#1Famous people · Dolgellau, Gwynedd
17 famous people come from Dolgellau, Elfyn Evans the best known
Most widely known is Elfyn Evans, the Welsh rally driver, with articles in 26 languages. The Welsh poet Alan Llwyd ranks second, ahead of Evan Jones (Ieuan Gwynedd). Among the 41 towns in Gwynedd with famous people on record, the town ranks 3rd. The list comes to 65.4 for every 10,000 residents, against 16.3 in the typical town in Gwynedd.
Born here
17
notable people
Best known
Elfyn Evans
in 26 Wikipedia languages
First
1709
Thomas Lloyd
Youngest
1988
Elfyn Evans
Most common field
Politics & Law
3 people
What stands out about Dolgellau’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Dolgellau’s famous people were born
More were born in the 1820s than in any other decade: 3.
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Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Dolgellau
Three names lead: Elfyn Evans (26 languages), Alan Llwyd (11) and Evan Jones (Ieuan Gwynedd) (5).
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#3Politics & Law
Evan Jones (Ieuan Gwynedd)
1820–1852Welsh minister and journalist (1820–1852)
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Known for
What Dolgellau is known for
Set against the usual town, performers come out 2.1 times as common.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed across UK towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Dolgellau
The other 14 span the years 1709 to 1960.
Thomas Richards
1800–1877Welsh antiquarian and author, Australian journalist
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Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
The neighbour with the most names is Machynlleth, at 8.
Questions about famous people from Dolgellau
Who is the most famous person from Dolgellau?
Elfyn Evans (Welsh rally driver (born 1988)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 26 languages. Next come Alan Llwyd and Evan Jones (Ieuan Gwynedd).
How many famous people were born in Dolgellau?
17 people born in Dolgellau have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace. Wikidata places 30 people here; the rest aren’t listed because their article names somewhere else, or no town.
What is Dolgellau known for?
Among its famous people, leaders: 3 of the 17. That is 18% of the town’s list, against 9% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Dolgellau?
Thomas Lloyd, born in 1709. The youngest on the list was born in 1988.
Who counts as from Dolgellau?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Dolgellau’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)
- Elfyn Evans: Lukas Raich, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Alan Llwyd: Geoff Charles, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Evan Jones (Ieuan Gwynedd): Evan Jones (Ieuan Gwynedd), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John Jones: Thomas, John,, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Mary Morris: Linley Blathwayt, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Beryl Williams: Paulpesda, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Gareth Glyn: GarethGlyn, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
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