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Famous people · Leslie, Fife
From 1750 to 1948, Leslie was the birthplace of 4 famous people
The best known is the British actor Ken Hutchison, with articles in 9 languages. James Deas and James Glenie follow. The list’s best known name, Ken Hutchison, dates from 1948. Per 10,000 residents, the town has 13.9, close to the 13.9 of the typical Fife town.
Born here
4
notable people
Best known
Ken Hutchison
in 9 Wikipedia languages
First
1750
James Glenie
Youngest
1948
Ken Hutchison
Most common field
Film, TV & Stage
1 people
The best known
Born in Leslie
The three are covered in 9, 2 and 2 languages: Ken Hutchison, James Deas and James Glenie.
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James Glenie
1750–1817Scottish military engineer and mathematician
2 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
Through the years
When Leslie’s famous people were born
More were born in the 1940s than in any other decade: 1.
Film, TV & StagePolitics & LawMilitarySports
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Leslie is known for
Share of Leslie’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 Leslie
1 more, best known first.
No one matches both filters.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
The most names next door are in Kirkcaldy and Dysart: 192.
Kirkcaldy and Dysart · 6 miAdam Smith & 191 more
Cowdenbeath and Lumphinnans · 8 miJim Baxter & 49 more
Lochgelly · 6 miAlexander Wood & 21 moreAEBuckhaven · 7 miAlex Eadie & 16 moreJVMethil · 7 miJack Vettriano & 13 more
Leven · 8 miRobert Reid & 13 more
Glenrothes · 2 miDougray Scott & 6 moreCDKinross · 8 miCharlie Duncan & 6 moreQuestions about famous people from Leslie
Who is the most famous person from Leslie?
Ken Hutchison (British actor (1948–2021)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 9 languages. Next come James Deas and James Glenie.
How many famous people were born in Leslie?
4 people born in Leslie have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace. Wikidata places 6 people here; the rest aren’t listed because their article names somewhere else, or no town.
What is Leslie known for?
Among its famous people, performers: 1 of the 4. That is 25% of the town’s list, against 9% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Leslie?
James Glenie, born in 1750. The youngest on the list was born in 1948.
Who counts as from Leslie?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Leslie’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)
- James Deas: Unknown photographer, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- James Glenie: James Glenie (1750-1817), Public domain, 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
- Dougray Scott: Gage Skidmore from Peoria, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
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