#1Writing & Arts
Hugh Hughes
1805–1864Welsh poet and grammarian (1805–1864)
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Famous people · Llandygai, Gwynedd
Llandygai’s famous people span 113 years: 2 births from 1805 to 1918
Hugh Hughes, the Welsh poet and grammarian, is the most widely known, written about in 3 languages. The other is Stephen Banister, the Welsh cricketer. The list’s best known name, Hugh Hughes, dates from 1805. Of its neighbours, Bangor, 2 mi away, lists the most: 119, Duffy first.
Born here
2
notable people
Best known
Hugh Hughes
in 3 Wikipedia languages
First
1805
Hugh Hughes
Youngest
1918
Stephen Banister
Most common field
Writing & Arts
1 people
The best known
Born in Llandygai
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Known for
What Llandygai is known for
The largest field is Writing & Arts, 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
Of the towns around it, Bangor has the most on record: 119.
Bangor · 2 miDuffy & 118 more
Beaumaris · 3 miNeil Sloane & 8 more
Bethesda · 3 miDavid Ffrangcon-Davies & 7 moreAFLlanberis · 7 miAnnie Foulkes & 2 more
Bethel · 6 miW. J. Gruffydd & 1 more
Llanrug · 6 miHugh Rowlands & 1 moreSOLlanfair Pwllgwyngyll · 4 miSiobhán Owen
Llanfairfechan · 6 miValentine BakerQuestions about famous people from Llandygai
Who is the most famous person from Llandygai?
Hugh Hughes (Welsh poet and grammarian (1805–1864)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 3 languages. Next come Stephen Banister.
How many famous people were born in Llandygai?
2 people born in Llandygai have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace. Wikidata places 4 people here; the rest aren’t listed because their article names somewhere else, or no town.
What is Llandygai 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 Llandygai?
Hugh Hughes, born in 1805. The youngest on the list was born in 1918.
Who counts as from Llandygai?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Llandygai’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)
- Hugh Hughes: Thomas, John,, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Duffy: B. Erdödy, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Neil Sloane: Laine Whitcomb, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- David Ffrangcon-Davies: Daniel Rees, Public domain, 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
- Valentine Baker: Subject's family, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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