#1Famous people · Abergele, Clwyd
The 4 famous people born in Abergele, led by David Vaughan
Articles in 35 languages make the Welsh footballer David Vaughan the best known. Behind the leader come Billy Sass-Davies and Emrys ap Iwan. Born in 1848, Emrys ap Iwan is the first name on record, and Billy Sass-Davies, born in 2000, the most recent. Athletes make up the largest group, 3 of them.
Born here
4
notable people
Best known
David Vaughan
in 35 Wikipedia languages
First
1848
Emrys ap Iwan
Youngest
2000
Billy Sass-Davies
Most common field
Sports
3 people
The best known
Born in Abergele
Athletes take two of the three places.
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#2Sports
Billy Sass-Davies
born 2000Welsh association football player (born 2000)
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#3Through the years
When Abergele’s famous people were born
More were born in the 1980s than in any other decade: 1.
SportsWriting & Arts
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Abergele is known for
No other field is as far above the usual share as athletes, at 1.5 times.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed across UK towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Abergele
1 more, best known first.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Close by, the fullest list is St Asaph’s, at 62 names.
St Asaph · 6 miIan Rush & 61 more
Colwyn Bay · 6 miTimothy Dalton & 27 morePMRhyl · 5 miPenelope Mortimer & 22 moreJPPrestatyn · 8 miJohn Prescott & 22 more
Bodelwyddan · 3 miJade Jones & 6 more
Rhuddlan · 5 miPhilip Jones Griffiths & 6 more
Dyserth · 7 miJohn Houghton & 2 moreJSKinmel Bay · 3 miJimmy Sangster & 1 moreQuestions about famous people from Abergele
Who is the most famous person from Abergele?
David Vaughan (Welsh footballer (born 1983)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 35 languages. Next come Billy Sass-Davies and Emrys ap Iwan.
How many famous people were born in Abergele?
4 people born in Abergele have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
What is Abergele known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 3 of the 4. That is 75% of the town’s list, against 49% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Abergele?
Emrys ap Iwan, born in 1848. The youngest on the list was born in 2000.
Who counts as from Abergele?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Abergele’s built-up area (the ONS 2022 boundary), a hospital or district within it included, whose English Wikipedia article agrees. People who only lived here, adult performers and people known mainly for crimes aren’t listed.
Why is someone missing?
Their Wikidata birthplace may be a bigger area (“London”), another town, or missing, or their article may give no birthplace. We only list people both sources agree on; editing Wikidata or Wikipedia changes this page at the next refresh.
From Wikidata (CC0: birthplaces, descriptions, years, occupations) and English Wikipedia (each person’s article confirms the birthplace; linked, not quoted). Birthplaces are placed in the town by the ONS 2022 built-up-area boundary (Office for National Statistics, Open Government Licence v3.0). Ranked by how many Wikipedia languages cover each person. Fields are read from Wikidata’s description and occupations. “The usual town”: everyone listed across UK towns. Portraits: each person’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
Photo credits (8)
- David Vaughan: Wonker from London, United Kingdom, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Billy Sass-Davies: Poolie22, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- Emrys ap Iwan: The original uploader was Anatiomaros at Welsh Wikipedia., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Ian Rush: AceKindred, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Timothy Dalton: Molendijk, Bart / Anefo, CC BY-SA 3.0 nl, Wikimedia Commons
- Jade Jones: Mohammad Hassanzadeh, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Philip Jones Griffiths: Original uploader was Cantikfotos at en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- John Houghton: No machine-readable author provided. Kaihsu assumed (based on copyright claims)., CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
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