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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 [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
 Aileen Campbell Scottish Government Cabinet Secretary for Communities and Local Government [7]
Colin Campbell
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]
Arthur Dewar, Lord Dewar
Arthur Dewar, Lord Dewar
 Arthur Dewar, Lord Dewar Member of UK parliament and judge [12]
— Gordon Duff Medical scientist and academic [13]
Thomas Duncan
Thomas Duncan
 Thomas Duncan Portrait and historical painter [14]
— David Edward Lawyer and academic, and former Judge of the Court of Justice of the European Communities
— Robert Fairbairn Banker and cricketer [15]
— John Forfar Paediatrician and academic [16]
Patrick Geddes
Patrick Geddes
 Patrick Geddes Biologist, sociologist, geographer, philanthropist and pioneering town planner [17]
Stephen Gethins
Stephen Gethins
 Stephen Gethins Member of UK parliament [18]
Neil A. R. Gow
Neil A. R. Gow
 Neil A. R. Gow Professor of Microbiology and deputy vice chancellor at the University of Exeter [19]
— Camilla Hattersley Olympic swimmer [20]
— Mary Packer Harris Artist and art teacher [21]
— Atholl Henderson Football player and coach [22]
David Octavius Hill
David Octavius Hill
 David Octavius Hill Painter and arts activist [23]
— Edward Lindsay Ince Mathematician [24]
— William Keiller Anatomist [25]
Henry Littlejohn
Henry Littlejohn
 Henry Littlejohn Surgeon, forensic scientist and public health official [26]
— David Low Agriculturalist [27]
Fred MacAulay
Fred MacAulay
 Fred MacAulay Comedian [28]
— Robert MacDonald Minister of the Free Church of Scotland
— James MacGregor Minister of the Church of Scotland [29]
— John Sturgeon Mackay Mathematician and academic author [30]
— George Mathewson Chairman of Royal Bank of Scotland [31]
Patrick Matthew
Patrick Matthew
 Patrick Matthew Grain merchant, fruit farmer, forester, and landowner [32]
— 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 [33]
— James Miller Architect [34]
— Stephen Milne Olympic swimmer [35]
— Robert MacGregor Mitchell, Lord MacGregor Mitchell Lawyer, judge and member of UK parliament
Robert Pullar
Robert Pullar
 Robert Pullar Liberal politician [36]
— John Monteath Robertson Chemist and crystallographer [37]
— Ronald Foote Robertson President of the British Medical Association [38]
— Condie Sandeman Advocate [39]
— Philip Scott Professional football
— Rhod Sharp Broadcaster [40]
— Jack Shaw Businessman, former chairman of the board of directors and Governor of the Bank of Scotland [41]
Richard Simpson
Richard Simpson
 Richard Simpson Member of the Scottish Parliament [42]
— Mili Smith Professional curler [43]
Duncan Sommerville
Duncan Sommerville
 Duncan Sommerville Mathematician and astronomer [44]
William Soutar
William Soutar
 William Soutar Poet and diarist [45]
— Brian Souter Billionaire businessman [46]
James Stewart
James Stewart
 James Stewart Physician and missionary [47]
— David Kinnear Thomson Chairman and president of Peter Thomson (Perth) Limited
— William Thomson Mathematician and physicist [48]
— Anthony Toft President of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh [49]
John Wishart
John Wishart
 John Wishart Mathematician and agricultural statistician [50]
— Sandy Wylie, Lord Kinclaven Senator of the College of Justice, a judge of the Supreme Courts of Scotland

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  34. ^ "James Miller". www.scottisharchitects.org.uk. RCAMHS. Retrieved 23 August 2020.
  35. ^ Gallagher, Matthew (9 February 2016). "Perth swim star Stephen Milne hopes to reap benefits of pre-Olympic training trip to Oz". Daily Record. Retrieved 23 August 2020.
  36. ^ Pullar, Robert (23 September 2004). "Pullar, Sir Robert (1828–1912)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/61313. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
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  43. ^ "Perth Academy's Mili Smith joins Scottish Schools' curling team". www.scotsman.com. 3 January 2017. Retrieved 23 August 2020.
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  45. ^ "William Soutar (1898 – 1943)". The University of Edinburgh. 31 May 2017. Retrieved 23 August 2020.
  46. ^ Angus, Craig (6 May 2016). "Sir Brian Souter visited old school Perth Academy as part of an enterprise month". Daily Record. Retrieved 23 August 2020.
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  50. ^ "John Wishart". MacTutor. University of St. Andrews. Retrieved 23 August 2020.
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