#1Famous people · Fauldhouse, West Lothian
8 famous people were born in Fauldhouse, most of them in the 20th century
Articles in 12 languages make the Scottish association football player Jack Aitchison the best known. Jock Weir, the Scottish footballer, comes second, with Jimmy Gordon third. The earliest on the list is William McLaren, born in 1887, and the youngest Jack Aitchison, born in 2000. Per 10,000 residents, the town has 17.4, close to the 13.5 of the typical West Lothian town.
Born here
8
notable people
Best known
Jack Aitchison
in 12 Wikipedia languages
First
1887
William McLaren
Youngest
2000
Jack Aitchison
Most common field
Sports
6 people
What stands out about Fauldhouse’s famous people
★ What stands out · Known for
What Fauldhouse is known for
Fauldhouse has 1.5× the usual share of athletes.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed across UK towns. Tap a field to see its people.
The best known
Born in Fauldhouse
Jack Aitchison, Jock Weir and Jimmy Gordon are written about in 12, 3 and 2 languages.
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Sports
Jimmy Gordon
1915–1996Scottish football player and coach (1915-1996)
2 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
Through the years
When Fauldhouse’s famous people were born
Count by decade and the 1920s come out on top, with 2 births.
SportsPolitics & LawWriting & Arts
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Fauldhouse
5 more, 3 of them athletes.
No one matches both filters.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Nearby, Livingston has the most on record, with 44.
Livingston · 8 miScott Arfield & 43 more
Bathgate · 5 miDavid Tennant & 33 more
Shotts · 4 miMatthew Baillie & 27 moreWRCarluke · 8 miWilliam Roy & 21 more
Whitburn · 2 miLeon Jackson & 18 moreAHArmadale · 5 miAlex Hamilton & 16 moreJKWest Calder · 5 miJohn Kane & 16 moreJDCleland · 8 miJimmy Delaney & 16 moreQuestions about famous people from Fauldhouse
Who is the most famous person from Fauldhouse?
Jack Aitchison (Scottish association football player) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 12 languages. Next come Jock Weir and Jimmy Gordon.
How many famous people were born in Fauldhouse?
8 people born in Fauldhouse have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
What is Fauldhouse known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 6 of the 8. That is 75% of the town’s list, against 49% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Fauldhouse?
William McLaren, born in 1887. The youngest on the list was born in 2000.
Who counts as from Fauldhouse?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Fauldhouse’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)
- Jack Aitchison: Pedro Semitiel from Cehegín, España, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Scott Arfield: Steindy 23:15, 6 September 2009 (UTC), CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- David Tennant: Kevin Paul, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Matthew Baillie: William Owen, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Leon Jackson: The original uploader was DavidDjJohnson at English Wikipedia. (Original text: David Johnson), CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
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