Notable People
- Charles Sidney Beauclerk, Catholic priest who led the revival of the town as a pilgrimage centre.
- Ian Buckett, Wales rugby player, born near here and attended school in Holywell.
- Former Southampton and Wales footballer Ron Davies was born in Holywell in 1942.
- Dixie Dean the Everton football legend once had a near fatal motorbike accident in Holywell in the late 1920s which almost ended his career.
- Former England footballer Gerry Hitchens, after retiring from professional play, lived at Holywell from 1977 and is buried here.
- Mike England, Wales footballer and football manager, was born in Holywell in 1941.
- Television presenter Gareth Jones (Gaz Top) comes from Holywell.
- Jonathan Pryce, actor, was born in Holywell in 1947.
- Emlyn Williams, dramatist and actor, attended Holywell Grammar School.
- Sir Ronald Waterhouse, High Court judge.
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