DD#1
Science & Medicine
Donald Davies
1924–2000British computer scientist (1924-2000)
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Famous people · Treorchy, Mid Glamorgan
Of the 21 famous people born in Treorchy, an unusual share are writers and artists
Most widely known is Donald Davies, the British computer scientist, with articles in 14 languages. John Davies is second and Peter George third. In the 20th century, 17 were born, the most of any period. The list comes to 27.5 for every 10,000 residents, against 9.8 in the typical town in Mid Glamorgan.
Born here
21
notable people
Best known
Donald Davies
in 14 Wikipedia languages
First
1895
Iorwerth Thomas
Youngest
1995
Tomos Williams
Most common field
Sports
12 people
What stands out about Treorchy’s famous people
★ What stands out · Known for
What Treorchy is known for
No other field is as far above the usual share as writers and artists, at 1.6 times.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed across UK towns. Tap a field to see its people.
The best known
Born in Treorchy
Languages with an article: 14 for Donald Davies, 12 for John Davies, 11 for Peter George.
#2Writing & Arts
John Davies
1938–2015Welsh historian and television and radio broadcaster (1938-2015)
12 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
PG#3
Through the years
When Treorchy’s famous people were born
No decade has more births than the 1920s, at 5.
SportsWriting & ArtsPolitics & LawScience & Medicine
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Treorchy
Another 18, 12 of them athletes.
No one matches both filters.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Close by, Aberdare counts 91 famous people, the most of its neighbours.
Aberdare · 4 miJo Walton & 90 more
Rhondda · 2 miLeanne Wood & 47 more
Tonypandy · 4 miRhys Davies & 39 more
Treherbert · 2 miDavid John Bowen & 14 more
Ferndale · 3 miStanley Baker & 9 moreGBMaerdy · 1 miGeorge Baker & 7 more
Nant-y-moel · 3 miLynn Davies & 2 more
Tylorstown and Pontygwaith · 4 miPaul Whitehouse & 1 moreQuestions about famous people from Treorchy
Who is the most famous person from Treorchy?
Donald Davies (British computer scientist (1924-2000)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 14 languages. Next come John Davies and Peter George.
How many famous people were born in Treorchy?
21 people born in Treorchy have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace. Wikidata places 23 people here; the rest aren’t listed because their article names somewhere else, or no town.
What is Treorchy known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 12 of the 21. That is 57% of the town’s list, against 49% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Treorchy?
Iorwerth Thomas, born in 1895. The youngest on the list was born in 1995.
Who counts as from Treorchy?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Treorchy’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 (13)
- John Davies: Fæ, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Euros Bowen: Geoff Charles, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Tomos Williams: Stefano Delfrate, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Iorwerth Thomas: Geoff Charles, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- Robert Thomas: Darren Wyn Rees, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Janice Gregory: National Assembly For Wales / Cynulliad Cymru profile, CC BY 2.0, 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
- Lynn Davies: Unknown (Asahi Shinbun), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Paul Whitehouse: Marcus Liversedge, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
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