critic Music Connor Ball (born 1996), bassist of The Vamps John Black (born 1967), music manager Yvie Burnett (born 1963), opera singer, vocal coach and TV personality Ian Campbell (1933–2012), folk musician Ronald Center (1913–1973), composer Finlay Dun (1795–1853), musician and collector of Scottish songs Iona Fyfe (born 1998), award-winning Scots singer and musician Mary Garden (1874–1967), opera singer Evelyn Glennie (born 1965), virtuoso percussionist Calvin Goldspink (born 1989), singer and US-based actor Jimmy Hastings (born 1938), rock and jazz instrumentalist Annie Lennox (born 1954), singer Neil Mackie (born 1946), tenor and professor at Royal College of Music Alasdair MacLean (born 1974), vocalist and songwriter Terry McDermott, singer John McLeod (born 1934), composer Jimmy Murrison (born 1964), lead guitarist Pallas (1980 – present), progressive rock band Stanley Robertson (1940–2009), ballad singer and storyteller Seb Rochford, drummer Emeli Sandé (born 1987), singer The Shamen, electronic dance music band The Xcerts, band Politics Richard Alexander (1934–2008), former MP for Newark Sir John Anderson (1858–1915), Governor of Straits Settlements Sir John Arbuthnot, 1st Baronet (1912–1992), politician Norman Baker, MP for Lewes and former UK government minister Peter Bevan-Baker (1962–), Canadian politician, the current leader for the PEI Green Party (from 2012), MLA (from 2015), and official opposition leader for Prince Edward Island (from 2019) Kirsty Blackman, SNP MP for Aberdeen North (from 2015) William Mortimer Clark (1836–1917), Canadian politician James Cran, former MP for Beverley, PPS, Maastricht Rebel and Shadow Deputy Leader of the House Stuart Donaldson, SNP MP for West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine (from 2015) James Moir Ferres (1813–1870), Upper Canadian politician and journalist Frank Findlay (1884–1945), New Zealand politician James Forrester (1937–2011), U.S. politician Sydney Gardner (1884–1965), Australian politician Michael Gove (born 1967), Conservative MP and Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster Rosemary Hall (1925–2011), Scottish Nationalist politician John Hope (1842–1926), Tasmanian politician Joseph Hunter (1839–1935), Canadian politician and surveyor William Alexander Hunter (1844–1898), politician and jurist James Hutchison (1859–1909), Australian politician Sir William MacGregor (1846–1919), Lieutenant-Governor of British New Guinea, Lieutenant-Governor of Newfoundland and Labrador and Governor of Queensland Callum McCaig, former MP for Aberdeen South (from 2015-2017) Donald Melville (1829–1919), Australian politician Alexander Mitchell (1817–1887), U.S. politician Robert Morrison, 1st Baron Morrison (1881–1953), British politician and parliamentary private secretary John Paton (1886–1976), politician and British MP William Bain Scarth (1837–1902), Canadian politician Sir Richard Shepherd, MP for Aldridge-Brownhills Graham Simpson (living), Conservative MSP Thomas Smith (1745–1809), U.S. politician Nicol