#1Famous people · Conwy, Clwyd
From 1582 to 1926, Conwy was the birthplace of 10 famous people
The best known is the British sailor Harold Lowe, with articles in 26 languages. Close behind are John Gibson and Fanny Parkes. Harold Lowe, the best known, was born in 1882. The list comes to 6.4 for every 10,000 residents, about the same as the typical town in Clwyd, at 6.2.
Born here
10
notable people
Best known
Harold Lowe
in 26 Wikipedia languages
First
1582
John Williams
Youngest
1926
George Holmes
Most common field
Writing & Arts
3 people
What stands out about Conwy’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Conwy’s famous people were born
The busiest decade was the 1880s, with 2 births.
Writing & ArtsPolitics & LawScience & MedicineMilitaryFaithFilm, TV & Stage
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Conwy
Writers and artists take two of the three places.
#1
#2FP#3
Writing & Arts
Fanny Parkes
1794–1875British travel writer on India (1794-1875)
6 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
Known for
What Conwy is known for
Set against the usual town, writers and artists come out 2.6 times as common.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed across UK towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Conwy
7 more, 2 of them leaders.
No one matches both filters.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
The neighbour with the most names is Colwyn Bay, at 28.
Questions about famous people from Conwy
Who is the most famous person from Conwy?
Harold Lowe (British sailor (1882-1944)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 26 languages. Next come John Gibson and Fanny Parkes.
How many famous people were born in Conwy?
10 people born in Conwy have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace. Wikidata places 13 people here; the rest aren’t listed because their article names somewhere else, or no town.
What is Conwy known for?
Among its famous people, writers and artists: 3 of the 10. That is 30% of the town’s list, against 12% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Conwy?
John Williams, born in 1582. The youngest on the list was born in 1926.
Who counts as from Conwy?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Conwy’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 (10)
- Harold Lowe: E.J. Vanderbilt, Liverpool, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John Gibson: Margaret Sarah Carpenter, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John Williams: Thomas Pennant, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Charles Orme: Mr Rick Blaine, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Rosa Lee: Centre for Environment, Fisheries & Aquaculture Science (Cefas), CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Timothy Dalton: Molendijk, Bart / Anefo, CC BY-SA 3.0 nl, Wikimedia Commons
- Neville Southall: CrackersTeam, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Kai Owen: Kirstin Tanger, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- David Vaughan: Wonker from London, United Kingdom, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Valentine Baker: Subject's family, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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