Alasdair is a
Scottish Gaelic
Scottish Gaelic ( gd, Gàidhlig ), also known as Scots Gaelic and Gaelic, is a Goidelic language (in the Celtic branch of the Indo-European language family) native to the Gaels of Scotland. As a Goidelic language, Scottish Gaelic, as well ...
given name
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. The name is a Gaelic form of ''
Alexander
Alexander is a male given name. The most prominent bearer of the name is Alexander the Great, the king of the Ancient Greek kingdom of Macedonia who created one of the largest empires in ancient history.
Variants listed here are Aleksandar, Al ...
'' which has long been a popular name in Scotland. The personal name ''Alasdair'' is often
Anglicised as ''
Alistair
Alistair is a masculine given name. It is an Anglicised form of the Scottish Gaelic '' Alasdair''. The latter is most likely a Scottish Gaelic variant of the Norman French Alexandre or Latin Alexander, which was incorporated into English in the s ...
'', ''
Alastair'', and ''Alaster''.
[''A Dictionary of First Names'', Oxford University Press, ]
People named Alasdair
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Alasdair A. K. White, British management theorist
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Alasdair Allan, Scottish politician
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Alasdair Alpin MacGregor
Alasdair Alpin MacGregor (March 20, 1899 – 1970) was a Scottish writer and photographer, known for a large number of travel books. He wrote also on Scottish folklore, and was a published poet.
Life
He was born at Applecross, Ross and Cromarty, ...
, Scottish writer and photographer
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Alasdair and Hetty Tayler
Alexander Norwich Tayler (11 July 1870 – 8 November 1937) and his sister Helen Agnes Henrietta Tayler (24 March 1869 – 10 April 1951) were British historical writers, specialising in 17th and 18th century Scottish and English history.
Helen ...
, British historical writers
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Alasdair Clayre
Alasdair George S. Clayre (9 October 1935 – 10 January 1984) was a British author, broadcaster, singer-songwriter, and academic.
Early life and career
Clayre was born in Southampton, Hampshire on 9 October 1935. He won a scholarship to Win ...
, British author and broadcaster
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Alasdair Dickinson
Alasdair Dickinson (born 11 September 1983) is a Scottish rugby union coach. He was previously a Scotland international rugby union player; and played for the clubs Edinburgh Rugby, Gloucester and Sale Sharks. He played as a prop.
Rugby Uni ...
, Scottish rugby union coach
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Alasdair Duncan
Alasdair Duncan (born 22 November 1982) is an Australian author and journalist, based in Brisbane. He wrote for the weekly music magazine ''Rave'', where he published interviews with Cut Copy, LCD Soundsystem, M.I.A. and Soulwax
Soulwax are ...
, Australian author and journalist
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Alasdair Fotheringham, British journalist
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Alasdair Fraser
Alasdair Fraser (born 14 May 1955, Clackmannan, Scotland) is a Scottish fiddler, composer, performer and recording artist.
Fraser operates Culburnie Records and is a leading artist on the label. He has founded five summer fiddling programs ...
, Scottish fiddler and composer
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Alasdair Gillis, Canadian TV host
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Alasdair Graham
Alasdair Bernard Graham (May 21, 1929 – April 22, 2015) was a Canadian politician, journalist and businessman.
Political career
Graham attempted to win a seat in the House of Commons of Canada in the 1958 election from Nova Scotia, but was ...
, Canadian politician
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Alasdair Gray
Alasdair James Gray (28 December 1934 – 29 December 2019) was a Scottish writer and artist. His first novel, ''Lanark: A Life in Four Books, Lanark'' (1981), is seen as a landmark of Scottish fiction. He published novels, short stories, plays ...
, Scottish writer and artist
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Alasdair Hutton
Alasdair Henry Hutton OBE TD OStJ (born 19 May 1940) is a British writer and narrator for public events and concerts, including the Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo.
Early life
Born in London in 1940, Hutton's house was hit by a bomb three ...
, British writer and narrator
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Alasdair Kent, British-Australian opera singer
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Alasdair Locke, Scottish businessman
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Alasdair Mac Colla, 17th-century military officer
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Alasdair MacIntyre, Scottish-American philosopher
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Alasdair Mackenzie
Alasdair Roderick Mackenzie (3 August 1903 – 8 November 1970) was a Scottish farmer and politician who became a Liberal Party Member of Parliament.
A Gaelic speaker, he went to Broadford Junior Secondary School on the Isle of Skye. He became ...
