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Jane Aaron Jane Frances Aaron (April 16, 1948 – June 27, 2015) was an American filmmaker and children's book illustrator, best known for her work on '' Between the Lions'' and ''Sesame Street''. Aaron mixed live-action shots and animated images to tea ...

(born 1951), literature scholar, researcher, non-fiction writer *

Janet Ackland Janet Ackland (1938–2019) was a Welsh international lawn and indoor bowler. Bowls career World Championships Ackland won two bronze medals and a silver medal at the 1977 World Outdoor Bowls Championship; the silver medals came in the pairs w ...

(born 1938), bowler *

Helen Adams Helen Adams (born 30 May 1978) is a Welsh television personality who rose to fame in the United Kingdom when she was chosen to be a contestant on the second series of the reality television show '' Big Brother'', in 2001. ''Big Brother'' Adams ...

(born 1978), television personality *

Sian Adey-Jones Sian Adey-Jones (born December 1957) is a former beauty queen and glamour model. Adey-Jones was born at Bodfari, Denbighshire, Wales. She won the Miss Wales title in 1976 and was second runner-up in Miss Universe 1976. She then finished first ru ...

(born 1957), model, actress * Wendy Albiston (born 1969), actress *

Jessica Allen Jessica Allen (born 21 August 1989) is a Welsh racing cyclist. She was born in Brecon After being spotted by the Welsh Talent Team, she was selected for the Olympic Development Programme in 2006. She was British Junior Time Trial Champion in 2 ...

(born 1989), racing cyclist * Jan Anderson (born 1974), actress *

Elizabeth Andrews Elizabeth Andrews OBE (1882–1960) was the first woman organiser of the Labour Party in Wales. Andrews, née Smith, was born into a mining family at Hirwaun in the Cynon Valley, one of eleven children (two of whom died during childhood). S ...

(1882–1960), suffragist, writer * Josie d'Arby (born 1972), actress, writer, television presenter * Jane Arden (1927–1982), film director, actress, screenwriter, playwright, poet *

Kim Ashfield Kim Ashfield (born 5 January 1959) is a former model from Wales who was awarded the title of Miss United Kingdom in 1980. As Miss Wales, she competed in Miss Universe 1980. As Miss United Kingdom, she placed as the 4th runner-up in Miss World 198 ...

(born 1959), model *

Laura Ashley Laura Ashley (née Mountney; 7 September 1925 – 17 September 1985) was a Welsh fashion designer and businesswoman. She originally made furnishing materials in the 1950s, expanding the business into clothing design and manufacture in the 1960s ...

(1925–1985), fashion designer *

Tiffany Atkinson Tiffany Atkinson (born 1972) is a British academic and award-winning poet. In 1993, she moved to Wales, where after completing her studies in Cardiff, she became a lecturer in English and Creative Writing at Aberystwyth University. In 2014, she ...

(born 1972), poet, educator *

Trezza Azzopardi Trezza Azzopardi (born 1961) is a Welsh writer, who has been shortlisted for the Booker Prize and won several other literary prizes. Early life Azzopardi was born in Cardiff to a Maltese father and a Welsh mother. She studied creative writing ...

(born 1961), widely translated novelist, short story writer, author of '' The Hiding Place'' *

(born 1938), bowler

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* Emilia Baeyertz (1842–1926), Christian missionary *

Mary Balogh Mary Balogh (born Mary Jenkins on 24 March 1944) is a Welsh-Canadian novelist writing historical romance, born and raised in Swansea. In 1967, she moved to Canada to start a teaching career, married a local coroner and settled in Kipling, Sas ...

(born 1944), Welsh-Canadian historical novelist * Iona Banks (1920–2008), actress *

Elinor Barker Elinor Jane Barker (born 7 September 1994) is a Welsh road and track racing cyclist, who last rode professionally on the road for UCI Women's Team . Representing Great Britain in international competitions, Barker is an Olympic champion, a two- ...

(born 1994), racing cyclist *

Lorraine Barrett Lorraine Jayne Barrett (born 18 Mar 1950) is a former Welsh Labour & Co-operative Party, Co-operative Member of the National Assembly for Wales for Cardiff South and Penarth (Assembly constituency), Cardiff South and Penarth and an Assembly Commi ...

(born 1950), politician *

Rachel Barrett Rachel Barrett (12 November 1874 – 26 August 1953) was a Welsh suffragette and newspaper editor born in Carmarthen. Educated at the University College of Wales in Aberystwyth she became a science teacher, but quit her job in 1906 on hearin ...

(1874–1953), suffragette, newspaper editor *

Shirley Bassey Dame Shirley Veronica Bassey (; born 8 January 1937) is a Welsh singer. Best known for her career longevity, powerful voice and recording the theme songs to three James Bond films, Bassey is widely regarded as one of the most popular vocalists ...

(born 1937), singer *

Anne Beale Anne Beale (1816 – 17 April 1900) was a popular English novelist and poet based in Wales. Her poetry, novels and stories appeared in print for over 50 years in her lifetime: "an unusually long career as an author".Jane Aaron''Nineteenth-Centur ...

(1816–1900), popular novelist, poet, children's writer *

Remy Beasley Remy Beasley is a Welsh actress best known for playing Beyoncé Evans in the Sky1 TV comedy drama series ''Stella''. She comes from Chepstow Chepstow ( cy, Cas-gwent) is a town and community in Monmouthshire, Wales, adjoining the border ...

(active since 2015), actress *

Eirlys Bellin Eirlys Bellin is a Welsh actress, character comedian and voice-over artist from Cowbridge in South Wales. Bellin trained at the University of Edinburgh and the Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts. She has been a regular on the London circuit starr ...

(active since 2000s), actress *

Anna Maria Bennett Anna Maria Bennett (ca. 1750 – 12 February 1808) was a Welsh novelist who wrote in English. Some sources give her name as Agnes Maria Bennett. Her best-known work is the epistolary novel '' Agnes de-Courci'' (1789).Available from Chawton Hous ...

(c.1750–1808), novelist *

Jane Brereton Jane Brereton (1685–1740) was a Welsh poet who wrote in English. She was notable as a correspondent for ''The Gentleman's Magazine''.Alexander Chalmers (Ed.), ''The General Biographical Dictionary'' - A New Edition volume VI' (1812) Biography ...

(1685–1740), English-language poet *

Tara Bethan Tara Bethan Williams (born 8 December 1983) is a Welsh actress, singer and presenter. Biography Daughter of professional footballer and wrestler Orig Williams, Bethan was brought up in Llansannan and Rhyl. From a young age, Bethan sang and danc ...

(born 1984), actress, singer * Bridget Bevan (1698–1779), educationalist and public benefactor *

Ruth Bidgood Ruth Bidgood (née Jones; 20 July 1922 – 4 March 2022) was a Welsh poet and local historian who wrote in English. Life and career Ruth Jones was born at Blaendulais, Seven Sisters, near Neath, Wales, on 20 July 1922. Her mother, the former H ...

(born 1922), poet *

Joyce Bland Joyce Bland (10 May 1906 – 24 August 1963) was a Welsh film actress. Early life Joyce Bland was born in 1906, at Caerleon, Wales. She trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts. Career Bland made her stage debut on tour in 1927 in '' Th ...

(1906–1963), film actress * Cate Le Bon (born 1983), singer-songwriter *

Di Botcher Diane Botcher (born 2 June 1959) is a Welsh actress. She has starred in several British television sitcoms and dramas, including the Sky comedy drama '' Stella'', BBC comedies '' Little Britain'' and ''Tittybangbang'' and the ITV period drama '' ...

(active since 1986), actress *

Ffion Bowen Ffion Bowen (born 28 January 1991) is a Welsh rugby union player who plays winger for Maesteg Celtic/Ospreys and the Wales women's national rugby union team. She won her first international cap against Italy in the 2014 Women's Six Nations Champ ...

(born 1991), rugby union player * Nan Braunton (1895–1978), actress *

(1685–1740), poet, contributor to ''

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Becky Brewerton Rebecca Dawn Brewerton (born 20 October 1982) is a Welsh professional golfer and a member of the Ladies European Tour and the LPGA Tour. Amateur career Brewerton was born in St Asaph, Wales. She had a successful amateur career. She was Welsh Gi ...

(born 1982), golfer *

Rhoda Broughton Rhoda Broughton (29 November 1840 – 5 June 1920) was a Welsh novelist and short story writer.Robert Hadji, "Rhoda Broughton" in Jack Sullivan (ed) (1986) ''The Penguin Encyclopedia of Horror and the Supernatural'' Viking Press, 1986, , p. 285 ...

(1840–1920), novelist, short story writer * Mia Arnesby Brown (1867–1931), painter *

Eleanor Bufton Eleanor Bufton (2 June 1842 – 9 April 1893) was a Welsh actress of the Victorian era. She began acting in her teens and spent most of her career in London, playing in Shakespeare, Victorian burlesque, and a range of drama and comedy roles. ...

(1842–1893), actress * Fanny Bulkeley-Owen (1845–1927), historian, writer * Frances Bunsen (1791–1876), painter, writer *

(active since 2004), actress

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Betsi Cadwaladr Betsi Cadwaladr (24 May 1789 – 17 July 1860), also known as Beti Cadwaladr''Welsh National Heroes'' by Alun Roberts, Y Lolfa, 2002 and Betsi Davis, was a Welsh nurse. She began nursing on travelling ships in her 30s (1820s) and later nursed in ...

(1789–1860), nurse in the Crimean War *Julia Callan-Thompson (1944–1979), model, designer, socialite *

Saint Callwen Saint Callwen was an early Welsh Christian saint from the Brychan family. There is some doubt about whether she existed. A church was dedicated to her in Defynnog, Brecknockshire. Life Saint Callwen was a member of the Brychan family of Wales wh ...

(6th century), Christian saint *

Saint Canna Saint Canna was a sixth-century mother of saints and later a nun in south Wales. According to the writings of the unreliable Iolo Morganwg, Canna was a daughter of the Breton King Tudur Mawr, and widely held to be related to Saint Illtud. Sh ...

(6th century), nun *

Nia Caron Nia Caron is a Welsh television actress. She is known for playing Anita Pierce in the long running soap ''Pobol y Cwm'' since 1999. Early and personal life Caron grew up in Llwyn y Groes near Tregaron, Ceredigion. She is the daughter of the art ...

(active since 1980s), Welsh-language actress *

Emma Catherwood Emma Catherwood (born 7 December 1978) is a Welsh actress and former model best known for her role as Jo in ''My Kingdom'' and for her role in ''Holby City''. She studied the Meisner technique in London, and has degrees in English literature and A ...

(born 1981), actress, model *

(1968), actress * Jane Cave (c.1754–1812), English-language poet *

Christine Chapman Christine Chapman (born 7 April 1956) is a Welsh Labour Co-operative politician who was a Member of the National Assembly for Wales for Cynon Valley from 1999 to 2016. She has not held senior government posts and has been described as "one of t ...

(born 1956), politician * Brenda Chamberlain (1912–1971), artist, poet *

Kara Chesworth Kara Jane Chesworth (née Francis; born 4 January 1972 in Portsmouth, England) is an English-born Welsh racing cyclist. She represented Wales at the 2010 Commonwealth Games The 2010 Commonwealth Games (Hindi: 2010 राष्ट्रम ...

(born 1972), racing cyclist * Shefali Chowdhury (born 1988), actress *

Sybil Christopher Sybil Christopher (née Williams; 27 March 1929 – 7 March 2013), formerly known as Sybil Burton, was a Welsh actress, theatre director, and founder of popular celebrity New York nightclub "Arthur".Paul Vitello"Sybil Christopher, Actress and Nig ...

(1929–2013), actress, theatre director *

Charlotte Church Charlotte Maria Church (born Charlotte Maria Reed, 21 February 1986) is a Welsh singer-songwriter, actress, television presenter and political activist from Cardiff. Church rose to fame in childhood as a classical singer before branching i ...

