List of Welsh people

This is a list of Welsh people. Wales is one of the countries of the United Kingdom and has contributed famous names to all walks of life. Some of the best-known are:

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• Aneirin, medieval epic poet
• Laura Ashley, designer
• Asser, Bishop of Sherborne (died 908), author
• Christian Bale, actor
• Mary Balogh, novelist
• Dame Shirley Bassey, singer
• Aneurin Bevan (1897-1960), politician
• Max Boyce, entertainer
• Rhoda Broughton (1840-1920), novelist
• Richard Burton (1925-1984), actor
• John Cale (born 1942), musician (Velvet Underground)
• Joe Calzaghe, world champion boxer
• John Charles, the "Gentle Giant", Wales international footballer (1931-2004)
• Charlotte Church (born 1986), singer
• Tommy Cooper (1922-1984), comedian and magician
• Alexander Cordell (1914-1997), novelist
• Roald Dahl (1916-1990), author
• Timothy Dalton (born 1946), actor
• Josie D'Arby (born 1973), actress and presenter
• Saint David, religious leader
• Andrew Davies, writer
• Lynn Davies, Olympic gold medal athlete
• Russell T. Davies, (born 1963), television scriptwriter
• Spencer Davis, musician
• Walford Davies (1869-1944), composer, Master of the King's Music
• John Dee (1527-??), alchemist
• Gareth Edwards, international rugby player
• Huw Edwards, journalist
• Peg Entwistle (1908-1932), actress
• Gwynfor Evans, Plaid Cymru's first leader
• George Everest (1790-1866), explorer
• Catrin Finch, harpist
• Dick Francis (born 1920), jockey and author
• Ken Follett (born 1949), author
• Geoffrey of Monmouth churchman/historian
• Ryan Giggs (born 1973), footballer
• Giraldus Cambrensis (c.1146-c.1223), chronicler
• Owen Glendower (Owain Glyndwr), (1359-1416), Prince of Wales
• Roger Glover, musician (Deep Purple)
• Owain Glyndwr, leader of rebellion in 1400
• Gorky's Zygotic Mynci, band
• Iris Gower, Novelist
• Hugh Griffith (1912-1980), actor
• Kenneth Griffith, Welsh-born Irish nationalist
• Ann Griffiths (1776-1805), poet
• Ioan Gruffudd (born 1973), actor
• Peter Greenaway (born 1942), film director
• Edmund Gwenn (1875-1958), film actor (Miracle on 34th Steet)
• Dafydd ap Gwilym (ca.1315/1320 - ca.1350/1370), poet
• Nina Hamnett (1890-1956), Welsh painter
• Lyn Harding (1867-1952), actor
• Guto Harri, BBC political correspondent
• Howell Harris (1714-1773), religious leader
• Hedd Wyn, poet
• King Henry V of England
• King Henry VII of England
• Michael Heseltine (born 1933), politician
• Anthony Hopkins (born 1937), actor
• Cledwyn Hughes (Baron Cledwyn of Penrhos), (1916-2001), politician
• Owain Arwel Hughes, orchestral conductor
• Richard Hughes, (1900-1976), novelist
• John Humphrys, journalist and broadcaster
• Rhys Ifans (born 1968), actor
• Colin Jackson (born 1967), star hurdler
• George Jeffreys (1648-1689), hanging judge
• Karl Jenkins, composer
• Neil Jenkins (born 1971), international rugby player
• Roy Jenkins (1920-2003), politician and author
• Augustus John, (1878-1961), artist
• Barry John, international rugby player
• Gwen John (1876-1939), artist
• Glynis Johns (born 1923), actress
• Daniel Jones (1912 ? 1993), composer
• David Jones (1895-1974), artist and poet
• Baron Elwyn-Jones (1909 - 1989), barrister, politician and Lord Chancellor
• Ernest Jones, psychiatrist
• Gethin Jones, presenter
• Jack Jones, (1884-1970), novelist
• Steve Jones (athlete)
• Steve Jones, (born 1944), biologist
• Terry Jones (born 1942), comedian (Monty Python series), author, film director
• Tom Jones (born 1940), singer
• William Jones (mathematician), (1675-1749), mathematician
• William Jones (philologist), (1746-1794), philologist
• Brian David Josephson (born 1940), Nobel Prize physicist
• Seth Joshua (1858-1925), revival preacher
• Lemmy Kilmister (born 1945), musician
• Neil Kinnock (born 1942), politician
• T E Lawrence (Lawrence of Arabia), soldier
• Anna Leonowens (1834-1914), governess in Siam
• Saunders Lewis, writer and politician
• Desmond Llewelyn (1914-1999), actor
• Richard Llewellyn (1907-1983), novelist
• David Lloyd George (1863-1945), politician and former Prime Minister
• Cerys Matthews singer
• Billy Meredith, footballer
• Ray Milland (1907-1986), actor
• Roger Moss, artist
• John Nash, (1752-1835), architect
• Walter Map (c.1137-1209), medieval raconteur
• Ivor Novello (1893-1951), entertainer
• Robert Owen (1771-1858), social reformer
• Sian Phillips (born 1934), actress
• Mal Pope (born 1960), singer/songwriter
• Richard Price (1723-1791), philosopher
• Dr William Price, eccentric physician
• Jonathan Pryce (born 1947), actor
• Angharad Rees, actor
• Elmer Rees, mathematician
• Jean Rhys (1894-1979), novelist
• John Rhys-Davies, actor
• Matthew Rhys, actor
• Evan Roberts (1878-1950), revival preacher
• Kate Roberts (1891-1985), writer
• Rachel Roberts, (1927-1980), actress
• Charles Stewart Rolls, (1877-1910), motor manufacturer and aviator
• Bertrand Russell (1872-1970), philosopher
• Harry Secombe (1921-2001), entertainer
• Sarah Siddons (1755-1831), actress
• Howard Spring (1889-1965), novelist
• Henry Morton Stanley, (1841-1904), explorer
• Sir Howard Stringer, businessman
• Bryn Terfel, baritone opera singer
• Thighpaulsandra, musician/composer
• Dylan Thomas (1914-1953), poet, bohemian
• Edward Thomas (1878-1917), poet
• George Thomas (1909-1997), politician
• Ronald Stuart Thomas (1913-2000), poet
• Hester Thrale (1740-1821), diarist
• Bonnie Tyler singer
• Henry Vaughan (1621-1695), poet
• Thomas Vaughan (ca.1410-1483), politician
• Thomas Vaughan (1621-1666), philosopher
• Andrew Vicari (born 1938), (as of 2004 UK's richest artist)
• Tim Vincent (born 1972), actor and presenter
• Alfred Russel Wallace, (1823-1913), scientist
• Tom Ward, actor
• Naunton Wayne (1901-1970), actor
• Freddie Welsh (1886-1927), boxer
• Simon Weston (born 1961), soldier and broadcaster
• Emlyn Williams (1905-1987), dramatist and actor
• Raymond Williams (1921-1988), novelist, critic, academic
• Rowan Williams (born 1950), (Archbishop of Canterbury, 2003-)
• Sian Williams, television presenter
• William Williams Pantycelyn, (1717-1791), hymn-writer
• William Williams (1634-1700)
• Peter Wingfield, actor
• Ian Woosnam (born 1958), Ryder Cup golfer
• Catherine Zeta-Jones (1969-), actress
 
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