Notable People
- See Category:People from Briton Ferry
- Alf Shea, Welsh cricketer, born in Briton Ferry
- David Pickering Welsh rugby personality
- Mavis Nicholson (née Mainwaring) Journalist and Broadcaster
- David Elias, question-setter for several television quiz shows and Countdown champion
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