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Famous people · Innerleithen, Scottish Borders
5 famous people call Innerleithen their birthplace
Jock Robson, the Scottish footballer, is the most widely known, written about in 8 languages. Second and third on the list are Harold Tennant and Alexander Tait. The largest group, 3, was born in the Victorian era. Births span 1720 to 1908, from Alexander Tait to James H. Aitchison.
Born here
5
notable people
Best known
Jock Robson
in 8 Wikipedia languages
First
1720
Alexander Tait
Youngest
1908
James H. Aitchison
Most common field
Sports
2 people
The best known
Born in Innerleithen
Languages with an article: 8 for Jock Robson, 5 for Harold Tennant, 2 for Alexander Tait.
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Through the years
When Innerleithen’s famous people were born
More were born in the 1890s than in any other decade: 1.
SportsPolitics & LawWriting & Arts
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Innerleithen is known for
Share of Innerleithen’s famous people in each field.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed across UK towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Innerleithen
Another 2, the earliest born in 1888.
No one matches both filters.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Galashiels has the longest list next door: 46.
Questions about famous people from Innerleithen
Who is the most famous person from Innerleithen?
Jock Robson (Scottish footballer (1899-1995)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 8 languages. Next come Harold Tennant and Alexander Tait.
How many famous people were born in Innerleithen?
5 people born in Innerleithen have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace. Wikidata places 6 people here; the rest aren’t listed because their article names somewhere else, or no town.
What is Innerleithen known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 2 of the 5. That is 40% of the town’s list, against 49% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Innerleithen?
Alexander Tait, born in 1720. The youngest on the list was born in 1908.
Who counts as from Innerleithen?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Innerleithen’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 (3)
- Harold Tennant: Bain News Service,, publisher., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John Collins: User:Herny Wood, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Robert Chambers: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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