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Photo: John Haynes · CC BY-SA 2.0Famous people · Trefonen, Shropshire
2 famous people were born in Trefonen
Articles in 6 languages make the Welsh footballer Maurice Parry the best known. The only other name is the Welsh footballer Sam Meredith. Nearby, Oswestry, 3 mi away, lists 50, led by Wilfred Owen. The oldest name on the list belongs to Sam Meredith, born in 1872, the newest to Maurice Parry, born in 1877.
Born here
2
notable people
Best known
Maurice Parry
in 6 Wikipedia languages
First
1872
Sam Meredith
Youngest
1877
Maurice Parry
Most common field
Sports
2 people
The best known
Born in Trefonen
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Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Of the towns nearby, Oswestry lists the most people: 50.
Questions about famous people from Trefonen
Who is the most famous person from Trefonen?
Maurice Parry (Welsh footballer (1877-1935)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 6 languages. Next come Sam Meredith.
How many famous people were born in Trefonen?
2 people born in Trefonen have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
What is Trefonen known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 2 of the 2. That is 100% of the town’s list, against 49% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Trefonen?
Sam Meredith, born in 1872. The youngest on the list was born in 1877.
Who counts as from Trefonen?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Trefonen’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 (3)
- Wilfred Owen: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Clement Davies: Bassano Ltd, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Richard Roberts: Edward Villiers Rippingille (Life time: 1798–1859), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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