Edinburgh
Edinburgh ranks 79th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Frankfurt, Brazil, and Saitama Prefecture. The most famous people from Edinburgh are Alexander Graham Bell, Arthur Conan Doyle, and James Clerk Maxwell. The most famous people who died in Edinburgh are Adam Smith, Edward Victor Appleton, and David Hume. Edinburgh has been the birth place of many soccer players, and writers and the death place of many writers, and mathematicians. Edinburgh is located in United Kingdom.
People
Between 1534 and 1997, Edinburgh was the birth place of 145 globally memorable people, including Alexander Graham Bell, Arthur Conan Doyle, and James Clerk Maxwell. Additionaly, 65 globally memorable people have passed away in Edinburgh including Adam Smith, Edward Victor Appleton, and David Hume.
People Born in Edinburgh
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Alexander Graham Bell
INVENTOR
1847 - 1922
HPI: 85.31
Rank: 1
Arthur Conan Doyle
WRITER
1859 - 1930
HPI: 83.22
Rank: 2
James Clerk Maxwell
PHYSICIST
1831 - 1879
HPI: 82.02
Rank: 3
Sean Connery
ACTOR
1930 - 2020
HPI: 81.18
Rank: 4
Robert Louis Stevenson
WRITER
1850 - 1894
HPI: 79.06
Rank: 5
Walter Scott
WRITER
1771 - 1832
HPI: 79.04
Rank: 6
William John Macquorn Rankine
ENGINEER
1820 - 1872
HPI: 76.98
Rank: 7
Stuart Sutcliffe
MUSICIAN
1940 - 1962
HPI: 76.65
Rank: 8
John Law
ECONOMIST
1671 - 1729
HPI: 75.44
Rank: 9
Tony Blair
POLITICIAN
1953 - Present
HPI: 74.61
Rank: 10
Richard Henderson
BIOLOGIST
1945 - Present
HPI: 73.98
Rank: 11
James Hutton
GEOLOGIST
1726 - 1797
HPI: 71.28
Rank: 12
Newly Added People Born in Edinburgh
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John Swinney
POLITICIAN
1964 - Present
HPI: 51.49
Rank: 86
Nicholas Rowe
ACTOR
1966 - Present
HPI: 46.93
Rank: 101
Joe Hendry
WRESTLER
1988 - Present
HPI: 45.96
Rank: 104
David J. Asher
ASTRONOMER
1966 - Present
HPI: 44.15
Rank: 109
Jackie Kay
WRITER
1961 - Present
HPI: 36.72
Rank: 117
Hugo Johnstone-Burt
ACTOR
1988 - Present
HPI: 32.31
Rank: 125
Vicki Chalmers
ATHLETE
1989 - Present
HPI: 28.16
Rank: 132
Lee Wallace
SOCCER PLAYER
1987 - Present
HPI: 28.11
Rank: 133
Iain Hume
SOCCER PLAYER
1983 - Present
HPI: 27.05
Rank: 137
Sam Nicholson
SOCCER PLAYER
1995 - Present
HPI: 21.90
Rank: 141
People Deceased in Edinburgh
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Adam Smith
ECONOMIST
1723 - 1790
HPI: 92.99
Rank: 1
Edward Victor Appleton
PHYSICIST
1892 - 1965
HPI: 83.64
Rank: 2
David Hume
PHILOSOPHER
1711 - 1776
HPI: 83.28
Rank: 3
Charles Glover Barkla
PHYSICIST
1877 - 1944
HPI: 78.02
Rank: 4
John Napier
MATHEMATICIAN
1550 - 1617
HPI: 77.92
Rank: 5
Peter Higgs
PHYSICIST
1929 - 2024
HPI: 75.42
Rank: 6
Joseph Black
CHEMIST
1728 - 1799
HPI: 73.50
Rank: 7
Thomas De Quincey
WRITER
1785 - 1859
HPI: 73.36
Rank: 8
James Hutton
GEOLOGIST
1726 - 1797
HPI: 71.28
Rank: 9
John Knox
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1514 - 1572
HPI: 71.26
Rank: 10
Colin Maclaurin
MATHEMATICIAN
1698 - 1746
HPI: 68.90
Rank: 11
Daniel Rutherford
PHYSICIST
1749 - 1819
HPI: 68.70
Rank: 12
Occupations
Most individuals born in present day Edinburghwere soccer players (27), writers (17), politicians (16), actors (15), and athletes (11), while most who died were writers (9), mathematicians (8), physicists (7), biologists (5), and politicians (4).
Occupational Trends
Over the past 100 years, soccer players have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Edinburgh, including Dave Mackay, Graeme Souness, and Jimmy Murray. Whereas, throughout history, soccer players have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Edinburgh, including Dave Mackay, Graeme Souness, and Jimmy Murray.
Places
Overlapping Lives
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 25 globally memorable people born in Edinburgh since 1700.
