George Watson's College - Notable Alumni

Notable Alumni

• Sir Eric Anderson, KT, provost of Eton College
• Ian Anderson, MBE, musician with Jethro Tull
• The Reverend David Arnott, Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland for 2011–2012
• Peter Baikie, Scottish comedian and composer
• Martin Bell, skier, and four times participant of the Winter Olympics
• Douglas Percy Bliss, painter
• Colin Boyd, Baron Boyd of Duncansby, PC, QC, Lord Advocate, life peer in the British House of Lords
• Kate Clanchy, writer
• Gillian Cooke, athlete and bobsledder
• John Corrie, politician, MP, MEP
• David Daiches, Scottish literary historian and literary critic
• Jack Docherty, Scottish writer, actor, presenter and producer.
• Jamie Drummond, Edinburgh-born Canadian sommelier and noted self- publicist
• Donald Runnicles, noted conductor
• Sir John Charles Fenton, lawyer, Solicitor General for Scotland
• Jimmy Finlayson, actor
• Jo Fraser, Painter
• Keith Fraser (skier), Olympic Athlete 1992
• Ian Frazer, Creator of the Human Papilloma virus vaccine and Australian of the Year 2006
• David Maxwell Fyfe, Viscount Kilmuir, Barrister, Home Secretary and Lord Chancellor
• Frances Guy Diplomat (British Ambassador to the Yemen and Lebanon)
• Gavin Hastings, OBE, rugby player
• Scott Hastings, rugby player
• Robert Horne, 1st Viscount Horne, Chancellor of the Exchequer
• Sir Chris Hoy, MBE, Six-time Olympic gold medal winning track cyclist
• Moray Hunter Scottish comedian, writer and performer.
• David Johnston International rugby player and professional footballer (Heart of Midlothian)
• Martha Kearney, BBC broadcaster and journalist
• Malcolm Martineau, pianist and recital accompanist
• Keith Moffatt, physicist
• Ronald King Murray, PC, politician and judge, (Labour Party)
• Myles MacInnes (known as Mylo), singer-songwriter, music producer, and DJ
• Keith McIvor (known as JD Twitch) music producer, and DJ
• Ian R. Porteous, mathematician
• Hugo Rifkind,journalist
• Sir Malcolm Rifkind, KCMG, QC, politician (Conservative Party)
• Henry Peel Ritchie, First World War Victoria Cross recipient
• Ian Robertson, Rugby Union player and commentator
• Gerald Russell, Professor of Psychiatry
• Chris Smith, Baron Smith of Finsbury, PC, former British MP and Cabinet minister (Labour Party)
• Elizabeth Smith, MSP
• Robin Smith, mountaineer
• Sir Basil Spence, architect
• David Steel, Baron Steel of Aikwood, KT, KBE, PC, politician (Liberal Democrats), MP, former leader of the Liberal Party
• Tun Dato' Sir James Beveridge Thomson, KBE, SSM, PMN, PJK, lawyer and judge, Chief Justice of the Federal Court of Malaysia.
• Craig Sutherland, professional footballer
• Joseph Wedderburn, mathematician
• Rebecca West, writer and campaigner
• Robin Williamson, musician with The Incredible String Band
• Jason White, rugby player
• Christopher Wood, painter

See also the category People associated with George Watson's College