Famous people with connections to Auchterarder

  • Andrew Fairlie, two-Michelin-starred chef

  • Eve Graham, singer with The New Seekers pop group

  • Sandy Gunn, Spitfire photo reconnaissance pilot executed after the "Great Escape" from a Germany prisoner  of war camp.

  • Richard Haldane, 1st Viscount Haldane, politician, lawyer and philosopher.

  • Stephen Hendry, seven-time world snooker champion

  • James Kennaway, novelist

  • John Rutherford Gordon,  editor of the Sunday Express

  • John Monteath Robertson FRSE chemist and crystallographer 

  • Ewan MacColl, Scottish folk singer, composer and playwright.
  • Sir Alec Douglas-Home, British foreign secretary and Prime Minister

Notable Events

Notable incidents in the history of Auchterarder. 

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About Auchterarder

A brief history of Aucherarder through the ages.

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Royal History

Learn about the Royal Family’s Strathearn Heritage.

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