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William Wallace
1270–1305Scottish knight and leading figure in the First War of Scottish Independence
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Famous people · Elderslie, Renfrewshire
Elderslie, birthplace of William Wallace and 12 more famous people
William Wallace has articles in 89 languages. Behind the leader come Richard Madden and Callum Hawkins. In the 20th century, 8 were born, the most of any period. Only 2 towns in Renfrewshire list more.
Born here
13
notable people
Best known
William Wallace
in 89 Wikipedia languages
First
1270
William Wallace
Youngest
1992
Callum Hawkins
Most common field
Film, TV & Stage
3 people
What stands out about Elderslie’s famous people
★ What stands out · The best known
Born in Elderslie
Three names lead: William Wallace (89 languages), Richard Madden (55) and Callum Hawkins (10).
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When Elderslie’s famous people were born
The 1960s top the chart, with 5 births in the decade.
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Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Elderslie is known for
The field furthest above the usual share is performers, at 2.7 times.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed across UK towns. Tap a field to see its people.
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Everyone else born in Elderslie
Another 10, the earliest born in 1874.
Margaret McCoubrey
1880–1956Irish suffragist and active participant of the co-operative movement
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Norman Wylie, Lord Wylie
1923–2005Scottish Conservative and Unionist politician (1923-2005)
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Who is the most famous person from Elderslie?
William Wallace (Scottish knight and leading figure in the First War of Scottish Independence) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 89 languages. Next come Richard Madden and Callum Hawkins.
How many famous people were born in Elderslie?
13 people born in Elderslie have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace. Wikidata places 14 people here; the rest aren’t listed because their article names somewhere else, or no town.
What is Elderslie known for?
Among its famous people, performers: 3 of the 13. That is 23% of the town’s list, against 9% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Elderslie?
William Wallace, born in 1270. The youngest on the list was born in 1992.
Who counts as from Elderslie?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Elderslie’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 (9)
- William Wallace: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Richard Madden: Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Callum Hawkins: Tânia Rêgo/Agência Brasil, CC BY 3.0 br, Wikimedia Commons
- Andrew P. MacKenzie: Royal Society uploader, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Shereen Nanjiani: Howard Lake from Colchester, UK, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Gerard Butler: Gordon Correll, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Gordon Ramsay: Allan warren, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Mary Barbour: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Tom Bradshaw: LFC, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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