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

Alumni

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Image Name Class year Notability Reference(s)
— Ian Abbot Poet
— Arthur Kinmond Bell Distiller and philanthropist
— James Bisset Artist, manufacturer, writer, collector, art dealer and poet
— Francis Black Politician serving in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba
— Neil Cameron, Baron Cameron of Balhousie Senior officer in Royal Air Force
— John Forbes Cameron Mathematician, academic and academic administrator
Aileen Campbell
Aileen Campbell
 Aileen Campbell Scottish Government Cabinet Secretary for Communities and Local Government
Colin Campbell
Colin Campbell
 Colin Campbell British Army officer and colonial governor
— Iain Donald Campbell Biophysicist and academic
— Patrick Campbell Vice-admiral in the Royal Navy
— Alastair Cram Mountaineer, lawyer and British Army officer
Arthur Dewar, Lord Dewar
Arthur Dewar, Lord Dewar
 Arthur Dewar, Lord Dewar Member of UK parliament and judge
— Gordon Duff Medical scientist and academic
Thomas Duncan
Thomas Duncan
 Thomas Duncan Portrait and historical painter
— David Edward Lawyer and academic, and former Judge of the Court of Justice of the European Communities
— Robert Fairbairn Banker and cricketer
— John Forfar Paediatrician and academic
Patrick Geddes
Patrick Geddes
 Patrick Geddes Biologist, sociologist, geographer, philanthropist and pioneering town planner
Stephen Gethins
Stephen Gethins
 Stephen Gethins Member of UK parliament
Neil A. R. Gow
Neil A. R. Gow
 Neil A. R. Gow Professor of Microbiology and deputy vice chancellor at the University of Exeter
— Camilla Hattersley Olympic swimmer
— Mary Packer Harris Artist and art teacher
— Atholl Henderson Football player and coach
David Octavius Hill
David Octavius Hill
 David Octavius Hill Painter and arts activist
— Edward Lindsay Ince Mathematician
— William Keiller Anatomist
Henry Littlejohn
Henry Littlejohn
 Henry Littlejohn Surgeon, forensic scientist and public health official
— David Low Agriculturalist
Fred MacAulay
Fred MacAulay
 Fred MacAulay Comedian
— Robert MacDonald Minister of the Free Church of Scotland
— James MacGregor Minister of the Church of Scotland
— John Sturgeon Mackay Mathematician and academic author
— George Mathewson Chairman of Royal Bank of Scotland
Patrick Matthew
Patrick Matthew
 Patrick Matthew Grain merchant, fruit farmer, forester, and landowner
— 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
— James Miller Architect
— Stephen Milne Olympic swimmer
— Robert MacGregor Mitchell, Lord MacGregor Mitchell Lawyer, judge and member of UK parliament
Robert Pullar
Robert Pullar
 Robert Pullar Liberal politician
— John Monteath Robertson Chemist and crystallographer
— Ronald Foote Robertson President of the British Medical Association
— Condie Sandeman Advocate
— Philip Scott Professional football
— Rhod Sharp Broadcaster
— Jack Shaw Businessman, former chairman of the board of directors and Governor of the Bank of Scotland
Richard Simpson
Richard Simpson
 Richard Simpson Member of the Scottish Parliament
— Mili Smith Professional curler
Duncan Sommerville
Duncan Sommerville
 Duncan Sommerville Mathematician and astronomer
William Soutar
William Soutar
 William Soutar Poet and diarist
— Brian Souter Billionaire businessman
James Stewart
James Stewart
 James Stewart Physician and missionary
— David Kinnear Thomson Chairman and president of Peter Thomson (Perth) Limited
— William Thomson Mathematician and physicist
— Anthony Toft President of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh
John Wishart
John Wishart
 John Wishart Mathematician and agricultural statistician
— Sandy Wylie, Lord Kinclaven Senator of the College of Justice, a judge of the Supreme Courts of Scotland

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