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
Between 1460 and 1796, East Lothian was the birth place of 4 globally memorable people, including Sawney Bean, Robert Wight, and William Dunbar.
1600 - 1600
HPI: 61.34
Rank: 1
1796 - 1872
HPI: 44.71
Rank: 2
1460 - 1520
HPI: 41.02
Rank: 3
1761 - 1821
HPI: 38.89
Rank: 4
Most individuals born in present day East Lothian were extremists (1), biologists (1), religious figures (1), and engineers (1), while most who died were .
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 2 globally memorable people born in East Lothian since 1700.