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List of Welsh people is a list of notable Welsh people alphabetically within categories.

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Actors

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Artists and designers

• Laura Ashley (1925–1986), designer
• Jeff Banks (born 1943), fashion designer
• Richard Deacon (born 1949), sculptor
• David Emanuel (born 1952), fashion designer
• John Gibson (1790–1866), Neoclassical sculptor
• Nina Hamnett (1890–1956), painter and writer
• James Dickson Innes (1887–1914), painter
• Augustus John (1878–1961), painter
• Gwen John (1876–1939), painter
• William Goscombe John (1860–1952), sculptor
• Owen Jones (1809-1874), architect and designer
• Thomas Jones (1742–1803), landscape painter
• Julien MacDonald (born 1971), fashion designer
• Cedric Morris (1889–1982), painter
• John Nash (1752–1835), architect
• Peter Prendergast (1946–2007), landscape painter
• Ceri Richards (1903–1971), painter
• Andrew Vicari (born 1938), painter
• Christopher Williams (1873–1934), painter
• Kyffin Williams (1918–2006), landscape painter
• Owen Williams (calligrapher) (born 1973) artist and critic
• Clough Williams-Ellis (1883–1978), architect
• Richard Wilson (c. 1713–1782), landscape painter

Business people

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Explorers

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Filmmakers

• Marc Evans (born 1963), film director
• Sir Anthony Hopkins. Actor. Born 1937, Port Talbot.
• Peter Greenaway (born 1942), film director
• Craig Handley (born 1977), film director
• Richard Marquand (1938–1987), film director, Director of Star Wars Episode VI- Return of the Jedi.
• Andrew Jones (born 1983), film director
• Sara Sugarman film director
• Terry Jones. Comedian, screenwriter and actor, film director, children's author, popular historian, political commentator and TV documentary host. Born 1942, Colwyn Bay.
• Ray Milland
• Endaf Emlyn
• Paul Turner
• Christopher Monger
• Karl Francis
• Andrew Grieve
• Kevin Allen
• Julian Richards

Humorists

See Category:Welsh comedians

Journalists and broadcasters

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SeeCategory:Welsh television presenters

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Military men and women

• Wilfred Bailey, 3rd Baron Glanusk of Crickhowell in Powys, served in World War II
• John Brayley, Baron Brayley (1917–1977), Welsh life peer who served as a British Army officer
• Henry Bruce, 2nd Baron Aberdare fought in World War I
• Clarence Bruce, 3rd Baron Aberdare, awarded GBE also fought in World War I
• Morys Bruce, 4th Baron Aberdare awarded KBE after serving in World War II, later active politician and Privy Councilor.
• Edward Thomas Chapman Victoria Cross recipient in World War II
• Malcolm Douglas-Pennant, 6th Baron Penrhyn (1908–2003), awarded MBE after the invasion of Sicily in World War II
• Dafydd Gam, Welsh warrior at the Battle of Agincourt.
• Morrice James, Baron St Brides (1916–1989), Lieutenant Colonel Royal Marines in World War II, and diplomat
• Robert Jones (VC) a Rorke's Drift VC
• T. E. Lawrence (Lawrence of Arabia), soldier
• Hubert William Lewis (VC), winner of the Victoria Cross
• John Wallace Linton (VC) VC (Royal Navy Commander)
• Thomas Monaghan (VC) Victoria Cross recipient during the Indian Mutiny
• Godfrey Morgan, 1st Viscount Tredegar, Battle of Balaclava and philanthropist
• George Paget, 7th Marquess of Anglesey gained the rank of Major in the service of the Royal Horse Guards (Blues)
• Simon Weston (born 1961), soldier and broadcaster
• John Williams (VC), born John Fielding, a Rorke's Drift VC
• Roger Williams (c. 1537 – 1595) (soldier)
• Sir Thomas Picton (1758-1815) (general) died at Waterloo, born in Pembrokeshire

Models

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Monarchs

• Gruffudd ap Cynan
• Gruffudd ap Llywelyn
• Hywel Dda
• King Edward II of England
• King Henry V of England
• King Henry VII of England
• Llywelyn ap Gruffudd
• Llywelyn Fawr
• Maelgwn Gwynedd
• Owain Glyndŵr
• Owain Gwynedd

