Tilly Posted May 23, 2008 Report Share Posted May 23, 2008 Have to get a list of famous Scottish people for something at work. Can anyone help? In particular stuck for females and Aberdonians...Cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alkaline Posted May 23, 2008 Report Share Posted May 23, 2008 Have to get a list of famous Scottish people for something at work. Can anyone help? In particular stuck for females and Aberdonians...CheersAnnie Lennox Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeyEB Posted May 23, 2008 Report Share Posted May 23, 2008 Annie Lennox from the Eurythmics is both a lady and an Aberdonian (I think). I guess she's pretty famous if you remember the 80's. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Jack Posted May 23, 2008 Report Share Posted May 23, 2008 Sounds like a job for the Ab-Mus resident historian, aka the Cynic... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teabags Posted May 23, 2008 Report Share Posted May 23, 2008 I'm such a nice fucking guy...List of Scots - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Steven Dedalus Posted May 23, 2008 Report Share Posted May 23, 2008 Scott Walker?Bon Scott?Scott of the Antarctic?Etc? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigsby Posted May 23, 2008 Report Share Posted May 23, 2008 Famous ScotsScott WalkerRidley ScottScotty out of Star Trek (also from Aberdeen) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigsby Posted May 23, 2008 Report Share Posted May 23, 2008 Bah, missed it by seconds.Great minds etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Steven Dedalus Posted May 23, 2008 Report Share Posted May 23, 2008 Scotty out of Star Trek (also from Aberdeen)Good call!Although, I know there are people who would debate as to whether he's actually from Aberdeen.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigsby Posted May 23, 2008 Report Share Posted May 23, 2008 Although, I know there are people who would debate as to whether he's actually from Aberdeen....Sigh... he refers to himself as "an old Aberdeen pub crawler" in Wolf in the Fold. End of story. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Cynic Posted May 23, 2008 Report Share Posted May 23, 2008 Aberdonians (or near enough) off the top of my head...Mary Garden (opera singer)Mary Slessor (missionary)...born Aberdeen, then moved to DundeeThomas Blake Glover (started Japanese shipping industry etc)Denis Law (football)George, Lord Byron (poet)Lord Reith (ex BBC chairman)Edvard Grieg (composer.....family were ex Aberdeen)Google came up with this....Famous Aberdonians Celebrity People from Aberdeen Aberdeenshire and the North East of Scotland Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Steven Dedalus Posted May 23, 2008 Report Share Posted May 23, 2008 Sigh... he refers to himself as "an old Aberdeen pub crawler" in Wolf in the Fold. End of story.Not wanting to stir things up, but... Birthplace controversyFollowing James Doohan's death, several towns in Scotland began campaigning to be named Scotty's 'official birthplace'. The most vocal of the claimants is Linlithgow, where the novel "Vulcan's Glory" states Scott was born. Both the town's and the book's claims are supported by script and production material. However, Star Trek historians and others claim that Scott's birthplace is Aberdeen, Scotland, due in large part to Scott's claim in episode "Wolf in the Fold" that he is "an old Aberdeen pub crawler". Indeed, city leaders in Aberdeen have put forward plans to erect a monument to James Doohan/Scotty in the city, although there have been no official announcements to date.Christ, you'd think I have nothing to do at work, or something. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aaron_Robertson Posted May 23, 2008 Report Share Posted May 23, 2008 Famous ScotsScott WalkerRidley ScottScotty out of Star Trek (also from Aberdeen)James Doohan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aaron_Robertson Posted May 23, 2008 Report Share Posted May 23, 2008 never noticed the comment above mine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Cynic Posted May 23, 2008 Report Share Posted May 23, 2008 Evelyn Glennie, percussionist. Probably the next most famous Aberdonian woman after Lennox.Yep...she was in the link I posted...here are the other musicians from that link (great to see Amber in there!)..Aberdeen Singers Musicians Aberdeenshire Bands Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stichman Posted May 23, 2008 Report Share Posted May 23, 2008 Evelyn Glennie, percussionist. Probably the next most famous Aberdonian woman after Lennox.Hands off. She's Aberdeenshirian. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aaron_Robertson Posted May 23, 2008 Report Share Posted May 23, 2008 Hands off. She's Aberdeenshirian....pfft lool jokes tho Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Le Stu Posted May 23, 2008 Report Share Posted May 23, 2008 After Annie Lennox and Evelyn Glennie, it must be The Shamen. LOL. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigsby Posted May 23, 2008 Report Share Posted May 23, 2008 Not wanting to stir things up, but...Christ, you'd think I have nothing to do at work, or something.Yeah, but that wiki article has its source as some crappy BBC article. The Linlithgow claim is spurious at best. Scotty himself refers to himself as being from Aberdeen. The Linlithgow claim is based on some crappy fiction book saying that he came from Aberdeen.If we believed fiction books then both the Star Trek and Star Wars universes would look VERY different. We can only trust what we see on screen.God I am a geek. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Cynic Posted May 23, 2008 Report Share Posted May 23, 2008 But you are a Geek God:laughing: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Neutral Posted May 23, 2008 Report Share Posted May 23, 2008 Tony Blair Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alkaline Posted May 23, 2008 Report Share Posted May 23, 2008 Tony BlairDidn't know he was born in Edinburgh. Do now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KimyReizeger Posted May 23, 2008 Report Share Posted May 23, 2008 Not a bad Scottish representation in higher levels of UK politics, add Gordon Brown and Charles Kennedy to that; Alistair Darling and the guy that says 'order' who recently got a massive public audit.. Brown is actually something like one of only two prime ministers not to have come from Oxford or Cambridge. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lovers_spit Posted May 23, 2008 Report Share Posted May 23, 2008 WellI'm Craig Scott. Im Aberdonian. Im Scottish. All three categories.Some people in Aberdeen, and lots of people in Stonehaven know me as the Gordon's boy with the massive ginger afro.Does that make me famous?No.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fatboy Posted May 23, 2008 Report Share Posted May 23, 2008 sharleen spiterishirley mansonerm that 2 dykes, one fae chewin the fat and the other, comedienne Rhona Cameron edith bowman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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