#1Science & Medicine
John Evans
1770–1799Welsh explorer who produced an early map of the Missouri River
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Famous people · Waunfawr, Gwynedd
3 famous people were born in Waunfawr from 1759 to 1904
With articles in 6 languages, John Evans is the most widely known. David Thomas and Frances Williams follow. Just 8 mi away, Bangor’s list holds 119 names, Duffy the best known. The list’s best known name, John Evans, dates from 1770.
Born here
3
notable people
Best known
John Evans
in 6 Wikipedia languages
First
1759
David Thomas
Youngest
1904
Frances Williams
Most common field
Science & Medicine
1 people
The best known
Born in Waunfawr
John Evans leads with articles in 6 languages, ahead of David Thomas (3) and Frances Williams (2).
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Known for
What Waunfawr is known for
Science & Medicine leads the fields, with 1 people.
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 best known from each town within 12 miles of Waunfawr, with how many people each has.
Bangor · 8 miDuffy & 118 more
Caernarfon · 3 miEdward II of England & 35 more
Bethesda · 8 miDavid Ffrangcon-Davies & 7 moreAFLlanberis · 3 miAnnie Foulkes & 2 more
Penygroes · 5 miOwain Fôn Williams & 2 more
Llanrug · 3 miHugh Rowlands & 1 more
Bethel · 4 miW. J. Gruffydd & 1 moreSOLlanfair Pwllgwyngyll · 8 miSiobhán OwenQuestions about famous people from Waunfawr
Who is the most famous person from Waunfawr?
John Evans (Welsh explorer who produced an early map of the Missouri River) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 6 languages. Next come David Thomas and Frances Williams.
How many famous people were born in Waunfawr?
3 people born in Waunfawr have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace. Wikidata places 6 people here; the rest aren’t listed because their article names somewhere else, or no town.
What is Waunfawr known for?
Among its famous people, scientists and doctors: 1 of the 3. That is 33% of the town’s list, against 7% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Waunfawr?
David Thomas, born in 1759. The youngest on the list was born in 1904.
Who counts as from Waunfawr?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Waunfawr’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 (8)
- John Evans: James Mackay (1759-1822) with the assistance of John Evans (1770-1799), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- David Thomas: Hugh Hughes, 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
- 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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