LH#1
Science & Medicine
Lydia Manley Henry
1891–1985British medical doctor (1891-1985)
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Photo: Bill Harrison · CC BY-SA 2.0Famous people · Macduff, Aberdeenshire
Macduff’s famous people span 103 years: 2 births from 1891 to 1994
Lydia Manley Henry, the British medical doctor, is the most widely known, written about in 4 languages. The other is Matthew Cooper, the Scottish footballer. The neighbour with the longest list is Banff, 1 mi away: 23, led by Sandi Thom. The list’s best known name, Lydia Manley Henry, dates from 1891.
Born here
2
notable people
Best known
Lydia Manley Henry
in 4 Wikipedia languages
First
1891
Lydia Manley Henry
Youngest
1994
Matthew Cooper
Most common field
Science & Medicine
1 people
The best known
Born in Macduff
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Known for
What Macduff is known for
The largest field is Science & Medicine, 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
Close by, Banff counts 23 famous people, the most of its neighbours.
Questions about famous people from Macduff
Who is the most famous person from Macduff?
Lydia Manley Henry (British medical doctor (1891-1985)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 4 languages. Next come Matthew Cooper.
How many famous people were born in Macduff?
2 people born in Macduff have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace. Wikidata places 4 people here; the rest aren’t listed because their article names somewhere else, or no town.
What is Macduff known for?
Among its famous people, scientists and doctors: 1 of the 2. That is 50% of the town’s list, against 7% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Macduff?
Lydia Manley Henry, born in 1891. The youngest on the list was born in 1994.
Who counts as from Macduff?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Macduff’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)
- Sandi Thom: P.g.champion, CC BY-SA 2.0 uk, Wikimedia Commons
- Beauchamp Duff: The Library of Congress, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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