#1Famous people · Alloa, Clackmannanshire
More famous people were born in Alloa than in any other town in Clackmannanshire: 31
Articles in 23 languages make the Scottish painter David Allan the best known. David Wilson is second and Andrew Hardie, Baron Hardie third. The largest group, 13, was born in the Victorian era. Leaders are unusually common here: 7, 2.6 times the usual share.
Born here
31
notable people
Best known
David Allan
in 23 Wikipedia languages
First
1698
George Turnbull
Youngest
1991
Glenn Bryce
Most common field
Sports
15 people
What stands out about Alloa’s famous people
★ What stands out · Known for
What Alloa is known for
Compared with the usual town, leaders are the most over-represented field, at 2.6 times.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed across UK towns. Tap a field to see its people.
The best known
Born in Alloa
By how many languages cover them, David Allan comes first (23), then David Wilson (15) and Andrew Hardie, Baron Hardie (5).
#1
#2Politics & Law
David Wilson
born 1935Administrator and diplomat from England (born 1935)
15 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
AH#3
Politics & Law
Andrew Hardie, Baron Hardie
born 1946British judge (born 1946)
5 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
Through the years
When Alloa’s famous people were born
The 1930s alone account for 4 of the births charted here.
SportsPolitics & LawScience & MedicineWriting & ArtsMilitaryBusiness
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Alloa
28 more, 15 of them athletes.
James Jameson
1856–1888Scottish naturalist and traveller in Africa (1856–1888)
Science & MedicineWikipedia ↗
George Turnbull
1698–1748Scottish philosopher, theologian and writer on education (1698-1748)
Writing & ArtsWikipedia ↗
Catherine Forrester Paton
1855–1914(1855–1914), philanthropist and a founder of women's missionary training in Scotland
Politics & LawWikipedia ↗
No one matches both filters.
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Famous people from the towns next door
The most names next door are in Stirling: 208.
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Kincardine · 5 miJames Dewar & 10 moreDHTillicoultry · 3 miDavid Horne & 9 more
Clackmannan · 2 miJohn Balfour, 1st Baron Kinross & 7 moreBGBannockburn · 5 miBrian Grant & 7 more
Menstrie · 3 miWilliam Alexander, 1st Earl of Stirling & 4 moreGRTullibody · 2 miGeorge Reid & 3 moreQuestions about famous people from Alloa
Who is the most famous person from Alloa?
David Allan (Scottish painter (1744-1796)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 23 languages. Next come David Wilson and Andrew Hardie, Baron Hardie.
How many famous people were born in Alloa?
31 people born in Alloa have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace. Wikidata places 42 people here; the rest aren’t listed because their article names somewhere else, or no town.
What is Alloa known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 15 of the 31. That is 48% of the town’s list, against 49% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Alloa?
George Turnbull, born in 1698. The youngest on the list was born in 1991.
Who counts as from Alloa?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Alloa’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 (15)
- David Allan: David Allan, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- David Wilson: Deryck Chan, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- James Jameson: Hermann Werdmüller, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Robert Ramsay Wright: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Bob Jack: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- George Turnbull: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- William McEwan: Leslie Ward, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Andrew Jameson: Agence Rol, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- James Taylor Middleton: Adam, G. Mercer (Graeme Mercer), 1839-1912, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John Crawford Buchan: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- James III of Scotland: Hugo van der Goes, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Billy Hunter: Schnabel SC — Dirk Gerardus Andries Schnabel (1870-1933), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- James Dewar: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John Balfour, 1st Baron Kinross: Leslie Ward, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- William Alexander, 1st Earl of Stirling: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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