(born 1986), singer * Gillian Clarke (born 1937), poet, playwright, translator, broadcaster * Hafina Clwyd (1936–2011), educator, writer *

Grace Coddington Pamela Rosalind Grace Coddington (born 20 April 1941) is a Welsh former model and former creative director at large of American ''Vogue'' magazine. Coddington is known for the creation of large, complex and dramatic photoshoots. A '' Guardian'' ...

(born 1941), fashion writer, director of ''

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'', memoirist * Lu Corfield (active since 2012), actress *

Nicole Cooke Nicole Denise Cooke, MBE (born 13 April 1983) is a Welsh former professional road bicycle racer and Commonwealth, Olympic and World road race champion. At Beijing in 2008 she became the first British woman to win a Gold Olympic medal in an ...

(born 1983), racing cyclist * Glenys Cour (born 1924), painter, stained glass artist *

Shân Cothi Shân Margaretta Morgan (born 25 October 1965), known professionally as Shân Cothi, is a Welsh singer-songwriter, television and radio presenter. Early life Cothi was born in Ffarmers, Carmarthenshire, the younger of two children of Dai and ...

(born 1965), singer, actress * Margaret Courtenay (1923–1996), actress, singer, entertainer *

Elinor Crawley Elinor Crawley (born 8 November 1991) is a Welsh actress. She is best known for her role as Thyri in the television series ''Vikings'' and for portraying Cecily of York in '' The White Queen''. Early life and education Crawley was diagnosed w ...

(born 1991), actress * Leila Crerar (active since 1980s), actress * Jasmine Cresswell (born 1941), best selling novelist *

Katie Curtis Catherine Rachel "Katie" Prankerd (née Curtis; born 1 November 1988) is a Welsh former professional road and track cyclist. Career Born in Cardiff, Prankerd began competing at a young age with the Maindy Flyers children's cycle club before joi ...

(born 1988), road and track cyclist

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Fflur Dafydd Fflur Dafydd (born 1 August 1978) is a Welsh novelist, singer-songwriter and musician. Though mainly publishing in Welsh, she also writes in English. She contributes regularly in Welsh to Radio Cymru. Early life Dafydd is the daughter of Welsh ...

(born 1978), novelist, playwright, poet, singer, writes in Welsh and English *

Hannah Daniel Hannah Daniel (born 20 January 1986) is a Welsh actress from Cardiff, Wales, best known for her roles on TV series ''Y Gwyll, Hinterland'', ''Keeping Faith (TV series), Keeping Faith'' and ''Holby City (TV series), Holby City''. Early life Hann ...

(born 1986), actress *

Lisa Lee Dark Lisa Lee Dark (born Lee Dark; 16 April 1981) is a Welsh opera singer, songwriter, and voice actress. Early life Lisa Lee Dark was born Lee Dark in the Clydach area of Swansea on 16 April 1981. Her distant relatives include Italian opera sing ...

(born 1981), opera singer, voice actress *

Jennifer Daniel Jennifer Daniel (born Jennifer Ruth Williams; 23 May 1936 – 16 August 2017) was a Welsh actress. Her film appearances included assorted roles in the ''Edgar Wallace Mysteries'' film series, ''Gideon's Way'' and the Hammer horror films ''T ...

(born 1936), film actress *

Alexa Davies Alexa Davies is a Welsh actress best known for her roles as Aretha in '' Raised by Wolves'', Kate in ''Detectorists'' and Yvonne in ''Cradle to Grave'', and as young Rosie in ''Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again''. She grew up in Rhyl Rhyl (; c ...

(born 1995), actress * Catherine Glyn Davies (1926–2007), historian, translator * Clara Novello Davies (1861–1943), singer and conductor * Deddie Davies (born 1938), actress *

Deborah Kay Davies Deborah Kay Davies is a Welsh poet, writer, and educator. She received her PhD from Cardiff University. In 2009 she received a Wales Book of the Year for English-language for the short story collection ''Grace, Tamar and Laszlo the Beautiful'' ( ...

, contemporary poet, novelist, educator * Edna Davies (1905–1969), actress *

Gwendoline Davies Gwendoline Elizabeth Davies, CH (11 February 1882 – 3 July 1951), was a Welsh philanthropist and patron of the arts who, together with her sister Margaret, is recognised as the most influential collector of Impressionist and 20th-century art ...

(1882–1951), philanthropist, arts patron *

Jocelyn Davies Jocelyn Davies (born 18 June 1959, Usk, Monmouthshire, Wales) is a Plaid Cymru politician who was a member of the Welsh Assembly (AM), for the South Wales East region from 1999 until 2016. She was Deputy Minister for Housing and Regeneration ...

(born 1959), politician *

Karen Davies Karen Davies (born 19 June 1965) is a professional golfer from Wales who formerly played on the LPGA Tour. Amateur career Davies was born in Wrexham, Wales. She gained her first recognition as an amateur golfer when she won the Welsh Girls C ...

(born 1965), golfer *

Llewela Davies Llewela Davies (February 1871 – 22 August 1952) was a Welsh pianist and composer who toured with Dame Nellie Melba. Early life and education Llewela Tegwedd Davies was born at Talgarth, near Brecon, in South Wales. Her father was Rhys Davies, ...

(1871–1952), pianist and composer *

Lynette Davies Lynette Vaynor Davies (18 October 1948 – 1 December 1993) was a Welsh stage, television, and film actress. Life The daughter of a Customs and Excise officer, Davies was born in Tonypandy, Glamorgan, in 1948, and was educated at Our Lady's S ...

(1948–1993), actress *

Margaret Davies Margaret Sidney Davies (14 December 1884 – 13 March 1963), was a Welsh art collector and patron of the arts. With her sister Gwendoline, she bequeathed a total of 260 works, particularly strong in Impressionist and 20th-century art, which form ...

(fl. 1700s), poet, scribe *

(1884–1963), arts patron * Mary Davies (1855–1930), mezzo-soprano * Mary Davies (1846–1882), poet * Nina Davies (born 1974), racing cyclist *

Phoebe Davies Phoebe Davies (February 7, 1864 – December 4, 1912) was a Welsh-born American stage actress who starred in over 4,000 performances of the Lottie Blair Parker play, ''Way Down East''. Early life Phoebe Davies was born in Cardigan, Wales, the ...

(1864–1912), Welsh-born American actress *

Rachel Davies Rachel Davies is an English actress. She has numerous television credits to her name, including ''Boon'' (1986), ''A Little Bit Of Lippy'' (1989), ''Emmerdale'' (1993–94), '' Band of Gold'' (1995–96), '' Hillsborough'' (1996), and '' The Cha ...

(1846–1915), lecturer and evangelist preacher * Rose Davies (1882–1958), teacher, activist, politician * Valerie Davies (1912–2001), swimmer *

Rebecca De Filippo Rebecca De Filippo (born 25 February 1994) is a Welsh rugby union player who plays centre for Bristol Ladies and the Wales women's national rugby union team. She won her first international cap against Scotland in the 2012 Women's Six Nations Champ ...

(born 1994), rugby union player *

Cherry Dee Cherry Frampton (born 11 June 1987) is a former glamour model and Page 3 girl who posed under the name Cherry Dee. During her modelling career, she was featured in magazines such as ''Fast Car'', ''Fit For Men'', and '' Nuts'' and tabloid newsp ...

(born 1987), model *Sophie Dee (born 1984), pornographic actress *Jen Delyth (born 1962), specializing in Celtic symbolism *

Myrtle Devenish Myrtle Devenish (29 July 1912 – 21 January 2007) was a British film actress. She appeared in Terry Gilliam's 1985 cult film ''Brazil'', in a 1988 episode of Crimewatch, and had a role in the 1980s drama Together. Devenish was born in Ebb ...

(1913–2007), actress * Marina Diamandis (born 1985), singer-songwriter *

Amy Dillwyn Elizabeth Amy Dillwyn (16 May 1845 – 13 December 1935) was a Welsh novelist, businesswoman, and social benefactor. She was one of the first female industrialists in Britain. Born in Sketty, Swansea, Dillwyn was a member of a prominent family. ...

(1845–1935), novelist, industrialist *

Thereza Dillwyn Llewelyn Thereza Dillwyn Llewelyn (1834 – 21 February 1926) was a Welsh astronomer and pioneer in scientific photography. Biography The eldest of six children, Llewelyn was born to photographer and botanist John Dillwyn Llewelyn and Emma Thomasina Ta ...

, photographer, astronomer * Leila Crerar (born 1984), actress * Aimée Ann Duffy (born 1984), singer, songwriter * Ruth Dunning (1911–1983), actress

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* Aimee-Ffion Edwards (born 1987), actress * Mary Anne Edmunds (1813–1858), educator * Donna Edwards (born 1963), actress * Dorothy Edwards (1903–1934), novelist, short story writer *

Fanny Winifred Edwards Fanny Winifred Edwards (21 February 1876 – 16 November 1959) was a school teacher, children's author and dramatist. She was born, lived, worked and died near Ffestiniog in North Wales: her writing was in the Welsh language. Life Edwards wa ...

(1876–1959), schoolteacher, children's writer, dramatist *

Maudie Edwards Elizabeth Maud Edwards (16 October 1906 – 24 March 1991), professionally known as Maudie Edwards, was a Welsh actress, radio broadcaster, comedian, dancer and singer, best remembered for having spoken the first line of dialogue in soap ...

(1906–1991), actress, singer, comedian *

Rhian Edwards Rhian O'Sullivan ( née Edwards; 20 January 1981) is a Welsh female professional darts player who plays in events of the World Darts Federation (WDF). Darts career O'Sullivan was a quarter finalist in the 2009 Women's World Masters. She qualifi ...

(active from 2000s), poet * Sarah Edwards (1881–1965), Welsh born American actress * Sara Edwards (born 1961), broadcast journalist, television presenter *

Elen Egryn Elen Egryn, pen name of Elin (or Elinor) Evans, (1807–1876) was a Welsh poet. She was the first woman to have a book published in the Welsh language. Biography Ellen Egryn was the daughter of Ellis Humphrey Evans, a village schoolmaster, and h ...

(1807–1897), Welsh-language poet *

Menna Elfyn Menna Elfyn FLSW (born 1952) is a Welsh poet, playwright, columnist, and editor who writes in Welsh. She has been widely commended and translated. She was imprisoned for her campaigning as a Welsh-language activist. Background During the 1970s ...

(born 1952), Welsh-language poet, playwright, columnist, editor, poetry widely translated *

Gillian Elisa Gillian Elizabeth Thomas (born 10 August 1953) is a Welsh actress, singer, and comedian. Early in her career she was known as Gillian Elisa Thomas. Early life and education Elisa was born in Carmarthen, Wales, and brought up in Lampeter; she beg ...

(born 1953), actress, singer, comedian * Amy Evans (1884–1983), soprano, actress * Peg Entwistle (1908–1932), actress *

Claire Evans Claire Louise Evans (born 11 January 1983) is a Welsh beauty pageant titleholder who was the Miss Wales 2005. Born the eldest child of parents Geraint and Michelle in the seaside town of Aberystwyth in Wales, she was educated at St Padarns Rom ...

(born 1983), model * Christine Evans (born 1943), poet *

Elen Evans Elen Evans (born 9 January 1985) is a Welsh rugby union player who plays centre or wing for Caernarfon RFC, the Scarlets and the Wales women's national rugby union team. She won her first international cap against Ireland in the 2004 Women's Si ...

(born 1985), rugby union player *

Jennifer Evans Jennifer Evans (born 26 November 1982) is a Welsh actress, best known for playing the lead role of estranged Welsh farm girl Cat Williams in the 2005 award-winning ( BIFA Raindance Award) horror/comedy feature film ''Evil Aliens''. She has been ...

(active since 2004), actress *

Kate Williams Evans Kate Williams Evans (1 October 1866 – 2 February 1961) was a Welsh suffragette, activist and campaigner for Women's suffrage, women's rights. She was imprisoned in HM Prison Holloway, Holloway Prison where she went on hunger strike for which s ...

(1866–1961), suffragette and activist for women's rights * Laura Evans (active since 1990s), actress, singer, songwriter * Margiad Evans (1909–1958), poet, novelist *

Mary Evans Mary Evans (1770–1843), later Mary Todd, is notable as the first love of Samuel Taylor Coleridge, and although he failed to profess his feelings to Evans during their early relationship, he held her in affection until 1794 when Evans dissuaded ...

