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George Phillips Bevan
1830–1889British statistician (1830-1889)
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Photo: Gareth James · CC BY-SA 2.0Famous people · Ebbw Vale, Gwent
Ebbw Vale, birthplace of the British statistician George Phillips Bevan
George Phillips Bevan, the British statistician, was born in 1830. That places their birth in the Georgian era. Their name appears in articles in 2 languages. Within 1 mi, Tredegar lists the most: 42, with Aneurin Bevan first.
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George Phillips Bevan
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1830
George Phillips Bevan
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Science & Medicine
1 people
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Famous people from the towns next door
Tredegar leads the towns around it, with 42 names.
Questions about famous people from Ebbw Vale
Who is the most famous person from Ebbw Vale?
George Phillips Bevan (British statistician (1830-1889)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 2 languages.
How many famous people were born in Ebbw Vale?
1 people born in Ebbw Vale have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace. Wikidata places 2 people here; the rest aren’t listed because their article names somewhere else, or no town.
What is Ebbw Vale known for?
Among its famous people, scientists and doctors: 1 of the 1. That is 100% of the town’s list, against 7% across UK towns.
Who counts as from Ebbw Vale?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Ebbw Vale’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?
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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 (4)
- Aneurin Bevan: Howard Coster, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Mark Williams: Kroome111, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- Marina Diamandis: Daniel Åhs Karlsson, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Darcy Blake: Biser Todorov, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
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