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PAISLEY
Most Famous People Born in Paisley, United Kingdom
- Notable people
- 358
- Peak decade
- 1960s
- Median birth year
- 1947
- Most distinctive
- Football 3.7×
One face per decade — the most globally famous figure born in Paisley during each.
Notable Births by Decade
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What Paisley Is Known For
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Football is Paisley's biggest profession — 41% of all notables (146).
Paisley over-indexes on football — 3.7× the global rate.
Paisley under-produces politician — only 0.6× the global rate.
Profession Mix Over Time
Each band shows a profession family's share of Paisley's notable births by decade. Hover the chart for the breakdown at any decade.
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- Politics & Law
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- Writing
- Film & TV
- Art & Design
- Other
Gerard Butler
Born 1969
Gerry Rafferty
1947 - 2011
Steven Moffat
Born 1961
Paolo Nutini
Born 1987
Robert II of Scotland
1316 - 1390
Phyllis Logan
Born 1956
Tom Conti
Born 1941
Alexander Gardner (photographer)
1821 - 1882
Owen Coyle
Born 1966
Robert Broom
1866 - 1951
Paul McGillion
Born 1969
Alexander Wilson (ornithologist)
1766 - 1813
Momus (musician)
Born 1960
Neve McIntosh
Born 1972
William Sharp (writer)
1855 - 1905
Barrie McKay
Born 1994
Mhairi Black
Born 1994
John Byrne (playwright)
Born 1940
Kenneth McKellar (singer)
1927 - 2010
Robert Archibald
1980 - 2020
Archie Gemmill
Born 1947
Willie Gallacher (politician)
1881 - 1965
Dave McPherson (footballer)
Born 1964
Gordon Durie
Born 1965
Derek McInnes
Born 1971
Scot Gemmill
Born 1971
David Hay
Born 1948
John Bell (Scottish actor)
Born 1997
Robbie Neilson
Born 1980
John Wilson (Scottish writer)
1785 - 1854
Rankin (photographer)
Born 1966
Robert Tannahill
1774 - 1810
William Hart (painter)
1823 - 1894
Paul Telfer (actor)
Born 1979
Kendall Gill
Born 1968
Jamie Langfield
Born 1979
Alasdair Strokosch
Born 1983
Bernie Slaven
Born 1960
Kelly Marie
Born 1957
William Notman
1826 - 1891
Fred Goodwin
Born 1958
John Jackson (astronomer)
1887 - 1958
Ian Hamilton (advocate)
Born 1925
Lewis Morgan (footballer)
Born 1996
Donald Mackenzie Wallace
1841 - 1919
Paul Paton
Born 1987
J. T. McIntosh
1925 - 2008
Archie Scott Brown
1927 - 1958
Kenny Ireland
1945 - 2014
Joe Egan (musician)
Born 1946
James Finlay Weir Johnston
1796 - 1855
Brian Smith (cyclist)
Born 1967
R. B. McCallum
1898 - 1973
Steven Thompson (Scottish footballer)
Born 1978
Ronald Drever
1931 - 2017
Fiona MacDonald
Born 1974
Anya Gallaccio
Born 1963
Gavin Newlands
Born 1980
Brendan Mullen
1949 - 2009
Norrie May-Welby
Born 1961
William A. Phillips
1824 - 1893
Robert Carswell (pathologist)
1793 - 1857
Joanne Love
Born 1985
Gary Erskine
Born 1968
John Reid (music manager)
Born 1949
Thomas Wright (geologist)
1809 - 1884
Walter Shirlaw
1838 - 1909
Brian Morton (Scottish writer)
Born 1954
Richard Susskind
Born 1961
Joe Thomson (footballer)
Born 1997
Ann McKechin
Born 1961
J. R. Campbell (communist)
1894 - 1969
James Grady
Born 1971
Robbie Dunn
Born 1960
Tony McManus (musician)
Born 1965
Gordon Williams (writer)
1934 - 2017
Derek Lilley
Born 1974
Craig Thomson (referee)
Born 1972
Vince Jones
Born 1954
Brian O'Neil (footballer, born 1972)
Born 1972
Andy Murdoch (footballer, born 1995)
Born 1995
Andrew Neil
