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Famous people · Prestatyn, Clwyd
Of the 23 famous people born in Prestatyn, an unusual share are writers and artists
John Prescott, the British politician, is the most widely known, written about in 33 languages. More than half were born in the 20th century, 20 in all. From Tom Green to Ivan J. Sansom, the births on the list run from 1900 to 2000. Only 5 of the 52 towns in Clwyd with anyone on record list more.
Born here
23
notable people
Best known
John Prescott
in 33 Wikipedia languages
First
1900
Tom Green
Youngest
2000
Ivan J. Sansom
Most common field
Sports
8 people
What stands out about Prestatyn’s famous people
★ What stands out · Known for
What Prestatyn is known for
Musicians stand out most, at 2.5 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 Prestatyn
John Prescott leads with articles in 33 languages, ahead of Barry Flanagan (22) and Neil Aspinall (22).
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Film, TV & Stage
Neil Aspinall
1941–2008Road manager, personal assistant, producer, executive (1941–2008)
22 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
Through the years
When Prestatyn’s famous people were born
More of them were born in the 1940s than in any other ten years, 8 in all.
SportsWriting & ArtsFilm, TV & StageMusicPolitics & LawScience & MedicineMilitary
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Prestatyn
A further 20 follow, born between 1900 and 2000.
Gareth Williams, Baron Williams of Mostyn
1941–2003Welsh politician (1941-2003)
Politics & LawWikipedia ↗
Karl Wallinger
1957–2024Welsh pop and rock musician, songwriter and producer (1957–2024)
MusicWikipedia ↗
No one matches both filters.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Of the towns nearby, St Asaph lists the most people: 62.
St Asaph · 5 miIan Rush & 61 morePMRhyl · 3 miPenelope Mortimer & 22 more
Holywell · 9 miJonathan Pryce & 16 more
Rhuddlan · 3 miPhilip Jones Griffiths & 6 more
Bodelwyddan · 6 miJade Jones & 6 more
Abergele · 8 miDavid Vaughan & 3 more
Dyserth · 2 miJohn Houghton & 2 moreBJBagillt · 10 miBryn Jones & 2 moreQuestions about famous people from Prestatyn
Who is the most famous person from Prestatyn?
John Prescott (British politician (1938–2024)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 33 languages. Next come Barry Flanagan and Neil Aspinall.
How many famous people were born in Prestatyn?
23 people born in Prestatyn have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace. Wikidata places 25 people here; the rest aren’t listed because their article names somewhere else, or no town.
What is Prestatyn known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 8 of the 23. That is 35% of the town’s list, against 49% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Prestatyn?
Tom Green, born in 1900. The youngest on the list was born in 2000.
Who counts as from Prestatyn?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Prestatyn’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)
- Barry Flanagan: N. Winslow, CC BY-SA 2.5, Wikimedia Commons
- Peggy Cummins: Columbia Pictures. Photographer not credited, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John Greaves: Michael S. Eisenberg, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Mike Peters: Mark Heybourne, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Danny Coyne: Jon Candy from Cardiff, Wales, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Karl Wallinger: Bob Mateljan, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jonathan Elphick: Image provided courtesy of Melanie Willcock. The author and photographer is Melanie Willcock, who is the sole owner and copyright holder of this photograph and agrees to publish it under the Creative…, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Harold Bird-Wilson: Cuthbert Orde, for Air Ministry of UK government Uploaded by Merrick101 at en.wikipedia, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Ian Rush: AceKindred, CC BY-SA 2.0, 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
- John Houghton: No machine-readable author provided. Kaihsu assumed (based on copyright claims)., CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
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