AM#1
Business
Agnes Mason
1849–1941British founder of the Community of the Holy Family (1849-1941)
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Famous people · Laugharne, Dyfed
Laugharne’s famous people span 165 years: 8 births from 1795 to 1960
Best known of all is Agnes Mason, written about in 5 languages. James Augustus St. John and William Charles Fuller follow. The largest group, 4, was born in the Victorian era. The list’s best known name, Agnes Mason, dates from 1849.
Born here
8
notable people
Best known
Agnes Mason
in 5 Wikipedia languages
First
1795
James Augustus St. John
Youngest
1960
Gary Pearce
Most common field
Politics & Law
3 people
What stands out about Laugharne’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Laugharne’s famous people were born
The 1880s saw the most births of any decade: 2.
Politics & LawBusinessWriting & ArtsMilitarySportsScience & Medicine
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Laugharne
Three names lead: Agnes Mason (5 languages), James Augustus St. John (3) and William Charles Fuller (2).
JJ#2
Writing & Arts
James Augustus St. John
1795–1875British writer (1795-1875)
3 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
#3Military
William Charles Fuller
1884–1974Recipient of the Victoria Cross (1884-1974)
2 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
Known for
What Laugharne is known for
No other field is as far above the usual share as leaders, at 4.3 times.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed across UK towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Laugharne
5 more, 3 of them leaders.
Joseph Arthur Hamilton Beresford
1861–1952Senior officer in the Royal Australian Navy
Politics & LawWikipedia ↗
No one matches both filters.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Close by, Carmarthen counts 119 famous people, the most of its neighbours.
Questions about famous people from Laugharne
Who is the most famous person from Laugharne?
Agnes Mason (British founder of the Community of the Holy Family (1849-1941)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 5 languages. Next come James Augustus St. John and William Charles Fuller.
How many famous people were born in Laugharne?
8 people born in Laugharne have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace. Wikidata places 11 people here; the rest aren’t listed because their article names somewhere else, or no town.
What is Laugharne known for?
Among its famous people, leaders: 3 of the 8. That is 38% of the town’s list, against 9% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Laugharne?
James Augustus St. John, born in 1795. The youngest on the list was born in 1960.
Who counts as from Laugharne?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Laugharne’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)
- William Charles Fuller: W.D. & H.O. Wills, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Joe Allen: Steindy 16:13, 10 November 2016 (UTC), CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Rod de'Ath: Heinrich Klaffs, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
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