Dolforgan Hall · Photo: Percy Benzie Abery · CC0Kerry has no famous person on record yet
Go 3 mi to Newtown and the list grows to 20, with Robert Owen at the top. 20 of the towns in Powys list at least one person. No town in Powys lists more than Brecon, with 35.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is in Kerry’s built-up area and whose English Wikipedia article agrees they were born here. Wikidata places 1 person here, but their article doesn’t confirm Kerry as the birthplace yet, so nobody is listed.
Famous people born near Kerry
Of the towns nearby, Newtown lists the most people: 20.
Questions about famous people from Kerry
Who counts as from Kerry?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Kerry’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 (2)
- Robert Owen: William Henry Brooke, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Albert Howard: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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