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RHAYADER
Most Famous People Born in Rhayader, United Kingdom
- Notable people
- 708
- Peak decade
- 1940s
- Median birth year
- 1914
- Most distinctive
- Darts Player 70.6×
One face per century — the most globally famous figure born in Rhayader during each.
Notable Births by Decade
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What Rhayader Is Known For
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Football is Rhayader's biggest profession — 26% of all notables (186).
Rhayader over-indexes on darts player — 70.6× the global rate.
Rhayader under-produces politician — only 0.3× the global rate.
Profession Mix Over Time
Each band shows a profession family's share of Rhayader's notable births by decade. Hover the chart for the breakdown at any decade.
- Sports
- Writing
- Film & TV
- Politics & Law
- Music
- Science
- Other
Owen Tudor
1400 - 1461
Euros Lyn
Born 1971
Evan Roberts (minister)
1878 - 1951
Aneirin
525 - 600
George North
Born 1992
Gordon Thomas (author)
1933 - 2017
Peter Biziou
Born 1944
Gareth Thomas (actor)
1945 - 2016
Naunton Wayne
1901 - 1970
Sue Jones-Davies
Born 1949
Dafydd ap Llywelyn
1208 - 1246
Jamie Jones (DJ)
Born 1980
Dafydd ap Gruffydd
1238 - 1283
Gerran Howell
Born 1991
Alun Owen
1925 - 1994
Rhydian Roberts
Born 1983
John of Wales
Died 1285
Percy Jones (musician)
Born 1947
Ella Smith (actress)
Born 1983
Richard Amerike
1440 - 1503
Karl Johnson (actor)
Born 1948
Arash Amel
Born 1976
Caradoc of Llancarfan
-
C. W. Nicol
1940 - 2020
Deiniol
530 - 584
Jeffrey Thomas (actor)
-
Robert d'Escourt Atkinson
1898 - 1982
Euros Childs
Born 1975
Saint Petroc
Died 564
Owain Cyfeiliog
1130 - 1197
Jak Jones
Born 1993
Alan Rees (racing driver)
Born 1938
Daniel Rowland (preacher)
1713 - 1790
John Ffowcs Williams
Born 1935
David Taylor (Welsh footballer)
Born 1965
Rhys Gryg
1160 - 1234
Rhydian Vaughan
Born 1988
Cynan Garwyn
545 - 613
Gwendoline Davies
1882 - 1951
Padarn
Died 510
Gwyn Ashton
Born 1961
Lisa Palfrey
-
Delme Thomas
Born 1942
Samuel Warren (British lawyer)
1807 - 1877
John Thomas, Baron Thomas of Cwmgiedd
Born 1947
Alun Davies (guitarist)
Born 1943
Meg Wynn Owen
Born 1939
Clive Everton
Born 1937
David Watkins (rugby)
Born 1942
Tewdrig
-
Dorothy Miles
1931 - 1993
Catrin Stewart
Born 1988
Congar of Congresbury
470 - 520
Gwyn Thomas (poet)
1936 - 2016
Arthur Edward Hardinge
1828 - 1892
Twm o'r Nant
1739 - 1810
Ian Simmonds
Born 1966
Saint Cadfan
530 - 590
Tony Cowell
Born 1950
Brian Godding
Born 1945
Nigel Haworth
Born 1951
Lucy Christopher
Born 1981
Maud de Braose, Baroness Mortimer
1224 - 1301
Haydn Tanner
1917 - 2009
Meic Povey
1950 - 2017
John Parsons (Musiker)
Born 1954
Gary Taylor (strongman)
Born 1961
Tom Whittaker (mountaineer)
Born 1948
Caradoc
Born 470
Steve Williams (rock drummer)
Born 1953
Anthony O'Donnell (actor)
Born 1948
Sarah Cruddas
Born 1984
Edmund Prys
1541 - 1624
Raymond FitzGerald
Died 1182
Gwladus Ddu
Died 1251
Dennis O'Neill (tenor)
Born 1948
Joseph Jenkins
1818 - 1898
Owain Arwel Hughes
Born 1942
Jeff Squire
Born 1951
Shane Dix
Born 1960
Guto'r Glyn
1430 - 1490
Timothy Clement-Jones, Baron Clement-Jones
