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Science & Medicine
Evan Tom Davies
1904–1973Welsh mathematician (1904-1973)
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Photo: Alwyn Williams · CC BY-SA 2.0Famous people · Pencader, Dyfed
The Welsh mathematician Evan Tom Davies is the one famous person from Pencader
The Welsh mathematician Evan Tom Davies was born in 1904. That places their birth in the 20th century. Readers can find them written up in 4 languages. Joe Allen tops the 119 names on record in Carmarthen, 10 mi away.
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Evan Tom Davies
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Evan Tom Davies
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Famous people from the towns next door
Carmarthen leads the towns around it, with 119 names.
Questions about famous people from Pencader
Who is the most famous person from Pencader?
Evan Tom Davies (Welsh mathematician (1904-1973)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 4 languages.
How many famous people were born in Pencader?
1 people born in Pencader have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace. Wikidata places 4 people here; the rest aren’t listed because their article names somewhere else, or no town.
What is Pencader known for?
Among its famous people, scientists and doctors: 1 of the 1. That is 100% of the town’s list, against 7% across UK towns.
Who counts as from Pencader?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Pencader’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?
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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)
- Joe Allen: Steindy 16:13, 10 November 2016 (UTC), CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- John Gwenogvryn Evans: George Phoenix, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John Elwyn: Broneirion, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
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