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Photo: Born Acorn · CC BY-SA 3.0Famous people · Coedpoeth, Clwyd
Coedpoeth is the birthplace of 3 famous people
At the top of the list is the British writer Grahame Davies, covered in 3 languages. Second and third on the list are Glyn Hughes and Gwenfron Moss. Go 3 mi to Wrexham and the list grows to 215, with Danny Ward at the top. Per 10,000 residents, the town has 6.3, close to the 6.2 of the typical Clwyd town.
Born here
3
notable people
Best known
Grahame Davies
in 3 Wikipedia languages
First
1898
Gwenfron Moss
Youngest
1964
Grahame Davies
Most common field
Writing & Arts
1 people
The best known
Born in Coedpoeth
Grahame Davies leads with articles in 3 languages, ahead of Glyn Hughes (2) and Gwenfron Moss (2).
GH#2
GM#3
Science & Medicine
Gwenfron Moss
1898–1991Welsh pharmacist and missionary (1898–1991)
2 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
Known for
What Coedpoeth is known for
Share of Coedpoeth’s famous people in each field.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed across UK towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
The neighbour with the most names is Wrexham, at 215.
Wrexham · 3 miDanny Ward & 214 more
Rhosllannerchrugog · 3 miMark Lewis Jones & 18 more
Ruabon · 5 miWalter Clopton Wingfield & 16 more
Brynteg · 1 miGeoff Charles & 4 moreFWHope · 4 miFrank Williams & 3 moreCSRhostyllen · 2 miCliff Sear & 1 moreCSMarchwiel · 5 miCecil Smith & 1 moreTHLlay · 4 miTerry HennesseyQuestions about famous people from Coedpoeth
Who is the most famous person from Coedpoeth?
Grahame Davies (British writer) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 3 languages. Next come Glyn Hughes and Gwenfron Moss.
How many famous people were born in Coedpoeth?
3 people born in Coedpoeth have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace. Wikidata places 4 people here; the rest aren’t listed because their article names somewhere else, or no town.
What is Coedpoeth known for?
Among its famous people, writers and artists: 1 of the 3. That is 33% of the town’s list, against 12% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Coedpoeth?
Gwenfron Moss, born in 1898. The youngest on the list was born in 1964.
Who counts as from Coedpoeth?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Coedpoeth’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 (4)
- Danny Ward: md.faisalzaman from Worcester, MA, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Mark Lewis Jones: Actor, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Walter Clopton Wingfield: Unknown artist, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Geoff Charles: Geoff Charles, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
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