HG#1
Famous people · Llangefni, Gwynedd
3 famous people were born in Llangefni
Articles in 5 languages make the Welsh actor Huw Garmon the best known. Kyffin Williams is second and Myfanwy Howell third. For more famous names, Bangor is 8 mi away: its list has 119, led by Duffy. Born in 1903, Myfanwy Howell is the first name on record, and Huw Garmon, born in 1966, the most recent.
Born here
3
notable people
Best known
Huw Garmon
in 5 Wikipedia languages
First
1903
Myfanwy Howell
Youngest
1966
Huw Garmon
Most common field
Film, TV & Stage
2 people
The best known
Born in Llangefni
The three are covered in 5, 5 and 2 languages: Huw Garmon, Kyffin Williams and Myfanwy Howell.
#2Writing & Arts
Kyffin Williams
1918–2006Welsh landscape painter (1918–2006)
5 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
MH#3
Film, TV & Stage
Myfanwy Howell
1903–1988British television presenter (1903-1988)
2 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
Known for
What Llangefni is known for
Performers are the most numerous, 2 of them.
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 nearby, Bangor lists the most people: 119.
Questions about famous people from Llangefni
Who is the most famous person from Llangefni?
Huw Garmon (Welsh actor) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 5 languages. Next come Kyffin Williams and Myfanwy Howell.
How many famous people were born in Llangefni?
3 people born in Llangefni have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace. Wikidata places 6 people here; the rest aren’t listed because their article names somewhere else, or no town.
What is Llangefni known for?
Among its famous people, performers: 2 of the 3. That is 67% of the town’s list, against 9% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Llangefni?
Myfanwy Howell, born in 1903. The youngest on the list was born in 1966.
Who counts as from Llangefni?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Llangefni’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)
- Kyffin Williams: Hefin Owen from Wales, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- 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
- William Roberts: Elliott & Fry, CC BY 4.0, 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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