Beddau is the birthplace of 3 famous people
Adrian Lewis Morgan, the British actor, is the most widely known, written about in 5 languages. The next two names are Angela Hui and Darren Waters. Nearby, Porth, 5 mi away, lists 51, led by Trevor Edwards. For its size the list is short: 4.1 for every 10,000 residents, against 9.8 in the typical Mid Glamorgan town.

Born in Beddau
Ranked by languages covered: Adrian Lewis Morgan with 5, then Angela Hui with 2 and Darren Waters with 2.
#2What Beddau is known for
The largest field is Film, TV & Stage, with 1 people.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed across UK towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Famous people from the towns next door
Of the towns nearby, 8 have famous names listed.
Church Village · 1 miRhun ap Iorwerth & 20 more
Pontypridd · 3 miStuart Burrows & 15 moreBDLlantrisant · 1 miBradley Davies & 11 more
Tonyrefail · 4 miMatthew Rees & 5 more
Pontyclun · 2 miZoe Bäckstedt & 4 moreCMTaff's Well · 4 miChristopher Monger & 3 more
Pentyrch · 3 miLucie Jones & 1 moreQuestions about famous people from Beddau
Who is the most famous person from Beddau?
Adrian Lewis Morgan (British actor) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 5 languages. Next come Angela Hui and Darren Waters.
How many famous people were born in Beddau?
3 people born in Beddau have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
What is Beddau known for?
Among its famous people, performers: 1 of the 3. That is 33% of the town’s list, against 9% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Beddau?
Adrian Lewis Morgan, born in 1973. The youngest on the list was born in 1991.
Who counts as from Beddau?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Beddau’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)
- Angela Hui: The British Library, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Rhun ap Iorwerth: Senedd Cymru / Welsh Parliament, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Stuart Burrows: Sain (Records) Ltd, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Matthew Rees: National Assembly for Wales from Wales, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Zoe Bäckstedt: Nicola, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Lucie Jones: Mykola Swarnyk, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
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