Photo: Richard Webb · CC BY-SA 2.0No one from Fallin is on the famous people list yet
Just 3 mi away, Stirling’s list holds 208 names, James III of Scotland the best known. Stirling has the most of any town in Stirling: 208. After Stirling, the next longest list in Stirling is Bridge of Allan’s, with 24. 6 towns across Stirling can name a famous person born there.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is in Fallin’s locality and whose English Wikipedia article agrees they were born here. Wikidata has nobody with an English article born in Fallin yet.
Famous people born near Fallin
The best known from each town within 12 miles of Fallin, with how many people each has.
Stirling · 3 miJames III of Scotland & 207 more
Alloa · 3 miDavid Allan & 30 more
Bridge of Allan · 4 miDonald Ewen Cameron & 23 more
Larbert · 6 miJohn Baildon & 12 more
Alva · 4 miBilly Hunter & 11 moreBGBannockburn · 2 miBrian Grant & 7 more
Clackmannan · 5 miJohn Balfour, 1st Baron Kinross & 7 more
Menstrie · 3 miWilliam Alexander, 1st Earl of Stirling & 4 moreQuestions about famous people from Fallin
Who counts as from Fallin?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Fallin’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 (7)
- 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
- Billy Hunter: Schnabel SC — Dirk Gerardus Andries Schnabel (1870-1933), 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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