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Photo: Nigel Callaghan · CC BY-SA 2.0Famous people · Abergwili, Dyfed
Abergwili is the birthplace of 3 famous people
At the top of the list is the journalist Alfred Pullin, covered in 2 languages. Close behind are David Lewis and John Howell. The nearest list is in Carmarthen, 2 mi away: 119 names, starting with Joe Allen. From David Lewis in 1762 to Alfred Pullin in 1860, the births cover 98 years.
Born here
3
notable people
Best known
Alfred Pullin
in 2 Wikipedia languages
First
1762
David Lewis
Youngest
1860
Alfred Pullin
Most common field
Writing & Arts
2 people
The best known
Born in Abergwili
Two of the three are writers and artists.
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JH#3
Writing & Arts
John Howell
1774–1830Welsh poet and literary editor (1774–1830)
2 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
Known for
What Abergwili is known for
The field with the most names is Writing & Arts: 2.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed across UK towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Carmarthen has the longest list next door: 119.
Questions about famous people from Abergwili
Who is the most famous person from Abergwili?
Alfred Pullin (journalist) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 2 languages. Next come David Lewis and John Howell.
How many famous people were born in Abergwili?
3 people born in Abergwili have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace. Wikidata places 4 people here; the rest aren’t listed because their article names somewhere else, or no town.
What is Abergwili known for?
Among its famous people, writers and artists: 2 of the 3. That is 67% of the town’s list, against 12% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Abergwili?
David Lewis, born in 1762. The youngest on the list was born in 1860.
Who counts as from Abergwili?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Abergwili’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 (1)
- Joe Allen: Steindy 16:13, 10 November 2016 (UTC), CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
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