Photo: DS Pugh · CC BY-SA 2.0Famous people near Groeslon: 36 in Caernarfon
No entry yet names Groeslon as a birthplace. 41 towns across Gwynedd can name a famous person born there. The longest list in Gwynedd is Bangor’s, with 119 names. The best known born in Caernarfon is Edward II of England.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is in Groeslon’s built-up area and whose English Wikipedia article agrees they were born here. Wikidata has nobody with an English article born in Groeslon yet.
Famous people born near Groeslon
The most names next door are in Caernarfon: 36.
Caernarfon · 4 miEdward II of England & 35 more
Criccieth · 11 miGwilym Lloyd George, 1st Viscount Tenby & 6 more
Penygroes · 2 miOwain Fôn Williams & 2 moreAFLlanberis · 7 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 Groeslon
Who counts as from Groeslon?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Groeslon’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?
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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)
- 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
- 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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