Edinburgh ranks 78th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Santiago, Cleveland, and Dresden. Memorable people born in Edinburgh include Alexander Graham Bell, David Hume, and Arthur Conan Doyle. Memorable people who died in Edinburgh include Adam Smith, David Hume, and John Napier. Edinburgh has been the birth place of many soccer players and writers and the death place of many mathematicians and writers. Edinburgh is located in United Kingdom.
Edinburgh is the capital city of Scotland and one of its 32 council areas. The city is located in south-east Scotland, and is bounded to the north by the Firth of Forth estuary and to the south by the Pentland Hills. Edinburgh had a population of 506,520 in mid-2020, making it the second-most populous city in Scotland and the seventh-most populous in the United Kingdom. The wider metropolitan area has a population of 912,490. Read more on Wikipedia
Between 1534 and 1997, Edinburgh was the birth place of 116 globally memorable people, including Alexander Graham Bell, David Hume, and Arthur Conan Doyle. Additionaly, 59 globally memorable people have passed away in Edinburgh including Adam Smith, David Hume, and John Napier.
1847 - 1922
HPI: 82.97
Rank: 1
1711 - 1776
HPI: 81.09
Rank: 2
1859 - 1930
HPI: 80.26
Rank: 3
1831 - 1879
HPI: 79.87
Rank: 4
1930 - 2020
HPI: 79.73
Rank: 5
1850 - 1894
HPI: 75.37
Rank: 6
1771 - 1832
HPI: 75.25
Rank: 7
1671 - 1729
HPI: 69.62
Rank: 8
1953 - Present
HPI: 65.70
Rank: 9
1726 - 1797
HPI: 64.45
Rank: 10
1940 - 1962
HPI: 64.05
Rank: 11
1918 - 2006
HPI: 62.57
Rank: 12
1771 - 1832
HPI: 75.25
Rank: 7
1712 - 1780
HPI: 46.18
Rank: 55
1860 - 1948
HPI: 45.85
Rank: 56
1819 - 1905
HPI: 43.12
Rank: 68
1835 - 1924
HPI: 42.40
Rank: 69
1866 - 1902
HPI: 41.26
Rank: 73
1745 - 1771
HPI: 41.14
Rank: 74
1862 - 1946
HPI: 41.10
Rank: 75
1851 - 1882
HPI: 39.54
Rank: 78
1718 - 1800
HPI: 39.42
Rank: 79
1897 - 1999
HPI: 38.50
Rank: 81
1979 - Present
HPI: 36.41
Rank: 87
1723 - 1790
HPI: 91.46
Rank: 1
1711 - 1776
HPI: 81.09
Rank: 2
1550 - 1617
HPI: 74.14
Rank: 3
1728 - 1799
HPI: 67.10
Rank: 4
1892 - 1965
HPI: 67.00
Rank: 5
1877 - 1944
HPI: 66.03
Rank: 6
1514 - 1572
HPI: 65.07
Rank: 7
1726 - 1797
HPI: 64.45
Rank: 8
1638 - 1675
HPI: 61.33
Rank: 9
1749 - 1819
HPI: 60.64
Rank: 10
1698 - 1746
HPI: 60.57
Rank: 11
1929 - 2019
HPI: 60.20
Rank: 12
1821 - 1901
HPI: 46.79
Rank: 36
1744 - 1796
HPI: 45.68
Rank: 41
1607 - 1661
HPI: 43.33
Rank: 45
1895 - 1967
HPI: 42.55
Rank: 46
1947 - 2020
HPI: 42.05
Rank: 47
1862 - 1946
HPI: 41.10
Rank: 50
1718 - 1800
HPI: 39.42
Rank: 55
1780 - 1847
HPI: 38.27
Rank: 57
Most individuals born in present day Edinburgh were soccer players (21), writers (14), actors (14), politicians (14), and biologists (10), while most who died were mathematicians (7), writers (7), physicists (6), biologists (5), and politicians (4).
Over the past 100 years, soccer players have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Edinburgh, including Graeme Souness, Gordon Strachan, and Dave Mackay. Whereas, throughout history, soccer players have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Edinburgh, including Graeme Souness, Gordon Strachan, and Dave Mackay.
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 25 globally memorable people born in Edinburgh since 1700.