(1735–1789), sect leader * Maxine Evans (born 1966), actress * Sophie Evans (born 1993), singer, actress * Laura Evans-Williams (1883–1944), soprano

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Pam Ferris Pamela Ferris (born 11 May 1948) is a Welsh actress. She has starred in numerous British television series, including ''Connie'' (1985), '' The Darling Buds of May'' (1991–1993), '' Where the Heart Is'' (1997–2000), ''Rosemary & Thyme'' ...

(born 1948), actress * Catrin Finch (born 1980), harpist * Ilora Finlay, Baroness Finlay of Llandaff (born 1949), physician, politician * Catherine Fisher (born 1957), novelist, poet, broadcaster * Connie Fisher (born 1983), actress, singer *

Laura Ford Laura Ford (born 6 February 1961) in Cardiff, Wales is a British sculptor. Early life Growing up in a travelling fairground family, Ford was educated at Stonar School in Wiltshire, and then at Bath Academy of Art from 1978 to 1982, while spe ...

(born 1961), sculptor *

Rosemarie Frankland Rosemarie Franklin (1 February 1943 – 2 December 2000) born in Rhosllanerchrugog a village near Wrexham. She was a Wales, Welsh actress, model and beauty queen who won Miss World 1961, having previously finished as first runner-up at Miss Univ ...

(1943–2000), actress, model * Jane Freeman (born 1921), actress * Jocelyn Freeman (born 1986), pianist * Kathleen Freeman (1897–1959), classicist *

Liz Fuller Elizabeth Angela Fuller (born 30 December 1975) is a Welsh television presenter, actress, model and media personality, who is also known for being Miss Great Britain 1996 – 97. Fuller is the former owner of the Miss Great Britain pageant from ...

(born 1975), television presenter, actress, model

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Menna Gallie Menna Patricia Humphreys Gallie (18 March 1919 – 17 June 1990) was a Welsh novelist and translator. She is best known for her novels in the English language, and as the translator of Caradog Prichard's ''Un Nos Ola Leuad'', under the title ''Ful ...

(1919–1990), novelist, translator * Valerie Ganz (1936–2015), painter *

Jacqui Gasson Jacqueline-Anne Gasson ( – 14 June 2020) was a British politician. She was an elected councillor and member of South Glamorgan County Council and Cardiff Council, Wales between 1988 and 2012. From 2004 to 2005, she was Lord Mayor of Cardiff, the ...

(active since 1988), lord mayor of Cardiff *

Beti George Beti George (born 19 January 1939) is a Welsh broadcaster of television and radio. She began working for the BBC in Swansea and was best known for presenting the nightly Welsh-language news programme, ''Newyddion''. Since 1987 she has presented ...

(born 1939), journalist and broadcaster *

Seren Gibson Seren Gibson (born 16 January 1988 in Ruthin, Denbighshire, Wales) is a British former glamour model. She has appeared topless and nude in photo spreads for several men's magazines and on Page 3 of the UK newspaper '' Daily Star''. She featured ...

(born 1988), model * Sian Gibson (born 1976), actress, writer * Olive Gilbert (1898–1981), singer, actress *

Annabel Giles Annabel Claire Giles (born 20 May 1959) is a British former television and radio presenter. She currently works as a counsellor and psychotherapist, and has also worked as a model, actress and novelist. Early life and career Giles was born in ...

(born 1950), broadcaster, best selling novelist, actress *

Julia Gillard Julia Eileen Gillard (born 29 September 1961) is an Australian former politician who served as the 27th prime minister of Australia from 2010 to 2013, holding office as leader of the Australian Labor Party (ALP). She is the first and only ...

(born 1961), Australian prime minister *

Mary Dilys Glynne Mary Dilys Glynne (19 February 1895 – 9 May 1991) was a British plant pathologist and mountaineer. She was the first plant pathologist at Rothamsted Experimental Station and was particularly interested in soil-based fungal diseases includi ...

(1895–1991), plant pathologist, mountaineer *

Julie Gould Julie Gould (born 15 February 1989) is a Welsh swimmer. Gould was born in Beveren, Belgium. As a member of the Wales team at the 2006 Commonwealth Games The 2006 Commonwealth Games, officially the XVIII Commonwealth Games and commonly known ...

(born 1989), swimmer *

Helen Grace Helen Grace (born 20 August 1971, in Hertfordshire) is an English actress. She played the incestuous Georgia Simpson on the Channel 4 soap ''Brookside''. Biography and Career Born Helen Victoria Scragg, she grew up as an only child in Northw ...

(active since 2004), film director * Janice Gregory (born 1955), politician *

Sara Gregory Sara Lloyd-Gregory (born 19 August 1986), also billed as Sara Gregory, is a Welsh actress. She is known for her leading role in the S4C drama series '' Alys'', and appearing in the Sky1 series '' Thorne: Sleepyhead''. Early life Sara Gregory ...

(born 1986), actress * Clare Greenwood (born 1958), cyclist *

Elizabeth Griffith Elizabeth Griffith (1727 – 5 January 1793) was an 18th-century Welsh-born dramatist, fiction writer, essayist and actress, who lived and worked in Ireland. Biography Elizabeth Griffith was born in Glamorgan, Wales, to Dublin theater manager ...

(1727–1793), writer *

Helen Griffin Helen Griffin (1958 – 29 June 2018) was a Welsh actress, playwright and screenwriter. Born in Swansea, Wales, she appeared regularly in Welsh theatre and television and wrote and starred in the 2005 film ''Little White Lies''. She also appear ...

(active since the 1980s), actress, writer * Ann Griffiths (1776–1805), religious poet, hymn writer *

Lesley Griffiths Susan Lesley Griffiths MS (born 1960), known as Lesley Griffiths, is a Welsh Labour politician serving as Trefnydd of the Senedd since 2021. She worked as a secretary to John Marek and the constituency assistant to Ian Lucas, successive Member ...

(born 1960), politician *

Amy Guy Amy Guy (born 21 December 1983) is a Welsh beauty queen, television performer and athlete. She attended Yale College, Wrexham and secondary school at Ysgol Rhiwabon, Wrexham, Wales, and was the Welsh Schools National 100m and 300m Hurdling Cha ...

(born 1983), model *

Lady Charlotte Guest Lady Charlotte Elizabeth Guest (née Bertie; 19 May 1812 – 15 January 1895), later Lady Charlotte Schreiber, was an English aristocrat who is best known as the first publisher in modern print format of the '' Mabinogion'', the earliest prose l ...

(1812–1895), aristocrat and translator *

Bethan Gwanas Bethan Gwanas (real name Bethan Evans; born 16 January 1962) is a popular contemporary Welsh author, who publishes almost exclusively in the Welsh language. A prolific writer, she has had 17 titles published in the last decade. Whilst not just a ...

, pen name of Bethan Evans (born 1962), Welsh-language novelist, children's writer *

Saint Gwenfyl Saint Gwenfyl was an early Welsh Christian saint from the Brychan family. Little is known of her life. Life Saint Gwenfyl was one of the children or descendants of Brychan. She founded a chapel named Capel Gwenvyl, which no longer exists, subor ...

(fl. 6th century), Christian saint *

Lowri Gwilym Lowri Gwilym (born Lowri Williams; 14 October 1954 – 21 July 2010) was a Welsh television and radio producer. She worked for BBC Wales and the Welsh-language channel S4C. Early life Gwilym was born Lowri Williams on 14 October 1954 in Aberystwy ...

(1954––2010), television and radio producer *

Eirwen Gwynn Eirwen Meiriona St John Gwynn ( Williams; ; 1 December 1916 – 26 January 2007) was a Welsh nationalist, writer, teacher and physicist. Born in Liverpool, she read physics at the University College of North Wales and later earned a Doctor of ...

(1916–2007), nationalist, writer, teacher and scientist *

Gwenllian ferch Gruffydd Gwenllian ferch Gruffydd () (''Gwenllian, daughter of Gruffydd''; 1100 – 1136) was Princess consort of Deheubarth in Wales, and married to Gruffydd ap Rhys, Prince of Deheubarth. Gwenllian was the daughter of Gruffudd ap Cynan (1055–1137), ...

(1097–1137), Princess Consort of Deheubarth *

Gwenllian of Wales Gwenllian of Wales or Gwenllian ferch Llywelyn (June 1282 – 7 June 1337) was the second daughter of Llywelyn ap Gruffudd, the last native Prince of Wales (). Gwenllian is sometimes confused with Gwenllian ferch Gruffudd, who lived two cent ...

(1282–1337), daughter of Llywelyn ap Gruffudd *

Gwerful Fychan Gwerful Fychan ( fl. 1420–1490) was a poet during the period of the Welsh ''Beirdd yr Uchelwyr'' during the Late Middle Ages. She came from a noble family, her full name in genealogies being given as Gwerful ferch Ieuan Fychan ap Ieuan ap ...

(fl. 1420–1490), Welsh-language poet *

Denise Gyngell Denise Gyngell (born 30 August 1961) is a Welsh singer, actress and model. She is most famous as a member of the early 80s pop group, Tight Fit. She later married record producer Pete Waterman. Biography Denise Gyngell was born in Porth, Rhond ...

(born 1961), singer, actress, model

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Cerys Hale Cerys Hale (born 4 April 1993) is a Welsh Rugby Union professional player who plays prop for the Wales women's national rugby union team and Gloucester Hartpury. She made her debut for Wales in 2016 and represented them at the 2021 Women's Six Na ...

(born 1993), rugby union player *

Holly Hale Holly Hale (born 1990) is a Welsh model and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Universe Great Britain 2012. A student of psychology at Cardiff University and the second consecutive Welsh contestant to capture the title, Holly said: ...

(born 1990), model *

Augusta Hall, Baroness Llanover Augusta Hall, Baroness Llanover (21 March 1802 – 17 January 1896), born Augusta Waddington, was a Welsh heiress, best known as a patron of the Welsh arts. Early life She was born on 21 March 1802, near Abergavenny, the youngest daughter of ...

(1802–1896), arts patron * Nina Hamnett (1890–1956), painter *

Doris Hare Doris Breamer Hare, MBE (1 March 1905 – 30 May 2000) was a British actress, comedian, singer, and dancer best known for portraying Mabel Butler in the British sitcom ''On the Buses'' and its film spin-offs, after replacing the original actres ...

(1905–2000), actress, singer *

Mali Harries Mali Rhys Harries (born 6 July 1976) is a Welsh television actress and presenter who has been in the television industry since 1989. She has appeared in several well-established TV series in Welsh and English, including ''Hinterland'', ''The Ind ...

(born c.1976), actress * Edwina Hart (born 1957), politician * Ann Hatton (1764–1838), novelist *

Myfanwy Haycock Myfanwy Haycock (1913–1963) was a Welsh poet, illustrator, BBC broadcaster, and journalist. She was born Blodwen Myfanwy Haycock in Pontnewynydd, Wales, near Pontypool, in the traditional county of Monmouthshire, . Early life and educa ...

(1913–1963), poet, artist, broadcaster * Angela Hazeldine (born 1981), actress, musician *

Venissa Head Venissa Anne Head (born 1 September 1956 in Merthyr Tydfil) is a former international track and field athlete from Wales. Biography She went to secondary school at Cyfarthfa Castle Grammar School in Wales, and it was whilst there that she w ...

(born 1956), track and field athlete * Anneliese Heard (born 1981), cyclist * Georgia Henshaw (born 1993), actress *

Deirdre Hine Dame Deirdre Joan Hine DBE FFPH FRCP FLSW (née Curran; born 16 September 1937) is a Welsh medical doctor. In 1984 she began her career as a public health physician in Wales. She was chair of the Commission for Health Improvement from 1999 to 20 ...

(born 1937), physician *

Sally Hodge Sally Ann Hodge-McKenzie (born 31 May 1966) is a Welsh former track cyclist from Cardiff, Wales. Cycling career She was the first ever women's points race world champion at the 1988 UCI Track Cycling World Championships in Ghent, Belgium. She ...