Born 1949
Verden Allen
Born 1944
Charles Cook (footballer, born 1972)
Born 1972
Llin Golding, Baroness Golding
Born 1933
Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn, 5th Baronet
1772 - 1840
Edward Relph
Born 1944
Anne Rasa
1940 - 2020
Bryony Worthington, Baroness Worthington
Born 1971
Aaron of Aleth
Died 552
David Carpanini
Born 1946
Jack Powell (footballer, born 1860)
1860 - 1947
Edward Le Davis
1640 - 1684
Kayleigh Green
Born 1988
Nicky Stevens
Born 1949
Aneurin Jones
1930 - 2017
Evan Jones (missionary)
1788 - 1872
Robert Paterson (bishop)
Born 1949
Jane Freeman (actress)
1921 - 2017
William Beck (actor)
-
Ron Waldron
Born 1933
Méen
540 - 617
David Samwell
1751 - 1798
Kel Coslett
Born 1942
Cadell Ddyrnllwg
Born 430
Matthew Pritchard
Born 1973
Peredur Lynch
Born 1963
Eric Jones (climber)
Born 1935
Elgan Rees
Born 1954
John Henry Williams (economist)
1887 - 1980
Michael Francis (conductor)
Born 1979
Neil McEvoy
-
Terry Price (rugby)
1945 - 1993
T. Harri Jones
1921 - 1965
Marmaduke Gwynne
1691 - 1769
Ron Gostick
1918 - 2005
John Hughes (British diplomat)
Born 1947
Ken Jones (Buddhist)
1930 - 2015
Jasmine Cresswell
Born 1941
Margaret Hanmer
1370 - 1420
Eiluned Lewis
1900 - 1979
Jonny Clayton
Born 1974
Sue Jones (actress)
-
John Cutt
1613 - 1681
Geraint Bowen (poet)
1915 - 2011
Jodie Marie
Born 1991
Gareth Powell Williams
1954 - 2018
Elizabeth Fritsch
Born 1940
Rhys Gabe
1880 - 1967
Sir John Owen, 1st Baronet
1776 - 1861
Johnny Williams (rugby player, born 1882)
1882 - 1916
Charles Taylor (rugby union)
1863 - 1915
Robert Chester (poet)
1586 - 1604
Jennifer Evans
Born 1982
Llywelyn Goch ap Meurig Hen
Died 1390
Rowe Harding
1901 - 1991
Gruffudd ab Owain Glyndŵr
1375 - 1411
Saint Guirec
-
Lee Waters
Born 1976
Lucy Vincent
Born 1958
Iwan Edwards
Born 1937
John James Williams (poet)
1869 - 1954
Bob Catley (politician)
Born 1942
Robert Morgan (actor)
-
Richard Moriarty
Born 1957
John Warlow
Born 1939
Carol Ap Rhys Pryce
1876 - 1955
Alan Phillips (rugby)
Born 1954
Gwynn ap Gwilym
1955 - 2016
Sir John Wynn, 5th Baronet
1628 - 1719
Robert Parry (poet)
1563 - 1613
R. H. Williams (rugby union)
1930 - 1993
Nadia Chambers
Born 1968
Brian Thomas (rugby player)
1940 - 2012
Dick Thomas (rugby union)
1883 - 1916
Sainte Ninnoc
Died 467
Jeff Young (rugby union)
1942 - 2005
Eluned Phillips
1914 - 2009
Meirion Jones
-
Phil Carradice
Born 1947
Tyrone O'Sullivan
Born 1945
Maria James (poet)
1793 - 1868
Michael White (footballer)
Born 1987
Saint Derfel
566 - 660
Anna Laetitia Waring
1823 - 1910
Andrew House
Born 1965
Vikki Howells
-
Martyn Lewis (badminton)
Born 1982
Tony Clement (rugby player)
Born 1967
David Price (Royal Navy officer)
1790 - 1854
Laura O'Sullivan
Born 1991
Simon Evans (writer)
1895 - 1940
Elystan Glodrydd
965 - 1010
Leslie Williams (rugby)
1922 - 2006
Jane Cave
1750 - 1812
John Tudno Williams
Born 1938
Nigel Heseltine
1916 - 1995
Gregory Cameron
Born 1959
Richard Lynch (Welsh actor)
Born 1965
Rod Duncan
Born 1962
Willie Llewellyn
1878 - 1973
Sian Lloyd (news presenter)
Born 1972
Arthur Lewis (rugby player)
Born 1941
Denzil Williams
Born 1938
Siân Gwenllian
-
