#1Famous people · Ystradgynlais, Powys
Ystradgynlais counts 6 famous people, first among them Eve Myles
The best known is the Welsh actress Eve Myles, with articles in 25 languages. Ronnie Rees is second and Anthony Buchanan third. The largest group, 4, was born in the 20th century. The list comes to 14.9 for every 10,000 residents, about the same as the typical town in Powys, at 18.4.
Born here
6
notable people
Best known
Eve Myles
in 25 Wikipedia languages
First
1825
Thomas Levi
Youngest
1978
Eve Myles
Most common field
Sports
3 people
What stands out about Ystradgynlais’ famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Ystradgynlais’s famous people were born
The 1970s alone account for 1 of the births charted here.
SportsFilm, TV & StageFaithWriting & Arts
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Ystradgynlais
Eve Myles, Ronnie Rees and Anthony Buchanan are written about in 25, 7 and 3 languages.
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Known for
What Ystradgynlais is known for
Share of Ystradgynlais’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 Ystradgynlais
3 more, from 1825 to 1960.
No one matches both filters.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Of the towns nearby, 8 have famous names listed.
Pontardawe · 6 miMary Hopkin & 15 more
Ystalyfera · 2 miClive Rowlands & 7 moreMWGwaun-Cae-Gurwen · 5 miMargaretta Williams & 2 moreKHCwmllynfell and Ystradowen · 3 miKevin Hopkins & 1 moreRTAlltwen · 6 miRachel Thomas & 1 moreRASeven Sisters · 2 miRichard I. AaronBJBrynamman · 5 miBleddyn JonesJWRhos · 6 miJohn WilliamsQuestions about famous people from Ystradgynlais
Who is the most famous person from Ystradgynlais?
Eve Myles (Welsh actress (born 1978)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 25 languages. Next come Ronnie Rees and Anthony Buchanan.
How many famous people were born in Ystradgynlais?
6 people born in Ystradgynlais have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace. Wikidata places 9 people here; the rest aren’t listed because their article names somewhere else, or no town.
What is Ystradgynlais known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 3 of the 6. That is 50% of the town’s list, against 49% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Ystradgynlais?
Thomas Levi, born in 1825. The youngest on the list was born in 1978.
Who counts as from Ystradgynlais?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Ystradgynlais’ 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)
- Eve Myles: Eva Rinaldi, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Thomas Levi: John Thomas, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Mary Hopkin: CBS Television, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Clive Rowlands: Trehywel, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
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