Photo: Mike Parker · CC BY-SA 2.0No famous person from Gresford yet, but Wrexham next door has 215
52 towns across Clwyd can name a famous person born there. The longest list of any town in Clwyd belongs to Wrexham, with 215. St Asaph has the second-longest list in Clwyd, after Wrexham, with 62. The best known born in Wrexham is Danny Ward.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is in Gresford’s built-up area and whose English Wikipedia article agrees they were born here. Wikidata places 1 person here, but their article doesn’t confirm Gresford as the birthplace yet, so nobody is listed.
Famous people born near Gresford
Close by, Wrexham counts 215 famous people, the most of its neighbours.
Questions about famous people from Gresford
Who counts as from Gresford?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Gresford’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 (5)
- Danny Ward: md.faisalzaman from Worcester, MA, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Chris Wickham: Tajotep, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Geoff Charles: Geoff Charles, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- Leigh Richmond Roose: UnknownUnknown (uncredited by source) The original uploader was Mikedash at English Wikipedia., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John Speed: Salomon Savery, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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