#1Sports
Joe Allen
born 1990Welsh association football player (born 1990)
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Famous people · Carmarthen, Dyfed
Most of the 119 famous people born in Carmarthen came into the world since 1970
At the top of the list is the Welsh association football player Joe Allen, covered in 48 languages. Close behind are Iwan Rheon and Matthew Stevens. For every 10,000 residents there are 72.3 on the list, well above the typical Dyfed town’s 6.2. Carmarthen ranks 2nd of the 48 towns in Dyfed with anyone listed.
Born here
119
notable people
Best known
Joe Allen
in 48 Wikipedia languages
First
1539
Walter Devereux, 1st Earl of Essex
Youngest
2007
Carwyn Leggatt-Jones
Most common field
Sports
73 people
What stands out about Carmarthen’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Carmarthen’s famous people were born
Births peak in the 1990s, with 24 people born in that decade.
SportsPolitics & LawScience & MedicineFilm, TV & StageMusicWriting & ArtsBusinessNotableMilitary
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Carmarthen
Languages with an article: 48 for Joe Allen, 42 for Iwan Rheon, 29 for Matthew Stevens.
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What Carmarthen is known for
The largest field is Sports, with 73 people.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed across UK towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Carmarthen
The rest number 116, with 71 athletes among them.
Dorothea Bate
1878–1951Welsh palaeontologist and archaeozoologist (1878-1951)
Science & MedicineWikipedia ↗
Walter Devereux, 1st Earl of Essex
1539–1576English noble and general (1541-1576)
Politics & LawWikipedia ↗
Elizabeth Phillips Hughes
1851–1925Welsh scholar, teacher, and promoter of women's education (1851–1925)
Science & MedicineWikipedia ↗
David Glyndwr Tudor Williams
1930–2009Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge
Politics & LawWikipedia ↗
Tony Orchard
1941–2005Inorganic chemist, photoelectron spectroscopist (1941-2005)
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No one matches both filters.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Pontyberem leads the towns around it, with 6 names.
Questions about famous people from Carmarthen
Who is the most famous person from Carmarthen?
Joe Allen (Welsh association football player (born 1990)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 48 languages. Next come Iwan Rheon and Matthew Stevens.
How many famous people were born in Carmarthen?
119 people born in Carmarthen have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace. Wikidata places 148 people here; the rest aren’t listed because their article names somewhere else, or no town.
What is Carmarthen known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 73 of the 119. That is 61% of the town’s list, against 49% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Carmarthen?
Walter Devereux, 1st Earl of Essex, born in 1539. The youngest on the list was born in 2007.
Who counts as from Carmarthen?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Carmarthen’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 (52)
- Joe Allen: Steindy 16:13, 10 November 2016 (UTC), CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Iwan Rheon: Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Matthew Stevens: Benutzer:Bill da Flute, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Mark Drakeford: Conference of Peripheral Maritime Regions, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Dave Evans: Sandra K, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Emma Finucane: Nicola, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Dorothea Bate: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jessica Roberts: Nicola, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Adam Price: Senedd Cymru / Welsh Parliament, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Dafydd Elis-Thomas: Roger Harris, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Mike Phillips: Helene Brasseur, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ken Owens: National Assembly for Wales from Wales, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Manon Lloyd: Cs-wolves, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Walter Devereux, 1st Earl of Essex: Unknown artist, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Elizabeth Phillips Hughes: No photographer credited., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Gareth Davies: Stefano Delfrate, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Lewis Morris: W.D. Downey, London, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Scott Davies: --Steindy 15:37, 4 August 2019 (UTC), CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Rachel Barrett: Lena Connell (1875-1949), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Scott Williams: Stefano Delfrate, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- David Nott: Sheena Ariyapala DFID - UK Department for International Development, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Helen Lederer: John Thaxter at en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 2.5, Wikimedia Commons
- Henry Brinley Richards: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Hugh Price Hughes: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John Weathers: Heinrich Klaffs, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Yanto Barker: Cs-wolves, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Dwayne Peel: Charlie, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Rhod Gilbert: Chris Osborne, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Stephen Varney: Stefano Delfrate, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Eddie James: Stefano Delfrate, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- John Hinds: George Rees, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Rob Wainwright: Security and Defence Agenda, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ryan Elias: Bearas, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Wynne Evans: Wynne Evans, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Kate McGill: Flickr user "Jack Tatham", CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Richard James: Medwyn Jones, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Thomas Pryce-Jenkins: H E Evans & Son, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Dave Colclough: Photos by flipchip / LasVegasVegas.com, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Dave Newsham: Robk23oxf, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Alex George: The British Library, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Anwen Butten: Mawmab, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Arwel Richards: Saskia1988, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Charles William Jones: Howell & Adams, Carmarthen, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Dan Thomas: Jack86mkII, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Darren Allinson: Graham Wilson from United Kingdom, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ernest Tristram: pam fray, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Joshua T. Owen: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Mary Anne Edmunds: Lewis Edwards, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Tudur Dylan Jones: Rhodri77, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Rhodri Gomer-Davies: Gwinllanaroddwyd, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Shaun Evans: Stefano Delfrate, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Tony Orchard: Danny Orchard, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
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