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:

Aneirin medieval epic poet
Laura Ashley designer
Asser, Bishop of Sherborne, (died 908), author
Christian Bale actor
Mary Balogh novelist
Shirley Bassey, (born 1937), singer
Aneurin Bevan, (1897-1960), politician
Max Boyce entertainer
Rhoda Broughton, (1840-1920), novelist
Richard Burton, (1925-1984), actor
John Cale, (born 1942), musician
Joe Calzaghe world champion boxer
John Charles, (1931-2004) footballer
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
Lynn Davies, Olympic gold medal athlete
Russell T. Davies, (born 1963), television scriptwriter
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')
Iris Gower, Novelist
Ioan Gruffudd, actor
Peter Greenaway, (born 1942), film director
Edmund Gwenn, (1875-1958), film actor (Miracle on 34th Steet)
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
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
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
David Jones, (1895-1974), artist and poet
Ernest Jones psychiatrist
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
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
Ray Milland, (1907-1986), actor
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
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
Rachel Roberts, (1927-1980), actor
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
Bryn Terfel, baritone opera singer
Dylan Thomas, (1914-1953), poet
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 (~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)
Sian Williams, television presenter
William Williams Pantycelyn, (1717-1791), hymn-writer
William Williams, (1634-1700)
Ian Woosnam, (born 1958), Ryder Cup golfer
Catherine Zeta-Jones, (1969-), actress

List Of Welsh People

See also