List of people educated at Perth Academy

Perth Academy is a non-denominational state school in Perth, Scotland.

Image	Name	Notability	Reference(s)
—	Ian Abbot	Poet	^[1]
—	Arthur Kinmond Bell	Distiller and philanthropist	^[2]
—	James Bisset	Artist, manufacturer, writer, collector, art dealer and poet	^[3]
—	Francis Black	Politician serving in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba	^[4]
—	Neil Cameron, Baron Cameron of Balhousie	Senior officer in Royal Air Force	^[5]
—	John Forbes Cameron	Mathematician, academic and academic administrator	^[6]
Aileen Campbell	Aileen Campbell	Scottish Government Cabinet Secretary for Communities and Local Government	^[7]
Colin Campbell	Colin Campbell	British Army officer and colonial governor	^[8]
—	Iain Donald Campbell	Biophysicist and academic	^[9]
—	Patrick Campbell	Vice-admiral in the Royal Navy	^[10]
—	Alastair Cram	Mountaineer, lawyer and British Army officer	^[11]
—	John Keir Cross	Scriptwriter, author, ventriloquist	^[12]
Arthur Dewar, Lord Dewar	Arthur Dewar, Lord Dewar	Member of UK parliament and judge	^[13]
—	Gordon Duff	Medical scientist and academic	^[14]
Thomas Duncan	Thomas Duncan	Portrait and historical painter	^[15]
—	David Edward	Lawyer and academic, and former Judge of the Court of Justice of the European Communities
—	Robert Fairbairn	Banker and cricketer	^[16]
—	John Forfar	Paediatrician and academic	^[17]
Patrick Geddes	Patrick Geddes	Biologist, sociologist, geographer, philanthropist and pioneering town planner	^[18]
Stephen Gethins	Stephen Gethins	Member of UK parliament	^[19]
Neil A. R. Gow	Neil A. R. Gow	Professor of Microbiology and deputy vice chancellor at the University of Exeter	^[20]
—	Camilla Hattersley	Olympic swimmer	^[21]
—	Mary Packer Harris	Artist and art teacher	^[22]
—	Atholl Henderson	Football player and coach	^[23]
David Octavius Hill	David Octavius Hill	Painter and arts activist	^[24]
—	Edward Lindsay Ince	Mathematician	^[25]
—	William Keiller	Anatomist	^[26]
Henry Littlejohn	Henry Littlejohn	Surgeon, forensic scientist and public health official	^[27]
—	David Low	Agriculturalist	^[28]
Fred MacAulay	Fred MacAulay	Comedian	^[29]
—	Robert MacDonald	Minister of the Free Church of Scotland
—	James MacGregor	Minister of the Church of Scotland	^[30]
—	John Sturgeon Mackay	Mathematician and academic author	^[31]
—	George Mathewson	Chairman of Royal Bank of Scotland	^[32]
Patrick Matthew	Patrick Matthew	Grain merchant, fruit farmer, forester, and landowner	^[33]
—	James McGhie, Lord McGhie	Chairman of the Scottish Land Court and President of the Lands Tribunal for Scotland, and a Senator of the College of Justice
—	Thomas McWhannell	Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly	^[34]
—	James Miller	Architect	^[35]
—	Stephen Milne	Olympic swimmer	^[36]
—	Robert MacGregor Mitchell, Lord MacGregor Mitchell	Lawyer, judge and member of UK parliament
Robert Pullar	Robert Pullar	Liberal politician	^[37]
—	John Monteath Robertson	Chemist and crystallographer	^[38]
—	Ronald Foote Robertson	President of the British Medical Association	^[39]
—	Condie Sandeman	Advocate	^[40]
—	Philip Scott	Professional football
—	Rhod Sharp	Broadcaster	^[41]
—	Jack Shaw	Businessman, former chairman of the board of directors and Governor of the Bank of Scotland	^[42]
Richard Simpson	Richard Simpson	Member of the Scottish Parliament	^[43]
—	Mili Smith	Professional curler	^[44]
Duncan Sommerville	Duncan Sommerville	Mathematician and astronomer	^[45]
William Soutar	William Soutar	Poet and diarist	^[46]
—	Brian Souter	Billionaire businessman	^[47]
James Stewart	James Stewart	Physician and missionary	^[48]
—	David Kinnear Thomson	Chairman and president of Peter Thomson (Perth) Limited
—	William Thomson	Mathematician and physicist	^[49]
—	Anthony Toft	President of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh	^[50]
John Wishart	John Wishart	Mathematician and agricultural statistician	^[51]
—	Sandy Wylie, Lord Kinclaven	Senator of the College of Justice, a judge of the Supreme Courts of Scotland

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