List of Welsh people

List of Welsh people

Wales, one of the countries of the United Kingdom, 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, (1986-), singer
Tommy Cooper, (1922-1984), comedian and magician
Roald Dahl, (1916-1990), author
Timothy Dalton, (born 1946), actor
Saint David religious leader
Lynn Davies, Olympic gold medal athlete
Walford Davies, (1869-1944), composer, Master of the King's Music
John Dee, (1527-??), alchemist
George Everest, (1790-1866), explorer
Catrin Finch, harpist
Dick Francis, (born 1920), 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, (1359-1416), ('Prince of Wales')
Ioan Gruffudd, actor
Edmund Gwenn, (1875-1958), film actor (Miracle on 34th Steet)
Nina Hamnett, (1890-1956), Welsh painter
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
Rhys Ifans, (born 1968), actor
Colin Jackson, (born 1967), star hurdler
George Jeffreys, (1648-1689), hanging judge
Roy Jenkins, (1977-1980), politician and author
Augustus John, (1878-1961), artist
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, TV presenter
Tom Jones, (born 1940), singer
Brian 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
Desmond Llewelyn, (1914-1999), actor
Richard Llewellyn, (1907-1983), novelist
David Lloyd George, (1863-1945), politician
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
Sian Phillips, (born 1934), actress
Richard Price, (1723-1791), philosopher
Dr William Price eccentric physician
Jonathan Pryce, 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
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
Alfred Russel Wallace, (1823-1913), scientist
Tom Ward actor
Naunton Wayne, (1901-1970), actor
Simon Weston, (born 1961), war hero
Emlyn Williams, (1905-1987), dramatist and actor
Raymond Williams, (1921-1988), novelist, critic, academic
Rowan Williams, (born 1950), (Archbishop of Canterbury)
William Williams Pantycelyn, (1717-1791), hymn-writer
William Williams, (1634-1700)
Catherine Zeta-Jones, (1969-), actress

See also