Photo: Chris Shaw · CC BY-SA 2.0No famous person born in Pontneddfechan is listed yet
The neighbour with the longest list is Aberdare, 7 mi away: 91, led by Jo Walton. In Powys, 20 towns have someone on the list. No town in Powys lists more than Brecon, with 35. Newtown has the second-longest list in Powys, after Brecon, with 20.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is in Pontneddfechan’s built-up area and whose English Wikipedia article agrees they were born here. Wikidata has nobody with an English article born in Pontneddfechan yet.
Famous people born near Pontneddfechan
Aberdare leads the towns around it, with 91 names.
Aberdare · 7 miJo Walton & 90 moreDDTreorchy · 8 miDonald Davies & 20 more
Treherbert · 6 miDavid John Bowen & 14 moreGBMaerdy · 7 miGeorge Baker & 7 more
Ystalyfera · 8 miClive Rowlands & 7 more
Ystradgynlais · 7 miEve Myles & 5 more
Cwmgwrach · 3 miMargaret PhillipsRASeven Sisters · 5 miRichard I. AaronQuestions about famous people from Pontneddfechan
Who counts as from Pontneddfechan?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Pontneddfechan’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)
- Jo Walton: Fazalmajid, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- David John Bowen: User:Martb1966, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Clive Rowlands: Trehywel, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Eve Myles: Eva Rinaldi, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Margaret Phillips: TV episode screenshot (ABC), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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