#1Writing & Arts
Clementina Maude, Viscountess Hawarden
1822–1865British photographer (1822-1865)
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Famous people · Cumbernauld, North Lanarkshire
11 famous people were born in Cumbernauld from 1822 to 1995
At the top of the list is the British photographer Clementina Maude, Viscountess Hawarden, covered in 15 languages. The list’s best known name, Clementina Maude, Viscountess Hawarden, dates from 1822. 4 of them were born since 1970. For its size the list is short: 2.2 for every 10,000 residents, against 13.2 in the typical North Lanarkshire town.
Born here
11
notable people
Best known
Clementina Maude, Viscountess Hawarden
in 15 Wikipedia languages
First
1822
Clementina Maude, Viscountess Hawarden
Youngest
1995
Marcus McMillan
Most common field
Sports
8 people
What stands out about Cumbernauld’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Cumbernauld’s famous people were born
Count by decade and the 1970s come out on top, with 2 births.
SportsWriting & ArtsMusicPolitics & Law
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Cumbernauld
Clementina Maude, Viscountess Hawarden leads with articles in 15 languages, ahead of Paula Sage (7) and Neil Primrose (6).
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What Cumbernauld is known for
Set against the usual town, athletes come out 1.5 times as common.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed across UK towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Cumbernauld
The other 8 span the years 1876 to 1995.
No one matches both filters.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
The longest list nearby is Coatbridge’s, with 109.
Coatbridge · 7 miMark Millar & 108 more
Airdrie · 6 miBarry Bannan & 86 more
Kirkintilloch · 6 miJimmy Gallagher & 32 moreSBDenny · 6 miSammy Baird & 30 more
Kilsyth · 3 miTom Walker & 24 moreJSBonnybridge · 6 miJohn Snedden & 9 moreFBGlenboig · 4 miFrancis Burns & 3 more
Dunipace · 6 miWilliam Forbes Gatacre & 3 moreQuestions about famous people from Cumbernauld
Who is the most famous person from Cumbernauld?
Clementina Maude, Viscountess Hawarden (British photographer (1822-1865)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 15 languages. Next come Paula Sage and Neil Primrose.
How many famous people were born in Cumbernauld?
11 people born in Cumbernauld have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace. Wikidata places 15 people here; the rest aren’t listed because their article names somewhere else, or no town.
What is Cumbernauld known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 8 of the 11. That is 73% of the town’s list, against 49% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Cumbernauld?
Clementina Maude, Viscountess Hawarden, born in 1822. The youngest on the list was born in 1995.
Who counts as from Cumbernauld?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Cumbernauld’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 (9)
- Clementina Maude, Viscountess Hawarden: Clementina Hawarden, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Paula Sage: Photograph by Alan Wylie., CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Neil Primrose: Chensiyuan, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Gregg McClymont: MekQuarrie, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Mark Millar: Luigi Novi, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Barry Bannan: Timmy96, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jimmy Gallagher: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Tom Walker: Tore Sætre, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- William Forbes Gatacre: Beatrix Gatacre, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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