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Famous people · Fishguard, Dyfed
Fishguard is the birthplace of 4 famous people
Most widely known is Arthur Wade-Evans, the Welsh historian, with articles in 5 languages. Second place goes to the Welsh rugby union player Willie Thomas, third to Glenys Cour. For every 10,000 residents there are 11.7 on the list, well above the typical Dyfed town’s 6.2. The list runs from Willie Thomas, born in 1866, to Paula Craig, born in 1963.
Born here
4
notable people
Best known
Arthur Wade-Evans
in 5 Wikipedia languages
First
1866
Willie Thomas
Youngest
1963
Paula Craig
Most common field
Writing & Arts
2 people
The best known
Born in Fishguard
Languages with an article: 5 for Arthur Wade-Evans, 3 for Willie Thomas, 2 for Glenys Cour.
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Through the years
When Fishguard’s famous people were born
More were born in the 1870s than in any other decade: 1.
Writing & ArtsSportsPolitics & Law
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Fishguard is known for
Share of Fishguard’s famous people in each field.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed across UK towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Fishguard
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Questions about famous people from Fishguard
Who is the most famous person from Fishguard?
Arthur Wade-Evans (Welsh historian (1875–1964)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 5 languages. Next come Willie Thomas and Glenys Cour.
How many famous people were born in Fishguard?
4 people born in Fishguard 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 Fishguard known for?
Among its famous people, writers and artists: 2 of the 4. That is 50% of the town’s list, against 12% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Fishguard?
Willie Thomas, born in 1866. The youngest on the list was born in 1963.
Who counts as from Fishguard?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Fishguard’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)
- Willie Thomas: Walter Alfred Pearce, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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