Musicians

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Peers

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Philosophers

See Category:Welsh philosophers

Poets

• Aneirin (6th century), poet
• Brynach, {1873-1923), poet and writer
• Cynddelw Brydydd Mawr (fl.1155-1200), medieval poet
• Dafydd ap Gwilym, (fl. 1320-1370), medieval poet
• Geraint Bowen, (born 1915), poet
• David Charles, (1762-1834), hymn-writer
• Gillian Clarke, poet
• W. H. Davies, (1877-1940), poet and writer
• Ann Griffiths, (1776-1805), hymn-writer
• Hedd Wyn (1887-1917), poet killed in the Second Battle of Ypres
• George Herbert, (1593-1633), poet
• Iolo Goch, medieval poet
• Isaac Daniel Hooson, (1880-1948), poet
• Evan James, (1809-1878), poet and co-author of the Welsh national anthem
• D. Gwenallt Jones, (1899-1968), poet
• Gwyneth Lewis, National Poet of Wales
• Saunders Lewis, (1893-1985), poet, playwright and politician
• Lewis Morris, (1701-1765), poet and antiquarian
• Twm Morys (1961- ), poet and musician
• Goronwy Owen, (1723-69), poet
• Taliesin (6th century), poet
• Dylan Thomas (1914-1953), poet and playwright
• Edward Thomas, (1878-1917), poet
• R. S. Thomas, (1913-2000), poet
• John Tripp (1927-1986), poet
• Henry Vaughan, (1621-1695), poet
• Harri Webb, {1920-1994), poet, republican and Welsh nationalist
• Waldo Williams, (1904-1971), poet
• William Williams Pantycelyn, (1717-1791), hymn-writer

Politicians and activists

• Aneurin Bevan (1897-1960), Labour Party politician, founder of the National Health Service
• Julian Cayo-Evans (1937–1995), leader of the Free Wales Army
• Dic Penderyn (1808–1831), leading figure in the Merthyr Rising
• Dafydd Elis-Thomas (1946- ), Plaid Cymru politician
• T. E. Ellis (1859–1899), Liberal Party politician
• Gwynfor Evans (1912-2005), first Plaid Cymru MP
• John Frost (1784–1877), Chartist
• Julia Gillard (1961-), Deputy Prime Minister of Australia
• Button Gwinnett (1735-1777), signatory of the United States Declaration of Independence
• Michael Heseltine (1933-), Conservative Party politician
• Geoffrey Howe (1926-), Conservative politician
• Geraint Howells (1925-2004), Liberal Democrat politician
• Billy Hughes (1862-1952), Welsh speaking Prime Minister of Australia
• Roy Jenkins (1977-1980), Labour politican and author
• Neil Kinnock (1942-), Labour politician
• Francis Lewis (1713-1803), signatory of the United States Declaration of Independence
• David Lloyd George (1863-1945), Liberal Prime Minister
• Rhodri Morgan (1939-), Labour First Minister for Wales
• Lewis Morris (1671-1746), chief justice of New York, Governor of New Jersey and grandfather of Lewis Morris (1726-1798), signatory of the United States Declaration of Independence
• George Thomas (1909-1997), Labour politician
• Dafydd Wigley (born 1943), Plaid Cymru politician

Religious leaders

• Saint David, (died 601?), religious leader
• Christmas Evans (1766–1838), Baptist preacher
• Geoffrey of Monmouth, Medieval bishop and historian
• Howell Harris, (1714–1773), leader in the Welsh Methodist revival
• William Morgan, (1545–1604) translator of the Bible into Welsh
• Vavasor Powell (1617–1670), non-conformist leader
• Evan Roberts (1878–1950), preacher in the Welsh Methodist revival
• Daniel Rowland, (1713–1790), leader in the Welsh Methodist revival
• William Salesbury, (c.1520–1584?) translator of the New Testament into Welsh
• Rowan Williams, (born 1950), Archbishop of Canterbury (appointed 2003, served as Archbishop of Wales and Bishop of Monmouth in the disestablished Church in Wales prior to appointment)

See also Category:Welsh saints

Scientists

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Sports people

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Trade union leaders

• Clive Jenkins (1926–1999)
• James Henry Thomas (1874–1949)
• Moss Evans (1925–2002)

Writers

For Welsh writers, see:

See Category:Welsh writers

• List of Welsh writers
• List of Welsh language authors
• List of Welsh language poets (6th century to c.1600)

Other notables

• Prince Madog, traditionally said to have discovered America in 1170
• Helen Adams (born 1978), runner-up in Big Brother 2001.
• Michael Bogdanov (born 1938), theatre director
• Rees Davies (1938–2005), historian
• Russell T Davies, television producer and writer (Queer as Folk (UK TV series), Doctor Who)
• Robert Edwards (died 1762), Buccaneer, Manhattan landowner
• Timothy John Evans (1924–1950), due to a miscarriage of justice hanged for murdering his wife and daughter, subsequently pardoned
• George Jeffreys (1648–1689), hanging judge
• Ernest Jones (1879–1958), psychoanalyst
• Grenfell Jones (1934–2007), cartoonist
• Isabel Ice (born 1982), pornographic actress
• Eifion Lewis (born 1983), philanthropist
• Walter Map (c. 1137 – 1209), medieval raconteur
• Howard Marks International drug smuggler and author
• Angus McBean (1904–1990), photographer
• Henry Morgan (c. 1635 – 1688), privateer
• Ivor Novello (1895-1951), composer, singer and actor
• Robert Owen (1771–1858), social reformer
• Dr William Price, eccentric physician
• Rachel Rice (born 1984), winner of Big Brother 2008.
• Bartholomew Roberts (1682–1722) pirate (Black Bart or Barti Ddu)
• William Salesbury (c. 1520 – c. 1600), lexicographer, phonetician and comparative linguist
• John Tabatabai (born 1986), Professional poker player
• Imogen Thomas (born 1982), Former Miss Wales and Big Brother 2006 Contestant
• Glyn Wise (born 1988), runner-up on Big Brother 2006.
• Laura Williams a nanny and contestant in Big Brother 2007.
• Thomas Wynne (surgeon) - Quaker and friend of William Penn

People born outside Wales regarded as Welsh

• Frank Brangwyn (1867–1956), painter. Born in Bruges, Belgium
• Joe Calzaghe boxer. Born 1972, Hammersmith, London, England. Current IBF and WBO (20 Defences) Super-Middleweight World Title holder.
• Alexander Cordell. Novelist. Born 1914, Ceylon. Died 1997, Llangollen.
• John Dee writer. Born 1527, London, England into a Welsh family.
• Marion Eames (1921 - 2007), writer born in Birkenhead, England. Died in Dolgellau
• Robert Earnshaw. International footballer. Born 1981, Zambia.
• David Lloyd George. Politician, statesman and Prime Minister(1863–1945). Born Manchester, England.
• James Henry Govier A.R.C.A. (1910-1974) Painter, etcher and engraver of The Swansea School.
• Richard Hughes (1900–1976), novelist, was born in Weybridge, Surrey, England.
• David Jones (1895–1974), artist and poet. Born in Brockley, Kent, England
• Jonah Jones (1919-2004), sculptor, letter-carver and calligrapher
• Geraint Jones (born 1976), cricketer, born in Papua New Guinea
• Helen Mary Jones, Plaid Cymru politician. Assembly Member for Llanelli. Born 1960, Colchester, England.
• Vinnie Jones Footballer and actor. Born 1965, Watford, England.
• Jackie Lewis Formula one driver
• Saunders Lewis (1893–1985), playwright and literary critic, born in Wallasey, England.
• Richard Llewellyn. (1907–1983), novelist. Born Hendon, London, England.
• Rupert Moon international rugby player. Born 1968, Walsall, England.
• Jan Morris writer. Born 1926, Clevedon, England.
• David Park golfer
• Dafydd Wigley, politician and former president of Plaid Cymru. Born 1943, Derby, England.
• Ivor Williams (1908–1982), artist
• Sian Williams, television presenter, born in London, England.
• Windsor Davies, Comedy actor, born in London.

People of other nationalities born in Wales

• Ian Hislop. English writer, editor and broadcaster. Born 1960, Mumbles to a Scottish father and Channel Islands mother.
• Christian Bale. English actor. Born 1974, Haverfordwest to English parents.

See also

• Category:Welsh people
• 100 Welsh Heroes
• List of Welsh Americans
• List of people by nationality

External links

• Famous Welsh