Glan Gwna Hall · Photo: Dawnswraig · CC BY-SA 4.0No one from Caeathro is on the famous people list yet
Within 8 mi, Bangor lists the most: 119, with Duffy first. 41 towns across Gwynedd can name a famous person born there. The longest list of any town in Gwynedd belongs to Bangor, with 119. After Bangor, the next longest list in Gwynedd is Caernarfon’s, with 36.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is in Caeathro’s built-up area and whose English Wikipedia article agrees they were born here. Wikidata has nobody with an English article born in Caeathro yet.
Famous people born near Caeathro
Bangor leads the towns around it, with 119 names.
Questions about famous people from Caeathro
Who counts as from Caeathro?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Caeathro’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 (5)
- Duffy: B. Erdödy, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Edward II of England: Founder of Oriel College, after a painting in the Bodleian Library (colour engraving) by English School (19th century), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Owain Fôn Williams: Steindy 16:18, 10 November 2016 (UTC), CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Hugh Rowlands: Elliott & Fry (no individual credited), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- W. J. Gruffydd: Cardiff University, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
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