#1Famous people · Cwmbrân, Gwent
Most of the 29 famous people born in Cwmbrân came into the world since 1970
Articles in 34 languages make the Welsh footballer Danny Gabbidon the best known. The Welsh snooker player Jak Jones ranks second, ahead of Tom Richards. Only 5 of the 42 towns in Gwent with anyone on record list more. Born in 1878, Edwin Thomas Maynard is the first name on record, and Emily Bridges, born in 2001, the most recent.
Born here
29
notable people
Best known
Danny Gabbidon
in 34 Wikipedia languages
First
1878
Edwin Thomas Maynard
Youngest
2001
Emily Bridges
Most common field
Sports
19 people
What stands out about Cwmbrân’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Cwmbrân’s famous people were born
The 1970s alone account for 8 of the births charted here.
SportsMusicPolitics & LawFilm, TV & StageWriting & ArtsBusiness
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Cwmbrân
All three are athletes.
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What Cwmbrân is known for
Set against the usual town, musicians come out 2 times as common.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed across UK towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Cwmbrân
A further 26 follow, born between 1878 and 2001.
No one matches both filters.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
8 towns around it have someone on record.
Questions about famous people from Cwmbrân
Who is the most famous person from Cwmbrân?
Danny Gabbidon (Welsh footballer (born 1979)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 34 languages. Next come Jak Jones and Tom Richards.
How many famous people were born in Cwmbrân?
29 people born in Cwmbrân have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace. Wikidata places 33 people here; the rest aren’t listed because their article names somewhere else, or no town.
What is Cwmbrân known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 19 of the 29. That is 66% of the town’s list, against 49% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Cwmbrân?
Edwin Thomas Maynard, born in 1878. The youngest on the list was born in 2001.
Who counts as from Cwmbrân?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Cwmbrân’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)
- Danny Gabbidon: Timmy96, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jak Jones: Benutzer:Bill da Flute, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Tom Richards: Polygoon Hollands Nieuws, CC BY-SA 3.0 nl, Wikimedia Commons
- Kevin Brennan: ©House of Lords / photography by Roger Harris, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Chloe-Beth Morgan: Jose Rosengurtt, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Theo Wharton: Mattythewhite, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Andy Dibble: Jonesy702, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Nick Ramsay: National Assembly For Wales / Cynulliad Cymru profile, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Edwin Thomas Maynard: Walter Alfred Pearce, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Ernie Jenkins: Taddy's Cigarettes, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Michael Sheen: Rhododendrites, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Luke Evans: Raph_PH, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Arthur Machen: Arthur Machen, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Sam Harrison: Laurent Brun, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Steve Strange: Logan Sky, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- John Dawes: Stefano Delfrate, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Roy Jenkins: Jean-Louis Debaize, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Rosa M. Morris: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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