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Photo: John Fielding · CC BY-SA 2.0Famous people · Llanrhystud, Dyfed
One famous person was born in Llanrhystud
The Welsh archdeacon David Evans was born in 1830. Their birth falls in the Georgian era. Readers can find them written up in one language. For more famous names, Aberystwyth is 8 mi away: its list has 79, led by Roger Rees.
Born here
1
notable people
Best known
David Evans
in 1 Wikipedia languages
First
1830
David Evans
Most common field
Faith
1 people
The best known
Born in Llanrhystud
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
4 towns around it have someone on record.
Questions about famous people from Llanrhystud
Who is the most famous person from Llanrhystud?
David Evans (Welsh archdeacon (1897 to 1910)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 1 languages.
How many famous people were born in Llanrhystud?
1 people born in Llanrhystud have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
What is Llanrhystud known for?
Among its famous people, ministers and preachers: 1 of the 1. That is 100% of the town’s list, against 2% across UK towns.
Who counts as from Llanrhystud?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Llanrhystud’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)
- Roger Rees: Princeton Public Library from Princeton NJ, USA, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Ron Davies: Carl Williams (Speagles), CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Josiah Towyn Jones: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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