#1Writing & Arts
Owain Owain
1929–1993Welsh novelist, short story writer and poet (1929–1993)
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Famous people · Pwllheli, Gwynedd
Of the 10 famous people born in Pwllheli, an unusual share are leaders
Owain Owain is the best known, with articles in 15 languages. The largest group, 6, was born in the 20th century. The oldest name on the list belongs to Eleazar Roberts, born in 1825, the newest to Al Lewis, born in 1984. Only 5 of the 41 towns in Gwynedd with anyone on record list more.
Born here
10
notable people
Best known
Owain Owain
in 15 Wikipedia languages
First
1825
Eleazar Roberts
Youngest
1984
Al Lewis
Most common field
Politics & Law
4 people
What stands out about Pwllheli’s famous people
★ What stands out · Known for
What Pwllheli is known for
The field furthest above the usual share is leaders, at 4.6 times.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed across UK towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Through the years
When Pwllheli’s famous people were born
The 1950s top the chart, with 2 births in the decade.
Politics & LawWriting & ArtsMusicScience & MedicineSports
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Pwllheli
Two of the three are writers and artists.
#1
#2Politics & Law
Hywel Williams
born 1953Welsh politician and MP for Arfon (born 1953)
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AE#3
Everyone
Everyone else born in Pwllheli
Here are 7 more, born from 1825 to 1984.
No one matches both filters.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
The best known from each town within 12 miles of Pwllheli, with how many people each has.
Questions about famous people from Pwllheli
Who is the most famous person from Pwllheli?
Owain Owain (Welsh novelist, short story writer and poet (1929–1993)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 15 languages. Next come Hywel Williams and Albert Evans-Jones.
How many famous people were born in Pwllheli?
10 people born in Pwllheli have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace. Wikidata places 14 people here; the rest aren’t listed because their article names somewhere else, or no town.
What is Pwllheli known for?
Among its famous people, leaders: 4 of the 10. That is 40% of the town’s list, against 9% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Pwllheli?
Eleazar Roberts, born in 1825. The youngest on the list was born in 1984.
Who counts as from Pwllheli?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Pwllheli’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 (6)
- Owain Owain: Llywelyn2000, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Hywel Williams: Chris McAndrew, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- William Tudor Howell: Daniel Rees, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Eleazar Roberts: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Don Punch: Perizyde, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Gwilym Lloyd George, 1st Viscount Tenby: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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