What Have The Welsh Ever Given Us

Being British bitterness

The joy of sheep sh a gging

poverty

LEEKISTS

REPORTED !!!!

Ryan Giggs, Stereophonics, Manic street preachers, Great rugby players, Shirley Bassey, John Charles, Catherine Jenkins :x

Not a bad list.

, Great rugby players, :x

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Don't they have that saltmarsh lamb? is that right? i saw it on Rick Stein once.

Oh yeah - forgot about the lamb.

The best you'll ever taste.

how about that horrid irritating accent

The late great John Charles.

toad in the hole

Ian Woosnam

foot and mouth

Catherine Zeta Jones and Katherine Jenkins

WELSHIE1

rhydian

^ a star

The bit of filth that is Cerys Matthews

boyos - for those inclined

What's wrong with Cerys?

CERYS!!! (insert heart here)

Charlotte Church

A huge seething inferiority complex, seemingly.

Money collected at the toll bridge when they want to come out :)

I echo the earlier mention of SIR John Charles.

The greatest player to grace the Hereford Utd shirt.

I used to have a real thing for Cerys back in the Catatonia days.....and C.Church's chebbs are highly spaffable.

Stanley Baker (1927-1976)
Rob Brydon (born 1965)
Richard Burton (1925-1984)
Timothy Dalton (born 1946)
Josie D'Arby (born 1973), actress and presenter
Gareth David-Lloyd (born 1981)
Richard Davies (born 1926)
Ryan Davies (1937-1977)
Windsor Davies (born 1930)
Robert East (born 1943)
Maudie Edwards (1906-1991)
Peg Entwistle (1908-1932)
Clifford Evans (1912-1985)
Hugh Griffith (1912-1980)
Kenneth Griffith (1921-2006)
Ioan Gruffudd (born 1973)
Edmund Gwenn (1875-1958)
Lyn Harding (1867-1952)
Doris Hare (1905 2000)
Donald Houston (1923-1991)
Glyn Houston (born 1926)
Anthony Hopkins (born 1937)
Aneirin Hughes (born 1958)
Gareth Hughes (18941965)
Rhys Ifans (born 1968)
Gary Jones (born 1958)
Glynis Johns (born 1923)
Mervyn Johns (1899-1992)
Ruth Jones (born 1967)
Desmond Llewelyn (1914-1999)
Philip Madoc (born 1934)
Ruth Madoc (born 1943)
Ray Milland (1907-1986)
Eve Myles (born 1978)
Joanna Page (born 1978)
Siân Phillips (born 1934)
Jonathan Pryce (born 1947)
Angharad Rees (born 1949)
John Rhys-Davies (born 1944)
Matthew Rhys (born 1974)
Rachel Roberts (1927-1980)
Michael Sheen (born 1969)
Sarah Siddons (1755-1831)
Victor Spinetti (born 1933)
Talfryn Thomas (1922-1982)
Tim Vincent (born 1972), actor and presenter
Naunton Wayne (1901-1970)
Emlyn Williams (1905-1987), actor and dramatist
Ieuan Rhys Williams (born 1909)
Peter Wingfield (born 1962)
Owain Yeoman (born 1978)
Catherine Zeta-Jones (born 1969)
[edit] Architects
Clough Williams-Ellis (1883 1978)
Alwyn Sheppard Fidler (1909 1990)
Percy Thomas (1883 - 1969)
Malcolm Parry (????)
Ernest Morgan (1881 - 1954)
John Prichard (1817 - 1886)
John St. Bodfan Gruffydd (1910 - 2004)
William Edwards (1719 - 1789)
John Jones (1810 - 1869)
[edit] Artists
John Gibson, (17901866), sculptor
Nina Hamnett (18901956), painter
Augustus John (18781961), painter
Gwen John (18761939), painter
David Jones (18951974), artist and poet
Thomas Jones (17421803), painter
Ceri Richards(19031971), painter
Andrew Vicari (born 1938), painter
Kyffin Williams (19182006), painter
Richard Wilson (17141782), painter



