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Photo: Mike Quinn · CC BY-SA 2.0Famous people · Viewpark, North Lanarkshire
Viewpark is the birthplace of 3 famous people
Articles in 2 languages make the Scottish footballer Ian Scanlon the best known. Billy Buchanan is second and Jim French third. Within 2 mi, Bellshill lists the most: 261, with David MacMillan first. For its size the list is short: 1.9 for every 10,000 residents, against 13.2 in the typical North Lanarkshire town.
Born here
3
notable people
Best known
Ian Scanlon
in 2 Wikipedia languages
First
1907
Jim French
Youngest
1952
Ian Scanlon
Most common field
Sports
3 people
The best known
Born in Viewpark
The three best known are all athletes.
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JF#3
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Close by, Bellshill counts 261 famous people, the most of its neighbours.
DMBellshill · 2 miDavid MacMillan & 260 more
Hamilton · 4 miJock Stein & 143 more
Motherwell · 4 miGary McAllister & 137 more
Coatbridge · 2 miMark Millar & 108 more
Cambuslang · 4 miMidge Ure & 42 more
Blantyre · 3 miDavid Livingstone & 29 more
Bothwell · 2 miJoanna Baillie & 15 more
Holytown · 4 miRobert Crosser & 11 more
Hamilton · 4 miJock Stein & 143 moreMotherwell · 4 miGary McAllister & 137 moreCoatbridge · 2 miMark Millar & 108 moreCambuslang · 4 miMidge Ure & 42 moreBlantyre · 3 miDavid Livingstone & 29 moreBothwell · 2 miJoanna Baillie & 15 moreHolytown · 4 miRobert Crosser & 11 moreQuestions about famous people from Viewpark
Who is the most famous person from Viewpark?
Ian Scanlon (Scottish footballer (born 1952)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 2 languages. Next come Billy Buchanan and Jim French.
How many famous people were born in Viewpark?
3 people born in Viewpark have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace. Wikidata places 4 people here; the rest aren’t listed because their article names somewhere else, or no town.
What is Viewpark known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 3 of the 3. That is 100% of the town’s list, against 49% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Viewpark?
Jim French, born in 1907. The youngest on the list was born in 1952.
Who counts as from Viewpark?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Viewpark’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 (7)
- Jock Stein: Anefo, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- Gary McAllister: Pangalau, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Mark Millar: Luigi Novi, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Midge Ure: Sven Mandel, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- David Livingstone: Thomas Annan / Adam Cuerden, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Joanna Baillie: Mary Ann Knight, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Robert Crosser: Harris & Ewing, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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