List of Famous people born in Perth, United Kingdom

Ewan McGregor

Ewan Gordon McGregor
First Name Ewan
Last Name McGregor
Born on March 31, 1971 (age 54)
Height 177 cm | 5'10

Ewan Gordon McGregor is a Scottish-American actor who has starred in various film and musical roles. His first professional role was in 1993, as a leading role in the British Channel 4 series Lipstick on Your Collar. He has also portrayed heroin addict Mark Renton in the drama films Trainspotting (1996) and T2 Trainspotting (2017), Obi-Wan Kenobi in the Star Wars prequel trilogy (1999–2005), poet Christian in the musical film Moulin Rouge! (2001), young Edward Bloom in Big Fish (2003), Rodney Copperbottom in Robots (2005), Camerlengo Father Patrick McKenna in Angels and Demons (2009), "the ghost" in Roman Polanski's political thriller The Ghost Writer (2010), Dr. Alfred Jones in the romantic comedy-drama Salmon Fishing in the Yemen (2011), Lumière in the live-action adaptation of the musical romantic fantasy Beauty and the Beast (2017), the adult version of the titular character in the fantasy comedy-drama Christopher Robin (2018), the adult version of Dan Torrance in the horror film Doctor Sleep (2019), and Black Mask in the DC Extended Universe superhero film Birds of Prey (2020).

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Eve Muirhead

First Name Eve
Last Name Muirhead
Born on April 22, 1990 (age 35)
Height 173 cm | 5'8

Eve Muirhead is a Scottish curler residing in Stirling. She won a bronze medal at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi as part of Team GB and is the 2013 World Champion.

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Effie Gray

First Name Effie
Died on December 23, 1897

Euphemia Chalmers Millais, Lady Millais was a Scottish painter and the wife of Pre-Raphaelite painter John Everett Millais. She had previously been married to the art critic, John Ruskin, but the marriage was annulled, and she left him without it having been consummated. This famous Victorian "love triangle" has been dramatised in plays, films, and an opera.

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Michael Fallon

First Name Michael
Last Name Fallon
Born on May 14, 1952 (age 73)

Sir Michael Cathel Fallon is a British politician who served as Secretary of State for Defence from 2014 to 2017. A member of the Conservative Party, Fallon served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Sevenoaks from 1997 to 2019, having previously served as the MP for Darlington from 1983 to 1992.

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Andrew Fairlie

First Name Andrew
Last Name Fairlie
Died on January 22, 2019 (aged 49)

Andrew Fairlie was a Scottish chef. Fairlie was the head chef of the eponymous Restaurant Andrew Fairlie, an independent business within the Gleneagles Hotel and Resort, in Auchterarder, Perthshire. Restaurant Andrew Fairlie is the only restaurant in Scotland with two Michelin stars, and one of only fifteen in the UK.

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Gillian McKeith

First Name Gillian
Last Name McKeith
Born on September 28, 1959 (age 66)
Height 157 cm | 5'2

Gillian McKeith is a Scottish television presenter, nutritionist and writer. She is the former host in the UK of Channel 4's You Are What You Eat and Granada Television's Dr Gillian McKeith's Feel Fab Forever, and as of 2010 presents Eat Yourself Sexy on the W Network in Canada. She is the author of several books about nutrition, including You Are What You Eat (2004), and Dr Gillian McKeith's Ultimate Health Plan (2006).

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Eric Joyce

First Name Eric
Last Name Joyce
Born on October 13, 1960 (age 65)

Eric Stuart Joyce is a British politician, former military officer and convicted child sex offender. A former member of the Labour Party, he was Member of Parliament (MP) for Falkirk, formerly Falkirk West, from 2000 to 2015.

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Joanna Vanderham

First Name Joanna
Born on October 18, 1991 (age 34)
Height 170 cm | 5'7

Joanna Vanderham is a Scottish actress. She has been a main cast member in a number of British television series.

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Eilidh Doyle

First Name Eilidh
Born on February 20, 1987 (age 38)

Eilidh Doyle is a British track and field athlete who specialises in the 400 metres hurdles and the 4 x 400 metres relay. She represented Great Britain at the 2012 Olympic Games in London, and won an Olympic bronze medal in the 4 x 400 metres relay at the 2016 Games in Rio de Janeiro.

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David Octavius Hill

First Name David
Last Name Hill
Born on May 20, 1802
Died on May 17, 1870 (aged 67)

David Octavius Hill was a Scottish painter, photographer and arts activist. He formed Hill & Adamson studio with the engineer and photographer Robert Adamson between 1843 and 1847 to pioneer many aspects of photography in Scotland.

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