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Science & Medicine
Alexander Collie
1793–1835Australian surgeon (1793-1835)
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Famous people · Insch, Aberdeenshire
3 famous people were born in Insch from 1793 to 1964
The best known is the Australian surgeon Alexander Collie, with articles in 6 languages. Second and third on the list are Philip Clemo and David Brown. A short trip away, Huntly (10 mi) counts 13 famous people, George MacDonald among them. The list comes to 11.2 for every 10,000 residents, about the same as the typical town in Aberdeenshire, at 10.2.
Born here
3
notable people
Best known
Alexander Collie
in 6 Wikipedia languages
First
1793
Alexander Collie
Youngest
1964
Philip Clemo
Most common field
Science & Medicine
1 people
The best known
Born in Insch
Counted by languages, Alexander Collie is ahead of Philip Clemo and David Brown: 6, 3 and 2.
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Known for
What Insch is known for
Science & Medicine leads the fields, with 1 people.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed across UK towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
The most names next door are in Huntly: 13.
Questions about famous people from Insch
Who is the most famous person from Insch?
Alexander Collie (Australian surgeon (1793-1835)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 6 languages. Next come Philip Clemo and David Brown.
How many famous people were born in Insch?
3 people born in Insch have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
What is Insch known for?
Among its famous people, scientists and doctors: 1 of the 3. That is 33% of the town’s list, against 7% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Insch?
Alexander Collie, born in 1793. The youngest on the list was born in 1964.
Who counts as from Insch?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Insch’s locality (the NRS 2022 locality boundary), a hospital or district within it included, whose English Wikipedia article agrees. People who only lived here, adult performers and people known mainly for crimes aren’t listed.
Why is someone missing?
Their Wikidata birthplace may be a bigger area (“London”), another town, or missing, or their article may give no birthplace. We only list people both sources agree on; editing Wikidata or Wikipedia changes this page at the next refresh.
From Wikidata (CC0: birthplaces, descriptions, years, occupations) and English Wikipedia (each person’s article confirms the birthplace; linked, not quoted). Birthplaces are placed in the town by National Records of Scotland’s Census 2022 locality boundaries (Open Government Licence v3.0). Ranked by how many Wikipedia languages cover each person. Fields are read from Wikidata’s description and occupations. “The usual town”: everyone listed across UK towns. Portraits: each person’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
Photo credits (2)
- Philip Clemo: Philip Clemo, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- George MacDonald: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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