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Photo: John Haynes · CC BY-SA 2.0Famous people · Marchwiel, Clwyd
2 famous people call Marchwiel their birthplace
Cecil Smith, the Welsh footballer, is the most widely known, written about in 4 languages. The only other name is the Welsh footballer Arthur Smith. Nearby, Wrexham, 2 mi away, lists 215, led by Danny Ward. The list’s best known name, Cecil Smith, dates from 1904.
Born here
2
notable people
Best known
Cecil Smith
in 4 Wikipedia languages
First
1904
Cecil Smith
Most common field
Sports
2 people
The best known
Born in Marchwiel
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Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Of the towns nearby, 7 have famous names listed.
Questions about famous people from Marchwiel
Who is the most famous person from Marchwiel?
Cecil Smith (Welsh footballer (1904-1977)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 4 languages. Next come Arthur Smith.
How many famous people were born in Marchwiel?
2 people born in Marchwiel have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
What is Marchwiel known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 2 of the 2. That is 100% of the town’s list, against 49% across UK towns.
Who counts as from Marchwiel?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Marchwiel’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
- Mark Lewis Jones: Actor, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Walter Clopton Wingfield: Unknown artist, Public domain, 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
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