#1Famous people · Tayport, Fife
4 famous people were born in Tayport from 1737 to 1913
At the top of the list is the politician Agnes Husband, covered in 6 languages. The next two names are Douglas Young and Nicolas Vilant. Agnes Husband, the best known, was born in 1852. 2 of them are scientists and doctors, more than in any other field.
Born here
4
notable people
Best known
Agnes Husband
in 6 Wikipedia languages
First
1737
Nicolas Vilant
Youngest
1913
Douglas Young
Most common field
Science & Medicine
2 people
The best known
Born in Tayport
The three are covered in 6, 6 and 5 languages: Agnes Husband, Douglas Young and Nicolas Vilant.
#1
#2Science & Medicine
Douglas Young
1913–1973Scottish classical scholar and politician (1913-1973)
6 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
#3Science & Medicine
Nicolas Vilant
1737–1807Scottish mathematician (1737-1807)
5 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
Through the years
When Tayport’s famous people were born
Births peak in the 1910s, with 2 people born in that decade.
Science & MedicinePolitics & LawMilitary
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Tayport is known for
Share of Tayport’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 Tayport
1 more, best known first.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Close by, Dundee counts 627 famous people, the most of its neighbours.
Questions about famous people from Tayport
Who is the most famous person from Tayport?
Agnes Husband (politician (1852-1929)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 6 languages. Next come Douglas Young and Nicolas Vilant.
How many famous people were born in Tayport?
4 people born in Tayport have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
What is Tayport known for?
Among its famous people, scientists and doctors: 2 of the 4. That is 50% of the town’s list, against 7% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Tayport?
Nicolas Vilant, born in 1737. The youngest on the list was born in 1913.
Who counts as from Tayport?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Tayport’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 (8)
- Agnes Husband: w:Alec Grieve, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Douglas Young: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Nicolas Vilant: Nicolas Vilant (1737-1807), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Brian Cox: Amy Martin Photography, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Old Tom Morris: Thomas Rodger, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Alexander Wood: Barraud & Jerrard, Photographers, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Ian McDiarmid: Miguel Discart, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Richard Gadd: Soccer Aid for UNICEF, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
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