#1Famous people · Aberaeron, Dyfed
5 famous people were born in Aberaeron
Ron Davies, the British photographer, is the most widely known, written about in 5 languages. Second and third on the list are Cynan Jones and David Lewis Jones. Over 90 years of births, the list goes from Jenkin Alban Davies (1885) to Cynan Jones (1975). No town in Dyfed lists more than Llanelli, with 128.
Born here
5
notable people
Best known
Ron Davies
in 5 Wikipedia languages
First
1885
Jenkin Alban Davies
Youngest
1975
Cynan Jones
Most common field
Writing & Arts
3 people
The best known
Born in Aberaeron
Ron Davies, Cynan Jones and David Lewis Jones are written about in 5, 3 and 2 languages.
#1CJ#2
DJ#3
Writing & Arts
David Lewis Jones
1945–2010Welsh historian and Librarian of the House of Lords
2 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
Through the years
When Aberaeron’s famous people were born
The busiest decade was the 1920s, with 1 births.
Writing & ArtsSportsPolitics & Law
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Aberaeron is known for
No other field is as far above the usual share as writers and artists, at 5.2 times.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed across UK towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Aberaeron
Still to come: 2 more, from 1885 to 1897.
No one matches both filters.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
1 towns around it have someone on record.
Questions about famous people from Aberaeron
Who is the most famous person from Aberaeron?
Ron Davies (British photographer (1921-2013)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 5 languages. Next come Cynan Jones and David Lewis Jones.
How many famous people were born in Aberaeron?
5 people born in Aberaeron have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace. Wikidata places 8 people here; the rest aren’t listed because their article names somewhere else, or no town.
What is Aberaeron known for?
Among its famous people, writers and artists: 3 of the 5. That is 60% of the town’s list, against 12% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Aberaeron?
Jenkin Alban Davies, born in 1885. The youngest on the list was born in 1975.
Who counts as from Aberaeron?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Aberaeron’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 (2)
- Ron Davies: Carl Williams (Speagles), CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Josiah Towyn Jones: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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