List of Welsh people

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

See Also Category:Welsh people

Actors

See Category:Welsh actors

Artists and Sculptors

• Mac Adams, sculptor
• James Henry Govier A.R.C.A. [ 1910-1974] Painter, etcher and engraver of The Swansea School.
• Philip Greenwood Landscape artist & printer. Born Dolgellau 1943.
• John Gibson (1790–1866), sculptor
• Nina Hamnett (1890–1956), painter
• Augustus John (1878–1961)
• Gwen John (1876–1939)
• David Jones (1895–1974), artist and poet
• Leonard Jonah Jones (1919-2004), sculptor, letter-carver and calligrapher
• Ceri Richards (1903–1971), artist
• Andrew Vicari (born 1938), (as of 2004 UK's richest artist)
• Christopher Williams (1873–1934), painter
• Kyffin Williams (1918–2006), painter

Business people

See Category:Welsh businesspeople

Explorers

See Category:Welsh explorers

Filmmakers

• Marc Evans (born 1963), film director
• Anthony Hopkins
• 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
• Ray Milland
• Endaf Emlyn
• Paul Turner
• Christopher Monger
• Karl Francis
• Andrew Grieve
• Kevin Allen
• Julian Richards

Humourists

See Category:Welsh comedians

Journalists and broadcasters

SeeCategory:Welsh journalists

SeeCategory:Welsh television presenters

SeeCategory:Welsh radio presenters

Military men and women

• Wilfred Bailey, 3rd Baron Glanusk of Crickhowell (Welsh: Crug Hywel or Crucywel) 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
• Ellis Humphrey Evans, celebrated poet Hedd Wyn, died in the Third Battle of Ypres, World War I
• 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, winner of the Victoria Cross
• Thomas Monaghan Victoria Cross recipient during the Indian Mutiny
• 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) a Rorke's Drift VC
• Roger Williams (c. 1537 – 1595) (soldier)

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

See Category:Welsh musicians

Peers

See Welsh Peers

Philosophers

• Richard Ithamar Aaron (1901–1987), philosopher
• Dewi Zephaniah Phillips (1934–2006), philosopher of religion
• Richard Price (1723–1791), philosopher
• Robert Recorde (c. 1510 – 1558) inventor of the = sign ("bicause noe 2 thynges can be moare equalle")
• Bertrand Russell (1872–1970), Philosopher
• Thomas Vaughan (1621–1666), philosopher

Politicians

See Category:Welsh politicians

Religious leaders

See Category:Welsh saints

• Geoffrey of Monmouth, Medieval bishop and historian
• Howell Harris (1714–1773), religious leader
• Vavasor Powell (1617–1670), non-conformist leader
• Evan Roberts (1878–1950), revival preacher
• Rowan Williams (born 1950), Archbishop of Canterbury (appointed 2003, served as Archbishop of Wales and Bishop of Monmouth in the disestablished Church of Wales prior to appointment)
• William Williams Pantycelyn (1717–1791), hymn-writer

Scientists

• Edward George Bowen (1911–1991), radar pioneer
• Glyn Daniel (1914–1986), archaeologist
• Donald Davies (1924–2000), computer scientist
• Sir Sam Edwards (born 1928), physicist
• Sir William Robert Grove (1811–1896), chemist
• Sir John T. Houghton, atmosphere physicist
• Steve Jones (born 1944), biologist
• William Jones (mathematician) (1675–1749), mathematician
• Brian David Josephson (born 1940), Nobel Prize physicist
• William Henry Preece (1834–1913), engineer
• Gareth Roberts, physicist
• Isaac Roberts (born 1882), Pioneer of Space Photography
• Robert Recorde (c. 1510 – 1558) (mathematician)
• Elmer Rees, mathematician
• Lord Bertrand Russell, 3rd Earl Russell (1872–1970), Mathematician, Philosopher, founder of CND, Nobel Prize Winner
• John Meurig Thomas (born 1932), chemist
• Alfred Russel Wallace (1823–1913), biologist

Sports people

See Category:Welsh sportspeople

Trade union leaders

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

Writers

For Welsh writers, see:

• 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)
• Cherry Dee (born 1987), Glamour model
• 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
• John Frost, Chartist
• George Jeffreys (1648–1689), hanging judge
• Ernest Jones (1879–1958), psychoanalyst
• Grenfell Jones (1934–2007), cartoonist
• 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
• John Nash, architect (1752–1835)
• Robert Owen (1771–1858), social reformer
• Dr William Price, eccentric physician
• Bartholomew Roberts (1682–1722) pirate (Black Bart or Barti Ddu)
• William Salesbury (c. 1520 – c. 1600), lexicographer, phonetician and comparative linguist
• 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

Artists

• Ivor Williams (1908–1982), artist

Golfers

• David Park

Journalists/broadcasters

• Sian Williams, television presenter

Politicians

• David Lloyd George (1863–1945), politician and former Prime Minister
• Dafydd Wigley, politician and former president of Plaid Cymru.

Sportsmen/women

• Joe Calzaghe (born 1972), current IBF and WBO (20 Defences) Super-Middleweight World Title holder.
• Robert Earnshaw, International footballer
• Geraint Jones (born 1976), cricketer, born in Papua New Guinea
• Vinnie Jones Footballer
• Jackie Lewis Formula one driver
• Rupert Moon international rugby player

Writers & Poets

• Alexander Cordell (1914–1997), novelist
• John Dee (born 1527)
• Marion Eames (1921 - 2007), born in Birkenhead, died in Dolgellau
• Richard Hughes (1900–1976), novelist
• Richard Llewellyn (1907–1983), novelist
• Saunders Lewis (1893–1985), playwright and literary critic, born in Wallasey, Cheshire
• Jan Morris (born 1926)

See also

• List of Welsh Americans
• List of people by nationality

External links

• Famous Welsh