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Photo: DS Pugh · CC BY-SA 2.0Famous people · Harlech, Gwynedd
2 famous people were born in Harlech
Mari Strachan, the Welsh writer, is the most widely known, written about in 4 languages. The list has one more: the British civil engineer David Gwilym Morris Roberts. Nearby, Blaenau Ffestiniog, 11 mi away, lists 13, led by Gwyn Thomas. The earliest on the list is David Gwilym Morris Roberts, born in 1925, and the youngest Mari Strachan, born in 1945.
Born here
2
notable people
Best known
Mari Strachan
in 4 Wikipedia languages
First
1925
David Gwilym Morris Roberts
Youngest
1945
Mari Strachan
Most common field
Writing & Arts
1 people
The best known
Born in Harlech
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Science & Medicine
David Gwilym Morris Roberts
1925–2020British civil engineer
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Known for
What Harlech is known for
Writing & Arts leads the fields, with 1 people.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed across UK towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Nearby, Blaenau Ffestiniog has the most on record, with 13.
Questions about famous people from Harlech
Who is the most famous person from Harlech?
Mari Strachan (Welsh writer) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 4 languages. Next come David Gwilym Morris Roberts.
How many famous people were born in Harlech?
2 people born in Harlech have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
What is Harlech known for?
Among its famous people, writers and artists: 1 of the 2. That is 50% of the town’s list, against 12% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Harlech?
David Gwilym Morris Roberts, born in 1925. The youngest on the list was born in 1945.
Who counts as from Harlech?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Harlech’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 (1)
- Gwilym Lloyd George, 1st Viscount Tenby: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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