Born 1949
Micky Mellon
Born 1972
John Weir (physician)
1879 - 1971
Jason Naismith
Born 1994
Richard Lochhead
Born 1969
Sandra Osborne
Born 1956
Gillian Lindsay
Born 1973
William Young (architect)
1843 - 1900
Barry Maitland
Born 1941
Steven McGarry
Born 1979
John Cunningham (bishop)
Born 1938
Barry Smith (footballer, born 1974)
Born 1974
Pat McFadden
Born 1965
Robert Millar (soccer)
1890 - 1967
Fulton Mackay
1922 - 1987
William Alexander, Baron Alexander of Potterhill
1905 - 1993
George Adam
Born 1969
Eleanor Laing
Born 1958
Brian Reid (footballer)
Born 1970
Colin Campbell (Scottish politician)
Born 1938
Karen Campbell
Born 1967
Kenyon Wright
1932 - 2017
Neil Bibby
Born 1983
George Murdoch
1850 - 1910
Jack Carlin
Born 1997
Marc McAusland
Born 1988
Andrew Sinclair (botanist)
1794 - 1861
James Dunlop (footballer)
1870 - 1892
Hector Craig
1775 - 1842
Majid Haq
Born 1983
Alan Mackin (tennis)
Born 1981
Sandy Fitzpatrick
Born 1944
David Sneddon
Born 1978
Jimmy Kinnon
1911 - 1985
Lennie Waite
Born 1986
John Harrison Burnett
1922 - 2007
James Hamilton (1814–1867)
1814 - 1867
Sir Thomas Glen-Coats, 2nd Baronet
1878 - 1954
William Crawford (Pennsylvania)
1760 - 1823
Thomas S. Tait
1882 - 1954
John Knox (artist)
1778 - 1845
David McKenna (footballer)
Born 1986
Kenneth Gibson (Scottish politician)
Born 1961
Shade Munro
Born 1966
Chris Glen
Born 1950
Sarah Reid (curler)
Born 1985
John Love (minister)
1757 - 1825
Jimmy Cowan (footballer)
1926 - 1968
Dylan Stevenson
Born 1997
RM Hubbert
Born 1974
Robert James (actor)
1924 - 2004
Andrew Dewar Gibb
1888 - 1974
Rebekka Findlay
Born 1994
Mark Russell (footballer, born 1996)
Born 1996
David Eccles (businessman)
1849 - 1912
Rhona Simpson
Born 1972
John Henning (1771–1851)
1771 - 1851
Kenny Clark (referee)
Born 1961
Mike Haughney
1926 - 2002
Jock McFadyen
Born 1950
Heather Reid
Born 1969
Jane Aitken
1764 - 1832
Jessie Newbery
1864 - 1948
Ross Drummond
Born 1956
James Carlile
1784 - 1854
Mark Lamont
Born 1993
Tony Gervaise
Born 1955
Robert Thomson (footballer, born 1993)
Born 1993
Alan Reid (Scottish footballer)
Born 1980
Kari Corbett
Born 1984
Robert Sivell
1888 - 1958
Ross Docherty
Born 1993
Jimmy Crapnell
1903 - 1991
Duncan McPhee
1892 - 1950
Stuart Benson
Born 1981
Jacqui Lait
Born 1947
Drew McDowall
Born 1961
William Sharp McKechnie
1863 - 1930
John Kelly (footballer, born 1921)
1921 - 2001
Bill Wilson (Scottish politician)
Born 1963
Billy Raymond
1938 - 2013
David Winters (footballer)
Born 1983
Andy Stirling (footballer)
Born 1990
George Coats (Mediziner)
1876 - 1915
James Goodfellow
Born 1937
Archie McKellar
1912 - 1940
Tom Arthur (Scottish politician)
Born 1985
Iain Martin
Born 1971
James Wilson (zoologist)
1795 - 1856
Nathan Shepherd
Born 1991
Sir William Dunn, 1st Baronet, of Lakenheath
1833 - 1912
Crawford Fairbrother
1936 - 1986
Allan McManus
Born 1974
Joyce Heron (judoka)
Born 1964
Robert Galloway
1844 - 1908
The Ramisco Maki Maki Rocking Horse
Born 1981
Derek Anderson (footballer)
Born 1972
David Weatherston
Born 1986
James Cockburn (minister)
1882 - 1973
Lee Peacock
Born 1976
Craig Wright (cricketer, born 1974)
Born 1974
Hugh Maxwell
1787 - 1873
Jon McShane
Born 1991
Barry Lavety
Born 1974
Jamie McGowan (footballer, born 1997)
Born 1997
Michael Moore (footballer)
Born 1981
Dave Carroll
Born 1966
Stephen McAllister
Born 1962
Robert Sloan
Born 1983
Dan McDougall
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Gayle Rankin
