#1Science & Medicine
Hans Sloane
1660–1753Irish botanist, doctor, and collector (1660-1753)
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Famous people · Killyleagh, Newry, Mourne and Down
Killyleagh counts 8 famous people, first among them Hans Sloane
Best known of all is Hans Sloane, written about in 43 languages. Second and third on the list are David Healy and Thomas L. Young. Hans Sloane, born in 1660, is the earliest name and David Healy, born in 1979, the latest. The biggest group are athletes: 5.
Born here
8
notable people
Best known
Hans Sloane
in 43 Wikipedia languages
First
1660
Hans Sloane
Youngest
1979
David Healy
Most common field
Sports
5 people
What stands out about Killyleagh’s famous people
★ What stands out · The best known
Born in Killyleagh
Hans Sloane has articles in 43 languages, David Healy in 30 and Thomas L. Young in 10.
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#3Military
Thomas L. Young
1832–1888Union United States Army officer (1832-1888)
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Through the years
When Killyleagh’s famous people were born
More of them were born in the 1660s than in any other ten years, 1 in all.
SportsScience & MedicineMilitaryPolitics & Law
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Killyleagh is known for
Sports leads the fields, with 5 people.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed across UK towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Killyleagh
A further 5 follow, born between 1824 and 1968.
No one matches both filters.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
The most names next door are in Downpatrick: 27.
Questions about famous people from Killyleagh
Who is the most famous person from Killyleagh?
Hans Sloane (Irish botanist, doctor, and collector (1660-1753)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 43 languages. Next come David Healy and Thomas L. Young.
How many famous people were born in Killyleagh?
8 people born in Killyleagh have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
What is Killyleagh known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 5 of the 8. That is 63% of the town’s list, against 49% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Killyleagh?
Hans Sloane, born in 1660. The youngest on the list was born in 1979.
Who counts as from Killyleagh?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Killyleagh’s settlement (NISRA’s settlement development limit), 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 NISRA’s Settlement Development Limits 2015 (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)
- Hans Sloane: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- David Healy: thetelf, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Thomas L. Young: US gov, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Robert Lowry: Brant & Fuller (Madison, WI), publisher., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Conor Hazard: Werner100359, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Thomas Andrews: Original uploader was User:Gelosia at en.wikipedia, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Francis Hutcheson: Allan Ramsay, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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