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James Black
1924–2010Scottish doctor and pharmacologist (1924–2010)
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Famous people · Uddingston, South Lanarkshire
11 famous people were born in Uddingston, most of them in the 20th century
Articles in 60 languages make the Scottish doctor and pharmacologist James Black the best known. Per 10,000 residents, the town has 17.8, close to the 17.8 of the typical South Lanarkshire town. Over 73 years of births, the list goes from David Kennedy (1890) to Hugh Gaffney (1963). Athletes make up the largest group, 5 of them.
Born here
11
notable people
Best known
James Black
in 60 Wikipedia languages
First
1890
David Kennedy
Youngest
1963
Hugh Gaffney
Most common field
Sports
5 people
What stands out about Uddingston’s famous people
★ What stands out · The best known
Born in Uddingston
Ranked by languages covered: James Black with 60, then Patrick Doyle with 33 and Mary Gordon Calder with 6.
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Through the years
When Uddingston’s famous people were born
The 1950s top the chart, with 2 births in the decade.
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Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Uddingston is known for
Athletes are the most numerous, 5 of them.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed across UK towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Uddingston
Another 8, 5 of them athletes.
No one matches both filters.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
The most names next door are in Bellshill: 261.
DMBellshill · 3 miDavid MacMillan & 260 more
Hamilton · 4 miJock Stein & 143 more
Motherwell · 4 miGary McAllister & 137 more
Coatbridge · 3 miMark Millar & 108 more
Cambuslang · 3 miMidge Ure & 42 more
Blantyre · 2 miDavid Livingstone & 29 more
Bothwell · 1 miJoanna Baillie & 15 more
Holytown · 4 miRobert Crosser & 11 more
Hamilton · 4 miJock Stein & 143 moreMotherwell · 4 miGary McAllister & 137 moreCoatbridge · 3 miMark Millar & 108 moreCambuslang · 3 miMidge Ure & 42 moreBlantyre · 2 miDavid Livingstone & 29 moreBothwell · 1 miJoanna Baillie & 15 moreHolytown · 4 miRobert Crosser & 11 moreQuestions about famous people from Uddingston
Who is the most famous person from Uddingston?
James Black (Scottish doctor and pharmacologist (1924–2010)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 60 languages. Next come Patrick Doyle and Mary Gordon Calder.
How many famous people were born in Uddingston?
11 people born in Uddingston 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 Uddingston known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 5 of the 11. That is 45% of the town’s list, against 49% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Uddingston?
David Kennedy, born in 1890. The youngest on the list was born in 1963.
Who counts as from Uddingston?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Uddingston’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)
- Patrick Doyle: British Council Qatar, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Hugh Gaffney: Chris McAndrew, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jock Stein: Anefo, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- Gary McAllister: Pangalau, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Mark Millar: Luigi Novi, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Midge Ure: Sven Mandel, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- David Livingstone: Thomas Annan / Adam Cuerden, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Joanna Baillie: Mary Ann Knight, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Robert Crosser: Harris & Ewing, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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