RH#1
Famous people · Flint, Clwyd
Of the 14 famous people born in Flint, an unusual share are athletes
At the top of the list is the Welsh footballer Ron Hewitt, covered in 12 languages. Brian Godfrey and Ian Puleston-Davies follow. More than half were born in the 20th century, 10 in all. Born in 1827, P. Ellis Eyton is the first name on record, and Neville Powell, born in 1963, the most recent.
Born here
14
notable people
Best known
Ron Hewitt
in 12 Wikipedia languages
First
1827
P. Ellis Eyton
Youngest
1963
Neville Powell
Most common field
Sports
12 people
What stands out about Flint’s famous people
★ What stands out · Known for
What Flint is known for
Athletes stand out most, at 1.7 times the usual share.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed across UK towns. Tap a field to see its people.
The best known
Born in Flint
Two of the three are athletes.
BG#2
Sports
Brian Godfrey
1940–2010Welsh footballer and manager (1940-2010)
6 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
#3Through the years
When Flint’s famous people were born
The 1920s saw the most births of any decade: 4.
SportsFilm, TV & StagePolitics & Law
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Flint
Of the other 11, 10 are athletes.
No one matches both filters.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Mold leads the towns around it, with 18 names.
Questions about famous people from Flint
Who is the most famous person from Flint?
Ron Hewitt (Welsh footballer (1928-2001)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 12 languages. Next come Brian Godfrey and Ian Puleston-Davies.
How many famous people were born in Flint?
14 people born in Flint have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace. Wikidata places 18 people here; the rest aren’t listed because their article names somewhere else, or no town.
What is Flint known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 12 of the 14. That is 86% of the town’s list, against 49% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Flint?
P. Ellis Eyton, born in 1827. The youngest on the list was born in 1963.
Who counts as from Flint?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Flint’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)
- Ian Puleston-Davies: Simon Richards, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Enoch William Bagshaw: Unknown photographer, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Daniel Owen: Elizabeth Mary Jones (Moelona), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jonathan Pryce: Greg2600, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Tim Hunt: Machmit (Machmit), CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Gareth Allen: Benutzer:Bill da Flute, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
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