# Alasdair

Alasdair (pronounced) is a Scottish Gaelic given name. The name is a Gaelic form of Alexander which has long been a popular name in Scotland. The personal name Alasdair is often Anglicised as Alistair, Alastair, and Alaster.

## People named Alasdair

* Alexander of Argyll (died 1310), Scottish magnate
* Alasdair Allan (born 1971), Scottish politician
* Alasdair Beckett-King (born 1984), English stand-up comedian
* Alasdair Boyle (born 1945), Scottish rugby union player
* Alasdair Breckenridge (1937–2019), Scottish pharmacologist
* Alasdair Caimbeul (born 1941), Scottish playwright, short story writer, and novelist
* Alasdair Clayre (1935–1984), British author and broadcaster
* Alasdair Cochrane (born 1978), British political theorist and ethicist
* Alasdair Dickinson (born 1983), Scottish rugby union coach
* Alasdair Drysdale (born 1950), Scottish-American geographer and professor
* Alasdair Duncan (born 1982), Australian author and journalist
* Alasdair Elliott, British operatic tenor
* Alasdair Evans (born 1989), English-Scottish cricketer
* Alasdair Fotheringham, British journalist
* Alasdair Fraser (1946–2012), Scottish-Irish lawyer
* Alasdair Fraser (born 1955), Scottish fiddler, composer, performer, and recording artist
* Alasdair Garnsworthy (born 1983), English cricketer
* Alasdair Macintosh Geddes (born 1934), Scottish professor
* Alasdair Gillies (1963–2011), Scottish bagpiper and tutor
* Alasdair Gillis, Canadian television host
* Alasdair Graham (1929–2015), Canadian politician, journalist, and businessman
* Alasdair Graham (1934–2016), Scottish pianist, accompanist, and academic
* Alasdair Gray (1934–2019), Scottish writer and artist
* Alasdair Hay (born 1961), British firefighter
* Alasdair Houston, English evolutionary biologist and ecologist
* Alasdair Hutton (born 1940), British writer and narrator
* Alasdair Kent, British-Australian opera singer
* Alasdair Liddell (1949–2012), British health service administrator
* Alasdair Locke, Scottish businessman
* Alasdair Mac Colla (c. 1610–1647), 17th-century military officer
* Alasdair Alpin MacGregor (1899–1970), Scottish writer and photographer
* Alasdair MacGriogair (1806–1881), Scottish writer and minister
* Alasdair MacIlleBhàin (born 1987), Scottish singer-songwriter
* Alasdair MacIntyre (born 1929), Scottish-American philosopher
* Alasdair Mackenzie (1903–1970), Scottish farmer and politician
* Alasdair Maclay (born 1973), English cricketer
* Alasdair MacLean, English singer and guitarist
* Alasdair Maclean (1926–1994), Scottish poet and writer
* Alasdair MacLennan (born 1957), Scottish cyclist and sporting administrator
* Alasdair Crotach MacLeod (1450–1547), Scottish Chief
* Alasdair MacMhaighstir Alasdair, Scottish war poet and satirist
* Alasdair McDonnell (born 1949), Irish politician
* Alasdair McLellan (born 1974), British photographer
* Alasdair Middleton, British opera singer and playwright
* Alasdair Mitchell (born 1950), British conductor
* Alasdair Milne (1930–2013), British TV producer
* Alasdair Monk (born 1972), English football goalkeeper
* Alasdair Mór, Scottish Gael
* Alasdair Morgan (born 1945), Scottish politician
* Alasdair Morrison (born 1968), Scottish politician
* Alasdair Morrison, Scottish banker
* Alasdair Paterson, Scottish poet and academic librarian
* Alasdair Pollock (born 1993), English cricketer
* Alasdair Roberts (born 1961), Canadian academic
* Alasdair Roberts (born 1977), Scottish folk musician
* Alasdair Smith (born 1949), Scottish international economist
* Alasdair Steedman (1922–1992), English Royal Air Force senior commander
* Alasdair Steele-Bodger (1924–2008), British veterinary surgeon
* Alasdair Strokosch (born 1983), Scottish rugby union player
* Alasdair Tait, Scottish cellist, teacher, and artistic director
* Alasdair Tayler (1870–1937), British historical writer
* Alasdair Taylor (born 1965), Scottish squash player
* Alasdair Grant Taylor (1934–2007), Scottish artist and sculptor
* Alasdair Turner (1969–2011), British scientist
* Alasdair Urquhart (born 1945), Scottish philosopher and professor
* Alasdair Walker (1956–2019), British medical doctor and Royal Navy officer
* Alasdair Mackie Ward , known as Algy Ward (1959–2023), British musician
* Alasdair Webster (born 1934), Australian politician
* Alasdair White (born 1983), Scottish folk musician
* Alasdair A. K. White (born 1952), British management theorist
* Alasdair Whittle (born 1949), British archaeologist and academic

## Fictional characters

* Alasdair Sinclair, Emmerdale character played by Ray Coulthard