MM#1
Sports
Matt McQueen
1863–1944Scottish footballer and manager (1863-1944)
13 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
Famous people · Harthill, North Lanarkshire
10 famous people were born in Harthill, more of them athletes than in most towns
Most widely known is Matt McQueen, the Scottish footballer and manager, with articles in 13 languages. Second place goes to the British politician Alex Cunningham, third to Graham Weir. 5 of them were born in the 20th century, more than in any other period. Over 125 years of births, the list goes from Matt McQueen (1863) to Steven Weir (1988).
Born here
10
notable people
Best known
Matt McQueen
in 13 Wikipedia languages
First
1863
Matt McQueen
Youngest
1988
Steven Weir
Most common field
Sports
8 people
What stands out about Harthill’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Harthill’s famous people were born
More of them were born in the 1980s than in any other ten years, 3 in all.
SportsPolitics & LawFilm, TV & Stage
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Harthill is known for
Harthill has 1.6× the usual share of athletes.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed across UK towns. Tap a field to see its people.
The best known
Born in Harthill
Two of the three are athletes.
#2Politics & Law
Alex Cunningham
born 1955British politician (born 1955)
7 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
GW#3
Everyone
Everyone else born in Harthill
The other 7 span the years 1894 to 1988.
No one matches both filters.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
8 towns around it have someone on record.
Bathgate · 5 miDavid Tennant & 33 more
Shotts · 3 miMatthew Baillie & 27 more
Whitburn · 2 miLeon Jackson & 18 moreAHArmadale · 3 miAlex Hamilton & 16 moreJKWest Calder · 7 miJohn Kane & 16 moreJDCleland · 7 miJimmy Delaney & 16 moreAWNewmains · 7 miAndrew Wilson & 10 more
Fauldhouse · 3 miJack Aitchison & 7 moreQuestions about famous people from Harthill
Who is the most famous person from Harthill?
Matt McQueen (Scottish footballer and manager (1863-1944)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 13 languages. Next come Alex Cunningham and Graham Weir.
How many famous people were born in Harthill?
10 people born in Harthill have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
What is Harthill known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 8 of the 10. That is 80% of the town’s list, against 49% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Harthill?
Matt McQueen, born in 1863. The youngest on the list was born in 1988.
Who counts as from Harthill?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Harthill’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 (6)
- Alex Cunningham: Chris McAndrew, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Colin Cloud: Dragon Dream Photography, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- David Tennant: Kevin Paul, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Matthew Baillie: William Owen, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Leon Jackson: The original uploader was DavidDjJohnson at English Wikipedia. (Original text: David Johnson), CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jack Aitchison: Pedro Semitiel from Cehegín, España, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
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