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Photo: Derek Voller · CC BY-SA 2.0Famous people · Kidwelly, Dyfed
Kidwelly’s famous people span 326 years: 5 births from 1625 to 1951
Ray Gravell, the Welsh rugby union player, is the most widely known, written about in 6 languages. Second and third on the list are John Davies and John Griffiths. For every 10,000 residents there are 18.1 on the list, well above the typical Dyfed town’s 6.2. 3 of them are athletes, more than in any other field.
Born here
5
notable people
Best known
Ray Gravell
in 6 Wikipedia languages
First
1625
John Davies
Youngest
1951
Ray Gravell
Most common field
Sports
3 people
What stands out about Kidwelly’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Kidwelly’s famous people were born
The 1950s top the chart, with 1 births in the decade.
SportsWriting & ArtsScience & Medicine
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Kidwelly
Ranked by languages covered: Ray Gravell with 6, then John Davies with 5 and John Griffiths with 4.
JD#2
Writing & Arts
John Davies
1625–1693Welsh translator and writer, born 1625
5 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
JG#3
Science & Medicine
John Griffiths
1837–1916Welsh mathematician (19th century)
4 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
Known for
What Kidwelly is known for
The largest field is Sports, with 3 people.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed across UK towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Kidwelly
Another 2, 2 of them athletes.
No one matches both filters.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Llanelli leads the towns around it, with 128 names.
Questions about famous people from Kidwelly
Who is the most famous person from Kidwelly?
Ray Gravell (Welsh rugby union player (1951-2007)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 6 languages. Next come John Davies and John Griffiths.
How many famous people were born in Kidwelly?
5 people born in Kidwelly have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace. Wikidata places 9 people here; the rest aren’t listed because their article names somewhere else, or no town.
What is Kidwelly known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 3 of the 5. That is 60% of the town’s list, against 49% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Kidwelly?
John Davies, born in 1625. The youngest on the list was born in 1951.
Who counts as from Kidwelly?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Kidwelly’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 (2)
- Rachel Roberts: ABC Network, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Joe Allen: Steindy 16:13, 10 November 2016 (UTC), CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
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