-
Matt Healy
Born 1970
Steven McDougall
Born 1986
Seán Batty
Born 1982
Jami Reid-Quarrell
Born 1978
William Dunlop (principal)
1654 - 1700
Sir George Clark, 1st Baronet
1861 - 1935
Angus McKinnon
1886 - 1968
Matthew Hodgart
1916 - 1996
Neil Scally
Born 1978
John Hannah (VC)
1921 - 1947
John Hillcoat (footballer)
Born 1970
Graeme Sinclair
Born 1957
Ron McMillan
Born 1958
Aidan Ferris
Born 1996
Hector Nicol
1920 - 1985
Gordon Stewart (epidemiologist)
1919 - 2016
John Tennent (Scottish footballer)
Born 1997
Tommy Wilson (footballer, born 1961)
Born 1961
Kevin McIntyre (boxer)
Born 1978
Scott Muirhead
Born 1984
Charlie Mitchell (footballer)
Born 1948
Ian MacLean
Born 1966
Stephen Stirling (footballer)
Born 1990
Arthur Henderson (VC)
1893 - 1917
Tony Johnston
Born 1960
George Hoadley (Alberta politician)
1867 - 1955
Andrew Robertson (businessman)
1827 - 1890
Della Purves
1945 - 2008
Tom Urie
Born 1969
Omer Hussain
Born 1984
Tommy McMillan (footballer, born 1944)
Born 1944
James Waterston (entomologist)
1879 - 1930
Jane Brownlow
1854 - 1928
Mark McGeown
Born 1970
James Boag I
1804 - 1890
William McNaught (Glasgow)
1813 - 1881
Dale Greig
1937 - 2019
Johnny Cochrane
-
George Bryson Sr.
1813 - 1900
Brian Hamilton (footballer)
Born 1967
Jenni Keenan Green
-
George McLean (footballer, born 1943)
Born 1943
Jackie Copland
Born 1947
Andy Kane (footballer)
Born 1976
Robin McEwan, Lord McEwan
Born 1943
Conor Ramsay
Born 1993
John Bryson (Canadian politician)
1849 - 1896
Louise Irvine
Born 1957
John Boyd Watson
1828 - 1889
Barry McLaughlin
Born 1973
Isaac English
Born 1971
Minna Cowan
1878 - 1951
Lorna Jack
Born 1992
Bobbie Bruce
1906 - 1978
Dave Richardson (darts player)
Born 1979
Ross MacKenzie (footballer)
Born 1984
Ryan Borris
Born 1983
Dorothy Byrne
-
Mike Gallacher
Born 1961
Alan Orr
-
Breandan Vallance
Born 1991
Jonny Blair
Born 1992
William Holms
1827 - 1903
Steven Fallon
Born 1979
Dougie Bell
Born 1959
Bobby Templeton (footballer, born 1894)
1894 - 1967
James Dougall
1810 - 1888
David Crawford (footballer, born 1873)
1873 - 1937
David Nixon (footballer)
Born 1988
Andy Weir (footballer)
Born 1937
James Stevenson (merchant)
1786 - 1866
Peter M. Arthur
1831 - 1903
Thomas Ballantyne (journalist)
1806 - 1871
Kenneth Snodgrass
1784 - 1853
Jimmy Stevenson
1877 - 1916
Matthew Holmes (engineer)
1844 - 1903
Frank Walker (Scottish footballer)
1897 - 1949
Ken Eadie
Born 1961
Matt Murray (Scottish footballer)
1929 - 2016
Mark Ferguson (cricketer)
Born 1981
Alan Forsyth
Born 1992
Ailsa Carmichael, Lady Carmichael
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William Cockburn (banker)
1891 - 1957
Adam Fraser
1871 - 1895
Robert Dalrymple
1880 - 1970
Steve Cowan
Born 1963
Blair Millar
Born 1956
James Allenby-Kirk
Born 1988
Drew Wilson
Born 1967
Allan Craig
Born 1904
Angela Taylor (ice hockey)
Born 1987
Craig Gillies
Born 1976
Pat Liney
Born 1936
Hamza Tahir
Born 1995
Ryan McCay
Born 1986
Laura Montgomery
Born 1975
Stuart Kennedy (cricketer)
Born 1965
John Buchanan (footballer, born 1899)
1899 - 1947
Archie McLean (footballer)
1894 - 1971
Samuel Evans (VC)
1821 - 1901
John McMurrich
1804 - 1883
Arthur Randall
1896 - 1927
William Paul (footballer, born 1868)
1868 - 1932
John Barr (New Zealand politician)
1867 - 1930
Ken W. MacDonald
Born 1959
Jim Denny
Born 1950
Robert Ritchie (Australian politician)
1836 - 1891
Hookey Leonard
1906 - 1959