#1Famous people · Lockerbie, Dumfries and Galloway
From 1782 to 1989, Lockerbie was the birthplace of 8 famous people
The best known is the Scottish and British curler Claire Hamilton, with articles in 14 languages. In the Victorian era, 4 were born, the most of any period. Claire Hamilton was born in 1989. Per 10,000 residents, the town has 18.1, close to the 18.1 of the typical Dumfries and Galloway town.
Born here
8
notable people
Best known
Claire Hamilton
in 14 Wikipedia languages
First
1782
Andrew Halliday
Youngest
1989
Claire Hamilton
Most common field
Sports
4 people
The best known
Born in Lockerbie
All three are athletes.
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Sports
David Jardine
1867–1921British association football player (1867-?)
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Through the years
When Lockerbie’s famous people were born
The 1860s saw the most births of any decade: 2.
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Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Lockerbie is known for
Leaders stand out most, at 4.3 times the usual share.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed across UK towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Lockerbie
Another 5, the earliest born in 1782.
Andrew Halliday
1782–1839Scottish physician, reformer, and writer; royal physician to William IV and to Queen Victoria, British military surgeon in the in the Napoleonic Wars, and Deputy Inspector-General of hospitals in the British West Indies.
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Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Of the towns around it, Dumfries has the most on record: 181.
Questions about famous people from Lockerbie
Who is the most famous person from Lockerbie?
Claire Hamilton (Scottish and British curler) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 14 languages. Next come David Jardine and George Jones.
How many famous people were born in Lockerbie?
8 people born in Lockerbie have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace. Wikidata places 9 people here; the rest aren’t listed because their article names somewhere else, or no town.
What is Lockerbie known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 4 of the 8. That is 50% of the town’s list, against 49% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Lockerbie?
Andrew Halliday, born in 1782. The youngest on the list was born in 1989.
Who counts as from Lockerbie?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Lockerbie’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 (6)
- Claire Hamilton: Krazytea, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- John Jardine: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Andrew Halliday: Wellcome Library, London, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jimmy Jamieson: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Calvin Harris: Sony BMG, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Hugh Clapperton: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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