| name | field | miles | km |
| 1 "Sir Edward Ward | | 57.347 miles | 92.29 km |
| 55., 0. |
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| 2 Adam Smith | economist | 99.878 miles | 160.738 km |
| 56.110730555556, -3.1673694444444 |
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| 3 Sean Connery | actor | 92.971 miles | 149.622 km |
| 55.95, -3.1988888888889 |
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| 4 Arthur Conan Doyle | writer | 92.971 miles | 149.622 km |
| 55.95, -3.1988888888889 |
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| 5 Sting (musician) | actor | 4.716 miles | 7.59 km |
| 54.991280555556, -1.5311 |
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| 6 Charles I of England | monarch | 106.096 miles | 170.745 km |
| 56.06944, -3.46389 |
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| 7 Tony Blair | politician | 92.971 miles | 149.622 km |
| 55.95, -3.1988888888889 |
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| 8 Robert Louis Stevenson | poet | 92.971 miles | 149.622 km |
| 55.95, -3.1988888888889 |
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| 9 Judi Dench | actor | 76.642 miles | 123.343 km |
| 53.95, -1.0833333333333 |
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| 10 Ridley Scott | film | 3.373 miles | 5.428 km |
| 54.992, -1.429 |
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| 11 Patrick Stewart | actor | 94.337 miles | 151.82 km |
| 53.6807, -1.6888 |
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| 12 Ian McKellen | actor | 92.164 miles | 148.323 km |
| 53.788888888889, -2.2480555555556 |
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| 13 Walter Scott | poet | 92.971 miles | 149.622 km |
| 55.95, -3.1988888888889 |
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| 14 Ewan McGregor | actor | 121.303 miles | 195.218 km |
| 56.395277777778, -3.4316666666667 |
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| 15 Ben Kingsley | actor | 65.734 miles | 105.789 km |
| 54.2281, -0.5873 |
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| 16 Rowan Atkinson | actor | 20.054 miles | 32.273 km |
| 54.85, -1.83 |
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| 17 Giles Martin | songwriter | 75.129 miles | 120.909 km |
| 54., -2. |
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| 18 Jon Anderson | singer | 96.155 miles | 154.747 km |
| 53.75337, -2.36384 |
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| 19 Henry Tate | merchant | 105.267 miles | 169.41 km |
| 53.666, -2.582 |
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| 20 E. B. Ford | geneticist | 80.977 miles | 130.32 km |
| 54.67, -3.3807 |
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| 21 Charles Wyville Thomson | historian | 100.584 miles | 161.875 km |
| 55.916666666667, -3.5 |
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| 22 Thomas Somerscales | painter | 100.034 miles | 160.99 km |
| 53.744333, -0.3325 |
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| 23 Kevin Beattie | football | 60.544 miles | 97.437 km |
| 54.883333333333, -2.95 |
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| 24 Rod Smallwood | music | 97.225 miles | 156.469 km |
| 53.645, -1.7797222222222 |
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| 25 John Duncan Fergusson | painter | 93.554 miles | 150.561 km |
| 55.9801, -3.17005 |
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| 26 Cara Theobold | actor | 93.893 miles | 151.107 km |
| 53.6801, -1.492 |
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| 27 Thomas Charles Hope | chemist | 92.971 miles | 149.622 km |
| 55.95, -3.1988888888889 |
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| 28 Mary Ann Cotton | serial killer | 10.005 miles | 16.101 km |
| 54.9, -1.3802777777778 |
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| 29 Barbara Dickson | singer | 106.121 miles | 170.785 km |
| 56.071388888889, -3.4616666666667 |
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| 30 Joseph Thomson (explorer) | explorer | 94.39 miles | 151.905 km |
| 55.232, -3.815 |
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