Photo: Jaggery · CC BY-SA 2.0No famous person yet from Blackwood
Of its neighbours, Newbridge, 3 mi away, lists the most: 16, Steve Strange first. The longest list of any town in Gwent belongs to Newport, with 353. After Newport, the next longest list in Gwent is Pontypool’s, with 77. 42 towns across Gwent can name a famous person born there.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is in Blackwood’s built-up area and whose English Wikipedia article agrees they were born here. Wikidata has nobody with an English article born in Blackwood yet.
Famous people born near Blackwood
Close by, the fullest list is Newbridge’s, at 16 names.
Newbridge · 3 miSteve Strange & 15 more
Oakdale · 1 miRichey Edwards & 9 moreAHBargod · 2 miAlun Hoddinott & 9 more
Ystrad Mynach · 2 miRichard Brake & 6 more
Pontllanfraith · 1 miArtie Moore & 1 moreBEAberbargoed · 2 miBen Ellis & 1 moreRLFleur-de-lis and Pengam · 1 miRonald LewisDMTir-y-berth and Glan-y-nant · 1 miDoug MountjoyQuestions about famous people from Blackwood
Who counts as from Blackwood?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Blackwood’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 (4)
- Steve Strange: Logan Sky, CC BY-SA 4.0, 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
- Artie Moore: Alan Hughes, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
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