Edinburgh Academy - Notable Alumni

Notable Alumni

See also: Category:People educated at Edinburgh Academy
  • Craigie Aitchison painter (EA 1933-7 & 1941-2)
  • Frederick M Bailey, celebrated plant collector, discoverer of Mecanopsis baileyi.
  • Leslie Balfour-Melville (1854–1937), an outstanding all-round amateur sportsman
  • R. M. Ballantyne, children's author, (EA 1835-37).
  • Sir George Beilby, FRS. Chemical manufacturer
  • Dr Joseph Bell, now recognised as the model for Sherlock Holmes.
  • Mike Blair, Scottish Rugby International.
  • Ross Rennie Scottish Rugby International
  • Guy Berryman, bass player in Coldplay
  • Francis Cadell, explorer of the Murray River in Australia.
  • Francis 'Bunty' Cadell, colourist painter.
  • Nicky Campbell, radio DJ and television presenter, (EA 1966-78).
  • Admiral of the Fleet Andrew Cunningham, victor of Taranto and Matapan during the Second World War.
  • William Cunningham, economist
  • Tam Dalyell, former Father of the House of Commons.
  • Lord Francis Douglas, with Whymper on the ascent of the Matterhorn, died on the descent.
  • Charles Falconer, Lord Falconer of Thoroton, Lord Chancellor.
  • Alexander Penrose Forbes, who became Bishop of Brechin, (EA 1825-32).
  • Sir James Angus Gillan, Olympic oarsman, gold-medallist 1908 and 1912 (EA 1896-1905).
  • Iain Glen, actor (EA 1965-78).
  • John Scott Haldane, physiologist (EA 1870-76).
  • Richard Burdon Haldane, 1st Viscount Haldane, Lord Chancellor, 'Father of the Territorial Army' (EA 1866-72).
  • Sir James Hector, explorer and member of the Palliser Expedition, (EA 1844-45).
  • Fleeming Jenkin, professor of engineering, (EA 1875-81).
  • David Jenkins,Olympic Athlete (EA 1958-1969).
  • Paul Jones, singer, actor and presenter, (EA 1958-60).
  • Nick Keir, Musician (EA 1958-1970).
  • James Eckford Lauder, artist of outstanding note who painted James Watt, (EA 1824-8).
  • Robert Scott Lauder jnr., M.D.,(Edinburgh), Physician at Morningside Lunatic Asylum, etc., (EA 1852-8)
  • Colin John Mackenzie, Major-General and Chief of the General Staff of the Canadian Army
  • Magnús Magnússon, television presenter, and translator of Icelandic origins, (EA 1935-48).
  • Sir James Marjoribanks, career diplomat who presented Britain's successful application to join the European Community in 1967
  • James Clerk Maxwell, physicist, (EA 1841-47).
  • Will Whitehorn, president of Virgin Galactic.
  • Catherine McQueen, model and TV presenter
  • James Reid, politician and Law Lord.
  • William Forbes Skene, Scottish historian, (EA 1826-29).
  • Sir Ninian Stephen, Governor General of Australia.
  • Kenneth Stevenson, Bishop of Portsmouth.
  • Robert Louis Stevenson, writer, (EA 1861-63).
  • J. I. M. Stewart, university professor and mystery writer (as Michael Innes)
  • Archibald Campbell Tait, who became Archbishop of Canterbury, (EA 1824-27).
  • Frederick Guthrie Tait, son of Peter Guthrie Tait, soldier and gifted amateur golfer, (EA 1881-83).
  • Peter Guthrie Tait, physicist, (EA 1841-47).
  • Iain Torrance, President of Princeton Theological Seminary, (EA 1954-63).
  • D'Arcy Wentworth Thompson, mathematical biologist, (EA 1870-77).
  • George Younger, 1st Viscount Younger of Leckie, (EA 1864-67).

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