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Photo: Rose and Trev Clough · CC BY-SA 2.0Famous people · Pontyberem, Dyfed
Pontyberem is the birthplace of 6 famous people
The best known is the British singer Dorothy Squires, with articles in 6 languages. The next two names are Amy Parry-Williams and Betsan Moses. Ioan Nicholas, born in 1998, is the youngest, and Amy Parry-Williams, born in 1910, the first on record. The biggest group are athletes: 3.
Born here
6
notable people
Best known
Dorothy Squires
in 6 Wikipedia languages
First
1910
Amy Parry-Williams
Youngest
1998
Ioan Nicholas
Most common field
Sports
3 people
What stands out about Pontyberem’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Pontyberem’s famous people were born
More of them were born in the 1910s than in any other ten years, 2 in all.
SportsMusicBusiness
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Pontyberem
Musicians take two of the three places.
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Business
Betsan Moses
born 1971Chief Executive of the National Eisteddfod of Wales
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Known for
What Pontyberem is known for
The field with the most names is Sports: 3.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed across UK towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Pontyberem
A further 3 follow, born between 1922 and 1998.
No one matches both filters.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Of the towns around it, Llanelli has the most on record: 128.
Questions about famous people from Pontyberem
Who is the most famous person from Pontyberem?
Dorothy Squires (British singer) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 6 languages. Next come Amy Parry-Williams and Betsan Moses.
How many famous people were born in Pontyberem?
6 people born in Pontyberem have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
What is Pontyberem known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 3 of the 6. That is 50% of the town’s list, against 49% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Pontyberem?
Amy Parry-Williams, born in 1910. The youngest on the list was born in 1998.
Who counts as from Pontyberem?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Pontyberem’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 (1)
- Rachel Roberts: ABC Network, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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