JB#1
Politics & Law
John Crichton-Stuart, 7th Marquess of Bute
1958–2021Scottish peer and racing driver
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Famous people · Rothesay, Argyll and Bute
27 famous people were born in Rothesay, more of them leaders than in most towns
John Crichton-Stuart, 7th Marquess of Bute, the Scottish peer and racing driver, is the most widely known, written about in 22 languages. The largest group, 11, was born in the 20th century. Per head, the list is long: 64.2 for every 10,000 residents, where the typical town in Argyll and Bute has 28.8. From Saint Blane to Stephen Reynolds, the births on the list run from 550 to 1992.
Born here
27
notable people
Best known
John Crichton-Stuart, 7th Marquess of Bute
in 22 Wikipedia languages
First
550
Saint Blane
Youngest
1992
Stephen Reynolds
Most common field
Sports
9 people
What stands out about Rothesay’s famous people
★ What stands out · Known for
What Rothesay is known for
Set against the usual town, leaders come out 2.5 times as common.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed across UK towns. Tap a field to see its people.
The best known
Born in Rothesay
Two of the three are leaders.
#2Politics & Law
Graham Watson
born 1956British politician (Liberal Democrat) (born 1956)
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#3Through the years
When Rothesay’s famous people were born
Count by decade and the 1870s come out on top, with 5 births.
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Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
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Everyone else born in Rothesay
The other 24 span the years 550 to 1992.
No one matches both filters.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Largs leads the towns around it, with 18 names.
Questions about famous people from Rothesay
Who is the most famous person from Rothesay?
John Crichton-Stuart, 7th Marquess of Bute (Scottish peer and racing driver) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 22 languages. Next come Graham Watson and George Leslie Hunter.
How many famous people were born in Rothesay?
27 people born in Rothesay have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace. Wikidata places 29 people here; the rest aren’t listed because their article names somewhere else, or no town.
What is Rothesay known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 9 of the 27. That is 33% of the town’s list, against 49% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Rothesay?
Saint Blane, born in 550. The youngest on the list was born in 1992.
Who counts as from Rothesay?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Rothesay’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 (14)
- Graham Watson: The original uploader was Salty1977 at English Wikipedia., CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- George Leslie Hunter: Notknown, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jane Ross: James Boyes from UK, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Matthew Stewart: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Sheina Marshall: unknown, maybe Frederick Russell, or his wife, Gweneth Russell, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- George Lyon: Keith Edkins, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Eleanor Campbell: Professor Eleanor Campbell, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jim McAlister: Alasdair Middleton from Rothesay, Scotland, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Thomas Gillies: Unknown photographer, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Christopher Richard Markwell: Christopher Markwell, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Mike Gilbert: Archives New Zealand, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Robert Gillies: not specified, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Thomas Brisbane: E. E. Friedrich T. Schenck (1811-1885), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Sylvester McCoy: Patrick Subotkiewiez, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
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