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Church of St Cyngar · Photo: Rept0n1x · CC BY-SA 3.0Famous people · Hope, Clwyd
4 famous people were born in Hope
The best known is the Welsh footballer Frank Williams, with articles in 4 languages. Behind the leader come Robert Davies and Alan Jones. The biggest group are athletes: 4. Per 10,000 residents, the town has 9, close to the 6.2 of the typical Clwyd town.
Born here
4
notable people
Best known
Frank Williams
in 4 Wikipedia languages
First
1869
Robert Davies
Youngest
1944
Alan Jones
Most common field
Sports
4 people
The best known
Born in Hope
By how many languages cover them, Frank Williams comes first (4), then Robert Davies (3) and Alan Jones (2).
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Sports
Alan Jones
born 1944Welsh former professional footballer born 1944
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Through the years
When Hope’s famous people were born
Most were born in the 20th century (3); the busiest decade is the 1900s (1).
Sports
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Hope
1 more, best known first.
No one matches both filters.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
The most names next door are in Rossett: 7.
Questions about famous people from Hope
Who is the most famous person from Hope?
Frank Williams (Welsh footballer (1906-1982)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 4 languages. Next come Robert Davies and Alan Jones.
How many famous people were born in Hope?
4 people born in Hope have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace. Wikidata places 5 people here; the rest aren’t listed because their article names somewhere else, or no town.
What is Hope known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 4 of the 4. That is 100% of the town’s list, against 49% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Hope?
Robert Davies, born in 1869. The youngest on the list was born in 1944.
Who counts as from Hope?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Hope’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 (2)
- Chris Wickham: Tajotep, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Geoff Charles: Geoff Charles, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
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