BH#1
Sports
Bryn Howells
1911–1983Welsh rugby union and rugby league footballer
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Photo: Jaggery · CC BY-SA 2.0Famous people · Hendy and Fforest, Dyfed
2 famous people call Hendy and Fforest their birthplace
The best known is the Welsh rugby union and rugby league footballer Bryn Howells, with an article in one language. The list has one more: the Welsh rugby union player Dai Hiddlestone. For more famous names, Llanelli is 4 mi away: its list has 128, led by Rachel Roberts. The earliest on the list is Dai Hiddlestone, born in 1890, and the youngest Bryn Howells, born in 1911.
Born here
2
notable people
Best known
Bryn Howells
in 1 Wikipedia languages
First
1890
Dai Hiddlestone
Youngest
1911
Bryn Howells
Most common field
Sports
2 people
The best known
Born in Hendy and Fforest
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Famous people from the towns next door
The longest list nearby is Llanelli’s, with 128.
Questions about famous people from Hendy and Fforest
Who is the most famous person from Hendy and Fforest?
Bryn Howells (Welsh rugby union and rugby league footballer) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 1 languages. Next come Dai Hiddlestone.
How many famous people were born in Hendy and Fforest?
2 people born in Hendy and Fforest have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace. Wikidata places 3 people here; the rest aren’t listed because their article names somewhere else, or no town.
What is Hendy and Fforest known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 2 of the 2. That is 100% of the town’s list, against 49% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Hendy and Fforest?
Dai Hiddlestone, born in 1890. The youngest on the list was born in 1911.
Who counts as from Hendy and Fforest?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Hendy and Fforest’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)
- Rachel Roberts: ABC Network, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Michael Howard: Roger Harris, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Evan Roberts: オリーブの油搾りのゲッセマネ, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Thomas Hollingdale: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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