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Photo: John Baker · CC BY-SA 2.0Famous people · Cemaes, Gwynedd
Cemaes has one famous person on record
In 1961, the Welsh poet Sonia Edwards was born. Their birth falls in the 20th century. Articles about them exist in 3 languages. Dawn French tops the 15 names on record in Holyhead, 10 mi away.
Born here
1
notable people
Best known
Sonia Edwards
in 3 Wikipedia languages
First
1961
Sonia Edwards
Most common field
Writing & Arts
1 people
The best known
Born in Cemaes
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
The best known from each town within 12 miles of Cemaes, with how many people each has.
Questions about famous people from Cemaes
Who is the most famous person from Cemaes?
Sonia Edwards (Welsh poet) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 3 languages.
How many famous people were born in Cemaes?
1 people born in Cemaes have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace. Wikidata places 2 people here; the rest aren’t listed because their article names somewhere else, or no town.
What is Cemaes 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 Cemaes?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Cemaes’ 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)
- Dawn French: Frank Blackwell, CC BY-SA 3.0, 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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