Newton Parish Church, Newton Church Road, Newton Village · Photo: Richard Webb · CC BY-SA 2.0No famous person yet from Danderhall
Arthur Conan Doyle tops the 2,695 names on record in Edinburgh, 4 mi away. 6 of the towns in Midlothian list at least one person. The longest list of any town in Midlothian belongs to Dalkeith, with 33. After Dalkeith, the next longest list in Midlothian is Penicuik’s, with 14.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is in Danderhall’s locality and whose English Wikipedia article agrees they were born here. Wikidata has nobody with an English article born in Danderhall yet.
Famous people born near Danderhall
Of the towns nearby, Edinburgh lists the most people: 2,695.
Edinburgh · 4 miArthur Conan Doyle & 2,694 more
Musselburgh · 3 miHenry Yule & 70 more
Dalkeith · 2 miPeter Guthrie Tait & 32 more
Penicuik · 7 miCharles Thomson Rees Wilson & 13 more
Tranent · 6 miGelie Duncan & 10 more
Bonnyrigg · 3 miMichael Leslie & 9 more
Mayfield · 4 miBilly Ritchie & 9 moreACGorebridge · 5 miAnnette Crosbie & 9 moreQuestions about famous people from Danderhall
Who counts as from Danderhall?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Danderhall’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)
- Arthur Conan Doyle: Walter Benington, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Henry Yule: Theodore Blake Wirgman, c. 1890, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Peter Guthrie Tait: George Reid, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Charles Thomson Rees Wilson: The American Institute of Physics credits the photo [1] to AB Lagrelius & Westphal, which is the Swedish company used by the Nobel Foundation for most photos of its book series Les Prix Nobel., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Gelie Duncan: Carolyn Sutton, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Michael Leslie: Benutzer:Bill da Flute, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Billy Ritchie: Behrens, Herbert / Anefo, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
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