Panteg

Notable people

• Edwin Stevens inventor and philanthropist
• Herbert Armitage James, who was Headmaster of Rugby School and later President of St John's College, Oxford, grew up in Panteg and is commemorated by a memorial in the parish church, where his father was rector from 1856 to 1871.
• Edward Thomas Chapman, winner of the Victoria Cross in the Second World War is buried in Panteg cemetery which is located a few miles from St Mary's church.
• Ian Gough, Ryan Powell and Lloyd Burns, Wales rugby union international players.
• Steve Parry, avant-garde guitarist and founder of Hwyl Nofio was born and lived in Panteg.