#1Famous people · Brynmawr, Gwent
6 famous people come from Brynmawr, Marina Diamandis the best known
Most widely known is Marina Diamandis, the British singer, with articles in 45 languages. The Welsh professional wrestler Adrian Street ranks second, ahead of Mac Adams. In the 20th century, 4 were born, the most of any period. The earliest on the list is John Foley, born in 1878, and the youngest Marina Diamandis, born in 1985.
Born here
6
notable people
Best known
Marina Diamandis
in 45 Wikipedia languages
First
1878
John Foley
Youngest
1985
Marina Diamandis
Most common field
Sports
3 people
What stands out about Brynmawr’s famous people
★ What stands out · The best known
Born in Brynmawr
Marina Diamandis, Adrian Street and Mac Adams are written about in 45, 8 and 6 languages.
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#3Through the years
When Brynmawr’s famous people were born
Births peak in the 1940s, with 3 people born in that decade.
SportsMusicWriting & ArtsFilm, TV & Stage
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Brynmawr is known for
The largest field is Sports, with 3 people.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed across UK towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Brynmawr
3 more names, born between 1878 and 1942.
No one matches both filters.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Of the towns nearby, Tredegar lists the most people: 42.
Questions about famous people from Brynmawr
Who is the most famous person from Brynmawr?
Marina Diamandis (British singer) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 45 languages. Next come Adrian Street and Mac Adams.
How many famous people were born in Brynmawr?
6 people born in Brynmawr have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
What is Brynmawr known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 3 of the 6. That is 50% of the town’s list, against 49% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Brynmawr?
John Foley, born in 1878. The youngest on the list was born in 1985.
Who counts as from Brynmawr?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Brynmawr’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 (6)
- Marina Diamandis: Daniel Åhs Karlsson, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Adrian Street: Jim from Florida, USA, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Mac Adams: George Quasha, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Aneurin Bevan: Howard Coster, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- E. E. Clive: DVD (20th Century Fox), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Mark Williams: Kroome111, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
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