#1Famous people · Llanllyfni, Gwynedd
Llanllyfni is the birthplace of 2 famous people
The best known is the Welsh actor and singer-songwriter Bryn Fôn, with articles in 7 languages. The only other name is the Welsh poet and activist R. Silyn Roberts. Edward II of England tops the 36 names on record in Caernarfon, 7 mi away. From R. Silyn Roberts to Bryn Fôn, the births on the list run from 1871 to 1954.
Born here
2
notable people
Best known
Bryn Fôn
in 7 Wikipedia languages
First
1871
R. Silyn Roberts
Youngest
1954
Bryn Fôn
Most common field
Film, TV & Stage
1 people
The best known
Born in Llanllyfni
#1#2Writing & Arts
R. Silyn Roberts
1871–1930Welsh poet and activist (1871–1930)
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Known for
What Llanllyfni is known for
Performers are the most numerous, 1 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
8 towns around it have someone on record.
Caernarfon · 7 miEdward II of England & 35 moreMHPorthmadog · 10 miMedi Harris & 8 more
Criccieth · 9 miGwilym Lloyd George, 1st Viscount Tenby & 6 moreAWPenrhyndeudraeth · 12 miAlice Williams & 3 more
Penygroes · 1 miOwain Fôn Williams & 2 moreAFLlanberis · 8 miAnnie Foulkes & 2 more
Llanrug · 8 miHugh Rowlands & 1 more
Bethel · 9 miW. J. Gruffydd & 1 moreQuestions about famous people from Llanllyfni
Who is the most famous person from Llanllyfni?
Bryn Fôn (Welsh actor and singer-songwriter) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 7 languages. Next come R. Silyn Roberts.
How many famous people were born in Llanllyfni?
2 people born in Llanllyfni 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 Llanllyfni known for?
Among its famous people, performers: 1 of the 2. That is 50% of the town’s list, against 9% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Llanllyfni?
R. Silyn Roberts, born in 1871. The youngest on the list was born in 1954.
Who counts as from Llanllyfni?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Llanllyfni’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)
- Bryn Fôn: Dogfael, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- R. Silyn Roberts: unknown photographer; scanned by myself, Public domain, 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
- 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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