(born 1966), cyclist *

Frances Hoggan Frances Elizabeth Hoggan (''née'' Morgan; 20 December 1843 – 5 February 1927) was a Welsh doctor and the first British woman to receive a doctorate in medicine from any university in Europe. She was also a pioneering medical practitioner, rese ...

(1843–1927), physician, first female doctor registered in Wales * Sophie Holland (active since 2000s), actress *

Karen Holford Karen Margaret Holford (born 1962) is a Welsh engineer, Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Vice-Chancellor and Chief Executive of Cranfield University. She was formerly Deputy Vice-Chancellor at Cardiff University. She is also a former Pr ...

(active since 1990), engineer and professor * Nichola Hope (born 1975), painter, writer, silhouettist * Sarah Hope (born 1975), twin sister of Nichola, painter, writer, actress * Mary Hopkin (born 1950), singer *

Sally El Hosaini Sally El-Hosaini ( ar, سالى الحسينى ) is a Welsh-Egyptian film director and screenwriter. Her debut feature film ''My Brother the Devil'' won awards internationally, including at the 2013 ''Evening Standard'' Film Awards, 2012 Su ...

(born 1976), film director, writer *

Ray Howard-Jones Rosemary "Ray" Howard-Jones (30 May 1903 – 25 June 1996) was a prolific Welsh painter best known for her impressionistic seascapes and paintings of the coastline of Wales, particularly of the areas around Skomer and Marloes. Early life and ...

(1903–1996),

Berkshire Berkshire ( ; in the 17th century sometimes spelt phonetically as Barkeshire; abbreviated Berks.) is a historic county in South East England. One of the home counties, Berkshire was recognised by Queen Elizabeth II as the Royal County of Berk ...

-born artist who lived in

Penarth Penarth (, ) is a town and Community (Wales), community in the Vale of Glamorgan ( cy, Bro Morgannwg), Wales, exactly south of Cardiff city centre on the west shore of the Severn Estuary at the southern end of Cardiff Bay. Penarth is a weal ...

from an early age *

Ann Harriet Hughes Ann Harriet Hughes (1852 – 25 April 1910) was a Welsh language novelist, under the pen-name Gwyneth Vaughan. Life Ann Harriet Hughes was born at Talsarnau in Merionethshire, the daughter of a miller, and had a basic school education at L ...

(1852–1910), Welsh-language novelist, poet *

Ellen Hughes Ellen Hughes (1867–1927) was a Welsh-language writer, temperance reformer and suffragist from Llanengan in North Wales. Strongly influenced by Sarah Jane Rees, she had a poem published in the Welsh-language women's periodical ''Y Frythones'' i ...

(1867–1927), Welsh-language writer, suffragist, temperance reformer *

Megan Hughes Megan Hughes (married name Megan Bäckstedt, born 5 January 1977) is a Welsh retired track and road racing cyclist. Hughes won the 1998 British National Road Race and represented Wales at the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, c ...

(born 1977), cyclist *

Nerys Hughes Nerys Hughes (born 8 November 1941) is a Welsh actress and narrator, known primarily for her television roles, including her part in the BBC TV series ''The Liver Birds''. Biography She was born in Rhyl, Flintshire. Her parents were Myfi and ...

(born 1941), actress *

Judith Humphreys Judith Humphreys is a Welsh actress who appeared in the films ''Hedd Wyn'' and ''The Storms of August''. She has also worked with charities Christian Aid and Cofis Bach. In 2014 she founded Codi'r To, a Welsh organisation similar to that of El ...

(born 1988), actress *

Ellen Hunter Ellen Hunter (born 12 February 1968, Wrexham) is a Welsh competitive cyclist and tandem pilot for Aileen McGlynn at Paralympic events. Hunter and McGlynn broke the flying 200m women's tandem World record in April 2004. Hunter met her husband ...

(born 1968), cyclist * Ruth Hussey, from 2012 to 2014: Chief Medical Officer for Wales *

Jane Hutt Jane Elizabeth Hutt MS (born 15 December 1949) is a Welsh Labour Party politician serving as Minister for Social Justice since 2021. She has served as the Member of the Senedd (MS) for the Vale of Glamorgan since 1999. A member of the Parliam ...

(born 1949), politician *

Joan Hutt Joan may refer to: People and fictional characters * Joan (given name), including a list of women, men and fictional characters *:Joan of Arc, a French military heroine * Joan (surname) Weather events *Tropical Storm Joan (disambiguation), multip ...

(1913–1985),

Hertfordshire Hertfordshire ( or ; often abbreviated Herts) is one of the home counties in southern England. It borders Bedfordshire and Cambridgeshire to the north, Essex to the east, Greater London to the south, and Buckinghamshire to the west. For govern ...

-born painter who moved to live in

North Wales , area_land_km2 = 6,172 , postal_code_type = Postcode , postal_code = LL, CH, SY , image_map1 = Wales North Wales locator map.svg , map_caption1 = Six principal areas of Wales common ...

in 1949 *

Emily Huws Emily Huws (born 3 March 1942) is a Welsh language children's author. She is a recipient of the Mary Vaughan Jones Award. Biography Huws was born in Tyddyn Llwyni, Caeathro, Caernarfon, where she still lives today. Huws was educated at Ysgol Gy ...

(born 1942), Welsh-language children's writer

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Elisabeth Inglis-Jones Portrait of Inglis-Jones taken from a painting by Cecil Jameson Elisabeth Inglis-Jones (1900–1994) was a Welsh historical novelist, local historian and biographer. ''Starved Fields'' (1929) was the first of six historical novels she published. ...

(1900–1994), novelist *

Norah Isaac Norah Isaac (1914 – 3 August 2003) was a Welsh author, drama producer and campaigner for Welsh-language education. She became head of the country's first Welsh-medium school, Ysgol Gymraeg yr Urdd, in 1939. Background Norah Isaac was born in ...

(1915–2003), Welsh-language short story writer, playwright, travel writer

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* Katrina Jacks (born 1986), rower * Angharad James (1677–1749), poet and harpist *

Becky James Rebecca Angharad James (born 29 November 1991) is a Welsh former professional racing cyclist specialising in track cycling. James was the 2013 world sprint and keirin champion. She is a 2016 Rio Olympics double silver medalist. James rode for ...

(born 1991), cyclist *

Irene James Irene James (born 1952) is a Welsh Labour politician who represented the constituency of Islwyn in the National Assembly for Wales from 2003 to 2011. James was educated Newbridge Grammar School and the Cardiff College of Music & Drama. She co ...

(born 1952), politician *

Jynine James Jynine James (born Janine Bellis; 30 March 1972) is a Welsh actress and singer. Biography Born in Wrexham, North Wales, James is a former convent schoolgirl who became a photographic model in the early 1990s working for corporate companies su ...

(born 1972), actress, singer * Maria James (1793–1868), Welsh-born American poet *

Stephanie James Stephanie Beth James (born 17 August 1985 in Aberdare, Glamorgan) is a Welsh actress who began her career in 2004, at the age of 19, when she portrayed the role of single mother Leigh-Anne Williams in the feature film " A Way of Life", in whic ...

(born 1985), actress *

Kate Jarman Kate Jarman (born 1980, Cardiff) is a Welsh actress. She is most well known for playing lead characters in ''Hearts of Gold'', ''Nice Girl'' and ''Pobol Y Cwm'' Education Jarman graduated from the Welsh College of Music and Drama, Cardiff with ...

(born 1980), actress *

Ruth Jên Ruth Jên (born 1964) is a Welsh artist, working in the old shoe shop in the village of Tal-y-bont, Ceredigion. Biography Born Ruth Jên Evans at Cefn Llwyd, she studied on an Art Foundation Course at Carmarthen before completing a degree in ...

(born 1964), painter, illustrator *

Katherine Jenkins Katherine Maria Jenkins (born 29 June 1980) is a Welsh singer. She is a mezzo-soprano and performs operatic arias, popular songs, musical theatre, and hymns.Kathryn Jenkins Kathryn Jenkins (9 June 1961 – 3 May 2009) was a scholar of Welsh language and culture, especially local hymnology. She was also a hymn writer in Welsh. Life Kathryn Jenkins was born in Tonypandy, Wales, the only child of Clement Jenkins, en ...

(1961–2009), scholar and writer of Welsh hymns *

Joan, Lady of Wales Joan, Lady of Wales and Lady of Snowdon, also known by her Welsh name often written as Siwan (said, approximately /''sɪuːan''/) (/92 – February 1237) was the illegitimate daughter of King John of England, and was the wife of Llywelyn the Grea ...

(c.1191–1237), wife of Llywelyn the Great *

Gwen John Gwendolen Mary John (22 June 1876 – 18 September 1939) was a Welsh artist who worked in France for most of her career. Her paintings, mainly portraits of anonymous female sitters, are rendered in a range of closely related tones. Although sh ...

(1876–1939), painter *

Margaret John Margaret John (14 December 1926 – 2 February 2011) was a Welsh, BAFTA award-winning actress, known for her role as Doris O'Neill in ''Gavin & Stacey''. Early life Born in Swansea, as a child she wanted to be a nurse or vet, but she could ...

(1926–2011), actress * Glynis Johns (born 1923), actress, pianist, singer * Alex Jones (born 1977), television presenter *

Alice Gray Jones Alice Gray Jones ( Jones; December 1852 – 17 April 1943), Order of the British Empire, OBE was a Welsh people, Welsh writer and editor, known by the pseudonym Ceridwen Peris (referencing Saint Peris, the origin of placenames from her nativ ...

(1852–1943), writer, editor * Ann Jones (born 1953), politician * Della Jones (born 1946), singer * Dora Herbert Jones (1890–1974), administrator and singer * Elin Jones (born 1966), politician * Elizabeth Jane Louis Jones (1889–1952), scholar *

Frances Môn Jones Frances Môn Jones (20 October 1919 – 8 September 2000) was a Welsh harpist and teacher who won three harp competitions and one solo soprano contest at the National Eisteddfod of Wales from 1937 to 1949. She began playing the organ at age 14 b ...

(1919–2000), harpist and teacher * Gwyneth Jones (born 1936), singer *

Iona Jones Iona Jones is a Welsh television executive, the former head of Welsh language channel S4C. Born in Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire, she was brought up in Lampeter, Ceredigion, before moving to Cardiff with her family when she was six. Jones gra ...

(active since 1986), broadcaster, television executive * Louise Jones (born 1963), cyclist *

Mai Jones Mai Jones (6 February 1899 – 7 May 1960), was a Welsh songwriter, entertainer and radio producer. Biography Jones was born in Newport, Monmouthshire, the daughter of the local railway stationmaster. Having won a scholarship to study music ...

(1899–1960) songwriter, entertainer and radio producer *

Mary Jones Mary Jones may refer to: People American * Mary Alice Jones (1898–1980), American children's writer *Mary Cover Jones (1896–1987), American psychologist * Mary Ellen Jones (chemist) (1922–1996), American biochemist * Mary Ellen Jones (politi ...

(1896–1990), actress *

Mary Lloyd Jones Mary Lloyd Jones FLSW (born 1934) is a Welsh painter and printmaker based in Aberystwyth. Her works are multilayered and use devices that reflect an interest in the beginnings of language, including early man-made marks and the ogham and bardi ...

(born 1934), painter, printmaker *

Mary Vaughan Jones Mary Vaughan Jones (28 May 1918–April/May/June 1983) was a celebrated Welsh children's author and schoolteacher. She was born at 'Firs Cottage', Maenan near Llanrwst in 1918, and died in the Rhuddlan area, Clwyd in 1983. Jones authored a ...

(1918–1983), children's writer, teacher * Ruth Jones (born 1966), actress, writer * Ruth Jones, Labour Party politician * Sue Jones-Davies (born 1949), actress, singer

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Katheryn of Berain Katheryn of Berain ( cy, Catrin o Ferain) (born 1535 - Latin eulogy; died aged 56 on 27 August 1591), sometimes called ''Mam Cymru'' ("mother of Wales"), was a Welsh noblewoman noted for her four marriages and her extensive network of descendan ...

