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Famous people · Buckhaven, Fife
Most of the 17 famous people born in Buckhaven came into the world in the 20th century
The best known is the British politician Alex Eadie, with articles in 4 languages. Second place goes to the Scottish footballer Alec Thomson, third to Alistair Stewart. For every 10,000 residents there are 38.5 on the list, well above the typical Fife town’s 13.9. Over 133 years of births, the list goes from James Ireland Craig (1868) to Michael Cunningham (2001).
Born here
17
notable people
Best known
Alex Eadie
in 4 Wikipedia languages
First
1868
James Ireland Craig
Youngest
2001
Michael Cunningham
Most common field
Sports
10 people
The best known
Born in Buckhaven
Ranked by languages covered: Alex Eadie with 4, then Alec Thomson with 3 and Alistair Stewart with 3.
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Alistair Stewart
1905–1970Canadian politician (1905-1970)
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Through the years
When Buckhaven’s famous people were born
No decade has more births than the 1920s, at 3.
SportsPolitics & LawScience & MedicineWriting & ArtsMilitary
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Buckhaven is known for
Share of Buckhaven’s famous people in each field.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed across UK towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Buckhaven
14 more names, born between 1868 and 2001.
James Ireland Craig
1868–1952Born: 24 February 1868 in Buckhaven, Fife, Scotland; Died: 26 January 1952 in Cairo, Egypt
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Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Kirkcaldy and Dysart has the longest list next door: 192.
Kirkcaldy and Dysart · 6 miAdam Smith & 191 more
Cupar · 10 miAlexander Wood & 23 more
Lochgelly · 11 miAlexander Wood & 21 moreJVMethil · 1 miJack Vettriano & 13 more
Leven · 2 miRobert Reid & 13 moreDDBurntisland · 11 miDavid Danskin & 10 more
Glenrothes · 6 miDougray Scott & 6 moreDPBallingry · 11 miDavid Pratt & 5 moreQuestions about famous people from Buckhaven
Who is the most famous person from Buckhaven?
Alex Eadie (British politician (1920-2012)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 4 languages. Next come Alec Thomson and Alistair Stewart.
How many famous people were born in Buckhaven?
17 people born in Buckhaven have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace. Wikidata places 18 people here; the rest aren’t listed because their article names somewhere else, or no town.
What is Buckhaven known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 10 of the 17. That is 59% of the town’s list, against 49% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Buckhaven?
James Ireland Craig, born in 1868. The youngest on the list was born in 2001.
Who counts as from Buckhaven?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Buckhaven’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 (7)
- Alistair Stewart: House of Commons of Canada, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- James Ireland Craig: Strebe, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Adam Smith: Etching created by Cadell and Davies (1811), John Horsburgh (1828) or R.C. Bell (1872)., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Alexander Wood: Barraud & Jerrard, Photographers, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Alexander Wood: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Robert Reid: Talma, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Dougray Scott: Gage Skidmore from Peoria, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
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