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Photo: Richard Webb · CC BY-SA 2.0Famous people · Presteigne, Powys
Most of the 8 famous people born in Presteigne came into the world in the Victorian era
Articles in 4 languages make the Welsh footballer Fred Griffiths the best known. 5 of them are athletes, more than in any other field. The first birth on record is Francis Evelyn’s, in 1859, and the last Zac Evans’, in 1991. The list is still growing: 2 were born since 1970.
Born here
8
notable people
Best known
Fred Griffiths
in 4 Wikipedia languages
First
1859
Francis Evelyn
Youngest
1991
Zac Evans
Most common field
Sports
5 people
The best known
Born in Presteigne
The three are covered in 4, 4 and 3 languages: Fred Griffiths, Zac Evans and Albert Powell.
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Through the years
When Presteigne’s famous people were born
The 1860s alone account for 2 of the births charted here.
SportsPolitics & LawWriting & ArtsMilitary
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Presteigne is known for
The largest field is Sports, with 5 people.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed across UK towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Presteigne
Another 5, 2 of them athletes.
No one matches both filters.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
The fullest list close by belongs to Knighton, with 8.
Questions about famous people from Presteigne
Who is the most famous person from Presteigne?
Fred Griffiths (Welsh footballer (1873-1917)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 4 languages. Next come Zac Evans and Albert Powell.
How many famous people were born in Presteigne?
8 people born in Presteigne have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace. Wikidata places 12 people here; the rest aren’t listed because their article names somewhere else, or no town.
What is Presteigne known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 5 of the 8. That is 63% of the town’s list, against 49% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Presteigne?
Francis Evelyn, born in 1859. The youngest on the list was born in 1991.
Who counts as from Presteigne?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Presteigne’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 (2)
- Chaz Davies: David Pettit, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Doris Turner: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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