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Photo: John Grayson · CC BY-SA 2.0Famous people · Castleton, Gwent
Castleton has one famous person on record
The British baronet Sir John Beynon, 1st Baronet was born in 1864. That places their birth in the Victorian era. One language has an article about them so far. A short trip away, Cardiff (5 mi) counts 849 famous people, Gareth Bale among them.
Born here
1
notable people
Best known
Sir John Beynon, 1st Baronet
in 1 Wikipedia languages
First
1864
Sir John Beynon, 1st Baronet
Most common field
Politics & Law
1 people
The best known
Born in Castleton
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Of the towns around it, Cardiff has the most on record: 849.
Cardiff · 5 miGareth Bale & 848 more
Newport · 5 miMichael Sheen & 352 more
Caerphilly · 7 miAaron Ramsey & 55 more
Caerleon · 7 miArthur Machen & 19 more
Risca · 5 miSam Harrison & 15 more
Bedwas · 6 miKarl Francis & 3 more
Rogerstone · 4 miRosa M. Morris & 2 moreJMTongwynlais · 7 miJonathan Morgan & 2 moreQuestions about famous people from Castleton
Who is the most famous person from Castleton?
Sir John Beynon, 1st Baronet (British Baronet) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 1 languages.
How many famous people were born in Castleton?
1 people born in Castleton have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
What is Castleton known for?
Among its famous people, leaders: 1 of the 1. That is 100% of the town’s list, against 9% across UK towns.
Who counts as from Castleton?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Castleton’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)
- Gareth Bale: حسین ظهروند, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Michael Sheen: Rhododendrites, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Aaron Ramsey: Анна Нэсси, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Arthur Machen: Arthur Machen, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Sam Harrison: Laurent Brun, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Karl Francis: Hywel72, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Rosa M. Morris: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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