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 (author)
- Christian Bale (actor)
- Shirley Bassey (singer)
- Aneurin Bevan (politician)
- Richard Burton (actor)
- John Cale (musician)
- Joe Calzaghe (world champion boxer)
- Charlotte Church (singer)
- Tommy Cooper (comedian and magician)
- Roald Dahl (author)
- Saint David (religious leader)
- John Dee (alchemist)
- George Everest (explorer)
- Dick Francis (author)
- Ken Follett (author)
- Geoffrey of Monmouth (churchman/historian)
- Giraldus Cambrensis (chronicler)
- Owen Glendower ('Prince of Wales')
- Howell Harris (religious leader)
- Hedd Wyn (poet)
- King Henry V of England
- King Henry VII of England
- Michael Heseltine (politician)
- Anthony Hopkins (actor)
- Richard Hughes (novelist)
- George Jeffreys (hanging judge)
- Roy Jenkins (politician and author)
- Augustus John (artist)
- Gwen John (artist)
- Catherine Zeta-Jones (actor)
- David Jones (artist and poet)
- Ernest Jones (psychiatrist)
- Jack Jones (novelist)
- Steve Jones (biologist)
- Terry Jones (comedian, author, TV presenter)
- Tom Jones (singer)
- Neil Kinnock (politician)
- T E Lawrence (Lawrence of Arabia) (soldier)
- Anna Leonowens (governess in Siam)
- Desmond Llewellyn (actor)
- Richard Llewellyn (novelist)
- David Lloyd George (politician)
- Cerys Matthews (singer)
- Ray Milland (actor)
- John Nash (architect)
- Walter Map (medieval raconteur)
- Ivor Novello (entertainer)
- Sian Phillips (actress)
- Angharad Rees (actor)
- Elmer Rees (mathematician)
- Jean Rhys (novelist)
- Rachel Roberts (actor)
- Charles Stewart Rolls (motor manufacturer and aviator)
- Bertrand Russell (philosopher)
- Harry Secombe (entertainer)
- Howard Spring (novelist)
- Henry Morton Stanley (explorer)
- Dylan Thomas (poet)
- Edward Thomas (poet)
- George Thomas (politician}
- Ronald Stuart Thomas (poet)
- Bonnie Tyler (singer)
- Henry Vaughan (poet)
- Thomas Vaughan (philosopher)
- Alfred Russel Wallace (scientist)
- Tom Ward (actor)
- Naunton Wayne (actor)
- Simon Weston (war hero)
- Emlyn Williams (dramatist and actor)
- Raymond Williams (novelist, critic, academic)
- Rowan Williams (Archbishop of Canterbury}
- William Williams Pantycelyn (hymn-writer)
See also: William Williams, Biographical Listing