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Photo: Jd2207 at English Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0Famous people · Plains, North Lanarkshire
The Scottish footballer John Hill is the one famous person from Plains
The Scottish footballer John Hill was born in 1860. That places their birth in the Victorian era. Their name appears in articles in 3 languages. Go 6 mi to Bellshill and the list grows to 261, with David MacMillan at the top.
Born here
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notable people
Best known
John Hill
in 3 Wikipedia languages
First
1860
John Hill
Most common field
Sports
1 people
The best known
Born in Plains
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
The fullest list close by belongs to Bellshill, with 261.
DMBellshill · 6 miDavid MacMillan & 260 more
Coatbridge · 4 miMark Millar & 108 more
Airdrie · 2 miBarry Bannan & 86 moreJDCleland · 6 miJimmy Delaney & 16 more
Holytown · 5 miRobert Crosser & 11 more
Cumbernauld · 5 miClementina Maude, Viscountess Hawarden & 10 moreJCChapelhall · 3 miJohn Clark & 7 moreFBGlenboig · 5 miFrancis Burns & 3 more
Coatbridge · 4 miMark Millar & 108 moreAirdrie · 2 miBarry Bannan & 86 moreJDCleland · 6 miJimmy Delaney & 16 moreHolytown · 5 miRobert Crosser & 11 moreCumbernauld · 5 miClementina Maude, Viscountess Hawarden & 10 moreJCChapelhall · 3 miJohn Clark & 7 moreFBGlenboig · 5 miFrancis Burns & 3 moreQuestions about famous people from Plains
Who is the most famous person from Plains?
John Hill (Scottish footballer) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 3 languages.
How many famous people were born in Plains?
1 people born in Plains have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
What is Plains known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 1 of the 1. That is 100% of the town’s list, against 49% across UK towns.
Who counts as from Plains?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Plains’ 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
- Robert Crosser: Harris & Ewing, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Clementina Maude, Viscountess Hawarden: Clementina Hawarden, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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