Photo: John Lord · CC BY-SA 2.0Efail Isaf has no famous person on record yet
Within 4 mi, Caerphilly lists the most: 56, with Aaron Ramsey first. Famous people are on record for 36 of the towns in Mid Glamorgan. The longest list of any town in Mid Glamorgan belongs to Merthyr Tydfil, with 136. After Merthyr Tydfil, the next longest list in Mid Glamorgan is Bridgend’s, with 133.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is in Efail Isaf’s built-up area and whose English Wikipedia article agrees they were born here. Wikidata has nobody with an English article born in Efail Isaf yet.
Famous people born near Efail Isaf
Caerphilly has the longest list next door: 56.
Caerphilly · 4 miAaron Ramsey & 55 more
Church Village · 1 miRhun ap Iorwerth & 20 more
Pontypridd · 3 miStuart Burrows & 15 moreBDLlantrisant · 3 miBradley Davies & 11 moreLBAbertridwr and Senghenydd · 3 miLlywelyn Bren & 4 more
Pontyclun · 4 miZoe Bäckstedt & 4 moreCMTaff's Well · 2 miChristopher Monger & 3 moreAMBeddau · 2 miAdrian Lewis Morgan & 2 moreQuestions about famous people from Efail Isaf
Who counts as from Efail Isaf?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Efail Isaf’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 (4)
- Aaron Ramsey: Анна Нэсси, CC BY-SA 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
- Zoe Bäckstedt: Nicola, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
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