Photo: Bill Boaden · CC BY-SA 2.0No famous person born in Upper Killay is listed yet
The nearest list is in Swansea, 4 mi away: 572 names, starting with Catherine Zeta-Jones. 21 of the towns in West Glamorgan list at least one person. Swansea has the most of any town in West Glamorgan: 572. After Swansea, the next longest list in West Glamorgan is Neath’s, with 186.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is in Upper Killay’s built-up area and whose English Wikipedia article agrees they were born here. Wikidata has nobody with an English article born in Upper Killay yet.
Famous people born near Upper Killay
Nearby, Swansea has the most on record, with 572.
Questions about famous people from Upper Killay
Who counts as from Upper Killay?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Upper Killay’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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