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Nathif Jama Adam, Somali banker and politician
Sarah Boyack, former MSP and Minister for Transport of Scotland
Liam Burns, NUS UK president 2011–2013
Ingvald Godal, former member of the Norwegian Parliament and former chairman of the Norwegian Support Committee for Chechnya
Bernie Grant, British Labour Party politician, the Member of Parliament for Tottenham from 1987 to 2000; Britain's first Afro-Caribbean MP (did not graduate)
Fiona Hyslop MSP, Cabinet Secretary for Culture and External Affairs in the Scottish Government
Hassan Ali Khaire, Somali politician, Prime Minister of Somalia
Archy Kirkwood, Baron Kirkwood of Kirkhope, former Liberal Democrat MP
Mark MacGregor, Conservative Party politician
Gillian Mackay, Green Party MSP for Central Scotland
Henry McLeish, former First Minister of Scotland
Brian Monteith, former Conservative MSP
Henning Skumsvoll, member of the Norwegian Parliament
Teo Ho Pin, former member of the Singapore Parliament
Fiona Watson, political affairs officer
Graham Watson, former MEP; Leader of the European Parliament's Liberal Group 2002–2009 and president of the EU's Liberal Democratic Party 2011-15
Lord Mike Watson, Baron Watson of Invergowrie, former MP and MSP
=== Sports ===
Jock Clear, Formula One engineer
Luke Crosbie, Scotland national rugby union team player
Joe Hendry, Scottish professional wrestler
Lee Jones, Scotland national rugby union team player
Shirley Robertson, TV presenter and double Olympic gold medallist
Jack Ross, British professional footballer
Gordon Shedden, British auto racing driver
Kirsty Smith, Scottish soccer player for the Scotland women's national football team and West Ham United F.C. Women.
== Notable staff ==
Sir Thomas Hudson Beare, chair of mechanics and engineering, 1887–1889
George Murray Burnett (1921–1980), served as principal, 1974–1980
Andrew John Herbertson, lecturer in industrial and commercial geography, 1896–1899
Sir Geoff Palmer, grain scientist and human rights advocate, 1977–2005
=== Principals ===
Sir Francis Grant Ogilvie, 1886–1900
Arthur …
