#1Writing & Arts
Geoff Charles
1909–2002Welsh photojournalist (1909-2002)
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Famous people · Brynteg, Clwyd
5 famous people were born in Brynteg
Most widely known is Geoff Charles, the Welsh photojournalist, with articles in 6 languages. The next two names are Tom Price and Colin Green. The largest group, 4, was born in the 20th century. Per 10,000 residents, the town has 5.4, close to the 6.2 of the typical Clwyd town.
Born here
5
notable people
Best known
Geoff Charles
in 6 Wikipedia languages
First
1852
Tom Price
Youngest
1950
Sandy Mewies
Most common field
Politics & Law
2 people
The best known
Born in Brynteg
First, Geoff Charles (6 languages), then Tom Price (5) and Colin Green (4).
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#2Politics & Law
Tom Price
1852–1909South Australian politician (1852–1909)
5 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
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Through the years
When Brynteg’s famous people were born
More of them were born in the 1900s than in any other ten years, 1 in all.
Politics & LawSportsWriting & Arts
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Brynteg is known for
The largest field is Politics & Law, with 2 people.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed across UK towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Brynteg
Still to come: 2 more, from 1910 to 1950.
No one matches both filters.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Around it, Wrexham has the most people on record, 215 of them.
Questions about famous people from Brynteg
Who is the most famous person from Brynteg?
Geoff Charles (Welsh photojournalist (1909-2002)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 6 languages. Next come Tom Price and Colin Green.
How many famous people were born in Brynteg?
5 people born in Brynteg have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
What is Brynteg known for?
Among its famous people, leaders: 2 of the 5. That is 40% of the town’s list, against 9% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Brynteg?
Tom Price, born in 1852. The youngest on the list was born in 1950.
Who counts as from Brynteg?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Brynteg’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 (5)
- Geoff Charles: Geoff Charles, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- Tom Price: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Sandy Mewies: National Assembly For Wales / Cynulliad Cymru profile, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Danny Ward: md.faisalzaman from Worcester, MA, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Mark Lewis Jones: Actor, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
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