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Rosa M. Morris
1914–2011Welsh applied mathematician
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Famous people · Rogerstone, Gwent
Rogerstone is the birthplace of 3 famous people
Articles in 4 languages make the Welsh applied mathematician Rosa M. Morris the best known. Bert Hodson, the Welsh golfer, comes second, with Stanley Williams third. Per 10,000 residents, the town has 4, close to the 4.5 of the typical Gwent town. The neighbour with the longest list is Newport, 3 mi away: 353, led by Michael Sheen.
Born here
3
notable people
Best known
Rosa M. Morris
in 4 Wikipedia languages
First
1886
Stanley Williams
Youngest
1914
Rosa M. Morris
Most common field
Sports
2 people
The best known
Born in Rogerstone
Three names lead: Rosa M. Morris (4 languages), Bert Hodson (1) and Stanley Williams (1).
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What Rogerstone is known for
Share of Rogerstone’s famous people in each field.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed across UK towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Close by, the fullest list is Newport’s, at 353 names.
Questions about famous people from Rogerstone
Who is the most famous person from Rogerstone?
Rosa M. Morris (Welsh applied mathematician) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 4 languages. Next come Bert Hodson and Stanley Williams.
How many famous people were born in Rogerstone?
3 people born in Rogerstone have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
What is Rogerstone known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 2 of the 3. That is 67% of the town’s list, against 49% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Rogerstone?
Stanley Williams, born in 1886. The youngest on the list was born in 1914.
Who counts as from Rogerstone?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Rogerstone’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 (9)
- Rosa M. Morris: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Stanley Williams: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Michael Sheen: Rhododendrites, CC BY-SA 4.0, 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
- 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
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