The Narth has no famous person on record yet
For more famous names, Monmouth is 4 mi away: its list has 24, led by Henry V of England. In Gwent, 42 towns have someone on the list. The longest list of any town in Gwent belongs to Newport, with 353. Pontypool has the second-longest list in Gwent, after Newport, with 77.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is in The Narth’s built-up area and whose English Wikipedia article agrees they were born here. Wikidata has nobody with an English article born in The Narth yet.
Famous people born near The Narth
Around it, Monmouth has the most people on record, 24 of them.
Questions about famous people from The Narth
Who counts as from The Narth?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside The Narth’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 (3)
- Henry V of England: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Mary Howitt: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Muriel Powell: Dame Muriel Powell by Godfrey Argent, bromide print, 25 November 1969 Commissioned, 1969, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
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