#1Famous people · Sarn, Mid Glamorgan
Of the 6 famous people born in Sarn, an unusual share are athletes
At the top of the list is the Welsh rugby player Gareth Thomas, covered in 16 languages. Second and third on the list are David Jones and Valerie Miles. More than half were born in the 20th century, 4 in all. The first birth on record is Johnny Thomas’, in 1880, and the last Gareth Thomas’, in 1974.
Born here
6
notable people
Best known
Gareth Thomas
in 16 Wikipedia languages
First
1880
Johnny Thomas
Youngest
1974
Gareth Thomas
Most common field
Sports
5 people
What stands out about Sarn’s famous people
★ What stands out · Known for
What Sarn is known for
Compared with the usual town, athletes are the most over-represented field, at 1.7 times.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed across UK towns. Tap a field to see its people.
The best known
Born in Sarn
Gareth Thomas has articles in 16 languages, David Jones in 3 and Valerie Miles in 3.
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Through the years
When Sarn’s famous people were born
The 1900s alone account for 2 of the births charted here.
SportsWriting & Arts
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Sarn
The rest number 3, with 3 athletes among them.
No one matches both filters.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
The most names next door are in Bridgend: 133.
Questions about famous people from Sarn
Who is the most famous person from Sarn?
Gareth Thomas (Welsh rugby player) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 16 languages. Next come David Jones and Valerie Miles.
How many famous people were born in Sarn?
6 people born in Sarn have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace. Wikidata places 8 people here; the rest aren’t listed because their article names somewhere else, or no town.
What is Sarn known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 5 of the 6. That is 83% of the town’s list, against 49% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Sarn?
Johnny Thomas, born in 1880. The youngest on the list was born in 1974.
Who counts as from Sarn?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Sarn’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)
- Gareth Thomas: David Cameron and Gareth Thomas.jpg: ukhomeoffice derivative work: User:Tsange, CC BY 2.5, Wikimedia Commons
- Matthew Tuck: Andreas Lawen, Fotandi, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Stan Stennett: Watt Dabney, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Garnon Davies: Ian Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Katie Wallis: David Woolfall, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Richard Price: Benjamin West, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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