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Famous people · Bannockburn, Stirling
From 1685 to 2004, Bannockburn was the birthplace of 8 famous people
Articles in 4 languages make the Scottish former footballer Brian Grant the best known. In the 20th century, 4 were born, the most of any period. Brian Grant was born in 1964. For its size the list is short: 12.1 for every 10,000 residents, against 19.3 in the typical Stirling town.
Born here
8
notable people
Best known
Brian Grant
in 4 Wikipedia languages
First
1685
Sir Hugh Paterson, 2nd Baronet
Youngest
2004
Barry Hepburn
Most common field
Sports
5 people
The best known
Born in Bannockburn
Counted by languages, Brian Grant is ahead of Willie McCulloch and Sir Hugh Paterson, 2nd Baronet: 4, 4 and 3.
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Sir Hugh Paterson, 2nd Baronet
1685–1777Scottish Jacobite
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Through the years
When Bannockburn’s famous people were born
Births peak in the 1960s, with 1 people born in that decade.
SportsPolitics & Law
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Bannockburn is known for
Compared with the usual town, leaders are the most over-represented field, at 4.3 times.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed across UK towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Bannockburn
Another 5, 3 of them athletes.
No one matches both filters.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Of the towns nearby, 8 have famous names listed.
Stirling · 2 miJames III of Scotland & 207 more
Alloa · 5 miDavid Allan & 30 moreSBDenny · 5 miSammy Baird & 30 more
Bridge of Allan · 4 miDonald Ewen Cameron & 23 moreTLStenhousemuir · 6 miTommy Leishman & 13 more
Larbert · 5 miJohn Baildon & 12 more
Menstrie · 5 miWilliam Alexander, 1st Earl of Stirling & 4 more
Dunipace · 4 miWilliam Forbes Gatacre & 3 moreQuestions about famous people from Bannockburn
Who is the most famous person from Bannockburn?
Brian Grant (Scottish former footballer (born 1964)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 4 languages. Next come Willie McCulloch and Sir Hugh Paterson, 2nd Baronet.
How many famous people were born in Bannockburn?
8 people born in Bannockburn have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace. Wikidata places 11 people here; the rest aren’t listed because their article names somewhere else, or no town.
What is Bannockburn known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 5 of the 8. That is 63% of the town’s list, against 49% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Bannockburn?
Sir Hugh Paterson, 2nd Baronet, born in 1685. The youngest on the list was born in 2004.
Who counts as from Bannockburn?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Bannockburn’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)
- Sir Hugh Paterson, 2nd Baronet: John Thomas Seton, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- James Gilfillan: Zimmerman and Whitstruck, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Robert Jaffray: J.H. Beers & Co, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- James III of Scotland: Hugo van der Goes, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- David Allan: David Allan, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Donald Ewen Cameron: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John Baildon: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- William Alexander, 1st Earl of Stirling: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- William Forbes Gatacre: Beatrix Gatacre, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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