#1Science & Medicine
Mary Earle
1929–2021New Zealand food technologist (1929–2021)
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Famous people · Caol, Highland
From 1779 to 1957, Caol was the birthplace of 4 famous people
At the top of the list is the New Zealand food technologist Mary Earle, covered in 6 languages. Donald Park is second and George Campbell third. The list’s best known name, Mary Earle, dates from 1929. Per 10,000 residents, the town has 12.5, close to the 13.2 of the typical Highland town.
Born here
4
notable people
Best known
Mary Earle
in 6 Wikipedia languages
First
1779
Charles Cameron
Youngest
1957
George Campbell
Most common field
Sports
2 people
The best known
Born in Caol
Athletes take two of the three places.
#1DP#2
Sports
Donald Park
born 1953Scottish footballer and manager (born 1953)
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GC#3
Sports
George Campbell
born 1957Former Scottish professional football player, born 1957
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Through the years
When Caol’s famous people were born
More were born in the 1950s than in any other decade: 2.
SportsScience & MedicineMilitary
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Caol is known for
The field with the most names is Sports: 2.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed across UK towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Caol
1 more, best known first.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Around it, Fort William has the most people on record, 11 of them.
Questions about famous people from Caol
Who is the most famous person from Caol?
Mary Earle (New Zealand food technologist (1929–2021)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 6 languages. Next come Donald Park and George Campbell.
How many famous people were born in Caol?
4 people born in Caol have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
What is Caol known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 2 of the 4. That is 50% of the town’s list, against 49% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Caol?
Charles Cameron, born in 1779. The youngest on the list was born in 1957.
Who counts as from Caol?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Caol’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 (1)
- Mary Earle: Massey University - photographer unknown, CC BY 3.0 nz, Wikimedia Commons
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