#1Famous people · Llanfechain, Powys
Llanfechain’s famous people span 119 years: 3 births from 1761 to 1880
David Thomas, the Welsh clergyman and historian, is the most widely known, written about in 4 languages. Behind the leader come Gwallter Mechain and David Thomas. Within 9 mi, Oswestry lists the most: 50, with Wilfred Owen first. The list’s best known name, David Thomas, dates from 1833.
Born here
3
notable people
Best known
David Thomas
in 4 Wikipedia languages
First
1761
Gwallter Mechain
Youngest
1880
David Thomas
Most common field
Writing & Arts
2 people
The best known
Born in Llanfechain
The three are covered in 4, 3 and 1 languages: David Thomas, Gwallter Mechain and David Thomas.
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Writing & Arts
David Thomas
1880–1967Thomas, David (1880–1967), educationist and socialist
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Known for
What Llanfechain is known for
The largest field is Writing & Arts, with 2 people.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed across UK towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Around it, Oswestry has the most people on record, 50 of them.
Questions about famous people from Llanfechain
Who is the most famous person from Llanfechain?
David Thomas (Welsh clergyman and historian (1833–1916)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 4 languages. Next come Gwallter Mechain and David Thomas.
How many famous people were born in Llanfechain?
3 people born in Llanfechain have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
What is Llanfechain known for?
Among its famous people, writers and artists: 2 of the 3. That is 67% of the town’s list, against 12% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Llanfechain?
Gwallter Mechain, born in 1761. The youngest on the list was born in 1880.
Who counts as from Llanfechain?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Llanfechain’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)
- David Thomas: Romilly Allen (editor), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Gwallter Mechain: Hugh Hughes, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Wilfred Owen: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Michael Jones: Alaric Favier, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Clement Davies: Bassano Ltd, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Richard Roberts: Edward Villiers Rippingille (Life time: 1798–1859), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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