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Photo: Ian S · CC BY-SA 2.0Famous people · Kinmel Bay, Clwyd
The 2 famous people born in Kinmel Bay, led by Jimmy Sangster
Jimmy Sangster, the screenwriter, is the most widely known, written about in 13 languages. The only other name is the footballer Ormond Jones. A short trip away, St Asaph (4 mi) counts 62 famous people, Ian Rush among them. The earliest on the list is Ormond Jones, born in 1910, and the youngest Jimmy Sangster, born in 1927.
Born here
2
notable people
Best known
Jimmy Sangster
in 13 Wikipedia languages
First
1910
Ormond Jones
Youngest
1927
Jimmy Sangster
Most common field
Film, TV & Stage
1 people
The best known
Born in Kinmel Bay
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Known for
What Kinmel Bay is known for
Share of Kinmel Bay’s famous people in each field.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed across UK towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
St Asaph has the longest list next door: 62.
St Asaph · 4 miIan Rush & 61 more
Colwyn Bay · 9 miTimothy Dalton & 27 morePMRhyl · 2 miPenelope Mortimer & 22 moreJPPrestatyn · 5 miJohn Prescott & 22 more
Bodelwyddan · 2 miJade Jones & 6 more
Rhuddlan · 3 miPhilip Jones Griffiths & 6 more
Abergele · 3 miDavid Vaughan & 3 more
Dyserth · 5 miJohn Houghton & 2 moreQuestions about famous people from Kinmel Bay
Who is the most famous person from Kinmel Bay?
Jimmy Sangster (screenwriter (1927–2011)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 13 languages. Next come Ormond Jones.
How many famous people were born in Kinmel Bay?
2 people born in Kinmel Bay have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace. Wikidata places 3 people here; the rest aren’t listed because their article names somewhere else, or no town.
What is Kinmel Bay known for?
Among its famous people, performers: 1 of the 2. That is 50% of the town’s list, against 9% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Kinmel Bay?
Ormond Jones, born in 1910. The youngest on the list was born in 1927.
Who counts as from Kinmel Bay?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Kinmel Bay’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 Rush: AceKindred, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Timothy Dalton: Molendijk, Bart / Anefo, CC BY-SA 3.0 nl, Wikimedia Commons
- Jade Jones: Mohammad Hassanzadeh, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Philip Jones Griffiths: Original uploader was Cantikfotos at en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- David Vaughan: Wonker from London, United Kingdom, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- John Houghton: No machine-readable author provided. Kaihsu assumed (based on copyright claims)., CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
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