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)
Glynis Johns (actress)
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)
William Williams