#1Famous people · Abersychan, Gwent
Most of the 9 famous people born in Abersychan came into the world in the 20th century
Roy Jenkins, the British politician, is the most widely known, written about in 37 languages. Close behind are Don Touhig and Anthony Oliver. Over 111 years of births, the list goes from Pamela Shepherd (1836) to Don Touhig (1947). The biggest group are athletes: 4.
Born here
9
notable people
Best known
Roy Jenkins
in 37 Wikipedia languages
First
1836
Pamela Shepherd
Youngest
1947
Don Touhig
Most common field
Sports
4 people
The best known
Born in Abersychan
Roy Jenkins leads with articles in 37 languages, ahead of Don Touhig (7) and Anthony Oliver (4).
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Through the years
When Abersychan’s famous people were born
The 1920s top the chart, with 3 births in the decade.
SportsPolitics & LawFilm, TV & StageWriting & ArtsFaith
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Abersychan is known for
4 of them work in Sports, the biggest field.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed across UK towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Abersychan
Another 6, 4 of them athletes.
Wilfred Hodder
1896–1957Welsh rugby union footballer, and rugby league footballer and administrator (1896-1957)
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No one matches both filters.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Close by, Pontypool counts 77 famous people, the most of its neighbours.
Questions about famous people from Abersychan
Who is the most famous person from Abersychan?
Roy Jenkins (British politician (1920–2003)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 37 languages. Next come Don Touhig and Anthony Oliver.
How many famous people were born in Abersychan?
9 people born in Abersychan have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace. Wikidata places 10 people here; the rest aren’t listed because their article names somewhere else, or no town.
What is Abersychan 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 Abersychan?
Pamela Shepherd, born in 1836. The youngest on the list was born in 1947.
Who counts as from Abersychan?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Abersychan’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 (8)
- Roy Jenkins: Jean-Louis Debaize, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Don Touhig: ©House of Lords / photography by Roger Harris, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Pamela Shepherd: unknown (she died in 1930), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Luke Evans: Raph_PH, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Danny Gabbidon: Timmy96, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- Steve Strange: Logan Sky, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- E. E. Clive: DVD (20th Century Fox), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Mark Williams: Kroome111, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
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