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Famous people · Kinross, Perth and Kinross
Kinross’ famous people span 175 years: 7 births from 1820 to 1995
Most widely known is Charlie Duncan, the Scottish footballer, with articles in 3 languages. The next two names are Eilidh Gibson and Chloé Webster. The largest group, 3, was born in the 20th century. The list’s best known name, Charlie Duncan, dates from 1889.
Born here
7
notable people
Best known
Charlie Duncan
in 3 Wikipedia languages
First
1820
Peter Leitch
Youngest
1995
Eilidh Gibson
Most common field
Sports
4 people
What stands out about Kinross’ famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Kinross’s famous people were born
The 1880s saw the most births of any decade: 1.
SportsFilm, TV & StageScience & MedicineMilitary
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Kinross
Ranked by languages covered: Charlie Duncan with 3, then Eilidh Gibson with 3 and Chloé Webster with 2.
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What Kinross is known for
The field with the most names is Sports: 4.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed across UK towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Kinross
4 more, 2 of them athletes.
Peter Leitch
1820–1892Scottish soldier (1820–1892); recipient of the Victoria Cross
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Famous people from the towns next door
Dunfermline leads the towns around it, with 186 names.
Dunfermline · 10 miAndrew Carnegie & 185 more
Cowdenbeath and Lumphinnans · 7 miJim Baxter & 49 more
Lochgelly · 7 miAlexander Wood & 21 more
Glenrothes · 10 miDougray Scott & 6 moreDPBallingry · 5 miDavid Pratt & 5 more
Kelty · 5 miStephen Husband & 5 moreKHLeslie · 8 miKen Hutchison & 3 moreAGDollar · 10 miAlan Grafen & 3 moreQuestions about famous people from Kinross
Who is the most famous person from Kinross?
Charlie Duncan (Scottish footballer (1889-?)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 3 languages. Next come Eilidh Gibson and Chloé Webster.
How many famous people were born in Kinross?
7 people born in Kinross have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
What is Kinross known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 4 of the 7. That is 57% of the town’s list, against 49% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Kinross?
Peter Leitch, born in 1820. The youngest on the list was born in 1995.
Who counts as from Kinross?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Kinross’ 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)
- Chloé Webster: Manny Lopez (friend), CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Peter Leitch: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Andrew Carnegie: Theodore C. Marceau, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jim Baxter: Paul McIlroy, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Alexander Wood: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Dougray Scott: Gage Skidmore from Peoria, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Stephen Husband: Ceaton89, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
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