#1Sports
Neville Southall
born 1958Welsh association football manager and former player
29 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
Famous people · Llandudno, Clwyd
Of the 24 famous people born in Llandudno, an unusual share are writers and artists
Best known of all is Neville Southall, written about in 29 languages. Close behind are Joey Jones and Dion Fortune. Most were born in the 20th century: 14 of them. The list runs from H. H. Tilbrook, born in 1848, to Neal Eardley, born in 1988.
Born here
24
notable people
Best known
Neville Southall
in 29 Wikipedia languages
First
1848
H. H. Tilbrook
Youngest
1988
Neal Eardley
Most common field
Sports
13 people
What stands out about Llandudno’s famous people
★ What stands out · Known for
What Llandudno is known for
Writers and artists stand out most, at 2.2 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 Llandudno
Two of the three are athletes.
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#2Sports
Joey Jones
1955–2025Welsh association football player (1955–2025)
28 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
#3Film, TV & Stage
Dion Fortune
1890–1946British occultist, ceremonial magician, and writer (1890-1946)
26 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
Through the years
When Llandudno’s famous people were born
The busiest decade was the 1940s, with 4 births.
SportsWriting & ArtsScience & MedicineFilm, TV & StageFaithPolitics & Law
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Llandudno
Another 21, the earliest born in 1848.
Martha Hughes Cannon
1857–1932American physician and politician (1857–1932)
Science & MedicineWikipedia ↗
Aled Eames
1921–1996Historian and author, mostly Welsh maritime history (1921–1996)
Writing & ArtsWikipedia ↗
No one matches both filters.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
The most names next door are in Colwyn Bay: 28.
Questions about famous people from Llandudno
Who is the most famous person from Llandudno?
Neville Southall (Welsh association football manager and former player) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 29 languages. Next come Joey Jones and Dion Fortune.
How many famous people were born in Llandudno?
24 people born in Llandudno have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace. Wikidata places 30 people here; the rest aren’t listed because their article names somewhere else, or no town.
What is Llandudno known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 13 of the 24. That is 54% of the town’s list, against 49% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Llandudno?
H. H. Tilbrook, born in 1848. The youngest on the list was born in 1988.
Who counts as from Llandudno?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Llandudno’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 (14)
- Neville Southall: CrackersTeam, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Joey Jones: ETH-Bibliothek Zürich, Bildarchiv / Fotograf: Comet Photo AG (Zürich) / Com_LC1432-000-012 / CC BY-SA 4.0, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Dion Fortune: Author of this photo is unknown person., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Neal Eardley: Will bcfc, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Martha Hughes Cannon: Charles Roscoe (Savage, C. R.), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Ben Johnson: User:Jonathan Oldenbuck, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Aled Eames: Geoff Charles, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- H. H. Tilbrook: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Percy Latham: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Timothy Dalton: Molendijk, Bart / Anefo, CC BY-SA 3.0 nl, Wikimedia Commons
- Harold Lowe: E.J. Vanderbilt, Liverpool, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Neil Sloane: Laine Whitcomb, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- David Vaughan: Wonker from London, United Kingdom, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Valentine Baker: Subject's family, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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