#1Famous people · Ferndale, Mid Glamorgan
10 famous people were born in Ferndale, most of them in the 20th century
Most widely known is Stanley Baker, the Welsh actor, with articles in 23 languages. The next two names are Brian Bedford and John King. Per head, the list is long: 23.3 for every 10,000 residents, where the typical town in Mid Glamorgan has 9.8. 5 of them are athletes, more than in any other field.
Born here
10
notable people
Best known
Stanley Baker
in 23 Wikipedia languages
First
1887
Edgar Watkins
Youngest
1951
Wyn Williams
Most common field
Sports
5 people
The best known
Born in Ferndale
Stanley Baker, Brian Bedford and John King are written about in 23, 5 and 4 languages.
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Through the years
When Ferndale’s famous people were born
More were born in the 1920s than in any other decade: 2.
SportsFilm, TV & StageWriting & ArtsMusicPolitics & LawScience & Medicine
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Ferndale is known for
Athletes are the most numerous, 5 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 Ferndale
A further 7 follow, born between 1887 and 1951.
No one matches both filters.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Nearby, Aberdare has the most on record, with 91.
Aberdare · 4 miJo Walton & 90 moreTEPorth · 4 miTrevor Edwards & 50 more
Rhondda · 2 miLeanne Wood & 47 more
Tonypandy · 3 miRhys Davies & 39 moreGHMountain Ash · 3 miGeorge Henry Hall, 1st Viscount Hall & 28 moreDDTreorchy · 3 miDonald Davies & 20 more
Treherbert · 4 miDavid John Bowen & 14 moreVCAbercynon · 5 miVic Crowe & 9 moreQuestions about famous people from Ferndale
Who is the most famous person from Ferndale?
Stanley Baker (Welsh actor (1928–1976)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 23 languages. Next come Brian Bedford and John King.
How many famous people were born in Ferndale?
10 people born in Ferndale have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace. Wikidata places 11 people here; the rest aren’t listed because their article names somewhere else, or no town.
What is Ferndale known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 5 of the 10. That is 50% of the town’s list, against 49% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Ferndale?
Edgar Watkins, born in 1887. The youngest on the list was born in 1951.
Who counts as from Ferndale?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Ferndale’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)
- Stanley Baker: Eli Chen, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Wyn Williams: FruitMonkey, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jo Walton: Fazalmajid, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Leanne Wood: National Assembly for Wales, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Rhys Davies: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- David John Bowen: User:Martb1966, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
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