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Tommy Leishman
1937–2021Scottish footballer and manager (born 1937)
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Famous people · Stenhousemuir, Falkirk
14 famous people from Stenhousemuir, many of them athletes
The best known is the Scottish footballer and manager Tommy Leishman, with articles in 6 languages. In the 20th century, 8 were born, the most of any period. Per 10,000 residents, the town has 14.6, close to the 15 of the typical Falkirk town. The list runs from John Hodge, born in 1850, to Kenny Black, born in 1963.
Born here
14
notable people
Best known
Tommy Leishman
in 6 Wikipedia languages
First
1850
John Hodge
Youngest
1963
Kenny Black
Most common field
Sports
13 people
What stands out about Stenhousemuir’s famous people
★ What stands out · Known for
What Stenhousemuir is known for
No other field is as far above the usual share as athletes, at 1.9 times.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed across UK towns. Tap a field to see its people.
The best known
Born in Stenhousemuir
Tommy Leishman, James Hodge and Kenny Black are written about in 6, 5 and 5 languages.
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Through the years
When Stenhousemuir’s famous people were born
Births peak in the 1890s, with 2 people born in that decade.
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Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Stenhousemuir
A further 11 follow, born between 1850 and 1961.
No one matches both filters.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Of the towns around it, Falkirk has the most on record: 188.
TDFalkirk · 2 miTommy Douglas & 187 moreSBDenny · 4 miSammy Baird & 30 more
Grangemouth · 4 miThomas Mitchell & 23 more
Larbert · 1 miJohn Baildon & 12 more
Kincardine · 5 miJames Dewar & 10 moreJSBonnybridge · 3 miJohn Snedden & 9 more
Polmont · 5 miJames Burns & 9 moreWMCarronshore · 1 miWillie Millar & 3 more
Grangemouth · 4 miThomas Mitchell & 23 moreLarbert · 1 miJohn Baildon & 12 moreKincardine · 5 miJames Dewar & 10 moreJSBonnybridge · 3 miJohn Snedden & 9 morePolmont · 5 miJames Burns & 9 moreWMCarronshore · 1 miWillie Millar & 3 moreQuestions about famous people from Stenhousemuir
Who is the most famous person from Stenhousemuir?
Tommy Leishman (Scottish footballer and manager (born 1937)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 6 languages. Next come James Hodge and Kenny Black.
How many famous people were born in Stenhousemuir?
14 people born in Stenhousemuir have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace. Wikidata places 15 people here; the rest aren’t listed because their article names somewhere else, or no town.
What is Stenhousemuir known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 13 of the 14. That is 93% of the town’s list, against 49% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Stenhousemuir?
John Hodge, born in 1850. The youngest on the list was born in 1963.
Who counts as from Stenhousemuir?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Stenhousemuir’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)
- Helen Eadie: Scottish Labour, CC BY-SA 2.0, 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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