#1Film, TV & Stage
Dawn French
born 1957British actress, comedian and writer (born 1957)
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Famous people · Holyhead, Gwynedd
Holyhead counts 15 famous people, first among them Dawn French
Best known of all is Dawn French, written about in 33 languages. Francis Dodd and Albert Owen follow. From John Griffith to Alex Lynch, the births on the list run from 1848 to 1995. The list comes to 12.8 for every 10,000 residents, about the same as the typical town in Gwynedd, at 16.3.
Born here
15
notable people
Best known
Dawn French
in 33 Wikipedia languages
First
1848
John Griffith
Youngest
1995
Alex Lynch
Most common field
Sports
4 people
The best known
Born in Holyhead
First, Dawn French (33 languages), then Francis Dodd (9) and Albert Owen (8).
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#3Politics & Law
Albert Owen
born 1959Welsh politician and MP for Ynys Môn (born 1959)
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Through the years
When Holyhead’s famous people were born
Count by decade and the 1950s come out on top, with 3 births.
SportsWriting & ArtsPolitics & LawScience & MedicineMilitaryFilm, TV & StageMusic
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Holyhead is known for
Compared with the usual town, writers and artists are the most over-represented field, at 1.7 times.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed across UK towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Holyhead
The other 12 span the years 1848 to 1995.
Cledwyn Hughes, Baron Cledwyn of Penrhos
1916–2001British politician (1916-2001)
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Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Close by, Bodedern counts 3 famous people, the most of its neighbours.
Questions about famous people from Holyhead
Who is the most famous person from Holyhead?
Dawn French (British actress, comedian and writer (born 1957)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 33 languages. Next come Francis Dodd and Albert Owen.
How many famous people were born in Holyhead?
15 people born in Holyhead have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace. Wikidata places 18 people here; the rest aren’t listed because their article names somewhere else, or no town.
What is Holyhead known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 4 of the 15. That is 27% of the town’s list, against 49% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Holyhead?
John Griffith, born in 1848. The youngest on the list was born in 1995.
Who counts as from Holyhead?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Holyhead’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 (11)
- Dawn French: Frank Blackwell, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Francis Dodd: Randolph Schwabe, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Albert Owen: Chris McAndrew, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Cledwyn Hughes, Baron Cledwyn of Penrhos: Geoff Charles, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Tony Roberts: Jon Candy, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- John Griffith: Lafayette Studio, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- Anthony George Lyster: Not known, from E Chambre Hardman archive and declared "out of copyright", Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Ralph Champneys Williams: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Lillie Goodisson: Walker Studios, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Ray Williams: chris_nwales, CC BY 2.5, Wikimedia Commons
- William Roberts: Elliott & Fry, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
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