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Famous people · Tillicoultry, Clackmannanshire
10 famous people were born in Tillicoultry from 1873 to 2001
David Horne is the best known, with articles in 3 languages. Second place goes to the Scottish footballer Eddie Hunter, third to Sam Fisher. 5 of them were born in the Victorian era, more than in any other period. Among the 8 towns in Clackmannanshire with famous people on record, the town ranks 3rd.
Born here
10
notable people
Best known
David Horne
in 3 Wikipedia languages
First
1873
Alec Garden Fraser
Youngest
2001
Sam Fisher
Most common field
Sports
6 people
The best known
Born in Tillicoultry
Two of the three are athletes.
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Through the years
When Tillicoultry’s famous people were born
The 1880s alone account for 2 of the births charted here.
SportsMilitaryMusicScience & Medicine
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Tillicoultry is known for
6 of them work in Sports, the biggest field.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed across UK towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Tillicoultry
7 more names, born between 1873 and 1960.
James Dalgleish Pollock
1890–1958Scottish military officer (1890–1958); recipient of the Victoria Cross
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James Lennox Dawson
1891–1967Scottish military officer (1891–1967); recipient of the Victoria Cross
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No one matches both filters.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
The longest list nearby is Stirling’s, with 208.
Stirling · 8 miJames III of Scotland & 207 more
Alloa · 3 miDavid Allan & 30 more
Bridge of Allan · 8 miDonald Ewen Cameron & 23 more
Alva · 2 miBilly Hunter & 11 more
Kincardine · 6 miJames Dewar & 10 more
Clackmannan · 3 miJohn Balfour, 1st Baron Kinross & 7 more
Menstrie · 4 miWilliam Alexander, 1st Earl of Stirling & 4 moreAGDollar · 3 miAlan Grafen & 3 moreQuestions about famous people from Tillicoultry
Who is the most famous person from Tillicoultry?
David Horne (Scottish composer, pianist and teacher) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 3 languages. Next come Eddie Hunter and Sam Fisher.
How many famous people were born in Tillicoultry?
10 people born in Tillicoultry have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
What is Tillicoultry known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 6 of the 10. That is 60% of the town’s list, against 49% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Tillicoultry?
Alec Garden Fraser, born in 1873. The youngest on the list was born in 2001.
Who counts as from Tillicoultry?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Tillicoultry’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 (10)
- Alec Garden Fraser: Sam Britten, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- James Dalgleish Pollock: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- James Lennox Dawson: 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
- 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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