#1Film, TV & Stage
Phoebe Davies
1864–1912Welsh-born American actress (1864-1912)
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Famous people · Cardigan, Dyfed
Cardigan’s famous people span 317 years: 15 births from 1672 to 1989
The best known is the Welsh-Born American actress Phoebe Davies, with articles in 6 languages. The largest group, 7, was born in the 20th century. Phoebe Davies was born in 1864. Per head, the list is long: 39.8 for every 10,000 residents, where the typical town in Dyfed has 6.2.
Born here
15
notable people
Best known
Phoebe Davies
in 6 Wikipedia languages
First
1672
William Gambold
Youngest
1989
Owen Evans
Most common field
Sports
5 people
What stands out about Cardigan’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Cardigan’s famous people were born
The 1950s alone account for 5 of the births charted here.
SportsWriting & ArtsFilm, TV & StageMusicPolitics & LawScience & Medicine
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Cardigan
Phoebe Davies, Donato Nardiello and Charles Symmons are written about in 6, 5 and 4 languages.
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What Cardigan is known for
No other field is as far above the usual share as writers and artists, at 1.7 times.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed across UK towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Cardigan
A further 12 follow, born between 1672 and 1989.
David R Edwards
1964–2021Welsh musician, singer and poet, frontman of the band Datblygu
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Famous people from the towns next door
The fullest list close by belongs to St Dogmaels, with 2.
Questions about famous people from Cardigan
Who is the most famous person from Cardigan?
Phoebe Davies (Welsh-born American actress (1864-1912)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 6 languages. Next come Donato Nardiello and Charles Symmons.
How many famous people were born in Cardigan?
15 people born in Cardigan have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace. Wikidata places 24 people here; the rest aren’t listed because their article names somewhere else, or no town.
What is Cardigan known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 5 of the 15. That is 33% of the town’s list, against 49% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Cardigan?
William Gambold, born in 1672. The youngest on the list was born in 1989.
Who counts as from Cardigan?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Cardigan’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)
- Phoebe Davies: The New York Star, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Charles Symmons: William Beechey, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- David R Edwards: GanMed64, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- John Elwyn: Broneirion, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
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