#1Science & Medicine
Thomas Mitchell
1792–1855Scottish surveyor and explorer of south-eastern Australia (1792–1855)
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Famous people · Grangemouth, Falkirk
Most of the 24 famous people born in Grangemouth came into the world in the 20th century
Thomas Mitchell leads the list, covered in 20 languages. Second place goes to the Scottish singer Elizabeth Fraser, third to Stuart Kennedy. Athletes make up the largest group, 14 of them. Born in 1792, Thomas Mitchell is the first name on record, and Alana Marshall, born in 1987, the most recent.
Born here
24
notable people
Best known
Thomas Mitchell
in 20 Wikipedia languages
First
1792
Thomas Mitchell
Youngest
1987
Alana Marshall
Most common field
Sports
14 people
The best known
Born in Grangemouth
Counted by languages, Thomas Mitchell is ahead of Elizabeth Fraser and Stuart Kennedy: 20, 17 and 13.
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Through the years
When Grangemouth’s famous people were born
More were born in the 1950s than in any other decade: 4.
SportsScience & MedicineMusicPolitics & LawWriting & ArtsMilitary
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Grangemouth is known for
No other field is as far above the usual share as musicians, at 2.4 times.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed across UK towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Grangemouth
The rest number 21, with 13 athletes among them.
No one matches both filters.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
The longest list nearby is Falkirk’s, with 188.
TDFalkirk · 3 miTommy Douglas & 187 more
Bo'ness · 4 miGrace Cadell & 31 more
Linlithgow · 5 miMary, Queen of Scots & 27 moreTLStenhousemuir · 4 miTommy Leishman & 13 more
Larbert · 4 miJohn Baildon & 12 more
Kincardine · 4 miJames Dewar & 10 more
Polmont · 1 miJames Burns & 9 moreWMCarronshore · 3 miWillie Millar & 3 more
Bo'ness · 4 miGrace Cadell & 31 moreLinlithgow · 5 miMary, Queen of Scots & 27 moreTLStenhousemuir · 4 miTommy Leishman & 13 moreLarbert · 4 miJohn Baildon & 12 moreKincardine · 4 miJames Dewar & 10 morePolmont · 1 miJames Burns & 9 moreWMCarronshore · 3 miWillie Millar & 3 moreQuestions about famous people from Grangemouth
Who is the most famous person from Grangemouth?
Thomas Mitchell (Scottish surveyor and explorer of south-eastern Australia (1792–1855)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 20 languages. Next come Elizabeth Fraser and Stuart Kennedy.
How many famous people were born in Grangemouth?
24 people born in Grangemouth have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace. Wikidata places 28 people here; the rest aren’t listed because their article names somewhere else, or no town.
What is Grangemouth known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 14 of the 24. That is 58% of the town’s list, against 49% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Grangemouth?
Thomas Mitchell, born in 1792. The youngest on the list was born in 1987.
Who counts as from Grangemouth?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Grangemouth’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 (11)
- Thomas Mitchell: unsigned, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Elizabeth Fraser: john or juan, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Alexander Winton: E. G. Williams & Bro, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Tommy Whittle: Jeff Hardcastle England, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Cathy Peattie: Excalibur at English Wikipedia, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John Ramsay: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Grace Cadell: John Campbell Harper (died 1947), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Mary, Queen of Scots: Unidentified painter, 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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