(1534–1591), noblewoman *

Gwyneth Keyworth Gwyneth Anjuli Keyworth (born 15 September 1990) is a Welsh actress. She was born in Aberystwyth and began acting in a local Welsh language youth theatre group. She went on to appear with the National Youth Theatre. Since graduating from the R ...

(active since 2009), actress *

Nyree Kindred Nyree Elise Kindred MBE (''née'' Lewis; born 21 September 1980 in Rhondda, Wales) is a Welsh swimmer who has competed in the Paralympic Games on four occasions winning ten medals. Early life Kindred took up swimming at the age of 5, having b ...

(born 1980), swimmer *

Christine Kinsey Christine Kinsey (born October 1942) is a Welsh painter, now based in Pembrokeshire. She was the Co-Founder and Artistic Director of Chapter Workshops and Centre of the Arts, Cardiff, now called the Chapter Arts Centre. Biography Kinsey was bo ...

(born 1942), painter

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Margaret Lacey Margaret Brackenbury Lacey (26 October 1911 – 4 October 1988) was a British character actress and ballet teacher. She appeared in over 30 films between 1957 and 1985, usually playing a sweet old lady or motherly figure in minor roles. Early ...

(1910–1989), actress, ballet teacher *

Kate Lambert Kate Lambert, known professionally as "Kato", is a British model, fashion designer, singer and entrepreneur. A native of Wales, Kato emigrated to the United States in 2007. She became a US citizen in 2019. One of the most recognisable fac ...

(active since 2000s), model, fashion designer *

Sarah Lark Sarah Lark (born 28 January 1983) is a Welsh singer and actress who rose to fame when she competed as one of the finalists in the BBC talent show-themed television series '' I'd Do Anything'' in 2008. Background Lark was born in Roath, Cardif ...

(born 1983), singer, actress * Lisa Lazarus (born 1987), model, actress * Nancy Lee (born 1970), Welsh-born short story writer, novelist, now in Canada *

Ruby Levick Ruby Winifred Levick (11 September 1871 – 31 March 1940) was a Welsh sculptor and medallist who had many of her works exhibited at the Royal Academy. Biography Levick was born in Llandaff, Glamorgan, the daughter of George Levick, a civil en ...

(c.1872–1940), sculptor *

Donna Lewis Donna Lewis (born August 1959) is a Welsh singer. She is best known for the 1996 pop hit single "I Love You Always Forever", which peaked at number five on the UK Singles Chart, and also peaked within the top ten of the charts in Australia, Aust ...

(born 1973), singer, musician *

Eiluned Lewis Janet Eiluned Lewis (1 November 1900 – 15 April 1979) was a Welsh novelist, poet, and journalist. Early life and education Janet Eiluned Lewis was born in Penstrowed near Newtown, Montgomeryshire, the daughter of Eveline Griffiths and Hug ...

(1900–1979), novelist, poet, journalist *

Emmeline Lewis Lloyd Emmeline Lewis-Lloyd (18 November 1827 – 22 September 1913) was an early British alpine mountaineer. She was in the first party to climb Aiguille du Moine in 1871 with Jean Charlet. Life Lloyd was born in 1827 in Wales. She was the fourth ch ...

(1827–1913), mountaineer * Gwyneth Lewis (born 1959), Welsh-language poet, national poet of Wales, also writes in English * Princess Lilian, Duchess of Halland (1915–2013), fashion model, Swedish princess *

Danielle Lineker Danielle Maria Bux (born 15 June 1979) is a Welsh actress and model. She made her modelling début in 1999 winning a place on the Miss Hawaiian Tropic beauty pageant in Las Vegas. She was married to former England footballer Gary Lineker from ...

(born 1979), actress, model *

Betsan Llwyd Betsan Llwyd is a Welsh actor and theatrical and television director.Margaret Lloyd Margaret Lloyd (born 1973) is an American soprano who is particularly known for her performances in contemporary operas and concert works. She has sung in the world premieres of several operas, most notably portraying the role of Lightfoot McClend ...

(1709–1762), Moravian missionary * Mary Lloyd (1819–1896), sculptor *

(born 1934), painter * Sian Lloyd (born 1972), news presenter * Siân Lloyd (born 1958), weather presenter * Angharad Llwyd (1780–1866), antiquary *

Eirian Llwyd Eirian Llwyd (1951 – 29 January 2014) was a Welsh artist and wife of former Plaid Cymru leader Ieuan Wyn Jones. Biography Llwyd was born at Prion near Denbigh, Wales. After nursing in Liverpool between 1969-73 she worked as a midwife at St As ...

(1951–2014), artist *

Martha Llwyd Martha Llwyd (1766 – 16 October 1845), born Martha Williams, was a Welsh poet and Methodist hymnwriter. Due to health problems, Llwyd was unable to walk. She was carried aloft in her chair. Early life Martha Williams was born at Nantb ...

(1766–1845), poet, hymnist *

Jemma Lowe Jemma Louise Lowe (born 31 March 1990) is a former British international butterfly swimmer and British record holder. She has competed for Wales in the Commonwealth Games, and was a member of Great Britain's 2008 and 2012 Olympic teams. Car ...

(born 1990), swimmer

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Georgia Mackenzie Georgia Mackenzie (born 19 May 1973) is a British actress. Career Mackenzie's notable screen credits include Sarah Beckenham in the BBC's BAFTA nominated series '' Outlaws'', Jackie Haggar in ITV's ''Hot Money'' (since remade in Hollywood as ...

(born 1973), actress * Margaret Mackworth, 2nd Viscountess Rhondda (1883–1958), businesswoman and suffragette *

Ruth Madoc Ruth Madoc (born Margaret Ruth Llewellyn Baker; 16 April 1943 – 9 December 2022) was a British actress who had a career on stage and screen spanning over 60 years. She was best known for her role as Gladys Pugh in the BBC television comedy '' ...

(born 1943), actress, singer * Sharon Maguire (born 1960), film director *

Ruth Manning-Sanders Ruth Manning-Sanders (21 August 1886 – 12 October 1988) was an English poet and author born in Wales, known for a series of children's books for which she collected and related fairy tales worldwide. She published over 90 books in her lifetime ...

(1886–1988), poet, children's writer *

Edith Mansell Moullin Edith Mansell-Moullin (September 1858–5 March 1941) was an English suffragist of Welsh heritage and social activist. Proud of her Welsh roots, she founded the Cymric Suffrage Union, which was dedicated to gaining women's suffrage for Welsh wo ...

(1859–1941), suffragist *

Deborah Manship Deborah Manship (born 25 September 1953) is a Welsh actress, best known for her roles in the television drama series ''Angels'' (as Sister Valerie Price) and '' The District Nurse'' (as Nesta Mogg). She later appeared in the '' Doctor Who'' seri ...

(born 1953), actress *

Ursula Masson Ursula Masson (1945–2008), born Ursula O'Connor, was a Welsh academic and writer who worked closely with Jane Aaron and Honno Press/Gwasg Honno, the Welsh Women's Press, on the imprint Welsh Women's Classics – to bring back into print the w ...

(1945–2008), educator, literature researcher, non-fiction writer * Cerys Matthews (born 1969), singer, songwriter, broadcaster, writer *

Gwerful Mechain Gwerful Mechain ( fl. 1460–1502), is the only female medieval Welsh poet from whom a substantial body of work is known to have survived. She is known for her erotic poetry, in which she praised the vulva among other things. Life Gwerful Mecha ...

(c.1460–1502), early Welsh-language poet *

Nia Medi Nia Medi is a Welsh people, Welsh actress and author. Biography Originally from Llanfair, Gwynedd, Llanfair, near Harlech in North Wales, she now lives in the Dolgellau area. She attended Bangor Normal College, The Normal College in Bang ...

, since 2005, Welsh-language novelist, actress *

Leila Megàne Leila Megane (5 April 1891 – 2 January 1960) was a Welsh mezzo-soprano opera singer.Obituary The Times, Monday, 4 January 1960 Born Margaret Jones in Bethesda, Wales, she married T. Osborne Roberts (1879–1948), a composer. She spent a car ...

(1891–1960), opera singer *

Sandy Mewies Sandra (Sandy) Mewies AM (born 16 February 1950) is a Welsh Labour politician. Born in Brymbo, Wrexham, Mewies represented the constituency of Delyn at the National Assembly for Wales from her election in 2003 until 2016. Education Grove Park G ...

(born 1950), politician *

Dorothy Miles Dorothy "Dot" Miles (19 August 1931 – 30 January 1993, née Squire) was a Welsh poet and activist in the deaf community. Throughout her life, she composed her poems in English, British Sign Language, and American Sign Language. Her work laid ...

(1931–1993), poet, wrote in English and sign language * Ruby Miller (born 1992), cyclist *

Tracey Moberly Tracey Moberly (born Tracey Karen Wood, Tredegar, South Wales, 1964; formerly married as Sanders-Wood) is an interdisciplinary artist, author and radio show host, and was also a co-owner of the Foundry in London. She exhibits prolifically and ...

(born 1964), multidisciplinary artist *

Ann Moray Ann Moray (1909–1981) was a Welsh singer and novelist of Scots‐Irish background. She was known by the nickname Scottie during World War II, when she sung for patients in battlefield hospitals. She developed an interest in the folklore of ...

(1909–1981), novelist, short story writer, singer * Diana Morgan (1908–1996), playwright, screenwriter *

Elaine Morgan Elaine Morgan OBE, FRSL (7 November 1920 – 12 July 2013), was a Welsh writer for television and the author of several books on evolutionary anthropology. She advocated the aquatic ape hypothesis, which she advocated as a corrective to what s ...

(1920–2013), playwright, non-fiction writer *

Gwenllian Elizabeth Fanny Morgan Gwenllian Elizabeth Fanny Morgan (9 April 1852 – 7 November 1939) was the first woman in Wales to hold the office of Mayor. She was also an antiquary and published books about her area of study. Morgan served as superintendent of Petitions and ...

(1852–1939), mayor, antiquarian *

Helen Morgan Helen Morgan may refer to: *Helen Morgan (singer) Helen Morgan (née Riggins; August 2, 1900 – October 9, 1941) was an American singer and actress who worked in films and on the stage. A quintessential torch singer, she made a big splash in ...

(born 1952), model * Kate Alicia Morgan (born 1983), model, actress * Sally Moore (born 1962), painter * Beth Morris (born 1949), actress * Siwan Morris (born 1976), actress *

Moelona Moelona was the pen-name of Elizabeth (Lizzie) Mary Jones (née Owen) (21 June 1877 – 5 June 1953), a Welsh novelist and translator who wrote novels for children and other works in Welsh. Early life She was born at Rhydlewis, Ceredigion, ...

, pen name of Elizabeth Mary Jones (1877–1953), Welsh-language novelist, children's writer, translator *

Becky Morgan Becky Morgan (born 5 September 1974) is a Welsh professional golfer who plays mainly on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour but is also a member of the Ladies European Tour. Amateur career Morgan was born in Abergavenny. She was introduced to the game ...

(born 1974), golfer *

Chloe-Beth Morgan Chloe-Beth Morgan (born 1986) is a Welsh beauty queen who won the Miss Wales 2008Miss Wales 2008
contest a ...

(born 1986), model *

(1920–2013), non-fiction writer on anthropology, playwright, columnist *

(born 1960), singer *

Elena Puw Morgan Elena Puw Morgan (1900–1973, née Davies) was a Welsh writer. She became the first woman to win the Literary Medal at the National Eisteddfod, with the novel ''Y Graith'' (The Scar) in 1938. In addition to novels for an adult audience, Morga ...

(1900–1973), Welsh-language novelist, children's writer *

Eluned Morgan Eluned Morgan may refer to: *Eluned Morgan (author) (1870–1938), Welsh writer *Eluned Morgan, Baroness Morgan of Ely (born 1967), Welsh politician {{DEFAULTSORT:Morgan, Eluned ...