[edit] Entrepreneurs
Laura Ashley (1925-1985), designer
James Gomer Berry, 1st Viscount Kemsley (18831968), newspaper publisher
William Berry, 1st Viscount Camrose (18791954), newspaper publisher
David Davies (industrialist) (1818-1893), industrialist
John Josiah Guest (1785-1852), ironmaster
Griffith J. Griffith (1850-1919), mining millionaire
Sir William Thomas Lewis (1837-1914), coalowner
Sir Terry Matthews (born 1943), telecommunications billionaire
Charles Stewart Rolls (1877-1910), motor car manufacturer and aviator
Sir Howard Stringer (born 1942), businessman
David Alfred Thomas (1856-1918), industrialist
David Sullivan (born 1949), publisher
Michael Moritz (born 1962), investor
[edit] Explorers
John Evans (1770-1779)
George Everest (1790-1866)
Perce Blackborow (1896-1949)
Henry Morton Stanley (1841-1904)
[edit] Film Directors
Kevin Allen (born 1962)
Marc Evans (born 1963)
Peter Greenaway (born 1942)
Craig Handley (born 1977)
Richard Marquand (1938-1987) (Star Wars Episode VI - Return of the Jedi)
Julian Richards (born 1968)
Sara Sugarman (born 1962)
[edit] Humorists
Max**(born 1945), entertainer
Tommy Cooper (1922-1984), comedian and magician
Ryan Davies (1937-1977), comedian and singer
Lee Dainton (born 1973), (Dirty Sanchez television series)
Rhod Gilbert (born 1968), comedian and BBC Radio Wales personality
Griff Rhys Jones (born 1953), comic writer and actor
Ruth Jones (born 1967), comic writer (Gavin & Stacey), actress and radio presenter
Terry Jones (born 1942), comedian (Monty Python series), author, film director
Gladys Morgan (18981983), comedienne
Tessie O'Shea (1913-1997), stand-up comedienne
Matthew Pritchard, (Dirty Sanchez television series)
Harry Secombe (19212001), comedian, actor, singer and television presenter
Paul Whitehouse (born 1958), writer and actor
Ronnie Williams (1939-1997), actor and comedian
[edit] Inventors
William Frost (18481935), amateur aviator
Adam Powell (born 1976), creator of Neopets
Walter Clopton Wingfield (1833 - 1912), inventor of lawn tennis
Edwin Stevens (1905 - 1995), designed the world's first wearable electronic hearing aid
Philip Vaughan (???? - ????), first design for a ball bearing in 1794
William Henry Preece (1834 - 1913)
William Robert Grove (1811 - 1896)
John Jones (1645 - 1709)
Thomas Williams of Llanidan (1737 - 1802)
William Davies Evans (1790 - 1872)
[edit] Journalists and broadcasters
Jeremy Bowen (born 1960), journalist and broadcaster
Derek Brockway (born 1967), chief meteorologist for BBC Wales Today
Russell Davies (born 1946) radio presenter
Josie D'Arby (born 1972), radio broadcaster and television presenter
Huw Edwards (born 1961), journalist
Sara Edwards, broadcast journalist and co-anchor for BBC Wales Today
Dewi Griffiths, presenter of 'A String of Pearls'.
Guto Harri, BBC political correspondent
John Humphrys, journalist and broadcaster
Gareth Jones aka Gaz Top (born 1961)presenter and broadcaster
Gethin Jones, presenter
Steve Jones, presenter
Martyn Lewis, (born 1945) presenter
Johnny Morris OBE (1919 1999), television presenter, BBC Animal Magic
Jamie Owen, broadcast journalist and co-anchor for BBC Wales Today
Wynford Vaughan-Thomas, (1908-1987), noted BBC WWII reporter and journalist
Huw Wheldon, journalist and broadcaster
[edit] Military men and women
Hugh Evan-Thomas, (1862 - 1928), Vice-Admiral RN
T. E. Lawrence (Lawrence of Arabia, 1888 - 1935), soldier
Hubert William Lewis, winner of the Victoria Cross
