#1Politics & Law
Lewis Thomas
1832–1913Australian colliery owner and politician
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Famous people · Llandre, Dyfed
2 famous people were born in Llandre
At the top of the list is the Australian colliery owner and politician Lewis Thomas, covered in 4 languages. The list has one more: the British journalist Tom Macdonald. Aberystwyth, 4 mi away, has 79 on its list, the best known Roger Rees. The earliest on the list is Lewis Thomas, born in 1832, and the youngest Tom Macdonald, born in 1900.
Born here
2
notable people
Best known
Lewis Thomas
in 4 Wikipedia languages
First
1832
Lewis Thomas
Youngest
1900
Tom Macdonald
Most common field
Politics & Law
1 people
The best known
Born in Llandre
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Known for
What Llandre is known for
The largest field is Politics & Law, with 1 people.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed across UK towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Aberystwyth has the longest list next door: 79.
Questions about famous people from Llandre
Who is the most famous person from Llandre?
Lewis Thomas (Australian colliery owner and politician) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 4 languages. Next come Tom Macdonald.
How many famous people were born in Llandre?
2 people born in Llandre 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 Llandre known for?
Among its famous people, leaders: 1 of the 2. That is 50% of the town’s list, against 9% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Llandre?
Lewis Thomas, born in 1832. The youngest on the list was born in 1900.
Who counts as from Llandre?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Llandre’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)
- Lewis Thomas: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Roger Rees: Princeton Public Library from Princeton NJ, USA, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Gareth Glyn: GarethGlyn, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
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