(1870–1938), Welsh-language author from Patagonia, travel writer, non-fiction writer * Kate Alicia Morgan (born 1983), model *

Sharon Morgan Sharon Morgan (born 29 August 1949) is a Welsh actress of stage and screen, currently based in Cardiff. She was brought up in the village of Llandyfaelog. She is best known for her work within the Welsh film and television industries and has be ...

(born 1949), actress *

Kay Morley-Brown Kay Morley-Brown (née Morley, born 5 March 1963) is a British former athlete who competed in the 100 metres hurdles. Representing Wales, she won the 1990 Commonwealth Games 100 metres hurdles title, and went on to represent Great Britain ...

(born 1963), athlete *

Kelly Morgan Kelly Ann Aston (, born 22 May 1975) is a Welsh badminton player. She has represented Wales and Great Britain in regional and international competitions, including the Olympics and the Commonwealth Games, winning gold in the 1998 Commonwealth ...

(born 1975), badminton player * Penelope Mortimer (1918–1999), journalist, biographer, novelist *

Sophie Moulds Miss World 2012, the 62nd edition of the Miss World pageant, was held on 18 August 2012 at Dongsheng Fitness Center Stadium in Ordos, Inner Mongolia, China. 116 contestants from all over the world competed for the crown. Ivian Sarcos of Venez ...

(born 1992), model *

Wendy Mulford Wendy Mulford (born 1941) is a Welsh-born poet, associated with the contemporary ''avant garde'' scene, with the British Poetry Revival, and with the development of feminist poetry in the 1970s. Her poetry has been viewed as "difficult to categor ...

(born 1941), poet, feminist * Catherine Murphy (born 1975), athlete * Eve Myles (born 1978), actress

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Lynne Neagle Lynne Neagle MS (born 18 January 1968) is a Welsh Labour & Co-operative politician. Born in Merthyr Tydfil, Glamorgan, Wales, Neagle has been the Member of the Senedd (MS) for the constituency of Torfaen since the Senedd was established in ...

(born 1968), politician * Liz Neal (born 1973), artist based in London * Mary Edith Nepean (1876–1960), writer *

Mavis Nicholson Mavis Nicholson (née Mainwaring; 19 October 1930 – 8 September 2022) was a Welsh writer and radio and television broadcaster. She was born in Wales, and worked throughout the United Kingdom. Early life Nicholson was born on 19 October 1930 i ...

(born 1930), writer, broadcaster * Kimberley Nixon (1985), actress

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Pixie O'Harris Pixie O'Harris (born Rhona Olive Harris; 15 October 1903 – 17 November 1991) was a Welsh-born Australian artist, newspaper, magazine and book illustrator, author, broadcaster, caricaturist and cartoonist, designer of book plates, sheet music ...

(1903–1991), Welsh-born Australian artist, poet, autobiographer, illustrator * Tessie O'Shea (1913–1997), stand-up comedian *

Angharad ferch Owain Angharad ferch Owain (1065–1162) was the wife of Gruffudd ap Cynan, a king of Gwynedd. Biography Angharad was born in the region of Tegeingl in Flintshire county, Wales. Her father was Owain ab Edwin (1044–1105). Her mother was Morwyl ...

(1065–1162), queen of Gwynedd *

Bethan Ellis Owen Bethan Ellis Owen (born Bangor, Gwynedd) is a Welsh television actress best known for playing the character of Ffion Llewelyn in the Welsh soap ''Pobol y Cwm''. She was a pupil at Ysgol Gyfun Llanhari Ysgol Llanhari is a Welsh-medium school f ...

(active since 1990s), actress *

Lucy Owen Lucy Owen (born 18 June 1971 as Lucy Jane Cohen) is a Welsh television news reader. Early life Owen attended Howell's School in Llandaff, Cardiff, and graduated from Royal Holloway, University of London, in English. She is of Jewish heritage. ...

(born 1970), television news reader * Mary Owen (1796–1875), hymnwriter * Meg Wynn Owen (born 1939), actress *

Morfydd Llwyn Owen Morfydd Llwyn Owen (1 October 1891 – 7 September 1918) was a Welsh composer, pianist and mezzo-soprano. A prolific composer, as well as a member of influential intellectual circles, she died shortly before her 27th birthday. Early lif ...

(1891–1918), composer, pianist and singer

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* Suzanne Packer (born 1958), actress * Joanna Page (born 1978), actress *

Lisa Palfrey Lisa Palfrey (born 9 February 1967) is a Welsh actress. She is known for playing the roles of Gwenny in ''House of America'' (1997), Mrs Nice in ''Guest House Paradiso'' (1999), Maureen in ''Pride'' (2014), Mrs Dai Bread 1 in ''Under Milk Woo ...

(active since 1990s), actress * Davinia Palmer (born 1980), television presenter, voice-over artist, now in the United States *

Stephanie Parker Stephanie Parker (29 March 1987 – 18 April 2009) was a Welsh actress, best known for playing Stacey Weaver on BBC Wales' television series, '' Belonging'', since the age of 15. She also appeared in ''Casualty'', ''Doc Martin'' and BBC Radio 4 ...

(1987–2009), actress *

Molly Parkin Molly Parkin (born Molly Noyle Thomas, 3 February 1932) is a Welsh painter, novelist and journalist, who became most well-known for her work on ''Nova'' magazine, newspapers and television in the 1960s. Early life Parkin was born on 3 February ...

(born 1932), painter, novelist, journalist *

Blanche Parry Blanche Parry (1507/8–12 February 1590) of Newcourt in the parish of Bacton, Herefordshire, in the Welsh Marches, was a personal attendant of Queen Elizabeth I, who held the offices of Chief Gentlewoman of the Queen's Most Honourable Privy C ...

(1507–1590), personal attendant of Queen Elizabeth I * Sarah Winifred Parry (1870–1953), writer * Caryl Parry Jones (born 1958), singer, songwriter, actress, composer *

Amy Parry-Williams Amy, Lady Parry-Williams ( Thomas; 18 December 1910 – 28 January 1988) was a Welsh singer and writer with a special interest in Welsh folk traditions. An active broadcaster, she was an early director of the Welsh television company HTV. Effe ...

(1910–1988), singer, writer *

Karen Paullada Karen Paullada is a Welsh actress An actor or actress is a person who portrays a character in a performance. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and televisio ...

(active since 2000s), actress * Sarah Payne, probation executive * Allison Pearson (born 1960), journalist, writer *

Jessie Penn-Lewis Jessie Penn-Lewis (28 February 1861 – 15 August 1927, née Jones) was a Welsh evangelical speaker, who wrote several Christian evangelical works. Her religious work took her to Russia, Scandinavia, Canada, the United States and India. Early l ...

(1861–1927), evangelist, religious writer, magazine publisher *

Anne Penny Anne Penny (née Hughes; 6 January 1729 – 17 March 1784) was a British poet and translator, born in Wales to a vicar and his wife. She married a privateer who owned an estate in Oxford, but was left widowed at the age of 22 with a son, Hugh Cl ...

(1729–1784), poet *

Mary Penry Mary Penry (12 November 1735 — 17 May 1804) was a Welsh-born woman in colonial Pennsylvania. As a longtime member of the Moravian community at Lititz, she served as "diarist, accountant and guide" for the single sisters' house.Scott Paul Gordon" ...

(1735–1804), Moravian sister in Pennsylvania *

Kelly-Louise Pesticcio Kelly-Louise Pesticcio, from Cardiff, Wales, won the title of Miss Wales 2007 and went on to represent Wales in the 2007 Miss World competition, held in Sanya, China Sanya (; also spelled Samah) is the southernmost city on Hainan Island, and ...

(born 1974), beauty pageant winner *

Pauline Peters Pauline Peters (24 August 189514 December 1976) was a Welsh actress in dozens of silent films. Early life Pauline Peters was born in Cardiff. Selected filmography Peters appeared in dozens of silent films, including the "Walter" serials wi ...

(born 1896), actress * Pascale Petit (born 1953), poet *

(active since 2009), actress *

Carys Phillips Carys Phillips (born 12 November 1992) is a Welsh rugby union player. She plays as a Hooker for the Worcester Warriors in the Premier 15s and for Wales women's national rugby union team. Personal life The daughter of back row forward Rowland ...

(born 1992), rugby union player *

Lauren Phillips Lauren Phillips (born 1981) is a Welsh television actress from Bridgend, Wales. She is best known for playing the no-nonsense character, Kelly Evans, in the Welsh TV soap ''Pobol y Cwm''. She originally played the character between 2003 and 20 ...

(born 1981), actress *

Mary Elizabeth Phillips Mary Elizabeth "Beth" Phillips (born 1969) is the Chief United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri. Early life and education Phillips was born in Kirksville, Missouri in 1969. She recei ...

(1875–1956), medical doctor *

Siân Phillips Dame Jane Elizabeth Ailwên Phillips (born 14 May 1933), known professionally as Siân Phillips ( ), is a Welsh actress. She has performed the title roles in Ibsen's ''Hedda Gabler'' and George Bernard Shaw's '' Saint Joan''. Early life Phi ...

(born 1933), actress * Jayne Pierson (active since 2009), fashion designer *

Eleanor Pilgrim Eleanor Pilgrim (born 15 February 1977) is a Welsh professional golfer and a member of the Ladies European Tour. Amateur career Pilgrim was born in Newport, Wales. She was a member of the Welsh Amateur International from 1995 to 2002, was We ...

(born 1977), golfer * Katherine Philips (1632–1664), poet, translator *

Victoria Plucknett Victoria Plucknett is a Welsh television actress, best known for playing the character of Diane Ashurst in the Welsh soap opera ''Pobol y Cwm'' and Mary in ''The Duchess of Duke Street''. She played WPC Beck in ''Z-Cars''. She played Phebe in t ...

(born 1953), actress *

Annie Powell Annie Powell (1906–1986) was a Welsh Communist politician. Born in Rhondda and educated at Pentre Higher Grade School, Powell became interested in politics while at Glamorgan Training College, Barry, in the 1920s. It was while undertaking ta ...

(1906–1986), politician *

Shona Powell Hughes Shona Powell-Hughes (born 8 July 1991) is a Welsh Rugby Union professional player who plays prop for the Wales women's national rugby union team and Gloucester Hartpury. She made her debut for the Wales national squad in 2010 as the youngest member ...

(born 1991), rugby union player *

Angharad Price Angharad Price is a Welsh academic and novelist. She is a recipient of the Glyndŵr Award. Biography Price was born in Bethel, Gwynedd, Wales, the daughter of the Welsh historian . She graduated with a BA and DPhil in Modern Languages fr ...

, novelist since 1999, academic *

Dilys Price Dilys Price (3 June 19329 October 2020) was a Welsh educator, parachutist, and model who held the record for the oldest female solo parachute jump at the age of 80. She founded the charity Touch Trust to provide art and creative movement activi ...

(1932–2020), educator and parachutist *

Maria Pride Maria Pride (born 1970) is a Welsh television actress who plays the recurring character of Debbie Jones in the Welsh Language soap opera ''Pobol y Cwm''. She is a former pupil of Ysgol Gyfun Rhydfelen, near Pontypridd. In February 1999, she play ...

(born 1970), actress * Myfanwy Pryce (1890–1976), novelist

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* Mary Quant (born 1934), fashion designer

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Allen Raine Allen Raine was the pseudonym of the Welsh novelist Anne Adalisa Beynon Puddicombe (6 October 1836 – 21 June 1908), who was born in Newcastle Emlyn. Her novels had sold more than two million copies by 1912. Life She was born Anne Adalisa Evan ...

, pen name of Anne Adalisa Beynon Puddicombe (1836–1908), novelist, wrote in English and Welsh *

Elizabeth Randles Elizabeth Randles (1 August 1800 – 6 May 1829), also known as "Little Cambrian Prodigy", was a Welsh harpist and pianist. A child prodigy, she started playing the piano at the age of sixteen months, and performed in public for the firs ...

(c.1801–1829), harpist and pianist *

Susannah Jane Rankin Susannah Jane Rankin (26 November 1897 – 24 July 1989, née Ellis) was a Welsh Congregational minister, religious educator, linguist and translator. She spent time as a missionary in Papua New Guinea. She translated works from Welsh and Engl ...