Cliff Davies (rugby player)
1919 - 1967
John Graham White
Born 1943
Ian Stephens (rugby player)
Born 1952
Oudoceus
Died 615
Mary Jones (actress)
1896 - 1990
Michael Lort
1725 - 1790
Edward Powell
1478 - 1540
Malcolm Thomas (rugby union player)
1929 - 2012
Robert Fountain (mental calculator)
Born 1969
Angharad ferch Meurig
-
Emmeline Lewis Lloyd
1827 - 1913
Bob Franklin (comedian)
Born 1965
Don Tarr
1910 - 1980
Shelley Rees
-
Edward Prosser Rhys
1901 - 1945
Jack Williams (rugby union)
1882 - 1911
Billy Williams (rugby, born 1929)
1929 - 2013
Jacut
-
Cliff Bowen
1875 - 1929
Wendy Mulford
Born 1941
Eleanor Bufton
1840 - 1893
Glyn Moses
Born 1928
John Henry Evans
1872 - 1947
Jonathan Jones (journalist)
-
Kyle Redmond-Jones
Born 1986
Ian Hall (rugby player)
Born 1946
Kate Lambert
Born 1983
A. J. R. Russell-Wood
1940 - 2010
Julian Philips
Born 1969
David Fulker
1937 - 1998
Pepsi Tate
1965 - 2007
Alun Thomas
1926 - 1991
Andrew McNeillie
Born 1946
Aled Pugh
Born 1980
Siri Neal
Born 1972
Richard Lewis (journalist)
Born 1984
Emrys Roberts (poet)
1929 - 2012
Rhian Edwards
Born 1981
Gerwyn Williams
1924 - 2009
Martin Lluelyn
1616 - 1682
Harry Payne (rugby union)
1907 - 2000
Evan Evans
1765 - 1844
Gareth Prothero
Born 1941
Fred Parfitt
1869 - 1953
Hans Busk (1772–1862)
1772 - 1862
Philip Vaughan
1757 - 1824
Reg Skrimshire
1878 - 1963
Claire Skinner (footballer)
Born 1997
Joe Jones (cyclist)
Born 1944
Haydn Morgan
1936 - 2018
Thomas Morgan (died 1595)
1542 - 1595
Charlotte Voake
Born 1957
Sid Bevan
1877 - 1933
Percy Phillips (rugby player)
1869 - 1947
Harry Vaughan Watkins
1875 - 1945
Jim Williams (darts player)
Born 1984
Bleddyn Fardd
1258 - 1284
Danny Wilson (rugby league)
Born 1955
John Evans (pirate)
Died 1723
Gwenno Teifi
Born 1987
Mike Rayer
Born 1965
Rowley Thomas
1864 - 1949
Arthur Jones (rugby union)
1857 - 1919
John Callis (pirate)
Died 1576
Noël Jones (bishop of Sodor and Man)
1932 - 2009
Dabheog
-
J. S. Matthews
1878 - 1970
Jay Foulston
Born 2000
Lu Corfield
-
Cynidr
-
Rhodri Owen
Born 1972
Matt Whatley
Born 1992
Gavin Evans
Born 1984
Maxine Evans
Born 1966
Barry Elsby
Born 1962
Lewis Hopkin
1708 - 1771
Brinley Richards
1904 - 1981
Saint Guéthénoc
-
Lisa Diveney
Born 1984
Wayne Warren
Born 1962
Stephen Knight (poet)
Born 1960
Peter Davies (scientist)
Born 1948
John Walters (priest and poet)
1760 - 1789
Samuel Augustus Perry
1787 - 1854
Paul Giles
Born 1961
Saint Caradoc
Died 1124
Curig
-
Ronald James
-
Toby Charles
Born 1940
Daniel John Davies
1885 - 1970
Nic Parry
-
John Rees (Schauspieler)
1927 - 1994
Aled Thomas
Born 1985
Saint Gelert
-
Robert Herring (poet)
1903 - 1975
Cyril Gwynn
1897 - 1988
John McCarthy (Australian rules footballer, born 1967)
Born 1967
Rohema Miah
Born 1962
Ritchie Davies
Born 1971
Dai Rees (rugby)
-
Eurfyl ap Gwilym
Born 1944
Siobhan Flynn
Born 1970
Marshall James
Born 1970
Paul Meek
Born 1959
Keith Cooper
Born 1948
Alex Kersey-Brown
1942 - 2015
Paul Griffiths (director)
Born 1973
Gwilym Rhyfel
-
Saint Lunaire
Born 509
Hywel Foel ap Griffri ap Pwyll Wyddel
-
Rowland Griffiths
1886 - 1914
Ted Ward
-
Liam Angel
Born 1999
Evan Williams (jockey)
1912 - 2001
Sarah Vine
Born 1967