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Photo: Andrew Curtis · CC BY-SA 2.0Famous people · Eyemouth, Scottish Borders
2 famous people were born in Eyemouth
George Dougal, the association football player, is the most widely known, written about in 2 languages. The only other name is the association football player Adam Miller. The nearest list is in Berwick-upon-Tweed, 8 mi away: 41 names, starting with Lucy Bronze. Born in 1875, George Dougal is the first name on record, and Adam Miller, born in 1883, the most recent.
Born here
2
notable people
Best known
George Dougal
in 2 Wikipedia languages
First
1875
George Dougal
Youngest
1883
Adam Miller
Most common field
Sports
2 people
The best known
Born in Eyemouth
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Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Berwick-upon-Tweed has the longest list next door: 41.
Questions about famous people from Eyemouth
Who is the most famous person from Eyemouth?
George Dougal (association football player (1876-1941)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 2 languages. Next come Adam Miller.
How many famous people were born in Eyemouth?
2 people born in Eyemouth have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace. Wikidata places 3 people here; the rest aren’t listed because their article names somewhere else, or no town.
What is Eyemouth known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 2 of the 2. That is 100% of the town’s list, against 49% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Eyemouth?
George Dougal, born in 1875. The youngest on the list was born in 1883.
Who counts as from Eyemouth?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Eyemouth’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 (2)
- Lucy Bronze: James Boyes from UK, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- John Duns Scotus: Justus van Gent / Pedro Berruguete, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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