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Photo: Eric Jones · CC BY-SA 2.0Famous people · Brynteg, Gwynedd
2 famous people were born in Brynteg
The best known is the Welsh footballer Aled Owen, with articles in 6 languages. The list has one more: the Welsh footballer Medwyn Evans. Duffy heads the list in Bangor, 9 mi away, which has 119 names. The earliest on the list is Aled Owen, born in 1934, and the youngest Medwyn Evans, born in 1964.
Born here
2
notable people
Best known
Aled Owen
in 6 Wikipedia languages
First
1934
Aled Owen
Youngest
1964
Medwyn Evans
Most common field
Sports
2 people
The best known
Born in Brynteg
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Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Of the towns nearby, Bangor lists the most people: 119.
Questions about famous people from Brynteg
Who is the most famous person from Brynteg?
Aled Owen (Welsh footballer (born 1934)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 6 languages. Next come Medwyn Evans.
How many famous people were born in Brynteg?
2 people born in Brynteg have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
What is Brynteg known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 2 of the 2. That is 100% of the town’s list, against 49% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Brynteg?
Aled Owen, born in 1934. The youngest on the list was born in 1964.
Who counts as from Brynteg?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Brynteg’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 (4)
- Duffy: B. Erdödy, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Neil Sloane: Laine Whitcomb, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Andy Whitfield: Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- William Roberts: Elliott & Fry, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
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