#1Famous people · Talysarn, Gwynedd
3 famous people call Talysarn their birthplace
At the top of the list is the Welsh poet R. Williams Parry, covered in 5 languages. Close behind are Elan Closs Stephens and John Selwyn Lloyd. Caernarfon, 6 mi away, has 36 on its list, the best known Edward II of England. The list runs from R. Williams Parry, born in 1884, to Elan Closs Stephens, born in 1948.
Born here
3
notable people
Best known
R. Williams Parry
in 5 Wikipedia languages
First
1884
R. Williams Parry
Youngest
1948
Elan Closs Stephens
Most common field
Writing & Arts
2 people
The best known
Born in Talysarn
Two of the three are writers and artists.
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#2Science & Medicine
Elan Closs Stephens
born 1948Welsh educator, Civil Servant
4 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
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Known for
What Talysarn is known for
Writers and artists 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
The fullest list close by belongs to Caernarfon, with 36.
Caernarfon · 6 miEdward II of England & 35 moreMHPorthmadog · 10 miMedi Harris & 8 more
Criccieth · 9 miGwilym Lloyd George, 1st Viscount Tenby & 6 moreAWPenrhyndeudraeth · 11 miAlice Williams & 3 more
Penygroes · 1 miOwain Fôn Williams & 2 moreAFLlanberis · 7 miAnnie Foulkes & 2 more
Llanrug · 7 miHugh Rowlands & 1 more
Bethel · 8 miW. J. Gruffydd & 1 moreQuestions about famous people from Talysarn
Who is the most famous person from Talysarn?
R. Williams Parry (Welsh poet (1884–1956)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 5 languages. Next come Elan Closs Stephens and John Selwyn Lloyd.
How many famous people were born in Talysarn?
3 people born in Talysarn have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace. Wikidata places 5 people here; the rest aren’t listed because their article names somewhere else, or no town.
What is Talysarn known for?
Among its famous people, writers and artists: 2 of the 3. That is 67% of the town’s list, against 12% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Talysarn?
R. Williams Parry, born in 1884. The youngest on the list was born in 1948.
Who counts as from Talysarn?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Talysarn’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)
- R. Williams Parry: John Wickens, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Elan Closs Stephens: Geoff Charles, CC BY-SA 4.0, 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
- 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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