#1Famous people · Beaumaris, Gwynedd
Of the 9 famous people born in Beaumaris, an unusual share are writers and artists
Articles in 18 languages make the British mathematician Neil Sloane the best known. The largest group, 3, was born in the Georgian era. Only 6 of the 41 towns in Gwynedd with anyone on record list more. Over 494 years of births, the list goes from Arthur Bulkeley (1445) to Neil Sloane (1939).
Born here
9
notable people
Best known
Neil Sloane
in 18 Wikipedia languages
First
1445
Arthur Bulkeley
Youngest
1939
Neil Sloane
Most common field
Writing & Arts
4 people
What stands out about Beaumaris’ famous people
★ What stands out · Known for
What Beaumaris is known for
Beaumaris has 3.8× the usual share of writers and artists.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed across UK towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Through the years
When Beaumaris’s famous people were born
Count by decade and the 1930s come out on top, with 2 births.
Writing & ArtsSportsFaithScience & Medicine
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Beaumaris
Languages with an article: 18 for Neil Sloane, 4 for Alvan Williams, 4 for Charles Allen Duval.
#1AW#2
Sports
Alvan Williams
1932–2003Welsh footballer and manager (1932-2003)
4 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
#3Writing & Arts
Charles Allen Duval
1810–1872Welsh painter, photographer and writer (1810-1872)
4 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
Everyone
Everyone else born in Beaumaris
A further 6 follow, born between 1445 and 1876.
No one matches both filters.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
The most names next door are in Bangor: 119.
Questions about famous people from Beaumaris
Who is the most famous person from Beaumaris?
Neil Sloane (British mathematician) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 18 languages. Next come Alvan Williams and Charles Allen Duval.
How many famous people were born in Beaumaris?
9 people born in Beaumaris have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace. Wikidata places 10 people here; the rest aren’t listed because their article names somewhere else, or no town.
What is Beaumaris known for?
Among its famous people, writers and artists: 4 of the 9. That is 44% of the town’s list, against 12% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Beaumaris?
Arthur Bulkeley, born in 1445. The youngest on the list was born in 1939.
Who counts as from Beaumaris?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Beaumaris’ 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 (6)
- Neil Sloane: Laine Whitcomb, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Charles Allen Duval: Charles Allen Duval, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Duffy: B. Erdödy, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- David Ffrangcon-Davies: Daniel Rees, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- W. J. Gruffydd: Cardiff University, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Valentine Baker: Subject's family, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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