#1Famous people · Buckley, Clwyd
9 famous people were born in Buckley, most of them in the 20th century
At the top of the list is the Australian politician Blake Pelly, covered in 4 languages. Close behind are Frederick Birks and James Williams. From James Williams to Tom Sparrow, the births on the list run from 1880 to 2002. Athletes make up the largest group, 6 of them.
Born here
9
notable people
Best known
Blake Pelly
in 4 Wikipedia languages
First
1880
James Williams
Youngest
2002
Tom Sparrow
Most common field
Sports
6 people
The best known
Born in Buckley
Blake Pelly, Frederick Birks and James Williams are written about in 4, 4 and 4 languages.
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#2Military
Frederick Birks
1894–1917Recipient of the Victoria Cross. Grew up in Buckley, Flintshire, Wales.
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JW#3
Sports
James Williams
1880–1916Welsh professional footballer, born 1880s (1885–1916)
4 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
Through the years
When Buckley’s famous people were born
The 1890s saw the most births of any decade: 2.
SportsPolitics & LawMilitaryScience & Medicine
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Buckley is known for
Compared with the usual town, athletes are the most over-represented field, at 1.4 times.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed across UK towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Buckley
6 more, 5 of them athletes.
No one matches both filters.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Of the towns around it, Mold has the most on record: 18.
Questions about famous people from Buckley
Who is the most famous person from Buckley?
Blake Pelly (Australian politician (1907-1990)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 4 languages. Next come Frederick Birks and James Williams.
How many famous people were born in Buckley?
9 people born in Buckley have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace. Wikidata places 11 people here; the rest aren’t listed because their article names somewhere else, or no town.
What is Buckley known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 6 of the 9. That is 67% of the town’s list, against 49% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Buckley?
James Williams, born in 1880. The youngest on the list was born in 2002.
Who counts as from Buckley?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Buckley’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 (7)
- Blake Pelly: Damien Parer, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Frederick Birks: photographer not identified, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John Lyons: Postillion, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Keith Lyons: Postillion, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Daniel Owen: Elizabeth Mary Jones (Moelona), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Gary Speed: Biser Todorov, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Gareth Allen: Benutzer:Bill da Flute, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
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