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Famous people · Tywyn, Gwynedd
From 1707 to 1987, Tywyn was the birthplace of 8 famous people
Griffith Hughes, the Welsh cleric and naturalist, is the most widely known, written about in 8 languages. Second and third on the list are Robin Davies and Martin J. Ball. In the 20th century, 4 were born, the most of any period. The list’s best known name, Griffith Hughes, dates from 1707.
Born here
8
notable people
Best known
Griffith Hughes
in 8 Wikipedia languages
First
1707
Griffith Hughes
Youngest
1987
Rob Davies
Most common field
Writing & Arts
2 people
What stands out about Tywyn’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Tywyn’s famous people were born
No decade has more births than the 1950s, at 3.
Writing & ArtsFaithFilm, TV & StageScience & MedicinePolitics & LawSportsNotable
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Tywyn
Griffith Hughes has articles in 8 languages, Robin Davies in 7 and Martin J. Ball in 5.
RD#2
MB#3
Known for
What Tywyn 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.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Tywyn
5 more names, born between 1835 and 1987.
No one matches both filters.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Aberystwyth has the longest list next door: 79.
Questions about famous people from Tywyn
Who is the most famous person from Tywyn?
Griffith Hughes (Welsh cleric and naturalist) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 8 languages. Next come Robin Davies and Martin J. Ball.
How many famous people were born in Tywyn?
8 people born in Tywyn have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
What is Tywyn known for?
Among its famous people, writers and artists: 2 of the 8. That is 25% of the town’s list, against 12% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Tywyn?
Griffith Hughes, born in 1707. The youngest on the list was born in 1987.
Who counts as from Tywyn?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Tywyn’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 (3)
- David Lloyd: National Assembly for Wales from Wales, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Roger Rees: Princeton Public Library from Princeton NJ, USA, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Gareth Glyn: GarethGlyn, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
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