#1Famous people · Tregaron, Dyfed
7 famous people were born in Tregaron from 1530 to 1947
Henry Richard, the British politician, is the most widely known, written about in 6 languages. In the 20th century, 3 were born, the most of any period. The list’s best known name, Henry Richard, dates from 1812. More are writers and artists than anything else, 3 in all.
Born here
7
notable people
Best known
Henry Richard
in 6 Wikipedia languages
First
1530
Twm Siôn Cati
Youngest
1947
Wynne Melville Jones
Most common field
Writing & Arts
3 people
The best known
Born in Tregaron
Henry Richard has articles in 6 languages, Annie Davies in 4 and Twm Siôn Cati in 3.
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Film, TV & Stage
Annie Davies
1910–1970Welsh radio and television producer
4 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
#3Writing & Arts
Twm Siôn Cati
1530–1608Welsh poet and genealogist, later a figure in Welsh folklore
3 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
Through the years
When Tregaron’s famous people were born
The 1810s saw the most births of any decade: 1.
Writing & ArtsPolitics & LawFilm, TV & StageScience & Medicine
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Tregaron is known for
Set against the usual town, writers and artists come out 3.7 times as common.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed across UK towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Tregaron
The other 4 span the years 1870 to 1947.
Sir David Nicholas
1930–2022British broadcast journalist and ITN Editor and Chairman (1930–2022)
Writing & ArtsWikipedia ↗
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Questions about famous people from Tregaron
Who is the most famous person from Tregaron?
Henry Richard (British politician (1812-1888)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 6 languages. Next come Annie Davies and Twm Siôn Cati.
How many famous people were born in Tregaron?
7 people born in Tregaron have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace. Wikidata places 8 people here; the rest aren’t listed because their article names somewhere else, or no town.
What is Tregaron known for?
Among its famous people, writers and artists: 3 of the 7. That is 43% of the town’s list, against 12% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Tregaron?
Twm Siôn Cati, born in 1530. The youngest on the list was born in 1947.
Who counts as from Tregaron?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Tregaron’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 (2)
- Henry Richard: William Williams, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Twm Siôn Cati: Eirian Evans, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
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