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Politics & Law
George Henry Hall, 1st Viscount Hall
1881–1965British politician (1881-1965)
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Famous people · Mountain Ash, Mid Glamorgan
Leaders stand out among the 29 famous people born in Mountain Ash
George Henry Hall, 1st Viscount Hall, the British politician, is the most widely known, written about in 10 languages. The Welsh snooker player Duane Jones ranks second, ahead of Bruce George. 19 of them were born in the 20th century, more than in any other period. Only 6 of the 36 towns in Mid Glamorgan with anyone on record list more.
Born here
29
notable people
Best known
George Henry Hall, 1st Viscount Hall
in 10 Wikipedia languages
First
1875
Will Osborne
Youngest
1995
Tommy O'Sullivan
Most common field
Sports
17 people
What stands out about Mountain Ash’s famous people
★ What stands out · Known for
What Mountain Ash is known for
The field furthest above the usual share is leaders, at 2.7 times.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed across UK towns. Tap a field to see its people.
The best known
Born in Mountain Ash
Counted by languages, George Henry Hall, 1st Viscount Hall is ahead of Duane Jones and Bruce George: 10, 9 and 7.
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#3Through the years
When Mountain Ash’s famous people were born
The busiest decade was the 1920s, with 5 births.
SportsPolitics & LawScience & MedicineNotableWriting & Arts
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Mountain Ash
Another 26, the earliest born in 1875.
Philip Burton
1904–1995Welsh teacher, writer, television producer and theatre director (1904–1995)
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Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
The best known from each town within 12 miles of Mountain Ash, with how many people each has.
Aberdare · 4 miJo Walton & 90 moreSSTroedyrhiw and Pentrebach · 3 miSteve Speirs & 10 moreVCAbercynon · 2 miVic Crowe & 9 more
Ferndale · 3 miStanley Baker & 9 moreFVAberfan · 2 miFrank Vining & 4 moreGSTreharris · 3 miGeorge Shaw & 4 more
Bedlinog · 3 miCyril Walters & 4 moreJFTrelewis · 4 miJohn Frowen & 2 moreQuestions about famous people from Mountain Ash
Who is the most famous person from Mountain Ash?
George Henry Hall, 1st Viscount Hall (British politician (1881-1965)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 10 languages. Next come Duane Jones and Bruce George.
How many famous people were born in Mountain Ash?
29 people born in Mountain Ash have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace. Wikidata places 31 people here; the rest aren’t listed because their article names somewhere else, or no town.
What is Mountain Ash known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 17 of the 29. That is 59% of the town’s list, against 49% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Mountain Ash?
Will Osborne, born in 1875. The youngest on the list was born in 1995.
Who counts as from Mountain Ash?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Mountain Ash’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 (9)
- Duane Jones: Benutzer:Bill da Flute, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Bruce George: Antidotto at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Stephen Williams: Policy Exchange, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Tommy O'Sullivan: Jon Candy, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Edmund Davies, Baron Edmund-Davies: Rainich, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Stuart Manley: Pvt pauline, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jo Walton: Fazalmajid, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Stanley Baker: Eli Chen, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Cyril Walters: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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