#1Famous people · Knighton, Powys
8 famous people were born in Knighton, more of them athletes than in most towns
Chaz Davies, the British motorcycle racer, is the most widely known, written about in 14 languages. Close behind are Ron Powell and Clement Edwards. Per 10,000 residents, the town has 27.5, close to the 18.4 of the typical Powys town. 4 of them were born since 1970, more than in any other period.
Born here
8
notable people
Best known
Chaz Davies
in 14 Wikipedia languages
First
1869
Clement Edwards
Youngest
1993
Phoebe Richards
Most common field
Sports
6 people
What stands out about Knighton’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Knighton’s famous people were born
The 1980s alone account for 2 of the births charted here.
SportsPolitics & Law
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Knighton is known for
Athletes stand out most, at 1.5 times the usual share.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed across UK towns. Tap a field to see its people.
The best known
Born in Knighton
Two of the three are athletes.
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#3Politics & Law
Clement Edwards
1869–1938British politician (1869-1938)
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Everyone
Everyone else born in Knighton
The rest number 5, with 4 athletes among them.
No one matches both filters.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Of the towns around it, Presteigne has the most on record: 8.
Questions about famous people from Knighton
Who is the most famous person from Knighton?
Chaz Davies (British motorcycle racer) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 14 languages. Next come Ron Powell and Clement Edwards.
How many famous people were born in Knighton?
8 people born in Knighton have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace. Wikidata places 9 people here; the rest aren’t listed because their article names somewhere else, or no town.
What is Knighton known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 6 of the 8. That is 75% of the town’s list, against 49% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Knighton?
Clement Edwards, born in 1869. The youngest on the list was born in 1993.
Who counts as from Knighton?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Knighton’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)
- Chaz Davies: David Pettit, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Clement Edwards: Anhysbys, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Emma Manners, Duchess of Rutland: Louise Gardiner, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Albert Howard: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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