Photo: Jim Barton · CC BY-SA 2.0No famous person born in Selkirk is listed yet
Hawick, 9 mi away, has 76 on its list, the best known Andrew Smith. No town in Scottish Borders lists more than Hawick, with 76. After Hawick, the next longest list in Scottish Borders is Galashiels’, with 46. In all of Scottish Borders, the famous people on record come from 8 towns.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is in Selkirk’s locality and whose English Wikipedia article agrees they were born here. Wikidata has nobody with an English article born in Selkirk yet.
Famous people born near Selkirk
The best known from each town within 12 miles of Selkirk, with how many people each has.
Questions about famous people from Selkirk
Who counts as from Selkirk?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Selkirk’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)
- Andrew Smith: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John Collins: User:Herny Wood, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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