Kinghorn

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Kinghorn

Total population

2,930

Coordinates56.07°, -3.17°

Demographic figures from UK Office for National Statistics. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Kinghorn is a town and parish in Fife, Scotland. A seaside resort with two beaches, Kinghorn Beach and Pettycur Bay, plus a fishing port, it stands on the north shore of the Firth of Forth, opposite Edinburgh.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Notable people from here

Ian Rankin

Scottish writer

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David Danskin

Scottish footballer (1863-1948)

Fernie Flaman

Canadian ice hockey player (1927–2012)

John McDouall Stuart

British explorer (1815-1866)

William Wallace

Scottish mathematician and astronomer

Tommy Hutchison

Scottish footballer and manager (born 1947)

Geoffrey Charles Tasker Keyes

recipient of the Victoria Cross

John Smith

English botanist, first curator of Kew gardens (1798–1888)

William Mullan

Scottish football referee (1928–2018)

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Alec Herd

Scottish footballer (1911-1982)

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Bill Hunter

Scottish footballer (born 1900)

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Bob Bonthron

professional footballer (1880-?)

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Bryan Gilfillan

Scottish footballer (born 1984)

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David Alexander

Royal Marines officer (1926-2017)

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David McKay

Scottish-American publisher (1860-1918)

Henry Brougham Farnie

British writer (1836-1889)

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Kinghorn

Search results from Open Library.

Official Identifiers