Photo: Roger Cornfoot · CC BY-SA 2.0Next door to Cwmfelinfach, Caerphilly lists 56 famous people
No famous person’s birth in Cwmfelinfach is on record yet. In all of Gwent, the famous people on record come from 42 towns. Newport’s 353 names make the longest list in Gwent. After Newport, the next longest list in Gwent is Pontypool’s, with 77.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is in Cwmfelinfach’s built-up area and whose English Wikipedia article agrees they were born here. Wikidata has nobody with an English article born in Cwmfelinfach yet.
Famous people born near Cwmfelinfach
The longest list nearby is Caerphilly’s, with 56.
Caerphilly · 3 miAaron Ramsey & 55 more
Risca · 3 miSam Harrison & 15 more
Abercarn · 3 miJohn Dawes & 10 more
Ystrad Mynach · 3 miRichard Brake & 6 more
Bedwas · 2 miKarl Francis & 3 moreATLlanbradach · 2 miAlbert Thompson & 2 more
Pontllanfraith · 3 miArtie Moore & 1 moreRLFleur-de-lis and Pengam · 4 miRonald LewisQuestions about famous people from Cwmfelinfach
Who counts as from Cwmfelinfach?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Cwmfelinfach’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)
- Aaron Ramsey: Анна Нэсси, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Sam Harrison: Laurent Brun, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- John Dawes: Stefano Delfrate, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Richard Brake: Miguel Discart from Bruxelles, Belgique, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Karl Francis: Hywel72, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Artie Moore: Alan Hughes, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
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