Penicuik
Penicuik ranks 9,981st in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Livry-Gargan, Cormeilles-en-Parisis, and Kalundborg. Memorable people born in Penicuik include Tom Walkinshaw, and Alexander Keith Johnston. Penicuik has been the birth place of many racing drivers, and geographers. Penicuik is located in United Kingdom.
Penicuik is a town and former burgh in Midlothian, Scotland, lying on the west bank of the River North Esk. It lies on the A701 midway between Edinburgh and Peebles, east of the Pentland Hills. Read more on Wikipedia
People
Between 1804 and 1946, Penicuik was the birth place of 2 globally memorable people, including Tom Walkinshaw, and Alexander Keith Johnston.
People Born in Penicuik
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Tom Walkinshaw
RACING DRIVER
1946 - 2010
HPI: 54.12
Rank: 1
Alexander Keith Johnston
GEOGRAPHER
1804 - 1871
HPI: 47.28
Rank: 2
Newly Added People Born in Penicuik
Go to all RankingsTom Walkinshaw
RACING DRIVER
1946 - 2010
HPI: 54.12
Rank: 1
Alexander Keith Johnston
GEOGRAPHER
1804 - 1871
HPI: 47.28
Rank: 2
Occupations
Most individuals born in present day Penicuik were racing drivers (1), and geographers (1), while most who died were .
Occupational Trends
Over the past 100 years, racing drivers have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Penicuik, including Tom Walkinshaw. Whereas, throughout history, racing drivers have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Penicuik, including Tom Walkinshaw.
Places
Overlapping Lives
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 2 globally memorable people born in Penicuik since 1700.
