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Sammy Baird
1930–2010Scottish footballer and manager (1930-2010)
17 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
Famous people · Denny, Falkirk
31 famous people from Denny, many of them athletes
Sammy Baird, the Scottish footballer and manager, is the most widely known, written about in 17 languages. Only 2 towns in Falkirk list more. The oldest name on the list belongs to Thomas Bain, born in 1834, the newest to Jack Hamilton, born in 1994. 17 of them were born in the 20th century, more than in any other period.
Born here
31
notable people
Best known
Sammy Baird
in 17 Wikipedia languages
First
1834
Thomas Bain
Youngest
1994
Jack Hamilton
Most common field
Sports
24 people
What stands out about Denny’s famous people
★ What stands out · Known for
What Denny is known for
Set against the usual town, athletes come out 1.6 times as common.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed across UK towns. Tap a field to see its people.
The best known
Born in Denny
Sammy Baird has articles in 17 languages, John McNally in 10 and Jimmy McMullan in 8.
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Sports
Jimmy McMullan
1895–1964Scottish footballer and manager (1895-1964)
8 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
Through the years
When Denny’s famous people were born
Births peak in the 1890s, with 6 people born in that decade.
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Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
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Everyone else born in Denny
Another 28, 22 of them athletes.
No one matches both filters.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Of the towns nearby, Falkirk lists the most people: 188.
TDFalkirk · 5 miTommy Douglas & 187 more
Kilsyth · 6 miTom Walker & 24 moreTLStenhousemuir · 4 miTommy Leishman & 13 more
Larbert · 3 miJohn Baildon & 12 more
Cumbernauld · 6 miClementina Maude, Viscountess Hawarden & 10 moreJSBonnybridge · 1 miJohn Snedden & 9 moreBGBannockburn · 5 miBrian Grant & 7 more
Dunipace · 1 miWilliam Forbes Gatacre & 3 more
Kilsyth · 6 miTom Walker & 24 moreTLStenhousemuir · 4 miTommy Leishman & 13 moreLarbert · 3 miJohn Baildon & 12 moreCumbernauld · 6 miClementina Maude, Viscountess Hawarden & 10 moreJSBonnybridge · 1 miJohn Snedden & 9 moreBGBannockburn · 5 miBrian Grant & 7 moreDunipace · 1 miWilliam Forbes Gatacre & 3 moreQuestions about famous people from Denny
Who is the most famous person from Denny?
Sammy Baird (Scottish footballer and manager (1930-2010)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 17 languages. Next come John McNally and Jimmy McMullan.
How many famous people were born in Denny?
31 people born in Denny have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace. Wikidata places 36 people here; the rest aren’t listed because their article names somewhere else, or no town.
What is Denny known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 24 of the 31. That is 77% of the town’s list, against 49% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Denny?
Thomas Bain, born in 1834. The youngest on the list was born in 1994.
Who counts as from Denny?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Denny’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)
- John McNally: Chris McAndrew, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jack Hamilton: Blethering Scot, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Peter Dougall: Bram Wisman / Anefo, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- Thomas Bain: William James Topley, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Dot Allan: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Matthew Hay: Bon-Accord magazine: Volume 11 Number 2 - Saturday 21/03/1891, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Tom Walker: Tore Sætre, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- John Baildon: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Clementina Maude, Viscountess Hawarden: Clementina Hawarden, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- William Forbes Gatacre: Beatrix Gatacre, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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