#1Famous people · Glenrothes, Fife
Glenrothes counts 7 famous people, first among them Dougray Scott
Articles in 25 languages make the Scottish actor Dougray Scott the best known. The list comes to 1.9 for every 10,000 residents, below the 13.9 of the typical town in Fife. The oldest name on the list belongs to David Speedie, born in 1960, the newest to Kevin McHattie, born in 1993. Births since 1970 account for 3 of the names.
Born here
7
notable people
Best known
Dougray Scott
in 25 Wikipedia languages
First
1960
David Speedie
Youngest
1993
Kevin McHattie
Most common field
Sports
5 people
What stands out about Glenrothes’ famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Glenrothes’s famous people were born
The 1960s top the chart, with 3 births in the decade.
SportsFilm, TV & Stage
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Glenrothes
By how many languages cover them, Dougray Scott comes first (25), then David Speedie (8) and Kevin McHattie (6).
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Known for
What Glenrothes is known for
Athletes stand out most, at 1.5 times the usual share.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed across UK towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Glenrothes
A further 4 follow, born between 1960 and 1984.
No one matches both filters.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Close by, Kirkcaldy and Dysart counts 192 famous people, the most of its neighbours.
Kirkcaldy and Dysart · 5 miAdam Smith & 191 more
Cowdenbeath and Lumphinnans · 9 miJim Baxter & 49 more
Lochgelly · 7 miAlexander Wood & 21 moreAEBuckhaven · 6 miAlex Eadie & 16 moreJVMethil · 6 miJack Vettriano & 13 more
Leven · 7 miRobert Reid & 13 moreDPBallingry · 6 miDavid Pratt & 5 more
Kelty · 9 miStephen Husband & 5 moreQuestions about famous people from Glenrothes
Who is the most famous person from Glenrothes?
Dougray Scott (Scottish actor) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 25 languages. Next come David Speedie and Kevin McHattie.
How many famous people were born in Glenrothes?
7 people born in Glenrothes have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
What is Glenrothes known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 5 of the 7. That is 71% of the town’s list, against 49% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Glenrothes?
David Speedie, born in 1960. The youngest on the list was born in 1993.
Who counts as from Glenrothes?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Glenrothes’ 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)
- Dougray Scott: Gage Skidmore from Peoria, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- David Speedie: Mark Freeman from Hornchurch, UK, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Adam Smith: Etching created by Cadell and Davies (1811), John Horsburgh (1828) or R.C. Bell (1872)., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jim Baxter: Paul McIlroy, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Alexander Wood: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Robert Reid: Talma, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Stephen Husband: Ceaton89, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
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