(1897–1989), minister, educator, translator * Helen Raynor (born 1972), television screenwriter, script editor, playwright *

Cara Readle Cara Readle (born 8 January 1991) is a Welsh actress from Swansea, Wales, known mainly for her role as Layla in ''The Story of Tracy Beaker'' from series three to five. Early life and career Readle, formally known as Melissa, was born in Swa ...

(born 1991), actress * Angharad Rees (1944–2012), actress *

Deryn Rees-Jones Deryn Rees-Jones is an Anglo-Welsh Welsh writing in English ( Welsh: ''Llenyddiaeth Gymreig yn Saesneg''), (previously Anglo-Welsh literature) is a term used to describe works written in the English language by Welsh writers. The term ‘An ...

, since 1994, poet, essayist *

Dorothy Rees Dame Dorothy Mary Rees (; 29 July 189820 August 1987) was a Labour Party politician in the United Kingdom, and was briefly a Member of Parliament (MP).Chris Williams, ‘Rees , Dame Dorothy Mary (1898–1987)’, Oxford Dictionary of National ...

(1898–1987), Labour Party politician * Sarah Jane Rees (1839–1916), teacher, poet, temperance campaigner *

Shelley Rees Shelley Rees is a Welsh television actress best known for playing the character of Stacey Jones in the Welsh television soap ''Pobol y Cwm''. She also plays the part of Jo Pugh in the S4C drama series '' 2 Dy a Ni'', for which she was nominated ...

(active since 1990s), actress *

Yvette Rees Yvette Rees (22 May 1924 Swansea, Wales – 1993 in Ealing, London) Born ‘Eiros Yvette Rees’, was a Welsh actress who appeared in many TV series and several noteworthy films in the 1960s. She trained at RADA, and graduated in 1949. In the mid- ...

(active in the 1960s and 1970s), actress *

Sian Reese-Williams Sian Reese-Williams (born 18 November 1981) is a Welsh actress, best known for playing detective Cadi John in three series of ''Hidden (2018 TV series), Hidden''. Early life Reese-Williams was born in Glanamman, South Wales. She lived in Swan ...

(born 1981), actress *

Nicola Reynolds Nicola Jane Reynolds (born 26 July 1972, Pontypridd) is a Cardiff-based Welsh actress. Career After appearing in the 1999 film ''Human Traffic,'' she appeared in a series of jobbing roles, including ''Clocking Off'' and '' High Hopes''. Reynol ...

(born 1972), actress *

Beti Rhys Beti Rhys (2 April 1907 – 5 April 2003) was a Welsh bookseller and author who promoted literature in the Welsh language in South Wales in the 1950s and 1960s. Educated at the Howell's School, Llandaff, where a policy was enacted to bar anyone ...

(1907–2003), bookseller and author *

Elen Rhys Elen Rhys (born September 2, 1983) is a Welsh actress, known for her roles as Gwen in the 2011 film ''Panic Button'' and Miranda Blake in the BBC drama ''The Mallorca Files ''The Mallorca Files'' is a British police procedural television dra ...

(active since 2011), actress *

Nest ferch Rhys Nest ferch Rhys (c. 1085 – c. 1136) was the daughter of Rhys ap Tewdwr, last King of Deheubarth in Wales, by his wife, Gwladys ferch Rhiwallon ap Cynfyn of Powys. Her family is of the House of Dinefwr. Nest was the wife of Gerald de Windsor (c. ...

(1085–1136), princess of

Deheubarth Deheubarth (; lit. "Right-hand Part", thus "the South") was a regional name for the realms of south Wales, particularly as opposed to Gwynedd (Latin: ''Venedotia''). It is now used as a shorthand for the various realms united under the House of ...

Shani Rhys James Shani Rhys James MBE (born 1953)BBC Wales ArtShani Rhys James last updated 28 September 2010. Retrieved 6 November 2011. is a Welsh painter based in Llangadfan, Powys. She has been described as "arguably one of the most exciting and successful p ...

(born 1953),

Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous List of islands of Australia, sma ...

-born painter, moved to Wales after graduation * Mandy Rice-Davies (1944–2014), model, showgirl, writer * Ceri Richards (1903–1971), painter * Nansi Richards (1888–1979), harpist * Rosalind Richards (active since 2000s), actress * Mandy Rice-Davies (born 1986), actress *

Alexandra Roach Alexandra Elizabeth Roach (born 20 August 1987) is a Welsh actress best known for her roles as Becky in ''Utopia'' and DS Joy Freers in ''No Offence''. She has also made appearances in series including '' Being Human'', ''Inside No. 9'', ''Blac ...

(born 1987), actress *

Beth Robert Beth Robert is a Welsh television actress from Pont-rhyd-y-groes, Wales, who has worked in television since 1986. Her appearances in TV series, in Welsh and English, include ''Hinterland'', ''The Indian Doctor'' and ''Pobol y Cwm''. Early and pe ...

(active since 1987), actress * Kate Roberts (1891–1985), leading Welsh-language novelist, short story writer * Nia Roberts (born 1972), actress * Rachel Roberts (1927–1980), actress *

Sally Roberts Jones Sally Roberts Jones (born 30 November 1935) is an English-born Welsh poet, publisher and critic. Biography She was born Sally Roberts in London; her father was Welsh. She studied history at University College Bangor, then qualified as a libraria ...

(born 1935), poet, biographer * Nia Roberts (born 1979), actress *

(born 1979), actress *

Philippa Roles Philippa Kate Roles OLY (1 March 1978 – 21 May 2017) was a Wales, Welsh discus thrower who competed at two Olympic Games, Olympic and four Commonwealth Games. Roles was British junior athlete of the year – an honour presented at Buckingham Pal ...

(born 1978), discus thrower *

Ceinwen Rowlands Ceinwen Rowlands (15 January 1905 – 12 June 1983) was a Welsh concert soprano and recording artist. Rowlands was born in Holyhead, Anglesey, the daughter of William and Kate Rowlands; William was the proprietor of the "Anglesey Emporium", ...

(1905–1983), soprano * Jane Helen Rowlands (1891–1955), scholar, missionary *

Bernice Rubens Bernice Rubens (26 July 1923 – 13 October 2004) was a Welsh novelist.She became the first woman to win the Booker Prize in 1970, for '' The Elected Member''. Personal history Bernice Ruth Reuben was born in Splott, Cardiff on 26 July 19 ...

(1923–2004), novelist, author of ''

The Elected Member ''The Elected Member'' is a novel by Welsh writer Bernice Rubens. It won the Booker Prize for Fiction in 1970. Plot The novel's main character is Norman Zweck, who is addicted to amphetamines Substituted amphetamines are a class of compoun ...

'' * Joan Ruddock (born 1943), politician

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Saint Non Non (also Nonna or Nonnita) was, according to Christian tradition, the mother of Saint David, the patron saint of Wales. Legend The ''Life of St David'' was written around 1095 by Rhigyfarch, and is our main source of knowledge for the lives ...

(c. 5th–6th century), saint, mother of

Saint David Saint David ( cy, Dewi Sant; la, Davidus; ) was a Welsh bishop of Mynyw (now St Davids) during the 6th century. He is the patron saint of Wales. David was a native of Wales, and tradition has preserved a relatively large amount of detail ab ...

Rhian Samuel Rhian Samuel (born Aberdare, Wales, 1944) is a Welsh woman composer who resided in the USA for many years. She has composed over 140 published works, including orchestral, chamber, vocal, and choral music. She now divides her time between mid-Wa ...

(born 1944), composer * Molly Scott Cato (born 1963), politician, economist *

Lisa Scott-Lee Lisa Scott-Lee (born 5 November 1975) is a Welsh singer and member of the pop group Steps, formed in 1997. Scott-Lee signed a record deal with Mercury Records and launched a solo career in 2003 although her success was limited after the release ...

(born 1975), singer *

Helen Sear Helen Sear (born 1955) is a British mixed media artist specialising in photography and moving image. Early life Helen Sear was born in Banbury, England, in 1955 and grew up in the West Midlands. Her mother was a teacher and her father a ma ...

(born 1955), photographic artist *

Carole Seymour-Jones Carole Veronica Gillian Seymour-Jones (3 March 1943 – 23 May 2015) was a Welsh writer. She taught history at Surrey University. She wrote biographies of Beatrice Webb and Vivienne Haigh-Wood Eliot. Biography Seymour-Jones was born in Towy ...

(born 1963), biographer, columnist, literary non-fiction writer *

Caroline Sheen Caroline Sheen is a Welsh actress who has played leading roles on stage in the West End alongside TV and film appearances. She won a Helen Hayes award for playing the role of Mary Poppins on the National Tour of America. Background Born and r ...

(born 1976), actress * Sarah Siddons (1755–1831), actress *

Dorothy Simpson Dorothy Preece Simpson, born 20 June 1933, Blaenavon, Monmouthshire (now in Wales) is an English-language writer of mystery novels, and a winner of a Silver Dagger Award from the Crime Writers' Association of Great Britain.page 233–235, ''G ...

(born 1933), mystery novelist, crime-fiction writer * Karen Sinclair (born 1952), politician *

Caroline Skeel Caroline Anne James Skeel (9 February 1872 – 25 February 1951) was a British historian. She was a professor of history at Westfield College, and is remembered for her work in Welsh social and economic history. The library at Westfield was nam ...

(1872–1951), historian *

Sylvia Sleigh Sylvia Sleigh (8 May 1916 – 24 October 2010) was a Welsh-born naturalised American realist painter who lived and worked in New York City. She is known for her role in the feminist art movement and especially for reversing traditional g ...

(1916–2010), Welsh-born American painter * Dorothy Squires (1915–1998), singer *

Florence Smithson Florence Smithson (13 March 1884 – 11 February 1936) was an actress and singer celebrated in Edwardian musical comedy. In her early career she was an opera singer. She was spotted by the impresario Robert Courtneidge and recruited for his produ ...

(1884–1936), actress, singer * Emma Stansfield (born 1978), actress *

Alison Statton Alison Statton (born March 1958) is a Welsh singer best known for her work with Young Marble Giants. Fans of the singer have included Kurt Cobain, Courtney Love, Stephin Merritt, Belle and Sebastian and Renato Russo. Musical career Born i ...

(born 1959), singer * Irene Steer (1889–1947), swimmer *

Jaci Stephen Jaci may refer to the following places: * Acireale (Sicilian: ''Jaciriali'', locally shortened to Jaci), Sicily, Italy * Jaci (river), in Sicilily, Italy * Jaci, São Paulo, Brazil See also * Jasy Jatere {{no footnotes, date=October 2016 Jasy Jat ...

(born 1958), journalist, broadcaster, actress, writer *

Catrin Stewart Catrin Stewart (born 29 January 1988) is a Welsh actress best known for playing Jenny Flint in the BBC science fiction series ''Doctor Who'' (2011–2014), Emma Morris in the Sky One comedy drama ''Stella'' (2012–2017) and PC Gina Jenkins in ...

(born 1988), actress *

Sara Sugarman Sara Sugarman (born 13 October 1962) is a Welsh actress and filmmaker whose work includes Disney's ''Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen'' (2004) and ''Very Annie Mary'' (2001). She has also appeared in films including '' Dealers'' (1989) and ' ...

(born 1962), actress, film director * Jessica Sula (born 1994), actress * Jennifer Sullivan (born 1945), children's writer, critic *

Rosie Swale-Pope Rosie Swale-Pope, MBE (born 2 October 1946) is a British author, adventurer and marathon runner. She successfully completed a five-year around-the-world run, raising £250,000 for a charity that supports orphaned children in Russia and to highl ...

(born 1946), marathon runner, non-fiction writer *

Alia Syed Alia Syed (born 1964) is an experimental filmmaker and artist of Welsh-Indian descent. Biography Born in Swansea, Wales, Syed earned her Bachelors in Fine Arts from the University of East London in 1987 and a Postgraduate degree in Mixed Media f ...

