Kilmarnock
Kilmarnock ranks 6,427th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Falkirk, Batavia, Dutch East Indies, and Winfield, Kansas. Memorable people born in Kilmarnock include Gilbert Adair, Jim Brown, and Colin Mochrie. Kilmarnock has been the birth place of many writers, and soccer players. Kilmarnock is located in United Kingdom.
Kilmarnock is a town and former burgh in East Ayrshire situated in southwest Scotland. The town has served as the administrative centre of East Ayrshire Council since 1996 and is the region's main commercial and industrial centre. The town has a total of 284 listed buildings and structures as designed by Historic Environment Scotland, including the Dick Institute, Dean Castle, Loanhead School and the original 1898 building of Kilmarnock Academy, with post–war developments of the controversial 1970s regeneration such as The Foregate and Clydesdale Bank building being considered for listed building status. Read more on Wikipedia
People
Between 1908 and 1957, Kilmarnock was the birth place of 3 globally memorable people, including Gilbert Adair, Jim Brown, and Colin Mochrie.
People Born in Kilmarnock
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Gilbert Adair
WRITER
1944 - 2011
HPI: 55.64
Rank: 1
Jim Brown
SOCCER PLAYER
1908 - 1994
HPI: 53.27
Rank: 2
Colin Mochrie
ACTOR
1957 - Present
HPI: 42.70
Rank: 3
Occupations
Most individuals born in present day Kilmarnock were writers (1), soccer players (1), and actors (1), while most who died were .
Occupational Trends
Over the past 100 years, writers have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Kilmarnock, including Gilbert Adair. Whereas, throughout history, writers have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Kilmarnock, including Gilbert Adair.
Places
Overlapping Lives
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 2 globally memorable people born in Kilmarnock since 1700.
