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Photo: Tim Heaton · CC BY-SA 2.0Famous people · Mid Calder, West Lothian
The Scottish footballer Jock Whyte is the one famous person from Mid Calder
Jock Whyte, the Scottish footballer, was born in 1921. Their birth falls in the 20th century. 2 languages have an article about them. Nearby, Livingston, 2 mi away, lists 44, led by Scott Arfield.
Born here
1
notable people
Best known
Jock Whyte
in 2 Wikipedia languages
First
1921
Jock Whyte
Most common field
Sports
1 people
The best known
Born in Mid Calder
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Of the towns nearby, Livingston lists the most people: 44.
Livingston · 2 miScott Arfield & 43 more
Broxburn · 3 miPaul di Resta & 34 more
Bathgate · 6 miDavid Tennant & 33 more
Linlithgow · 8 miMary, Queen of Scots & 27 more
Whitburn · 8 miLeon Jackson & 18 moreJKWest Calder · 4 miJohn Kane & 16 more
South Queensferry · 8 miVictor Hope, 2nd Marquess of Linlithgow & 12 more
Blackburn · 5 miAngela Constance & 5 moreQuestions about famous people from Mid Calder
Who is the most famous person from Mid Calder?
Jock Whyte (Scottish footballer (1921-1998)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 2 languages.
How many famous people were born in Mid Calder?
1 people born in Mid Calder have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
What is Mid Calder known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 1 of the 1. That is 100% of the town’s list, against 49% across UK towns.
Who counts as from Mid Calder?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Mid Calder’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)
- Scott Arfield: Steindy 23:15, 6 September 2009 (UTC), CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Paul di Resta: Stefan Brending (2eight), CC BY-SA 3.0 de, Wikimedia Commons
- David Tennant: Kevin Paul, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Mary, Queen of Scots: Unidentified painter, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Leon Jackson: The original uploader was DavidDjJohnson at English Wikipedia. (Original text: David Johnson), CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Victor Hope, 2nd Marquess of Linlithgow: Bassano Ltd, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Angela Constance: Scottish Government, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
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