#1Famous people · Bishopton, Renfrewshire
Tom Bradshaw tops a list of 9 famous people born in Bishopton
Articles in 10 languages make the Scottish footballer Tom Bradshaw the best known. Close behind are Fred Morrison and Robert Kidston. From John Denniston to John Smeaton, the births on the list run from 1845 to 1976. More are athletes than anything else, 3 in all.
Born here
9
notable people
Best known
Tom Bradshaw
in 10 Wikipedia languages
First
1845
John Denniston
Youngest
1976
John Smeaton
Most common field
Sports
3 people
The best known
Born in Bishopton
Ranked by languages covered: Tom Bradshaw with 10, then Fred Morrison with 8 and Robert Kidston with 8.
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Science & Medicine
Robert Kidston
1852–1924Scottish paleobotanist (1852-1924)
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Through the years
When Bishopton’s famous people were born
The 1900s saw the most births of any decade: 2.
SportsMusicScience & MedicinePolitics & LawWriting & ArtsFilm, TV & Stage
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Bishopton is known for
Sports leads the fields, with 3 people.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed across UK towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Bishopton
6 more, 2 of them athletes.
Gilbert Dempster Fisher
1906–1985Scottish broadcaster, writer and naturalist (1906–1985)
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Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Nearby, Dumbarton has the most on record, with 121.
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Elderslie · 5 miWilliam Wallace & 12 moreJMBridge of Weir · 4 miJames McCrae & 8 moreBFBowling and Old Kilpatrick · 2 miBobby Finan & 7 more
Erskine · 2 miChloe Arthur & 5 moreBTLinwood · 4 miBilly Thomson & 3 moreSSHouston · 3 miSusan Sherratt & 2 moreQuestions about famous people from Bishopton
Who is the most famous person from Bishopton?
Tom Bradshaw (Scottish footballer (1904–1986)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 10 languages. Next come Fred Morrison and Robert Kidston.
How many famous people were born in Bishopton?
9 people born in Bishopton have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
What is Bishopton known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 3 of the 9. That is 33% of the town’s list, against 49% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Bishopton?
John Denniston, born in 1845. The youngest on the list was born in 1976.
Who counts as from Bishopton?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Bishopton’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)
- Tom Bradshaw: LFC, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Fred Morrison: Carstor, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- John Denniston: Jones, Gerald Edgar, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- David Byrne: Raph_PH, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- William Wallace: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Chloe Arthur: James Boyes from UK, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
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