Notable Residents
Notables who were born or lived in Crynant include:
- Geraint F. Lewis, Professor of Astrophysics at the University of Sydney, Australia.
- Mike Smith (saxophonist) from the 1960s band Amen Corner
- Daral Pugh, professional footballer, who played for Doncaster Rovers, Huddersfield Town, Rotherham United, Cambridge United, Torquay United and Bridlington Town. Pugh is formerly the assistant academy manager at Leeds United.
- Alfred Russel Wallace, one of the leading names in the development of the theory of evolution and the name behind Wallace's Line, lived in Neath and is known to have spent time in Crynant.
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