Photo: nick macneill · CC BY-SA 2.0Famous people from St Florence
Nearby, Tenby, 3 mi away, lists 21, led by Robert Recorde. No famous person on record lists St Florence as their birthplace yet. Llanelli’s 128 names make the longest list in Dyfed. After Llanelli, the next longest list in Dyfed is Carmarthen’s, with 119.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is in St Florence’s built-up area and whose English Wikipedia article agrees they were born here. Wikidata has nobody with an English article born in St Florence yet.
Famous people born near St Florence
Of the towns around it, Tenby has the most on record: 21.
Questions about famous people from St Florence
Who counts as from St Florence?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside St Florence’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 (6)
- Robert Recorde: Original painter unknown, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Henry VII of England: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Arthur Symons: Coburn, Alvin Langdon, 1882-1966 -- Photographer, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Wyn Calvin: Hydrafoil, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Rod de'Ath: Heinrich Klaffs, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Sarah Waters: Annie_C_2, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
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