#1Famous people · Llanidloes, Powys
12 famous people were born in Llanidloes, most of them in the 20th century
At the top of the list is the Welsh Catholic martyr and bard Richard Gwyn, covered in 11 languages. John Bufton is second and Elinor Bennett third. Only 3 of the 20 towns in Powys with anyone on record list more. As early as 1537, Richard Gwyn was born here, one of 3 born before the Georgians.
Born here
12
notable people
Best known
Richard Gwyn
in 11 Wikipedia languages
First
1537
Richard Gwyn
Youngest
1985
Ross Stephens
Most common field
Sports
6 people
The best known
Born in Llanidloes
Counted by languages, Richard Gwyn is ahead of John Bufton and Elinor Bennett: 11, 8 and 6.
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#3Through the years
When Llanidloes’s famous people were born
More of them were born in the 1940s than in any other ten years, 3 in all.
SportsFaithPolitics & LawMusicWriting & ArtsScience & Medicine
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Llanidloes is known for
Share of Llanidloes’s famous people in each field.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed across UK towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Llanidloes
A further 9 follow, born between 1597 and 1985.
No one matches both filters.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Around it, Newtown has the most people on record, 20 of them.
Questions about famous people from Llanidloes
Who is the most famous person from Llanidloes?
Richard Gwyn (Welsh Catholic martyr and bard) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 11 languages. Next come John Bufton and Elinor Bennett.
How many famous people were born in Llanidloes?
12 people born in Llanidloes have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace. Wikidata places 15 people here; the rest aren’t listed because their article names somewhere else, or no town.
What is Llanidloes known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 6 of the 12. That is 50% of the town’s list, against 49% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Llanidloes?
Richard Gwyn, born in 1537. The youngest on the list was born in 1985.
Who counts as from Llanidloes?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Llanidloes’ 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)
- Richard Gwyn: Llywelyn2000, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- John Bufton: Nathan L Gill, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Elinor Bennett: Sain (Records) Ltd, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Robert Owen: William Henry Brooke, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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