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Bob Birrell
1890–1956British association football player (1890-1956)
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Photo: Paul McIlroy · CC BY-SA 2.0Famous people · Crossgates, Fife
2 famous people were born in Crossgates
Articles in 3 languages make the British association football player Bob Birrell the best known. The other is George McLay, the Scottish footballer. For more famous names, Dunfermline is 3 mi away: its list has 186, led by Andrew Carnegie. George McLay (1889) and Bob Birrell (1890) mark the two ends of the list.
Born here
2
notable people
Best known
Bob Birrell
in 3 Wikipedia languages
First
1889
George McLay
Youngest
1890
Bob Birrell
Most common field
Sports
2 people
The best known
Born in Crossgates
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Famous people from the towns next door
The neighbour with the most names is Dunfermline, at 186.
Dunfermline · 3 miAndrew Carnegie & 185 more
Cowdenbeath and Lumphinnans · 2 miJim Baxter & 49 more
Lochgelly · 4 miAlexander Wood & 21 more
South Queensferry · 7 miVictor Hope, 2nd Marquess of Linlithgow & 12 moreDDBurntisland · 5 miDavid Danskin & 10 moreSGInverkeithing · 4 miSamuel Greig & 7 more
Kelty · 4 miStephen Husband & 5 moreDPBallingry · 6 miDavid Pratt & 5 moreQuestions about famous people from Crossgates
Who is the most famous person from Crossgates?
Bob Birrell (British association football player (1890-1956)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 3 languages. Next come George McLay.
How many famous people were born in Crossgates?
2 people born in Crossgates have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace. Wikidata places 3 people here; the rest aren’t listed because their article names somewhere else, or no town.
What is Crossgates known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 2 of the 2. That is 100% of the town’s list, against 49% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Crossgates?
George McLay, born in 1889. The youngest on the list was born in 1890.
Who counts as from Crossgates?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Crossgates’ 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)
- Andrew Carnegie: Theodore C. Marceau, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jim Baxter: Paul McIlroy, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Alexander Wood: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Victor Hope, 2nd Marquess of Linlithgow: Bassano Ltd, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Stephen Husband: Ceaton89, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
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