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Photo: Llywelyn2000 · CC BY-SA 4.0Famous people · St Dogmaels, Dyfed
2 famous people call St Dogmaels their birthplace
At the top of the list is the Welsh teacher and author Mair Garnon, covered in 2 languages. The only other name is the Welsh cricketer Rhodri Thomas. Just 1 mi away, Cardigan’s list holds 15 names, Phoebe Davies the best known. Mair Garnon, born in 1928, is the earliest name and Rhodri Thomas, born in 1942, the latest.
Born here
2
notable people
Best known
Mair Garnon
in 2 Wikipedia languages
First
1928
Mair Garnon
Youngest
1942
Rhodri Thomas
Most common field
Science & Medicine
1 people
The best known
Born in St Dogmaels
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Known for
What St Dogmaels is known for
1 of them work in Science & Medicine, the biggest field.
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
Nearby, Cardigan has the most on record, with 15.
Questions about famous people from St Dogmaels
Who is the most famous person from St Dogmaels?
Mair Garnon (Welsh teacher and author) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 2 languages. Next come Rhodri Thomas.
How many famous people were born in St Dogmaels?
2 people born in St Dogmaels have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
What is St Dogmaels known for?
Among its famous people, scientists and doctors: 1 of the 2. That is 50% of the town’s list, against 7% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from St Dogmaels?
Mair Garnon, born in 1928. The youngest on the list was born in 1942.
Who counts as from St Dogmaels?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside St Dogmaels’ 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 (2)
- Phoebe Davies: The New York Star, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John Elwyn: Broneirion, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
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