Photo: Sally Lloyd · CC BY-SA 2.0No famous person yet from Markham
A short trip away, Bargod (2 mi) counts 10 famous people, Alun Hoddinott among them. 42 towns in Gwent have at least one famous person on record. The longest list in Gwent is Newport’s, with 353 names. Pontypool has the second-longest list in Gwent, after Newport, with 77.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is in Markham’s built-up area and whose English Wikipedia article agrees they were born here. Wikidata has nobody with an English article born in Markham yet.
Famous people born near Markham
Close by, Bargod counts 10 famous people, the most of its neighbours.
Oakdale · 2 miRichey Edwards & 9 more
Cwm · 3 miMark Williams & 7 more
New Tredegar · 2 miDarcy Blake & 5 moreBEAberbargoed · 1 miBen Ellis & 1 more
Pontllanfraith · 4 miArtie Moore & 1 moreRDTrinant · 3 miRoss DaviesDMTir-y-berth and Glan-y-nant · 3 miDoug MountjoyQuestions about famous people from Markham
Who counts as from Markham?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Markham’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)
- Richey Edwards: Masao Nakagami, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Mark Williams: Kroome111, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- Darcy Blake: Biser Todorov, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Artie Moore: Alan Hughes, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
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