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Famous people · Invergordon, Highland
5 famous people were born in Invergordon from 1887 to 1994
Articles in 6 languages make the Scottish footballer Jimmy Andrews the best known. Tom Stoltman is second and Julian Oswald third. 3 of them were born in the 20th century, more than in any other period. The list comes to 13.2 for every 10,000 residents, about the same as the typical town in Highland, at 13.2.
Born here
5
notable people
Best known
Jimmy Andrews
in 6 Wikipedia languages
First
1887
George Wilson
Youngest
1994
Tom Stoltman
Most common field
Sports
2 people
The best known
Born in Invergordon
Jimmy Andrews has articles in 6 languages, Tom Stoltman in 6 and Julian Oswald in 3.
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Military
Julian Oswald
1933–2011Royal Navy admiral of the fleet (1933-2011)
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Through the years
When Invergordon’s famous people were born
Births peak in the 1930s, with 2 people born in that decade.
SportsNotableMilitaryWriting & Arts
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Invergordon is known for
Share of Invergordon’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 Invergordon
Another 2, the earliest born in 1887.
No one matches both filters.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
3 towns around it have someone on record.
Questions about famous people from Invergordon
Who is the most famous person from Invergordon?
Jimmy Andrews (Scottish footballer (1927-2012)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 6 languages. Next come Tom Stoltman and Julian Oswald.
How many famous people were born in Invergordon?
5 people born in Invergordon have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace. Wikidata places 8 people here; the rest aren’t listed because their article names somewhere else, or no town.
What is Invergordon known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 2 of the 5. That is 40% of the town’s list, against 49% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Invergordon?
George Wilson, born in 1887. The youngest on the list was born in 1994.
Who counts as from Invergordon?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Invergordon’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 (3)
- Tom Stoltman: James English, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Kate Forbes: Scottish Government, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- David Forsyth: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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