#1Famous people · Cenarth, Dyfed
The Welsh poet Eluned Phillips is the one famous person from Cenarth
Eluned Phillips, the Welsh poet, was born in 1914. Their birth falls in the 20th century. Articles about them exist in 3 languages. For more famous names, Cardigan is 6 mi away: its list has 15, led by Phoebe Davies.
Born here
1
notable people
Best known
Eluned Phillips
in 3 Wikipedia languages
First
1914
Eluned Phillips
Most common field
Writing & Arts
1 people
The best known
Born in Cenarth
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Famous people from the towns next door
Nearby, Cardigan has the most on record, with 15.
Questions about famous people from Cenarth
Who is the most famous person from Cenarth?
Eluned Phillips (Welsh poet (1914-2009)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 3 languages.
How many famous people were born in Cenarth?
1 people born in Cenarth have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
What is Cenarth known for?
Among its famous people, writers and artists: 1 of the 1. That is 100% of the town’s list, against 12% across UK towns.
Who counts as from Cenarth?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Cenarth’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 (3)
- Eluned Phillips: Geoff Charles, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Phoebe Davies: The New York Star, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John Elwyn: Broneirion, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
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