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Photo: Martin Bodman · CC BY-SA 2.0Famous people · Dunvant, West Glamorgan
Dunvant is the birthplace of 5 famous people
Most widely known is Granville Beynon, the Welsh physicist, with articles in 7 languages. Ceri Richards and John Ormond follow. 3 of them were born in the 20th century, more than in any other period. The list runs from David John Thomas, born in 1879, to John Ormond, born in 1923.
Born here
5
notable people
Best known
Granville Beynon
in 7 Wikipedia languages
First
1879
David John Thomas
Youngest
1923
John Ormond
Most common field
Writing & Arts
2 people
The best known
Born in Dunvant
Writers and artists take two of the three places.
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Through the years
When Dunvant’s famous people were born
The 1910s top the chart, with 1 births in the decade.
Writing & ArtsSportsScience & Medicine
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Dunvant is known for
Share of Dunvant’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 Dunvant
Of the other 2, 2 are athletes.
No one matches both filters.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
The neighbour with the most names is Swansea, at 572.
Questions about famous people from Dunvant
Who is the most famous person from Dunvant?
Granville Beynon (Welsh physicist) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 7 languages. Next come Ceri Richards and John Ormond.
How many famous people were born in Dunvant?
5 people born in Dunvant have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
What is Dunvant known for?
Among its famous people, writers and artists: 2 of the 5. That is 40% of the town’s list, against 12% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Dunvant?
David John Thomas, born in 1879. The youngest on the list was born in 1923.
Who counts as from Dunvant?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Dunvant’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 (4)
- Catherine Zeta-Jones: David Shankbone, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Michael Howard: Roger Harris, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Evan Roberts: オリーブの油搾りのゲッセマネ, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Thomas Hollingdale: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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