AH#1
Famous people · Bargod, Gwent
Most of the 10 famous people born in Bargod came into the world in the 20th century
Alun Hoddinott, the Welsh composer, is the most widely known, written about in 14 languages. 2 were born in 1970 or later. More are athletes than anything else, 6 in all. Births span 1905 to 1994, from Doris Hare to Tegan Nox.
Born here
10
notable people
Best known
Alun Hoddinott
in 14 Wikipedia languages
First
1905
Doris Hare
Youngest
1994
Tegan Nox
Most common field
Sports
6 people
The best known
Born in Bargod
Athletes take two of the three places.
IP#2
Sports
Ivor Powell
1916–2012Welsh footballer, football manager (1916-2012)
12 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
#3Through the years
When Bargod’s famous people were born
More were born in the 1900s than in any other decade: 4.
SportsWriting & ArtsMusicFilm, TV & Stage
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Bargod is known for
6 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 Bargod
A further 7 follow, born between 1905 and 1988.
No one matches both filters.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
8 towns around it have someone on record.
Oakdale · 3 miRichey Edwards & 9 more
Ystrad Mynach · 3 miRichard Brake & 6 more
New Tredegar · 2 miDarcy Blake & 5 moreJFTrelewis · 3 miJohn Frowen & 2 moreBEAberbargoed · 1 miBen Ellis & 1 more
Pontllanfraith · 3 miArtie Moore & 1 moreDMTir-y-berth and Glan-y-nant · 1 miDoug Mountjoy
Pen-pedair-heol · 1 miRhodri LloydQuestions about famous people from Bargod
Who is the most famous person from Bargod?
Alun Hoddinott (Welsh composer (1929–2008)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 14 languages. Next come Ivor Powell and Tegan Nox.
How many famous people were born in Bargod?
10 people born in Bargod have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
What is Bargod known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 6 of the 10. That is 60% of the town’s list, against 49% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Bargod?
Doris Hare, born in 1905. The youngest on the list was born in 1994.
Who counts as from Bargod?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Bargod’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 (7)
- Tegan Nox: Goddess of Cats on Flickr, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- David Probert: Daisticks, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Richey Edwards: Masao Nakagami, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Richard Brake: Miguel Discart from Bruxelles, Belgique, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Darcy Blake: Biser Todorov, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Artie Moore: Alan Hughes, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Rhodri Lloyd: http://picasaweb.google.com/barrau.gerard, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
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