#1Famous people · Llanfyllin, Powys
4 famous people were born in Llanfyllin from 1809 to 1937
The best known is the British politician Clement Davies, with articles in 9 languages. David Miall Edwards is second and Elizabeth Vaughan third. The list’s best known name, Clement Davies, dates from 1884. The longest list of any town in Powys belongs to Brecon, with 35.
Born here
4
notable people
Best known
Clement Davies
in 9 Wikipedia languages
First
1809
Robert Jones
Youngest
1937
Elizabeth Vaughan
Most common field
Politics & Law
1 people
The best known
Born in Llanfyllin
By how many languages cover them, Clement Davies comes first (9), then David Miall Edwards (3) and Elizabeth Vaughan (2).
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#2Writing & Arts
David Miall Edwards
1873–1941Welsh Non-conformist writer and theologian
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Through the years
When Llanfyllin’s famous people were born
The 1880s top the chart, with 1 births in the decade.
Politics & LawWriting & ArtsMusicFaith
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Llanfyllin is known for
Leaders are the most numerous, 1 of them.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed across UK towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Llanfyllin
1 more, best known first.
No one matches both filters.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
The neighbour with the most names is Oswestry, at 50.
Questions about famous people from Llanfyllin
Who is the most famous person from Llanfyllin?
Clement Davies (British politician (1884-1962)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 9 languages. Next come David Miall Edwards and Elizabeth Vaughan.
How many famous people were born in Llanfyllin?
4 people born in Llanfyllin have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace. Wikidata places 8 people here; the rest aren’t listed because their article names somewhere else, or no town.
What is Llanfyllin known for?
Among its famous people, leaders: 1 of the 4. That is 25% of the town’s list, against 9% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Llanfyllin?
Robert Jones, born in 1809. The youngest on the list was born in 1937.
Who counts as from Llanfyllin?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Llanfyllin’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 (5)
- Clement Davies: Bassano Ltd, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- David Miall Edwards: Anhysbys, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Wilfred Owen: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Michael Jones: Alaric Favier, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Richard Roberts: Edward Villiers Rippingille (Life time: 1798–1859), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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