Clans of Aberdeen
The Granite City and her hinterland.
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Families seated in Aberdeen
- BrownDescriptive, the brown one, third most common surname in Scotland.
- AndersonSon of Andrew, the saint that gave Scotland its flag, and the patronymic that crossed every shire.
- MitchellOf Michael, the diminutive that became its own surname in north-east Scotland.
- YoungDescriptive, the younger, sister surname to Vaughan in Wales and Óg in Ireland.
- Clan ForbesLord Forbes, Scotland's senior baron, of Aberdeenshire.
Historic ties to Aberdeen
Families with historic but not core ground here.
Champions made here
Famous bearers whose lives or work root in Aberdeen.
- Thomas ReidThe Aberdeen-trained minister who answered David Hume's skepticism with the philosophy of Common Sense and founded the Scottish school that would shape American thought through the nineteenth century.
- Annie LennoxThe Aberdeen boilermaker's daughter who left the Royal Academy of Music to form the Tourists with Dave Stewart, broke through with Eurythmics' Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This) in 1983, won four Grammys, and has been one of the international voices of British female songwriting for thirty years.
- Lee AndersonThe Nottinghamshire coal miner who rose from the colliery to the House of Commons, served as Deputy Chairman of the Conservative Party, and became the first elected Member of Parliament for Reform UK.
- Sir Alex FergusonThe Govan shipyard district's son who broke the Old Firm with Aberdeen and built the most decorated career in the history of British football, carrying the Ferguson name to the summit of the European game.