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Photo: Thomas Nugent · CC BY-SA 2.0Famous people · Gartcosh, North Lanarkshire
2 famous people were born in Gartcosh
At the top of the list is the Scottish footballer Jimmy Dudley, covered in 3 languages. The other is Frank Murphy. The list runs from Frank Murphy, born in 1915, to Jimmy Dudley, born in 1928. The neighbour with the longest list is Coatbridge, 3 mi away: 109, led by Mark Millar.
Born here
2
notable people
Best known
Jimmy Dudley
in 3 Wikipedia languages
First
1915
Frank Murphy
Youngest
1928
Jimmy Dudley
Most common field
Sports
2 people
The best known
Born in Gartcosh
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Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
The best known from each town within 12 miles of Gartcosh, with how many people each has.
Coatbridge · 3 miMark Millar & 108 more
Airdrie · 5 miBarry Bannan & 86 more
Kirkintilloch · 4 miJimmy Gallagher & 32 moreJBUddingston · 5 miJames Black & 10 more
Bishopbriggs · 5 miAmy Macdonald & 10 moreMBLenzie · 4 miMargot Bennett & 6 moreFBGlenboig · 1 miFrancis Burns & 3 moreISViewpark · 4 miIan Scanlon & 2 moreQuestions about famous people from Gartcosh
Who is the most famous person from Gartcosh?
Jimmy Dudley (Scottish footballer (1928-2006)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 3 languages. Next come Frank Murphy.
How many famous people were born in Gartcosh?
2 people born in Gartcosh have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
What is Gartcosh known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 2 of the 2. That is 100% of the town’s list, against 49% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Gartcosh?
Frank Murphy, born in 1915. The youngest on the list was born in 1928.
Who counts as from Gartcosh?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Gartcosh’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 (4)
- Mark Millar: Luigi Novi, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Barry Bannan: Timmy96, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jimmy Gallagher: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Amy Macdonald: Harald Krichel, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
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