University of Glasgow Medical School - Famous Alumni

Famous Alumni

Past students of the University of Glasgow School of Medicine include:

• William Cullen (1710–1790) Physician and chemist.
• William Hunter (1718–1783) Anatomist and obstetrician.
• Tobias George Smollett (1721–1771) Novelist and physician.
• Joseph Black (1728–1799) Chemist and physician.
• Joseph Lister (1827–1912) Physician.
• Murdoch Cameron (1845–1930) Obstetrician.
• Sir William MacEwen (1848–1924) Surgeon.
• John Glaister Snr (1856–1932) Regius Professor of Forensic Medicine.
• John Glaister Jnr (1892–1971) Regius Professor of Forensic Medicine.
• Marion Gilchrist (1864–1952) Ophthalmologist.
• Marbai Ardesir Vakil (1868- c.1948) Physician.
• Dame Anne Louise McIllroy (1878–1968) Gynaecologist and obstetrician.
• John Boyd Orr (1880–1971) Nutritionist.
• Professor Osborne Henry Mavor (1888–1951) Dramatist, GP and Professor of Medicine at Anderson’s College.
• Dr Archibald Joseph Cronin (1896–1981) (GP and novelist; author of The Citadel and The Stars Look Down)
• Ian Donald (1910–1987) Obstetrician and pioneer of medical ultrasound.
• Lady Isobel Barnett (1918–1980) TV and Radio Personality
• Dr Dickson Mabon (1925–2008) Scottish Labour and Liberal Democrat politician
• Dr Ronald Mavor (1925–2007) Physician, Playwright and Chairman of Scottish Arts Council
• RD Laing (1927–1989) Psychiatrist.
• Stuart Campbell Obstetrician and developer of 3D ultrasound
• Dr Ernest Macalpine ("Mac") Armstrong (Chief Medical Officer for Scotland, 2000–2005)
• Dr Harry Burns (Chief Medical Officer for Scotland, 2005–present)
• Prof Sir Kenneth Calman (Chief Medical Officer for Scotland, 1989–1991; Chief Medical Officer, United Kingdom of England, 1991–1998; Vice Chancellor and Warden of Durham University, 1998–2007; Chancellor of the University of Glasgow, 2007–present
• Dr Liam Fox (Conservative politician; Defence Secretary; MP for Woodspring)
• Emeli Sandé (Scottish R&B and Soul recording artist and songwriter)