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Photo: Richard Park · CC BY-SA 2.0Famous people · Meliden, Clwyd
One famous person was born in Meliden
Thomas Ellis, the curate of Holyhead, was born in 1711. That places their birth before the Georgians. Readers can find them written up in 2 languages. Within 4 mi, St Asaph lists the most: 62, with Ian Rush first.
Born here
1
notable people
Best known
Thomas Ellis
in 2 Wikipedia languages
First
1711
Thomas Ellis
Most common field
Faith
1 people
The best known
Born in Meliden
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Of the towns nearby, 8 have famous names listed.
St Asaph · 4 miIan Rush & 61 more
Denbigh · 9 miHenry Morton Stanley & 23 moreJPPrestatyn · 1 miJohn Prescott & 22 morePMRhyl · 3 miPenelope Mortimer & 22 more
Holywell · 8 miJonathan Pryce & 16 more
Rhuddlan · 3 miPhilip Jones Griffiths & 6 more
Bodelwyddan · 5 miJade Jones & 6 more
Abergele · 8 miDavid Vaughan & 3 moreQuestions about famous people from Meliden
Who is the most famous person from Meliden?
Thomas Ellis (curate of Holyhead ( -1792)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 2 languages.
How many famous people were born in Meliden?
1 people born in Meliden have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
What is Meliden known for?
Among its famous people, ministers and preachers: 1 of the 1. That is 100% of the town’s list, against 2% across UK towns.
Who counts as from Meliden?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Meliden’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
- Henry Morton Stanley: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jonathan Pryce: Greg2600, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Philip Jones Griffiths: Original uploader was Cantikfotos at en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jade Jones: Mohammad Hassanzadeh, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- David Vaughan: Wonker from London, United Kingdom, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
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