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Photo: Colin Pyle · CC BY-SA 2.0Famous people · Blaengarw, Mid Glamorgan
2 famous people call Blaengarw their birthplace
Most widely known is Billy Rees, the Welsh footballer, with articles in 3 languages. The only other name is the Welsh rugby union and rugby league footballer Kenneth 'Ken' Davies. Rhondda, 5 mi off, can claim 48 famous people, the best known Leanne Wood. Births span 1916 to 1924, from Kenneth 'Ken' Davies to Billy Rees.
Born here
2
notable people
Best known
Billy Rees
in 3 Wikipedia languages
First
1916
Kenneth 'Ken' Davies
Youngest
1924
Billy Rees
Most common field
Sports
2 people
The best known
Born in Blaengarw
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Sports
Kenneth 'Ken' Davies
1916–1984Welsh rugby union and rugby league footballer (1916-1984)
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Questions about famous people from Blaengarw
Who is the most famous person from Blaengarw?
Billy Rees (Welsh footballer (1924-1996)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 3 languages. Next come Kenneth 'Ken' Davies.
How many famous people were born in Blaengarw?
2 people born in Blaengarw have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
What is Blaengarw known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 2 of the 2. That is 100% of the town’s list, against 49% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Blaengarw?
Kenneth 'Ken' Davies, born in 1916. The youngest on the list was born in 1924.
Who counts as from Blaengarw?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Blaengarw’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 (5)
- Leanne Wood: National Assembly for Wales, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- David John Bowen: User:Martb1966, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Lynn Davies: Unknown (Asahi Shinbun), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Richard Price: Benjamin West, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Katie Wallis: David Woolfall, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
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