, Scottish farmer and politician
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Alasdair MacLean
The Clientele is a London-based indie pop band, formed in 1991. The band is currently composed of lead singer/guitarist Alasdair MacLean, drummer Mark Keen and bassist James Hornsey. Since its inception, the Clientele has released eight full-l ...
, singer and guitarist
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Alasdair Maclean
The Clientele is a London-based indie pop band, formed in 1991. The band is currently composed of lead singer/guitarist Alasdair MacLean, drummer Mark Keen and bassist James Hornsey. Since its inception, the Clientele has released eight full-l ...
, Scottish poet and writer
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Alasdair MacMhaighstir Alasdair
Alasdair mac Mhaighstir Alasdair (c. 1698–1770), legal name Alexander MacDonald, or, in Gaelic Alasdair MacDhòmhnaill, was a Scottish war poet, satirist, lexicographer, political writer and memoirist.
The poet's Gaelic name means "Alasdair, so ...
, Scottish war poet and satirist
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Alasdair McDonnell
Dr Alasdair McDonnell (born 1 September 1949) is an Irish politician who is a member of the Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP), and was its leader from 2011 to 2015. He was the Member of Parliament for Belfast South from 2005 to 2017 and ...
, Irish politician
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Alasdair Middleton Alasdair Middleton is a leading British opera librettist and playwright with librettos commissioned by the Royal Opera House, Opera North and the Berlin Philharmonic among others. He is responsible for a series of important operatic collaborations ...
, British opera singer
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Alasdair Milne, British TV producer
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Alasdair Monk
Alasdair Charles Monk (born 8 November 1972) is an English former footballer who played as a goalkeeper for Colchester United. He began his career at Everton and went onto play for Swedish club IFK Stromstad and later returned to England joini ...
, English footballer
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Alasdair Morgan
Alasdair Neil Morgan (born 21 April 1945) is a former Scottish National Party (SNP) politician. He was Depute Leader of the SNP from 1990–91 and served in the British House of Commons as the Member of Parliament for Galloway and Upper Nithsd ...
, Scottish politician
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Alasdair Morrison, Scottish politician
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Alasdair Morrison, Scottish banker
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Alexander of Argyll
Alexander of Argyll, also known as Alexander of Lorne, and Alexander MacDougall ( gd, Alasdair MacDubhgaill; died 1310), was a Scottish magnate from the late 13th and early 14th century.
Alexander was the son of Ewen MacDougall, Lord of Argyll ...
, Scottish magnate
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Alexander Ranaldson Macdonell
Colonel Alexander Ranaldson MacDonell of Glengarry (15 September 1773 – 17 January 1828), sometimes called by the Gaelic version of his name, Alastair or Alasdair, was clan chief of Clan MacDonell of Glengarry. As was customary for a laird (l ...
, Scottish clan chief
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Alasdair Roberts, Canadian academic
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Alasdair Roberts, Scottish folk musician
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Alasdair Sinclair, ''Emmerdale'' character played by
Ray Coulthard
Raymond Anthony Coulthard (born 3 September 1968) is a British actor. He is best known for portraying Alasdair Sinclair in ''Emmerdale'' and restaurant manager James Schofield in '' Hotel Babylon''.
Career
Coulthard's television appearances i ...
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Alasdair Smith
Alasdair Smith DL is a former professor of economics and Vice-Chancellor at the University of Sussex and is a former Chair of the 1994 Group. He is a noted international economist whose studies (often developed in concert with fellow economist T ...
, international economist
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Alasdair Strokosch
Alasdair Strokosch (born 21 February 1983, Paisley, Scotland) is a retired Scottish rugby union footballer who last played in the Pro D2 for USA Perpignan. He previously played for Gloucester in the Aviva Premiership and Edinburgh in the Pro ...
, Scottish rugby union player
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Alasdair Grant Taylor, Scottish artist and sculptor
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Alasdair Urquhart, Scottish philosopher
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Alasdair Webster
Alasdair Paine Webster (born 12 February 1934) is a retired Australian politician.
Early life
Webster was born in East Maitland, New South Wales. He underwent military service in 1953, attended the University of New England, and became a teac ...
, Australian politician
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Alasdair White, Scottish folk musician
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Alasdair Whittle, British archaeologist
See also
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Sgurr Alasdair, the highest peak on the Isle of Skye
References
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Scottish Gaelic masculine given names
Scottish masculine given names