#1Famous people · Mynydd Isa, Clwyd
2 famous people were born in Mynydd Isa
The best known is the Welsh Snooker player Gareth Allen, with articles in 5 languages. The other is Rhys Williams, the Welsh rugby union and rugby league footballer. Over 1 years of births, the list goes from Gareth Allen (1988) to Rhys Williams (1989). Go 1 mi to Mold and the list grows to 18, with Daniel Owen at the top.
Born here
2
notable people
Best known
Gareth Allen
in 5 Wikipedia languages
First
1988
Gareth Allen
Youngest
1989
Rhys Williams
Most common field
Sports
2 people
The best known
Born in Mynydd Isa
#1#2Sports
Rhys Williams
born 1989Welsh rugby union and rugby league footballer
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Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Nearby, Mold has the most on record, with 18.
Questions about famous people from Mynydd Isa
Who is the most famous person from Mynydd Isa?
Gareth Allen (Welsh Snooker player) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 5 languages. Next come Rhys Williams.
How many famous people were born in Mynydd Isa?
2 people born in Mynydd Isa have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
What is Mynydd Isa 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 is the earliest-born famous person from Mynydd Isa?
Gareth Allen, born in 1988. The youngest on the list was born in 1989.
Who counts as from Mynydd Isa?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Mynydd Isa’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)
- Gareth Allen: Benutzer:Bill da Flute, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Rhys Williams: Gerard Barrau, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Daniel Owen: Elizabeth Mary Jones (Moelona), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Gary Speed: Biser Todorov, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Blake Pelly: Damien Parer, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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