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Robert Reid
1842–1904Merchant and politician in Victoria, Australia (1842–1904)
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Famous people · Leven, Fife
14 famous people were born in Leven, most of them in the Victorian era
Robert Reid is the best known, with articles in 4 languages. 9 of them are athletes, more than in any other field. Births span 1842 to 1929, from Robert Reid to Bobby Warrender. Per 10,000 residents, the town has 13.9, close to the 13.9 of the typical Fife town.
Born here
14
notable people
Best known
Robert Reid
in 4 Wikipedia languages
First
1842
Robert Reid
Youngest
1929
Bobby Warrender
Most common field
Sports
9 people
The best known
Born in Leven
Robert Reid, Archie Wood and David Anderson are written about in 4, 3 and 3 languages.
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David Anderson
1880–1953Scottish civil engineer and lawyer (1880-1953)
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Through the years
When Leven’s famous people were born
Count by decade and the 1920s come out on top, with 4 births.
SportsScience & MedicineBusinessPolitics & Law
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Leven is known for
No other field is as far above the usual share as scientists and doctors, at 2.9 times.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed across UK towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Leven
Here are 11 more, born from 1865 to 1929.
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Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Kirkcaldy and Dysart leads the towns around it, with 192 names.
Questions about famous people from Leven
Who is the most famous person from Leven?
Robert Reid (merchant and politician in Victoria, Australia (1842–1904)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 4 languages. Next come Archie Wood and David Anderson.
How many famous people were born in Leven?
14 people born in Leven 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 Leven known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 9 of the 14. That is 64% of the town’s list, against 49% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Leven?
Robert Reid, born in 1842. The youngest on the list was born in 1929.
Who counts as from Leven?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Leven’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 (4)
- Robert Reid: Talma, 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
- Alexander Wood: Barraud & Jerrard, Photographers, 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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