [Skënder Hyseni](/wiki/Sk%C3%ABnder_Hyseni "Skënder Hyseni") in 1986\.

[Princess Royal Anne](/wiki/Anne%2C_Princess_Royal "Anne, Princess Royal"), [Richard Dawkins](/wiki/Richard_Dawkins "Richard Dawkins"), [David Attenborough](/wiki/David_Attenborough "David Attenborough"), [Isaac Watts](/wiki/Isaac_Watts "Isaac Watts"), [Denis Law](/wiki/Denis_Law "Denis Law"), [J. K. Rowling](/wiki/J._K._Rowling "J. K. Rowling"), [Thomas Hardy](/wiki/Thomas_Hardy "Thomas Hardy"), [Justin Welby](/wiki/Justin_Welby "Justin Welby"), [Andrew Carnegie](/wiki/Andrew_Carnegie "Andrew Carnegie"), [Edward Elgar](/wiki/Edward_Elgar "Edward Elgar"), [Henri Becquerel](/wiki/Henri_Becquerel "Henri Becquerel"), and [Tony Robinson](/wiki/Tony_Robinson "Tony Robinson"), have been awarded honorary degrees from the university. Prizes awarded to alumni include the [Lumsden and Sachs Fellowship](/wiki/Lumsden_and_Sachs_Fellowship "Lumsden and Sachs Fellowship").


What are some notable people who have received honorary degrees from the University of Queensland?