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Famous people · Tullibody, Clackmannanshire
4 famous people were born in Tullibody from 1749 to 1939
At the top of the list is the Scottish politician George Reid, covered in 10 languages. The next two names are William McKay Aitken and Ralph Walker. The biggest group are scientists and doctors: 2. The list’s best known name, George Reid, dates from 1939.
Born here
4
notable people
Best known
George Reid
in 10 Wikipedia languages
First
1749
Ralph Walker
Youngest
1939
George Reid
Most common field
Science & Medicine
2 people
The best known
Born in Tullibody
The three are covered in 10, 2 and 1 languages: George Reid, William McKay Aitken and Ralph Walker.
#2
#3Through the years
When Tullibody’s famous people were born
The 1930s top the chart, with 2 births in the decade.
Science & MedicinePolitics & LawWriting & Arts
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Tullibody is known for
2 of them work in Science & Medicine, 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 Tullibody
1 more, best known first.
No one matches both filters.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Of the towns nearby, Stirling lists the most people: 208.
Stirling · 4 miJames III of Scotland & 207 more
Alloa · 2 miDavid Allan & 30 more
Bridge of Allan · 4 miDonald Ewen Cameron & 23 more
Dunblane · 6 miDougie MacLean & 16 more
Alva · 2 miBilly Hunter & 11 moreDHTillicoultry · 4 miDavid Horne & 9 more
Clackmannan · 4 miJohn Balfour, 1st Baron Kinross & 7 moreBGBannockburn · 4 miBrian Grant & 7 moreQuestions about famous people from Tullibody
Who is the most famous person from Tullibody?
George Reid (Scottish politician (1939–2025)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 10 languages. Next come William McKay Aitken and Ralph Walker.
How many famous people were born in Tullibody?
4 people born in Tullibody have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace. Wikidata places 7 people here; the rest aren’t listed because their article names somewhere else, or no town.
What is Tullibody known for?
Among its famous people, scientists and doctors: 2 of the 4. That is 50% of the town’s list, against 7% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Tullibody?
Ralph Walker, born in 1749. The youngest on the list was born in 1939.
Who counts as from Tullibody?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Tullibody’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 (8)
- William McKay Aitken: Winterline, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ralph Walker: William Ridley, 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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