Photo: Jaggery · CC BY-SA 2.0Famous people from Machen
Aaron Ramsey heads the list in Caerphilly, 4 mi away, which has 56 names. Of the famous people on record, none was born in Machen. The longest list of any town in Gwent belongs to Newport, with 353. 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 Machen’s built-up area and whose English Wikipedia article agrees they were born here. Wikidata has nobody with an English article born in Machen yet.
Famous people born near Machen
Close by, the fullest list is Caerphilly’s, at 56 names.
Caerphilly · 4 miAaron Ramsey & 55 more
Risca · 2 miSam Harrison & 15 more
Newbridge · 5 miSteve Strange & 15 more
Abercarn · 4 miJohn Dawes & 10 more
Bedwas · 3 miKarl Francis & 3 more
Rogerstone · 3 miRosa M. Morris & 2 moreATLlanbradach · 4 miAlbert Thompson & 2 more
Pontllanfraith · 5 miArtie Moore & 1 moreQuestions about famous people from Machen
Who counts as from Machen?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Machen’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 (7)
- Aaron Ramsey: Анна Нэсси, CC BY-SA 3.0, 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
- Karl Francis: Hywel72, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Rosa M. Morris: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Artie Moore: Alan Hughes, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
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