Authors, Journalists and Writers
- Lord Byron (1788–1824), poet (raised in Aberdeen from ages 2–10, though not born there)
- Alexander Chalmers (1759–1834), journalist
- Simon Farquhar (born 1972), writer
- B.C. Forbes (1880–1954), journalist and founder of Forbes Magazine
- Lewis Grassic Gibbon (1901–1935), author
- David Masson (1822–1907), author
- William Matthews (1822–1896), bookbinder and author, gold medal winner at The Crystal Palace Exhibition
- Rachel Annand Taylor (1876–1960), poet
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“When in public poetry should take off its clothes and wave to the nearest person in sight; it should be seen in the company of thieves and lovers rather than that of journalists and publishers.”
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