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Photo: Humphrey Bolton · CC BY-SA 2.0Famous people · Tumble, Dyfed
Tumble is the birthplace of 2 famous people
The best known is the Welsh snooker player Gary Owen, with articles in 8 languages. The only other name is the Welsh rugby union and rugby league footballer Evan Davies. Go 6 mi to Ammanford and the list grows to 20, with Alexandra Roach at the top. Gary Owen was born in 1929.
Born here
2
notable people
Best known
Gary Owen
in 8 Wikipedia languages
First
1929
Gary Owen
Most common field
Sports
2 people
The best known
Born in Tumble
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Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Close by, Ammanford counts 20 famous people, the most of its neighbours.
Questions about famous people from Tumble
Who is the most famous person from Tumble?
Gary Owen (Welsh snooker player) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 8 languages. Next come Evan Davies.
How many famous people were born in Tumble?
2 people born in Tumble have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace. Wikidata places 3 people here; the rest aren’t listed because their article names somewhere else, or no town.
What is Tumble known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 2 of the 2. That is 100% of the town’s list, against 49% across UK towns.
Who counts as from Tumble?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Tumble’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.
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