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Bersham Colliery No 2 Headframe · Photo: Chris Jones · CC BY-SA 3.0Famous people · Rhostyllen, Clwyd
Rhostyllen is the birthplace of 2 famous people
Cliff Sear, the Welsh footballer and manager, is the most widely known, written about in 5 languages. The list has one more: the Welsh footballer George Evans. Of its neighbours, Wrexham, 2 mi away, lists the most: 215, Danny Ward first. From George Evans in 1935 to Cliff Sear in 1936, the births cover 1 years.
Born here
2
notable people
Best known
Cliff Sear
in 5 Wikipedia languages
First
1935
George Evans
Youngest
1936
Cliff Sear
Most common field
Sports
2 people
The best known
Born in Rhostyllen
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Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
The neighbour with the most names is Wrexham, at 215.
Wrexham · 2 miDanny Ward & 214 more
Rhosllannerchrugog · 2 miMark Lewis Jones & 18 more
Ruabon · 3 miWalter Clopton Wingfield & 16 moreKRAcrefair and Cefn-mawr · 4 miKen Roberts & 9 more
Brynteg · 2 miGeoff Charles & 4 moreGDCoedpoeth · 2 miGrahame Davies & 2 moreCSMarchwiel · 3 miCecil Smith & 1 moreTHLlay · 4 miTerry HennesseyQuestions about famous people from Rhostyllen
Who is the most famous person from Rhostyllen?
Cliff Sear (Welsh footballer and manager (1936-2000)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 5 languages. Next come George Evans.
How many famous people were born in Rhostyllen?
2 people born in Rhostyllen have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
What is Rhostyllen 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 Rhostyllen?
George Evans, born in 1935. The youngest on the list was born in 1936.
Who counts as from Rhostyllen?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Rhostyllen’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 (4)
- 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
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