#1Science & Medicine
Henry Faulds
1843–1930Scottish physician, missionary and scientist (1843–1930)
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Famous people · Beith, North Ayrshire
Most of the 22 famous people born in Beith came into the world in the Victorian era
Henry Faulds is the best known, with articles in 17 languages. The Scottish middle-distance runner Jemma Reekie ranks second, ahead of Rob Lockhart. 13 of them are athletes, more than in any other field. The list comes to 38.1 for every 10,000 residents, against 23.8 in the typical town in North Ayrshire.
Born here
22
notable people
Best known
Henry Faulds
in 17 Wikipedia languages
First
1680
John Montgomerie
Youngest
1998
Jemma Reekie
Most common field
Sports
13 people
The best known
Born in Beith
The three are covered in 17, 15 and 7 languages: Henry Faulds, Jemma Reekie and Rob Lockhart.
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Military
Rob Lockhart
1893–1981British Indian Army general (1893–1981)
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Through the years
When Beith’s famous people were born
No decade has more births than the 1880s, at 7.
SportsScience & MedicineMilitaryPolitics & LawNotable
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Beith is known for
Soldiers and sailors stand out most, at 3.7 times the usual share.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed across UK towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Beith
19 more, 12 of them athletes.
John Montgomerie
1680–1731British military officer, colonial governor of New York and New Jersey (1680-1731)
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Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
The longest list nearby is Johnstone’s, with 50.
Johnstone · 7 miGordon Ramsay & 49 more
Kilwinning · 7 miJames MacMillan & 47 more
Elderslie · 8 miWilliam Wallace & 12 more
Kilbarchan · 7 miMary Barbour & 10 more
Dalry · 5 miJames Dunlop & 9 moreJMLochwinnoch · 3 miJim Mather & 8 moreJMBridge of Weir · 8 miJames McCrae & 8 moreIYNeilston · 8 miIan Young & 7 moreQuestions about famous people from Beith
Who is the most famous person from Beith?
Henry Faulds (Scottish physician, missionary and scientist (1843–1930)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 17 languages. Next come Jemma Reekie and Rob Lockhart.
How many famous people were born in Beith?
22 people born in Beith have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace. Wikidata places 27 people here; the rest aren’t listed because their article names somewhere else, or no town.
What is Beith known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 13 of the 22. That is 59% of the town’s list, against 49% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Beith?
John Montgomerie, born in 1680. The youngest on the list was born in 1998.
Who counts as from Beith?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Beith’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 (13)
- Henry Faulds: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jemma Reekie: Dave Atkinson, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Archibald Clark: 1860_Parliament.jpg: John Nicol Crombie derivative work: Schwede66, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- James Clark: John Robert Hanna (died 1915), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- William Kennedy-Cochran-Patrick: CharlesDennisHunter, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- David Russell: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- James Wilson: Unknown engraver, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Marjory Newbold: Isaak Brodsky, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Gordon Ramsay: Allan warren, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- James MacMillan: CTV Santa Cruz County, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- William Wallace: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Mary Barbour: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- James Dunlop: Joseph Backler, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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