Coatbridge - Notable People From Coatbridge

Notable People From Coatbridge

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  • Admiral Sir James Stirling, first Governor of Western Australia.
  • Jock Cunningham, miner, mutineer and Republican Brigade commander during the Spanish Civil War
  • Margaret Skinnider, Coatbridge teacher; IRA operative who later became paymaster general of the Irish Republican Army.
  • Neil Smith, Air Chief Marshal of the Royal Air Force (DBS squadron; the hero of 'Pipe Ridge' (DFC and bar)
  • Charlie Doyle, Coatbridge-born union organiser and Communist in the United States who was imprisoned and deported as an undesirable alien; in 1953 he led strike action at Battersea power station and was tagged “the most hated man in Britain”.
  • Anti-child sexual abuse and bullying activist, Sandra Brown, attended Coatbridge High School
  • The Reverend Dr Peter Marshall (27 May 1902 — 26 January 1949) Chaplain of the United States Senate, whose biography was the basis of the Oscar-nominated film A Man Called Peter, was born in Coatbridge.
  • Hue and Cry a successful band from the 1980s; brothers Greg and Pat Kane are from the Blairhill area of Coatbridge
  • Bill Carroll, radio host
  • Vera Weisfield, Founder of now closed chain of "What Every Woman Wants" stores
  • Heather Suttie, DJ and radio presenter
  • Mark Kerr, Scottish footballer, currently playing for Aberdeen F.C
  • Hugh Murray, rugby union player
  • Johnny Russell (footballer), Scottish footballer, currently playing for Dundee Utd, attended coatbridge high school
  • Joe Kissock, former New Zealand international footballer
  • Ricky Burns (boxer), World Super Featherweight Champion
  • Edward Reid (comedy singer), reached the live semi-finals of Britain's Got Talent in 2011. Finished 2nd in public vote to reach the final, but lost on judges vote 3-1.

Tony Watt (Footballer) Plays for celtic fc as a striker. Scored for celtic in win against Barcalona

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