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Photo: Humphrey Bolton · CC BY-SA 2.0Famous people · Llandysul, Dyfed
From 1807 to 1959, Llandysul was the birthplace of 3 famous people
David Bevan Jones, the British minister, is the most widely known, written about in 2 languages. Second and third on the list are John Davies and Hywel Davies. Nearby, New Quay, 11 mi away, lists 4, led by Josiah Towyn Jones. The list’s best known name, David Bevan Jones, dates from 1807.
Born here
3
notable people
Best known
David Bevan Jones
in 2 Wikipedia languages
First
1807
David Bevan Jones
Youngest
1959
John Davies
Most common field
Politics & Law
1 people
The best known
Born in Llandysul
First, David Bevan Jones (2 languages), then John Davies (2) and Hywel Davies (1).
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Known for
What Llandysul is known for
Politics & Law leads the fields, 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
The best known from each town within 12 miles of Llandysul, with how many people each has.
Questions about famous people from Llandysul
Who is the most famous person from Llandysul?
David Bevan Jones (British minister) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 2 languages. Next come John Davies and Hywel Davies.
How many famous people were born in Llandysul?
3 people born in Llandysul 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 Llandysul known for?
Among its famous people, leaders: 1 of the 3. That is 33% of the town’s list, against 9% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Llandysul?
David Bevan Jones, born in 1807. The youngest on the list was born in 1959.
Who counts as from Llandysul?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Llandysul’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)
- Josiah Towyn Jones: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John Elwyn: Broneirion, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- John Gwenogvryn Evans: George Phoenix, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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