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Photo: Thomas Nugent · CC BY-SA 2.0Famous people · Polbeth, West Lothian
Rhys McCabe is the only name on the Polbeth list
In 1992, the footballer Rhys McCabe was born. Their story is told in 4 languages. Nearby, Livingston, 3 mi away, lists 44, led by Scott Arfield. Across West Lothian, 13 towns list someone born there.
Born here
1
notable people
Best known
Rhys McCabe
in 4 Wikipedia languages
First
1992
Rhys McCabe
Most common field
Sports
1 people
The best known
Born in Polbeth
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
The most names next door are in Livingston: 44.
Livingston · 3 miScott Arfield & 43 more
Broxburn · 6 miPaul di Resta & 34 more
Bathgate · 4 miDavid Tennant & 33 more
Whitburn · 5 miLeon Jackson & 18 moreJKWest Calder · 1 miJohn Kane & 16 moreAHArmadale · 6 miAlex Hamilton & 16 moreMMHarthill · 8 miMatt McQueen & 9 more
Fauldhouse · 6 miJack Aitchison & 7 moreQuestions about famous people from Polbeth
Who is the most famous person from Polbeth?
Rhys McCabe (footballer (born 1992)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 4 languages.
How many famous people were born in Polbeth?
1 people born in Polbeth have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
What is Polbeth 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 Polbeth?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Polbeth’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)
- 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
- Leon Jackson: The original uploader was DavidDjJohnson at English Wikipedia. (Original text: David Johnson), CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jack Aitchison: Pedro Semitiel from Cehegín, España, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
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