List of Welsh people
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
- Roald Dahl, (1916-1990), author
- Timothy Dalton, (born 1946), actor
- 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
- 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')
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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), artist (as of 2004 richest Welshman)
- 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)
- 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
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