#1Politics & Law
William Alexander, 1st Earl of Stirling
1567–1640Scottish courtier and poet
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Famous people · Menstrie, Clackmannanshire
5 famous people were born in Menstrie from 1567 to 1939
Articles in 12 languages make the Scottish courtier and poet William Alexander, 1st Earl of Stirling the best known. Lawrie Thomson is second and Robert Thomson third. The list’s best known name, William Alexander, 1st Earl of Stirling, dates from 1567. The biggest group are athletes: 3.
Born here
5
notable people
Best known
William Alexander, 1st Earl of Stirling
in 12 Wikipedia languages
First
1567
William Alexander, 1st Earl of Stirling
Youngest
1939
Robert Thomson
Most common field
Sports
3 people
The best known
Born in Menstrie
William Alexander, 1st Earl of Stirling leads with articles in 12 languages, ahead of Lawrie Thomson (4) and Robert Thomson (4).
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Through the years
When Menstrie’s famous people were born
More were born in the 1930s than in any other decade: 2.
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Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Menstrie is known for
The field with the most names is Sports: 3.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed across UK towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Menstrie
The other 2 span the years 1885 to 1888.
No one matches both filters.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
The longest list nearby is Stirling’s, with 208.
Stirling · 4 miJames III of Scotland & 207 more
Alloa · 3 miDavid Allan & 30 more
Bridge of Allan · 4 miDonald Ewen Cameron & 23 more
Dunblane · 5 miDougie MacLean & 16 more
Alva · 2 miBilly Hunter & 11 moreDHTillicoultry · 4 miDavid Horne & 9 moreBGBannockburn · 5 miBrian Grant & 7 more
Clackmannan · 5 miJohn Balfour, 1st Baron Kinross & 7 moreQuestions about famous people from Menstrie
Who is the most famous person from Menstrie?
William Alexander, 1st Earl of Stirling (Scottish courtier and poet) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 12 languages. Next come Lawrie Thomson and Robert Thomson.
How many famous people were born in Menstrie?
5 people born in Menstrie have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
What is Menstrie known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 3 of the 5. That is 60% of the town’s list, against 49% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Menstrie?
William Alexander, 1st Earl of Stirling, born in 1567. The youngest on the list was born in 1939.
Who counts as from Menstrie?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Menstrie’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 (7)
- William Alexander, 1st Earl of Stirling: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- James III of Scotland: Hugo van der Goes, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- David Allan: David Allan, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Donald Ewen Cameron: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Dougie MacLean: Palak Dudani, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Billy Hunter: Schnabel SC — Dirk Gerardus Andries Schnabel (1870-1933), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John Balfour, 1st Baron Kinross: Leslie Ward, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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