Nuttgens (1930–2004), academic and writer on architecture
Nivetha Pethuraj, Indian actress
Dame Muriel Spark, British writer (took a course in commercial correspondence and précis writing at Heriot-Watt College)
Sir Basil Spence (1907–1976), architect of Coventry Cathedral and the New Zealand Parliament Building (nicknamed 'The Beehive') in Wellington, New Zealand
Douglas Stuart, British writer, fashion designer, winner of 2020 Booker Prize
John Thomson, pioneering photographer
Deepak Tripathi, historian and former journalist
Irvine Welsh, British writer of the novel Trainspotting
Greg Wise, British actor and producer
Joanne Yeoh, Malaysian violinist and music lecturer at Universiti Putra Malaysia
Gary Younge, writer and journalist
Casa Yuen, South Africa-born Hong Kong TVB actress
=== Academia and science ===
Le Hai An (1971–2019), Deputy Minister of Education and Training of Vietnam and rector of Hanoi University of Mining and Geology
Iain Baikie, physicist, winner of Swan Medal and Prize
Christina Miller, chemist
David A. B. Miller, applied physicist; winner of R. W. Wood Prize and Adolph Lomb Medal
James Nasmyth, inventor of the steam hammer
Evelyn Roxburgh (1896–1973), electrical engineer
Sarah Tabrizi, neurologist
Chris Whitty, physician; Chief Medical Advisor to the UK Government
=== Business ===
Robert Buchan, British/Canadian businessman, founder of Kinross Gold Corporation
Adam Crozier, British businessman, chief executive and television executives; Chief Executive of ITV
Roger Jenkins, British financier, former Chief Executive of Barclays Private Equity, Principal Investments and Structured Capital Markets
Bob Keiller, British businessman, Chief Executive of Wood Group
Michael Lombardi, Canadian businessman, founder of Lombardi Media Corporation
Ian Ritchie, British businessman, founder of OWL, missed WWW opportunity of Tim Berners-Lee
Maurice Tulloch (born 1969), British/Canadian businessman, CEO of Aviva
Per Valebrokk, Norwegian editor and business man, partner of Storm Communications
=== Politics …