(born 1964),

Swansea Swansea (; cy, Abertawe ) is a coastal city and the second-largest city of Wales. It forms a principal area, officially known as the City and County of Swansea ( cy, links=no, Dinas a Sir Abertawe). The city is the twenty-fifth largest in ...

-born artist and filmmaker, now living and working in London

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Myfanwy Talog Myfanwy Talog Williams ( 31 March 1944 – 11 March 1995), known professionally as Myfanwy Talog, was a Welsh actress and the long-term partner of English actor David Jason. Personal life Talog was born on 31 March 1944 in Caerwys, Flintshire a ...

(1944–1995), actress * Helen Thomas (1966–1989), peace activist *

Imogen Thomas Imogen Mary Thomas (born 29 November 1982) is a Welsh model and television personality. She won the Miss Wales award in 2003, and appeared on the seventh series of Channel 4 reality television programme '' Big Brother'' in 2006. In 2011, her a ...

(born 1982), model *

Louie Myfanwy Thomas Louie Myfanwy Thomas (29 February 1908 – 25 January 1968) was a Welsh author best known for her work under the pseudonym Jane Ann Jones. Early life Louie Myfanwy Davies was born on 29 February 1908 at Primrose Cottage in Holway, Holywell, Flin ...

(1908–1968), novelist *

Lucy Thomas Lucy Thomas (née Williams, baptised 11 March 1781 – 27 September 1847) was a Welsh businesswoman and colliery owner known as the "mother of the Welsh steam coal trade". Thomas took over the running of her husband Robert's coal ...

(1781–1847), businesswoman *

Lynda Thomas Lynda Aguirre Thomas (born 21 December 1981), known professionally as Lynda, is a Mexican musician, singer, songwriter and activist. She achieved recognition in her native Mexico during the 1990s and early 2000s. She was signed to EMI Capitol ...

(born 1981), musician, singer-songwriter * Madoline Thomas (1890–1989), actress *

Margaret Thomas Margaret Thomas (born Margaret Cook; 23 December 1842Clarkson, C. (2007) ''Oil Paintings by Margaret Thomas.'' North Hertfordshire Museums Service – 24 December 1929) was an English-born Australian travel writer, poet and artist. Thomas was ...

(1779–?), hymnwriter *

Queenie Thomas Marjorie Violet Queenie Thomas (18 June 1898 – 11 October 1977) was a British actress in silent films, called "England's Mary Pickford". Early life Marjorie Violet Queenie Thomas was born in Cardiff, Wales, on 18 June 1898, the daughter ...

(1898–1977), film actress * Rachel Thomas (1905–1995), actress * Sarah Thomas (born 1981), field hockey player *

Sian Thomas Sian or Siyan may refer to: __NOTOC__ People *Siân, a Welsh girl's name; list of people with this name Places *Sian, Iran (disambiguation), various places in Iran *Sian, Russia, a rural locality in Amur Oblast, Russia *Xi'an, China, formerly roman ...

(born 1953), actress *

Hester Thrale Hester Lynch Thrale Piozzi (née Salusbury; later Piozzi; 27 January 1741 or 16 January 1740 – 2 May 1821),Contemporary records, which used the Julian calendar and the Annunciation Style of enumerating years, recorded her birth as 16 January ...

(1741–1821), diarist * Lily Tobias (1887–1984), novelist, short story writer, activist * Angela Tooby (born 1960), athlete, runner *

Susan Tooby Susan Julia Wightman (née Tooby; born 24 October 1960) is a retired long-distance runner from Great Britain. Representing Wales, she finished sixth in the 10,000 metres at the 1986 Commonwealth Games. She set her personal best of 2:31:33 in the ma ...

(born 1960), athlete, runner *

Catherine Tregenna Catherine Tregenna is a Welsh playwright, television screenwriter and actress. She has written episodes for ''EastEnders'', ''Casualty'' and for the first four series of ITV1 crime drama '' Law & Order: UK''. Career Tregenna began as an actres ...

(active since 2000s), playwright, scriptwriter, actress * Barbara Margaret Trimble (1921–1995), novelist *

Hayley Tullett Hayley Tullett (née Parry, born 17 February 1973) is a Welsh former middle distance runner who mainly competed over 1500 metres. She won a bronze medal in the 1500m final at the 2003 World Championships. She also competed for Great Britain in t ...

(born 1975), athlete, runner * Bonnie Tyler (born 1951), singer * Irene Steer (1889–1947), swimmer

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Meena Upadhyaya Meena Upadhyaya OBE is an Indian-born Welsh medical geneticist and an honorary distinguished professor at Cardiff University. Her research has focused on the genes that cause various genetic disorders, in particular neurofibromatosis type I and ...

(active since 2000s), medical geneticist

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Hilda Vaughan Hilda Campbell Vaughan (married name Morgan, 12 June 1892 – 4 November 1985) was a Welsh novelist and short story writer writing in English. Her ten varied novels, set mostly in her native Radnorshire, concern rural communities and heroines. ...

(1892–1985), novelist, short story writer, playwright, author of '' The Invader'' * Leona Vaughan (born 1995), actress *

Lisa Victoria Lisa Victoria Redwood (born 1973), known professionally as Lisa Victoria, is a Welsh television actor best known for playing the character of Sheryl Hughes in the long-running Welsh soap ''Pobol y Cwm'' on S4C. Redwood was born in Treherbert. H ...

(born 1973), actress

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Kirsty Wade Kirsty Wade (née McDermott, born 6 August 1962) is a British former middle-distance runner. She is a three-time Commonwealth Games gold medallist representing Wales, winning the 800 metres in Brisbane 1982 and both the 800 metres and 1500 me ...

(born 1962), athlete, runner * Helen Wadsworth (born 1964), golfer *

Lucy Walter Lucy Walter (c. 1630 – 1658), also known as Lucy Barlow, was a Welsh noblewoman, the first mistress of King Charles II of England and mother of James, Duke of Monmouth. During the Exclusion Crisis, a Protestant faction wanted to make her son h ...

(c.1630–1658), mistress of Charles I *

Melanie Walters Melanie Walters (born 30 January 1962) is a Welsh actress who has worked frequently in television. She is best known for playing Gwen West in the BBC sitcom ''Gavin & Stacey'' and Emma, a vampire in the third series of '' Being Human''. Early l ...

(born 1963), actress *

Jo Walton Jo Walton (born 1964) is a Welsh and Canadian fantasy and science fiction writer and poet. She is best known for the fantasy novel ''Among Others'', which won the Hugo Award, Hugo and Nebula Awards in 2012, and ''Tooth and Claw (novel), Tooth ...

(born 1964), Welsh-Canadian romance and science fiction novelist, author of '' Tooth and Claw'' *

Anna Laetitia Waring Anna Letitia Waring (or Anna Laetitia Waring; 19 April 1823 – 10 May 1910) was a Welsh poet and Anglican hymn-writer. Her philanthropic support included the Discharged Prisoners' Aid Society. She brought out her first hymn collection in 1850 ...

(1823–1910), poet, hymnist *

Myfanwy Waring Myfanwy Waring (born 1977) is a Welsh actress, best known for her role as PC Amber Johannsen in the British drama series ''The Bill''. Her most recent on screen role was a minor role in BBC Birmingham's daytime soap opera ''Doctors'' playing Rad ...

(born 1974), actress *

Mary Wynne Warner Mary Wynne Warner (née Davies; 22 June 1932 – 1 April 1998) was a Welsh mathematician, specializing in fuzzy mathematics.M. W. Warner"Towards a Mathematical Theory of Fuzzy Topology"in R. Lowen and M. R. Roubens, eds., ''Fuzzy Logic: State of ...

(1932–1998), mathematician *

Elizabeth Andrew Warren Elizabeth Andrew Warren (28 April 1786 – 5 May 1864) was a Cornish botanist and marine Phycology, algologist who spent most of her career collecting along the southern coast of Cornwall. Her goal was to create a herbarium of indigenous plants o ...

(1786–1864), botanist and marine algolologist * Sarah Waters (born 1966), novelist, author of '' Fingersmith'' * Elizabeth Watkin-Jones (1877–1966), children's author *

Megan Watts Hughes ''For the Welsh retired track and road racing cyclist, see Megan Hughes.'' Megan argaretWatts Hughes (12 February 1842 – 29 October 1907) was a Welsh singer, songwriter, scientist and philanthropist. Her name appears as Margaret, the equ ...

(1842–1907), singer, songwriter, scientist * Alis Wen (born 1520), Welsh-language poet *

Olive Wheeler Dame Olive Annie Wheeler, DBE (4 May 1886 – 26 September 1963) was a Welsh educationist and psychologist, and Professor of Education at University College of South Wales and Monmouthshire, now Cardiff University. Early life Born at the High S ...

(1886–1963), educationist, psychologist and university lecturer * Susie Wild (born 1979), novelist, journalist, editor, strong connections with Wales * Alis Wen (fl. 16th century), poet *

Anna Williams Anna Williams may refer to: * Anna Williams (poet) (1706–1783), writer and friend of Samuel Johnson * Anna Maria Williams (1839–1929), New Zealand teacher and school principal * Anna Wessels Williams (1863–1954), pioneering female doctor an ...

(1706–1783), poet *

Betty Williams Elizabeth Williams ( Smyth; 22 May 1943 – 17 March 2020) was a peace activist from Northern Ireland. She was a co-recipient with Mairead Corrigan of the Nobel Peace Prize in 1976 for her work as a cofounder of Community of Peace People, a ...

, (born 1944), politician * Buddug Williams (active since the 1990s), actress * Grace Williams (1906–1977), composer * Jane Williams (1806–1885), biographer, non-fiction works, many about Wales * Margaret Lindsay Williams (1888–1960), portrait painter *

Maria Jane Williams Maria Jane Williams (c.1795 – 10 November 1873) was a 19th-century Welsh musician and folklorist born at Aberpergwm House, Glynneath in Glamorgan, South Wales. She rescued many Welsh songs from obscurity, including '' Y Deryn Pur (The Ge ...

(c.1794–1873), musician, folklorist * Annie Williams (born 1942), still life watercolour painter who grew up in Wales *

Sian Williams Sian Mary Williams (; born 28 November 1964) is a Welsh journalist, current affairs presenter best known for her work with the BBC, and psychologist. From 2001 until 2012, Williams regularly presented weekday editions of ''BBC Breakfast'' as ...

(born 1990), rugby union player * Sue Williams (born 1956), visual artist * Saint Winifred (fl. 7th century), saint *

Bethan Witcomb Bethan Witcomb is a Welsh actress, known for playing Zoe in the Sky One series ''Stella Stella or STELLA may refer to: Art, entertainment, and media Comedy *Stella (comedy group), a comedy troupe consisting of Michael Showalter, Michael Ian B ...

(active since 2010), actress * Katy Wix (born 1980), actress, comedian * Leanne Wood (born 1971), politician * Mary Myfanwy Wood (1882–1967), missionary *

Frances Elizabeth Wynne Frances Elizabeth Wynne (1836 – 13 January 1907) was a prolific amateur artist who sketched many scenes in Britain and Europe. Wynne toured Europe on several occasions between the 1850s and 1900. She was the daughter of Charles Griffith-Wynne M ...

(1835–1907), painter, sketcher *

Sarah Edith Wynne Sarah Edith Wynne (Eos Cymru) (11 March 1842 – 24 January 1897) was a Welsh operatic soprano and concert singer. Early life Wynne was born in Holywell, Flintshire, the third daughter of Robert Wynne and Harriet Davies Wynne. Her father wa ...

(1849–1897), soprano

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* Paula Yates (1959–2000), television presenter, non-fiction writer *

Megan York Megan York (born 16 April 1987) is a Welsh rugby union player who plays prop for Ynysddu RFC and the Wales women's national rugby union team. She won her first international cap against Scotland in the 2012 Women's Six Nations Championship, and her ...

(born 1987), rugby union player

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Catherine Zeta-Jones Catherine Zeta-Jones (; born 25 September 1969) is a Welsh actress. Known for her versatility, she is the recipient of various accolades, including an Academy Award, a British Academy Film Award, and a Tony Award. In 2010, she was appointed C ...

(born 1969), actress +Women Welsh