List of Welsh people: Definition and Links by Encyclopedian.com

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
Shirley Bassey, (born 1937), singer
Aneurin Bevan, (1897-1960), politician
Max Boyce entertainer
Rhoda Broughton, (1840-1920), novelist
Richard Burton (actor), (1925-1984), Welsh actor
John Cale, (born 1942), musician
Joe Calzaghe[?] world champion boxer
Charlotte Church[?] singer
Tommy Cooper, (1922-1984), comedian and magician
Roald Dahl, (1916-1990), author
Saint David religious leader
Walford Davies, (1869-1944), composer, Master of the King's Music
John Dee, (1527-), alchemist
George Everest, (1790-1866), explorer
Dick Francis, (born 1920), author
Ken Follett, (born 1949), author
Geoffrey of Monmouth churchman/historian
Giraldus Cambrensis, (c.1146-c.1223), chronicler
Owen Glendower, (1359-1416), ('Prince of Wales')
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
Richard Hughes, (1900-1976), novelist
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
Catherine Zeta-Jones actor
David Jones, (1895-1974), artist and poet
Ernest Jones psychiatrist
Jack Jones, (1884-1970), novelist
Steve Jones (athlete)
Steve Jones (biologist), (born 1944)
Terry Jones, (born 1942), comedian, author, TV presenter
Tom Jones, (born 1940), singer
Neil Kinnock, (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
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), 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)