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Photo: Llywelyn2000 · CC BY-SA 4.0Famous people · Dolgarrog, Clwyd
A single famous person was born in Dolgarrog: David Powell
The Welsh footballer David Powell was born in 1944. That places their birth in the 20th century. Their name appears in articles in 4 languages. Within 9 mi, Colwyn Bay lists the most: 28, with Timothy Dalton first.
Born here
1
notable people
Best known
David Powell
in 4 Wikipedia languages
First
1944
David Powell
Most common field
Sports
1 people
The best known
Born in Dolgarrog
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
The longest list nearby is Colwyn Bay’s, with 28.
Questions about famous people from Dolgarrog
Who is the most famous person from Dolgarrog?
David Powell (Welsh footballer (born 1944)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 4 languages.
How many famous people were born in Dolgarrog?
1 people born in Dolgarrog have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
What is Dolgarrog known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 1 of the 1. That is 100% of the town’s list, against 49% across UK towns.
Who counts as from Dolgarrog?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Dolgarrog’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 (6)
- Timothy Dalton: Molendijk, Bart / Anefo, CC BY-SA 3.0 nl, Wikimedia Commons
- Neville Southall: CrackersTeam, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Harold Lowe: E.J. Vanderbilt, Liverpool, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- David Ffrangcon-Davies: Daniel Rees, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Kai Owen: Kirstin Tanger, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Valentine Baker: Subject's family, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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