#1Military
Hugh Rowlands
1828–1909Welsh military officer (1828–1909); recipient of the Victoria Cross
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Famous people · Llanrug, Gwynedd
2 famous people call Llanrug their birthplace
Hugh Rowlands leads the list, covered in 5 languages. The only other name is the American singer Nellie Evans Packard. Go 6 mi to Bangor and the list grows to 119, with Duffy at the top. The list’s best known name, Hugh Rowlands, dates from 1828.
Born here
2
notable people
Best known
Hugh Rowlands
in 5 Wikipedia languages
First
1828
Hugh Rowlands
Most common field
Military
1 people
The best known
Born in Llanrug
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What Llanrug is known for
The field with the most names is Military: 1.
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
The most names next door are in Bangor: 119.
Questions about famous people from Llanrug
Who is the most famous person from Llanrug?
Hugh Rowlands (Welsh military officer (1828–1909); recipient of the Victoria Cross) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 5 languages. Next come Nellie Evans Packard.
How many famous people were born in Llanrug?
2 people born in Llanrug have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
What is Llanrug known for?
Among its famous people, soldiers and sailors: 1 of the 2. That is 50% of the town’s list, against 4% across UK towns.
Who counts as from Llanrug?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Llanrug’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 Rowlands: Elliott & Fry (no individual credited), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Nellie Evans Packard: No photographer's name is given in original source., Public domain, 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
- David Ffrangcon-Davies: Daniel Rees, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Owain Fôn Williams: Steindy 16:18, 10 November 2016 (UTC), CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- W. J. Gruffydd: Cardiff University, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
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