Photo: Jaggery · CC BY-SA 2.0Famous people born near Ponthir
The neighbour with the longest list is Newport, 3 mi away: 353, led by Michael Sheen. So far, no famous person on record was born in Ponthir. Famous people are on record for 42 of the towns in Gwent. The longest list in Gwent is Newport’s, with 353 names.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is in Ponthir’s built-up area and whose English Wikipedia article agrees they were born here. Wikidata has nobody with an English article born in Ponthir yet.
Famous people born near Ponthir
8 towns around it have someone on record.
Newport · 3 miMichael Sheen & 352 more
Pontypool · 5 miLuke Evans & 76 more
Cwmbrân · 3 miDanny Gabbidon & 28 more
Caerleon · 1 miArthur Machen & 19 more
Risca · 6 miSam Harrison & 15 moreRMUsk · 6 miRoger Mortimer, 4th Earl of March & 14 more
Abercarn · 7 miJohn Dawes & 10 more
Rogerstone · 5 miRosa M. Morris & 2 moreQuestions about famous people from Ponthir
Who counts as from Ponthir?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Ponthir’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)
- Michael Sheen: Rhododendrites, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Luke Evans: Raph_PH, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Danny Gabbidon: Timmy96, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- Arthur Machen: Arthur Machen, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Sam Harrison: Laurent Brun, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- John Dawes: Stefano Delfrate, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Rosa M. Morris: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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