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Photo: Kevin Rae · CC BY-SA 2.0Famous people · Cowie, Stirling
2 famous people call Cowie their birthplace
Alex Smith leads the list, covered in 4 languages. The list has one more: the footballer Bobby Rooney. Nearby, Stirling, 4 mi away, lists 208, led by James III of Scotland. From Bobby Rooney to Alex Smith, the births on the list run from 1938 to 1939.
Born here
2
notable people
Best known
Alex Smith
in 4 Wikipedia languages
First
1938
Bobby Rooney
Youngest
1939
Alex Smith
Most common field
Sports
2 people
The best known
Born in Cowie
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Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Nearby, Stirling has the most on record, with 208.
Stirling · 4 miJames III of Scotland & 207 more
Alloa · 4 miDavid Allan & 30 moreSBDenny · 5 miSammy Baird & 30 moreTLStenhousemuir · 4 miTommy Leishman & 13 more
Larbert · 4 miJohn Baildon & 12 moreBGBannockburn · 2 miBrian Grant & 7 more
Clackmannan · 5 miJohn Balfour, 1st Baron Kinross & 7 more
Menstrie · 5 miWilliam Alexander, 1st Earl of Stirling & 4 moreQuestions about famous people from Cowie
Who is the most famous person from Cowie?
Alex Smith (Scottish footballer born 1939) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 4 languages. Next come Bobby Rooney.
How many famous people were born in Cowie?
2 people born in Cowie have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
What is Cowie 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 Cowie?
Bobby Rooney, born in 1938. The youngest on the list was born in 1939.
Who counts as from Cowie?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Cowie’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 (5)
- James III of Scotland: Hugo van der Goes, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- David Allan: David Allan, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John Baildon: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John Balfour, 1st Baron Kinross: Leslie Ward, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- William Alexander, 1st Earl of Stirling: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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