#1Sports
Aaron Ramsey
born 1990Welsh association football player and manager (born 1990)
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Famous people · Caerphilly, Gwent
Aaron Ramsey tops a list of 56 famous people born in Caerphilly
The best known is the Welsh association football player and manager Aaron Ramsey, with articles in 72 languages. Tommy Cooper and Eleanor de Clare follow. Since 1970, 35 were born, the most of any period. From Eleanor de Clare to Dylan Lawlor, the births on the list run from 1292 to 2006.
Born here
56
notable people
Best known
Aaron Ramsey
in 72 Wikipedia languages
First
1292
Eleanor de Clare
Youngest
2006
Dylan Lawlor
Most common field
Sports
38 people
What stands out about Caerphilly’s famous people
★ What stands out · The best known
Born in Caerphilly
The three are covered in 72, 24 and 15 languages: Aaron Ramsey, Tommy Cooper and Eleanor de Clare.
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#2Film, TV & Stage
Tommy Cooper
1921–1984Welsh prop comedian and magician (1921-1984)
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#3Through the years
When Caerphilly’s famous people were born
The 1980s top the chart, with 15 births in the decade.
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Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Caerphilly is known for
No other field is as far above the usual share as leaders, at 1.4 times.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed across UK towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Caerphilly
Here are 53 more, born from 1709 to 2006.
Aled James
born 1982Welsh rugby union footballer, and rugby league footballer and coach
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Famous people from the towns next door
The neighbour with the most names is Church Village, at 21.
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Bedwas · 2 miKarl Francis & 3 moreCMTaff's Well · 3 miChristopher Monger & 3 moreATLlanbradach · 2 miAlbert Thompson & 2 moreJMTongwynlais · 3 miJonathan Morgan & 2 more
Pentyrch · 5 miLucie Jones & 1 moreQuestions about famous people from Caerphilly
Who is the most famous person from Caerphilly?
Aaron Ramsey (Welsh association football player and manager (born 1990)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 72 languages. Next come Tommy Cooper and Eleanor de Clare.
How many famous people were born in Caerphilly?
56 people born in Caerphilly have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace. Wikidata places 62 people here; the rest aren’t listed because their article names somewhere else, or no town.
What is Caerphilly known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 38 of the 56. That is 68% of the town’s list, against 49% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Caerphilly?
Eleanor de Clare, born in 1292. The youngest on the list was born in 2006.
Who counts as from Caerphilly?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Caerphilly’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 (18)
- Aaron Ramsey: Анна Нэсси, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Tommy Cooper: richiiebam, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Eleanor de Clare: The original uploader was Mt99lp at English Wikipedia., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Nathan Cleverly: DemonicGenocide, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Natasha Harding: Ailura, CC BY-SA 3.0 at, Wikimedia Commons
- Simon Weston: Phil Guest from Bournemouth, UK, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Amy Dowden: Picture by Simon Dawson / No 10 Downing Street - Number 10, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Delyth Jewell: Senedd Cymru / Welsh Parliament, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Hefin David: National Assembly for Wales from Wales, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Lindsay Whittle: Senedd Cymru / Welsh Parliament from Wales, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Aled James: al_green, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- James Wiegold: Konrad Jacobs, CC BY-SA 2.0 de, Wikimedia Commons
- Lloyd Peers: Pierre-Selim, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Matt Johnson: Robert Clarke, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Rhun ap Iorwerth: Senedd Cymru / Welsh Parliament, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Stuart Burrows: Sain (Records) Ltd, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Karl Francis: Hywel72, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Lucie Jones: Mykola Swarnyk, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
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