#1Famous people · Cwm, Gwent
8 famous people were born in Cwm, most of them in the 20th century
At the top of the list is the Welsh snooker player Mark Williams, covered in 45 languages. Victor Spinetti is second and Ron Burgess third. Athletes make up the largest group, 4 of them. The list comes to 31.9 for every 10,000 residents, against 4.5 in the typical town in Gwent.
Born here
8
notable people
Best known
Mark Williams
in 45 Wikipedia languages
First
1871
George Howells
Youngest
1975
Mark Williams
Most common field
Sports
4 people
What stands out about Cwm’s famous people
★ What stands out · The best known
Born in Cwm
Athletes take two of the three places.
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#2Film, TV & Stage
Victor Spinetti
1929–2012Welsh actor and theatre director (1929–2012)
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RB#3
Through the years
When Cwm’s famous people were born
The busiest decade was the 1970s, with 1 births.
SportsMusicFilm, TV & StageScience & Medicine
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Cwm is known for
Athletes are the most numerous, 4 of them.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed across UK towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Cwm
Another 5, 2 of them musicians.
George Howells
1871–1955Welsh academic and writer; Principal of Serampore College, India
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No one matches both filters.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
The neighbour with the most names is Tredegar, at 42.
Questions about famous people from Cwm
Who is the most famous person from Cwm?
Mark Williams (Welsh snooker player) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 45 languages. Next come Victor Spinetti and Ron Burgess.
How many famous people were born in Cwm?
8 people born in Cwm have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
What is Cwm known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 4 of the 8. That is 50% of the town’s list, against 49% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Cwm?
George Howells, born in 1871. The youngest on the list was born in 1975.
Who counts as from Cwm?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Cwm’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 (5)
- Mark Williams: Kroome111, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- Victor Spinetti: Matty06P, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Aneurin Bevan: Howard Coster, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Darcy Blake: Biser Todorov, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Marina Diamandis: Daniel Åhs Karlsson, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
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