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Famous people · Carronshore, Falkirk
4 famous people call Carronshore their birthplace
Willie Millar, the footballer, is the most widely known, written about in 2 languages. Second and third on the list are Daniel McVey and Ernie Collumbine. The first birth on record is Jimmy Caldwell’s, in 1884, and the last Ernie Collumbine’s, in 1938. Athletes make up the largest group, 3 of them.
Born here
4
notable people
Best known
Willie Millar
in 2 Wikipedia languages
First
1884
Jimmy Caldwell
Youngest
1938
Ernie Collumbine
Most common field
Sports
3 people
The best known
Born in Carronshore
First, Willie Millar (2 languages), then Daniel McVey (1) and Ernie Collumbine (1).
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Through the years
When Carronshore’s famous people were born
The 1900s alone account for 1 of the births charted here.
SportsPolitics & Law
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Carronshore is known for
Set against the usual town, athletes come out 1.5 times as common.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed across UK towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Carronshore
1 more, best known first.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Of the towns nearby, 8 have famous names listed.
TDFalkirk · 2 miTommy Douglas & 187 more
Grangemouth · 3 miThomas Mitchell & 23 moreTLStenhousemuir · 1 miTommy Leishman & 13 more
Larbert · 2 miJohn Baildon & 12 more
Kincardine · 4 miJames Dewar & 10 more
Polmont · 4 miJames Burns & 9 moreJSBonnybridge · 5 miJohn Snedden & 9 moreAWRedding · 3 miArchie Whyte & 1 more
Grangemouth · 3 miThomas Mitchell & 23 moreTLStenhousemuir · 1 miTommy Leishman & 13 moreLarbert · 2 miJohn Baildon & 12 moreKincardine · 4 miJames Dewar & 10 morePolmont · 4 miJames Burns & 9 moreJSBonnybridge · 5 miJohn Snedden & 9 moreAWRedding · 3 miArchie Whyte & 1 moreQuestions about famous people from Carronshore
Who is the most famous person from Carronshore?
Willie Millar (footballer (1901-1966)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 2 languages. Next come Daniel McVey and Ernie Collumbine.
How many famous people were born in Carronshore?
4 people born in Carronshore have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
What is Carronshore known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 3 of the 4. That is 75% of the town’s list, against 49% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Carronshore?
Jimmy Caldwell, born in 1884. The youngest on the list was born in 1938.
Who counts as from Carronshore?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Carronshore’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 (5)
- Daniel McVey: Not identified, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Thomas Mitchell: unsigned, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John Baildon: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- James Dewar: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- James Burns: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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