#1Sports
Colin Hendry
born 1965Scottish association football player and manager
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Famous people · Keith, Moray
Of the 12 famous people born in Keith, an unusual share are leaders
Best known of all is Colin Hendry, written about in 23 languages. Second place goes to the American publisher James Gordon Bennett Sr., third to Isabella Gordon. In the 20th century, 5 were born, the most of any period. Among the 4 towns in Moray with famous people on record, the town ranks 3rd.
Born here
12
notable people
Best known
Colin Hendry
in 23 Wikipedia languages
First
1795
James Gordon Bennett Sr.
Youngest
1965
Colin Hendry
Most common field
Politics & Law
4 people
What stands out about Keith’s famous people
★ What stands out · Known for
What Keith is known for
Soldiers and sailors stand out most, at 6.8 times the usual share.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed across UK towns. Tap a field to see its people.
The best known
Born in Keith
The three are covered in 23, 15 and 9 languages: Colin Hendry, James Gordon Bennett Sr. and Isabella Gordon.
#1
#2Writing & Arts
James Gordon Bennett Sr.
1795–1872American publisher (1795-1872)
15 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
IG#3
Through the years
When Keith’s famous people were born
The 1940s saw the most births of any decade: 2.
Politics & LawMilitarySportsWriting & ArtsScience & Medicine
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Keith
Another 9, 4 of them leaders.
George Sellar
1850–1889Scottish soldier (1850–1889); recipient of the Victoria Cross
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Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Around it, Huntly has the most people on record, 13 of them.
Questions about famous people from Keith
Who is the most famous person from Keith?
Colin Hendry (Scottish association football player and manager) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 23 languages. Next come James Gordon Bennett Sr. and Isabella Gordon.
How many famous people were born in Keith?
12 people born in Keith have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace. Wikidata places 14 people here; the rest aren’t listed because their article names somewhere else, or no town.
What is Keith known for?
Among its famous people, leaders: 4 of the 12. That is 33% of the town’s list, against 9% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Keith?
James Gordon Bennett Sr., born in 1795. The youngest on the list was born in 1965.
Who counts as from Keith?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Keith’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)
- Colin Hendry: Nick from Bristol, UK, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- James Gordon Bennett Sr.: Mathew Brady's studio, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John Strachan: unknown (Life time: photo of the person who died in 1907), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Irvine Laidlaw, Baron Laidlaw: Mogens Engelund, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- George Sellar: Knight, Newport (no individual credited), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John Ripley: Looch2009, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- George MacDonald: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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