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List of Welsh people
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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)
See also: List of people by nationality