ID#1
Famous people · Rhymney, Gwent
15 famous people were born in Rhymney, most of them in the 20th century
Most widely known is Idris Davies, the Welsh poet, with articles in 5 languages. Close behind are Berwyn Jones and Eric Weaver. The biggest group are athletes: 10. The first birth on record is John D. Reese’s, in 1855, and the last Wayne Mumford’s, in 1964.
Born here
15
notable people
Best known
Idris Davies
in 5 Wikipedia languages
First
1855
John D. Reese
Youngest
1964
Wayne Mumford
Most common field
Sports
10 people
The best known
Born in Rhymney
Athletes take two of the three places.
BJ#2
Sports
Berwyn Jones
1940–2007Welsh sprint athlete, rugby union and rugby league footballer (1940-2007)
4 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
EW#3
Through the years
When Rhymney’s famous people were born
Births peak in the 1940s, with 3 people born in that decade.
SportsWriting & ArtsFilm, TV & Stage
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Rhymney is known for
Compared with the usual town, writers and artists are the most over-represented field, at 1.7 times.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed across UK towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Rhymney
12 more names, born between 1855 and 1964.
No one matches both filters.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
The fullest list close by belongs to Merthyr Tydfil, with 136.
Questions about famous people from Rhymney
Who is the most famous person from Rhymney?
Idris Davies (Welsh poet (1905–1953)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 5 languages. Next come Berwyn Jones and Eric Weaver.
How many famous people were born in Rhymney?
15 people born in Rhymney have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace. Wikidata places 16 people here; the rest aren’t listed because their article names somewhere else, or no town.
What is Rhymney known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 10 of the 15. That is 67% of the town’s list, against 49% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Rhymney?
John D. Reese, born in 1855. The youngest on the list was born in 1964.
Who counts as from Rhymney?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Rhymney’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)
- Haydn Llewellyn Davies: Fungus Guy, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Alfred Mathews: David Duncan, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John Hughes: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Aneurin Bevan: Howard Coster, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Mark Williams: Kroome111, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- Darcy Blake: Biser Todorov, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Cyril Walters: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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