Photo: G Laird · CC BY-SA 2.0Newarthill has no famous person on record yet
Within 3 mi, Bellshill lists the most: 261, with David MacMillan first. The North Lanarkshire lists hold names for 19 towns. The longest list of any town in North Lanarkshire belongs to Bellshill, with 261. After Bellshill, the next longest list in North Lanarkshire is Motherwell’s, with 138.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is in Newarthill’s locality and whose English Wikipedia article agrees they were born here. Wikidata has nobody with an English article born in Newarthill yet.
Famous people born near Newarthill
Of the towns nearby, 8 have famous names listed.
Motherwell · 2 miGary McAllister & 137 more
Coatbridge · 4 miMark Millar & 108 more
Airdrie · 4 miBarry Bannan & 86 more
Wishaw · 3 miJohn Higgins & 67 moreJDCleland · 2 miJimmy Delaney & 16 more
Holytown · 1 miRobert Crosser & 11 moreAWNewmains · 3 miAndrew Wilson & 10 moreQuestions about famous people from Newarthill
Who counts as from Newarthill?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Newarthill’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 (5)
- Gary McAllister: Pangalau, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Mark Millar: Luigi Novi, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Barry Bannan: Timmy96, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- John Higgins: Benwmbc at English Wikipedia, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Robert Crosser: Harris & Ewing, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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