Alasdair

Alasdair () 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 (1929–2025), 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