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Present Day

Glasgow (gbr)

United Kingdom

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Glasgow ranks 55th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Cairo, Bucharest, and Houston. Memorable people born in Glasgow include Alex Ferguson, Mark Knopfler, and William Ramsay. Memorable people who died in Glasgow include William John Macquorn Rankine, Robert III of Scotland, and Thomas Reid. Glasgow has been the birth place of many soccer players, and actors and the death place of many soccer players, and politicians. Glasgow is located in United Kingdom.

Glasgow is the most populous city in Scotland, located on the banks of the River Clyde in west central Scotland. The city is the third-most-populous city in the United Kingdom and the 27th-most-populous city in Europe. In 2022, it had an estimated population as a defined locality of 632,350 and anchored an urban settlement of 1,028,220. Read more on Wikipedia

People

Between 0 and 2002, Glasgow was the birth place of 169 globally memorable people, including Alex Ferguson, Mark Knopfler, and William Ramsay. Additionaly, 22 globally memorable people have passed away in Glasgow including William John Macquorn Rankine, Robert III of Scotland, and Thomas Reid.

People Born in Glasgow

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Occupations

Most individuals born in present day Glasgow were soccer players (55), actors (30), politicians (12), musicians (9), and writers (9),  while most who died were soccer players (6), politicians (3), writers (2), engineers (1), and philosophers (1).

Over the past 100 years, soccer players have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Glasgow, including Kenny Dalglish, Tommy Docherty, and Steve Archibald. Whereas, throughout history, soccer players have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Glasgow, including Kenny Dalglish, Fergus Suter, and Archie Stark.

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Overlapping Lives

Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 25 globally memorable people born in Glasgow since 1700.