#1Sports
Walter Clopton Wingfield
1833–1912Welsh sportsman and military officer (1833–1912); inventor of modern tennis
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Famous people · Ruabon, Clwyd
Of the 17 famous people born in Ruabon, an unusual share are athletes
With articles in 18 languages, Walter Clopton Wingfield is the most widely known. In the 20th century, 9 were born, the most of any period. The first birth on record is Griffith Arthur Jones’, in 1827, and the last Alex Carlile, Baron Carlile of Berriew’s, in 1948. The list comes to 49.8 for every 10,000 residents, against 6.2 in the typical town in Clwyd.
Born here
17
notable people
Best known
Walter Clopton Wingfield
in 18 Wikipedia languages
First
1827
Griffith Arthur Jones
Youngest
1948
Alex Carlile, Baron Carlile of Berriew
Most common field
Sports
13 people
What stands out about Ruabon’s famous people
★ What stands out · Known for
What Ruabon is known for
The field furthest above the usual share is athletes, at 1.6 times.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed across UK towns. Tap a field to see its people.
The best known
Born in Ruabon
Athletes take two of the three places.
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#2Politics & Law
Alex Carlile, Baron Carlile of Berriew
born 1948British barrister and politician (born 1948)
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Through the years
When Ruabon’s famous people were born
The 1940s alone account for 4 of the births charted here.
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Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
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Everyone else born in Ruabon
Another 14, 11 of them athletes.
John Watson
born 1942Footballer who played as a full back in the Football League for Chester City (born 1942)
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Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Close by, the fullest list is Wrexham’s, at 215 names.
Questions about famous people from Ruabon
Who is the most famous person from Ruabon?
Walter Clopton Wingfield (Welsh sportsman and military officer (1833–1912); inventor of modern tennis) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 18 languages. Next come Alex Carlile, Baron Carlile of Berriew and John Price Davies.
How many famous people were born in Ruabon?
17 people born in Ruabon have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace. Wikidata places 19 people here; the rest aren’t listed because their article names somewhere else, or no town.
What is Ruabon known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 13 of the 17. That is 76% of the town’s list, against 49% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Ruabon?
Griffith Arthur Jones, born in 1827. The youngest on the list was born in 1948.
Who counts as from Ruabon?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Ruabon’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 (8)
- Walter Clopton Wingfield: Unknown artist, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Alex Carlile, Baron Carlile of Berriew: Chris McAndrew, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Llewelyn Kenrick: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Ted Hughes: Ogden's Cigarettes, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Howard Saint: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Danny Ward: md.faisalzaman from Worcester, MA, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Mark Lewis Jones: Actor, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Geoff Charles: Geoff Charles, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
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