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Sports
James Parfitt
1857–1926Amateur cricketer and lawyer (1857-1926)
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Photo: Malcra · CC BY-SA 3.0Famous people · Bwlch, Powys
Bwlch has one famous person on record
James Parfitt, the amateur cricketer and lawyer, was born in 1857. Their birth falls in the Victorian era. 3 languages have an article about them. Just 8 mi away, Tredegar’s list holds 42 names, Aneurin Bevan the best known.
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notable people
Best known
James Parfitt
in 3 Wikipedia languages
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1857
James Parfitt
Most common field
Sports
1 people
The best known
Born in Bwlch
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Famous people from the towns next door
The most names next door are in Tredegar: 42.
Tredegar · 8 miAneurin Bevan & 41 more
Brecon · 8 miSarah Siddons & 34 moreIDRhymney · 9 miIdris Davies & 14 moreMRBlaina · 9 miMike Ruddock & 9 moreRLCrickhowell · 5 miRoddy Llewellyn & 8 more
Brynmawr · 7 miMarina Diamandis & 5 more
Llangynidr · 2 miThomas GruffyddGBEbbw Vale · 8 miGeorge Phillips BevanQuestions about famous people from Bwlch
Who is the most famous person from Bwlch?
James Parfitt (amateur cricketer and lawyer (1857-1926)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 3 languages.
How many famous people were born in Bwlch?
1 people born in Bwlch have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
What is Bwlch known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 1 of the 1. That is 100% of the town’s list, against 49% across UK towns.
Who counts as from Bwlch?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Bwlch’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 (4)
- Aneurin Bevan: Howard Coster, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Sarah Siddons: Thomas Gainsborough, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Marina Diamandis: Daniel Åhs Karlsson, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Thomas Gruffydd: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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