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Photo: Philip Pankhurst · CC BY-SA 2.0Famous people · St Davids, Dyfed
From 1572 to 1995, St Davids was the birthplace of 9 famous people
Articles in 16 languages make the Welsh composer Thomas Tomkins the best known. Second and third on the list are Jasmine Joyce and Ian Walsh. The largest group, 4, was born in the 20th century. 2 of them were born since 1970.
Born here
9
notable people
Best known
Thomas Tomkins
in 16 Wikipedia languages
First
1572
Thomas Tomkins
Youngest
1995
Jasmine Joyce
Most common field
Sports
4 people
What stands out about St Davids’ famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When St Davids’s famous people were born
More were born in the 1960s than in any other decade: 2.
SportsMusicFilm, TV & StageWriting & ArtsNotableMilitary
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in St Davids
The three are covered in 16, 10 and 6 languages: Thomas Tomkins, Jasmine Joyce and Ian Walsh.
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Known for
What St Davids is known for
Share of St Davids’s famous people in each field.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed across UK towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Everyone
Everyone else born in St Davids
6 more, best known first.
Rowland Phillips
born 1965Welsh rugby union footballer and coach, and rugby league footballer
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Questions about famous people from St Davids
Who is the most famous person from St Davids?
Thomas Tomkins (Welsh composer) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 16 languages. Next come Jasmine Joyce and Ian Walsh.
How many famous people were born in St Davids?
9 people born in St Davids have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace. Wikidata places 12 people here; the rest aren’t listed because their article names somewhere else, or no town.
What is St Davids known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 4 of the 9. That is 44% of the town’s list, against 49% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from St Davids?
Thomas Tomkins, born in 1572. The youngest on the list was born in 1995.
Who counts as from St Davids?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside St Davids’ 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.
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