#1Famous people · Bedwas, Gwent
4 famous people call Bedwas their birthplace
The best known is the Welsh film director Karl Francis, with articles in 3 languages. Jeff Whitefoot, the Welsh rugby union player, comes second, with Ray Williams third. Per 10,000 residents, the town has 6.2, close to the 4.5 of the typical Gwent town. Over 29 years of births, the list goes from Terence Cook (1927) to Jeff Whitefoot (1956).
Born here
4
notable people
Best known
Karl Francis
in 3 Wikipedia languages
First
1927
Terence Cook
Youngest
1956
Jeff Whitefoot
Most common field
Sports
2 people
The best known
Born in Bedwas
Three names lead: Karl Francis (3 languages), Jeff Whitefoot (1) and Ray Williams (1).
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Through the years
When Bedwas’s famous people were born
The 1950s saw the most births of any decade: 2.
SportsFilm, TV & StageNotable
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Bedwas is known for
The field with the most names is Sports: 2.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed across UK towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Bedwas
1 more, best known first.
No one matches both filters.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Around it, Caerphilly has the most people on record, 56 of them.
Caerphilly · 2 miAaron Ramsey & 55 more
Risca · 4 miSam Harrison & 15 more
Abercarn · 5 miJohn Dawes & 10 more
Ystrad Mynach · 4 miRichard Brake & 6 moreLBAbertridwr and Senghenydd · 3 miLlywelyn Bren & 4 moreCMTaff's Well · 4 miChristopher Monger & 3 moreATLlanbradach · 2 miAlbert Thompson & 2 more
Pontllanfraith · 4 miArtie Moore & 1 moreQuestions about famous people from Bedwas
Who is the most famous person from Bedwas?
Karl Francis (Welsh film director) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 3 languages. Next come Jeff Whitefoot and Ray Williams.
How many famous people were born in Bedwas?
4 people born in Bedwas have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
What is Bedwas known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 2 of the 4. That is 50% of the town’s list, against 49% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Bedwas?
Terence Cook, born in 1927. The youngest on the list was born in 1956.
Who counts as from Bedwas?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Bedwas’ 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)
- Karl Francis: Hywel72, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Aaron Ramsey: Анна Нэсси, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Sam Harrison: Laurent Brun, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- John Dawes: Stefano Delfrate, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Richard Brake: Miguel Discart from Bruxelles, Belgique, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Artie Moore: Alan Hughes, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
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