East Lothian
East Lothian ranks 3,732nd in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Calw, Asakita-ku, Hiroshima, and Erasmus Hospital. Memorable people born in East Lothian include Sawney Bean, Robert Wight, and William Dunbar. East Lothian has been the birth place of many extremists, and biologists. East Lothian is located in United Kingdom.
East Lothian is one of the 32 council areas of Scotland, as well as a historic county, registration county and lieutenancy area. The county was called Haddingtonshire until 1921. Read more on Wikipedia
People
Between 1460 and 1796, East Lothian was the birth place of 4 globally memorable people, including Sawney Bean, Robert Wight, and William Dunbar.
People Born in East Lothian
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Sawney Bean
EXTREMIST
1600 - 1600
HPI: 61.34
Rank: 1
Robert Wight
BIOLOGIST
1796 - 1872
HPI: 44.71
Rank: 2
William Dunbar
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1460 - 1520
HPI: 41.02
Rank: 3
John Rennie the Elder
ENGINEER
1761 - 1821
HPI: 38.89
Rank: 4
Newly Added People Born in East Lothian
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Most individuals born in present day East Lothian were extremists (1), biologists (1), religious figures (1), and engineers (1), while most who died were .
Occupational Trends
Throughout history extremists have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day East Lothian, including Sawney Bean.
Places
Overlapping Lives
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 2 globally memorable people born in East Lothian since 1700.
