Photo: Roger Cornfoot · CC BY-SA 2.0No famous person yet from Gelligaer
A short trip away, Bargod (2 mi) counts 10 famous people, Alun Hoddinott among them. The longest list of any town in Gwent belongs to Newport, with 353. Pontypool has the second-longest list in Gwent, after Newport, with 77. 42 of the towns in Gwent list at least one person.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is in Gelligaer’s built-up area and whose English Wikipedia article agrees they were born here. Wikidata has nobody with an English article born in Gelligaer yet.
Famous people born near Gelligaer
Bargod has the longest list next door: 10.
Ystrad Mynach · 1 miRichard Brake & 6 moreGSTreharris · 2 miGeorge Shaw & 4 moreJFTrelewis · 2 miJohn Frowen & 2 more
Nelson · 2 miTasker Watkins & 1 moreBEAberbargoed · 3 miBen Ellis & 1 more
Pontllanfraith · 3 miArtie Moore & 1 more
Pen-pedair-heol · 1 miRhodri LloydQuestions about famous people from Gelligaer
Who counts as from Gelligaer?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Gelligaer’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 (4)
- Richard Brake: Miguel Discart from Bruxelles, Belgique, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Tasker Watkins: Roger EW Andrews, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Artie Moore: Alan Hughes, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Rhodri Lloyd: http://picasaweb.google.com/barrau.gerard, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
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