#1Famous people · Carmel, Gwynedd
Carmel has just one famous person to its name: Thomas Parry
Thomas Parry, the Welsh writer, was born in 1904. Their birth falls in the 20th century. Readers can find them written up in 6 languages. Of its neighbours, Caernarfon, 5 mi away, lists the most: 36, Edward II of England first.
Born here
1
notable people
Best known
Thomas Parry
in 6 Wikipedia languages
First
1904
Thomas Parry
Most common field
Writing & Arts
1 people
The best known
Born in Carmel
#1Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
The most names next door are in Caernarfon: 36.
Caernarfon · 5 miEdward II of England & 35 more
Bethesda · 11 miDavid Ffrangcon-Davies & 7 more
Criccieth · 11 miGwilym Lloyd George, 1st Viscount Tenby & 6 more
Penygroes · 2 miOwain Fôn Williams & 2 moreAFLlanberis · 6 miAnnie Foulkes & 2 more
Llanrug · 6 miHugh Rowlands & 1 more
Bethel · 7 miW. J. Gruffydd & 1 moreSOLlanfair Pwllgwyngyll · 11 miSiobhán OwenQuestions about famous people from Carmel
Who is the most famous person from Carmel?
Thomas Parry (Welsh writer (1904-1985)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 6 languages.
How many famous people were born in Carmel?
1 people born in Carmel have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
What is Carmel known for?
Among its famous people, writers and artists: 1 of the 1. That is 100% of the town’s list, against 12% across UK towns.
Who counts as from Carmel?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Carmel’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 (7)
- Thomas Parry: Geoff Charles, CC BY-SA 4.0, 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
- David Ffrangcon-Davies: Daniel Rees, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Gwilym Lloyd George, 1st Viscount Tenby: 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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