List of Aberdonians

This is a list of notable people hailing from Aberdeen, Scotland, and the surrounding area.

• David Baird (1757–1829) Soldier
• William Barclay (1546–1608) Jurist
• Lord Byron (1788–1824) Poet, was born in London but raised in Aberdeen and is the grammar school's most famous alumnus
• Alexander Chalmers (1759–1834) Journalist
• Oswald Chambers (1874–1917) Seminarian
• Andrew Clark (1826–1893) Physician
• Alexander Cruden (1699–1770) Theologian
• Alexander Ewing (1814–1873) Church leader
• B.C. Forbes (1880–1954) Journalist (founder of Forbes Magazine)
• James Forrester (b. 1937) North Carolina politician
• Lewis Grassic Gibbon (1901–1935) Author
• David Gregory (1659–1708) Astronomer
• James Gregory (1638–1675) Astronomer and mathematician
• William Hay (1893–1989) Director of Veterinary Services, Bechuanaland
• Denis Law (b. 1940) Footballer
• William MacGillivray (1796–1852) Naturalist
• William MacGregor (1846–1919) Governor of British New Guinea, Lagos, Newfoundland and Labrador, and Queensland
• David Masson (1822–1907) Author
• Alexander Milne Calder (1846–1923) Sculptor
• Alberto Morrocco (1917–1998) Artist and teacher
• William Mortimer Clark (1836–1917) Canadian politician
• George Croom Robertson (1842–1892) Philosopher
• Thomas Smith (1745–1809) US politician
• Thomas Blake Glover (1838–1911) Trader in Meiji era Japan and founder of Mitsubishi corporation
• Eric Auld (b. 1930s) Artist
• John Hewitt (b. 1960s) Footballer and scorer of winning goal in European Cup Winners Cup 1983
• Paul Lawrie (b. 1969) Golfer
• Annie Lennox (b. 1954) Singer
• Ian Campbell (b. 1933) Singer and founder of the Ian Campbell Folk Group
• Steve Stewart (b. 1967) Psychologist
• George Stephen Callander (b. 1966) Liberal Christian Minister & co-founder Society of Free Christians
• Neil Mackie (b. 1946) Tenor, professor at Royal College of Music