List of University of Glasgow people

The University of Glasgow overlooking the River Kelvin and Kelvingrove Park

The following list of University of Glasgow people provides a selection of the well-known people who have studied or taught at the University of Glasgow since its inception in 1451. Historical lists of Chancellors, Rectors and Principals of the University are contained in those offices' respective articles.

Nobel laureates

Frederick Soddy
William Young Sellar
Sydney MacEwan
William Elphinstone
David Livingstone
Adam Smith
Thomas Campbell

Arts

History

Musicians

Philosophy and theology

Writers and poets

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James Boswell
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John Buchan, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir
Sir John Sinclair

Business

Civil service

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Sir Fazle Hasan Abed

Law

Francis Jeffrey, Lord Jeffrey
James Dalrymple,1st Viscount of Stair
Robert Malcolm Kerr

Media

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Gerard Butler
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Fraser Nelson

Military

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Sir David Henderson

Politics

Lord Melbourne

Conservative Party

Liam Fox
Bonar Law

Labour Party

Donald Dewar

Liberal Party/Liberal Democrats

Henry Campbell-Bannerman
Charles Kennedy

Scottish National Party

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Nicola Sturgeon
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Humza Yousaf

Scottish Unionist Party

Miscellaneous

Sciences

William Hunter
Joseph Lister
David Douglas
Joseph Black
Lord Kelvin

Medical

Merbai Ardesir Vakil
Merbai Ardesir Vakil

Biology

Chemistry

Mathematics, physical sciences and engineering

James Watt
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Colin Maclaurin

Computing

Social sciences

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Sir James Frazer

Sports

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Katherine Grainger
Andrew Watson
Andrew Watson

References

  1. ^ "Emeli Sande: Young Alumnus of the Year 2011". gla.ac.uk. Retrieved 11 January 2017.
  2. ^ Don Chambers (1979). Australian Dictionary of Biography: Adam, David Stow (1859–1925). Melbourne University Press. Retrieved 28 April 2022.
  3. ^ "Alasdair Gray | Scottish novelist, playwright, and artist". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 29 December 2019.
  4. ^ "Angus Matheson". University of Glasgow. Retrieved 2 December 2017.
  5. ^ Derek Mackay: Who is Scotland's former finance secretary? - BBC News
  6. ^ Thomas T. MacDonald, Delphine Parrott, British Society for Immunology
  7. ^ Dr Mujibur Rahman The Daily Star
  8. ^ "Professor Heather Ferguson". www.who.int. Retrieved 12 October 2021.

See also

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