Photo: Monsyn · CC BY-SA 4.0Gaerwen has no famous person on record yet
Bangor, 6 mi away, has 119 on its list, the best known Duffy. Famous people are on record for 41 of the towns in Gwynedd. 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 Gaerwen’s built-up area and whose English Wikipedia article agrees they were born here. Wikidata places 1 person here, but their article doesn’t confirm Gaerwen as the birthplace yet, so nobody is listed.
Famous people born near Gaerwen
The best known from each town within 12 miles of Gaerwen, with how many people each has.
Questions about famous people from Gaerwen
Who counts as from Gaerwen?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Gaerwen’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
- Neil Sloane: Laine Whitcomb, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- W. J. Gruffydd: Cardiff University, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Hugh Rowlands: Elliott & Fry (no individual credited), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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