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Famous people · Maerdy, Mid Glamorgan
8 famous people were born in Maerdy, most of them in the 20th century
Most widely known is George Baker, the Welsh footballer, with articles in 16 languages. The next two names are Haydn Price and Lynn Howells. The list comes to 28.1 for every 10,000 residents, against 9.8 in the typical town in Mid Glamorgan. Born in 1883, Haydn Price is the first name on record, and Lee Beach, born in 1982, the most recent.
Born here
8
notable people
Best known
George Baker
in 16 Wikipedia languages
First
1883
Haydn Price
Youngest
1982
Lee Beach
Most common field
Sports
5 people
What stands out about Maerdy’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Maerdy’s famous people were born
The busiest decade was the 1950s, with 2 births.
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Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Maerdy
All three are athletes.
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What Maerdy 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.
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Everyone else born in Maerdy
The rest number 5, with 2 leaders among them.
John Darwin Hinds
1922–1981Politician; first Black and Muslim counciller on Wales (1922-1981)
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Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Of the towns nearby, 8 have famous names listed.
Aberdare · 3 miJo Walton & 90 moreTEPorth · 5 miTrevor Edwards & 50 more
Rhondda · 2 miLeanne Wood & 47 more
Tonypandy · 4 miRhys Davies & 39 moreGHMountain Ash · 5 miGeorge Henry Hall, 1st Viscount Hall & 28 moreDDTreorchy · 1 miDonald Davies & 20 more
Treherbert · 2 miDavid John Bowen & 14 more
Ferndale · 2 miStanley Baker & 9 moreQuestions about famous people from Maerdy
Who is the most famous person from Maerdy?
George Baker (Welsh footballer (1936–2024)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 16 languages. Next come Haydn Price and Lynn Howells.
How many famous people were born in Maerdy?
8 people born in Maerdy have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
What is Maerdy known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 5 of the 8. That is 63% of the town’s list, against 49% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Maerdy?
Haydn Price, born in 1883. The youngest on the list was born in 1982.
Who counts as from Maerdy?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Maerdy’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)
- Lynn Howells: AGERPRES, cropped by Gabinho, CC BY 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
- Stanley Baker: Eli Chen, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
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