John Wallace Linton VC (Royal Navy Commander)
Sir Thomas Picton, (1758 - 1815), Lieutenant General
Simon Weston (born 1961), soldier and broadcaster
John Williams VC (1857-1932), born John Fielding
Roger Williams (~1537 - 1595) (soldier)
[edit] Monarchs and princes
Cadwallon ap Cadfan, (died 633), King of Gwynedd
Cunedda, (fl 400-450), King of Gwynedd
Dafydd ap Gruffudd, (died 1283), Prince of Wales
Edward II of England (12841327), born in Caernarfon Castle
Gwenllian of Wales, (1282 - 1337), daughter of Llywelyn the Last
Gruffudd ap Cynan, (c. 10351137), King of Gwynedd
Henry V of England (13861422), born in Monmouth
Henry VII of England, (14571509), first king of the Tudor dynasty
Hywel Dda, (887-950), Prince of Deheubarth
Idwal Iwrch ap Cadwaladr, (c.650-720), King of Gwynedd
Llywelyn the Great, (11731240), Prince of Wales
Llywelyn the Last (c. 12251282), Prince of Wales
Madog ap Gruffydd Maelor, (m.1236), Prince of Powys Fadog
Maelgwn Gwynedd, (c. 490 - 547), Prince of Gwynedd
Owain Glyndŵr, (13591416), Prince of Wales
Owain Gwynedd, (11001170), King of Gwynedd
Rhodri Mawr, (c. 820-878), King of Gwynedd and Deheubarth
The Lord Rhys, (11321197), Prince of Deheubarth
Trahaearn ap Caradog, (died 1081), King of Gwynedd
[edit] Musicians
Ivor Atkins (1869-1953), organist
Dame Shirley Bassey (born 1937), singer
James Dean Bradfield (born 1969), guitarist and lead singer (Manic Street Preachers)
Delme Bryn-Jones (1934 - 2001), baritone
Stuart Burrows (born 1933), tenor
John Cale (born 1942), musician (Velvet Underground)
Charlotte Church (born 1986), singer
Henry Walford Davies (1869-1944), composer, Master of the King's Music
Spencer Davis (born 1939), musician
Aimée Ann Duffy (born 1984), singer and songwriter, stage name Duffy
Geoff Eales, Jazz pianist
Dave Edmunds (born 1944), signer, songwriter, musician and Rockfield Studios pioneer
Geraint Evans (1922-1992), opera singer
Wynne Evans (born 1972), tenor
Andy Fairweather-Low (born 1948), singer, formerly with Amen Corner
Catrin Finch (born 1980), harpist
Roger Glover (born 1945), musician (Deep Purple)
Larry Goves (born 1980), composer
Jemma Griffiths (born 1975), singer and songwriter
Pete Ham (1947-1975), musician (Badfinger)
Alun Hoddinott (born 1929), composer
Mary Hopkin (born 1950), singer
Owain Arwel Hughes (born 1942), orchestral conductor
David Russell Hulme (born 1951), conductor
Dafydd Iwan (born 1943), singer-songwriter
Richard David James (born 1971), electronic musician commonly known as Aphex Twin
Karl Jenkins (born 1944), composer
Katherine Jenkins (born 1980), singer
Daniel Jones (19121993), composer
Della Jones (born 1946), singer
Gwyneth Jones (born 1936), singer
Kelly Jones (born 1974), lead singer and guitarist (Stereophonics)
Parry Jones (18911963), singer
Peter Karrie (born 1946), singer
Jon Lee (1968-2002), former drummer with rock band Feeder
Donna Lewis (born 1973), singer, musician
Tom Jones (born 1940), singer
William Mathias (1934-1992), composer
Cerys Matthews (born 1969), singer
Elaine Morgan, singer
Grant Nicholas (born 1967), guitarist, singer with rock band Feeder
Ivor Novello (1893-1951), actor, composer, dramatist, producer and singer
Tessie O'Shea (1913-1995), entertainer
Donald Peers (1908-1973)), singer
Mal Pope (born 1960), singer and songwriter
Margaret Price (born 1941), singer
Timothy John Rishton (born ?), organist, author, lecturer and broadcaster
Sasha (born 1969), DJ
James Sauvage (1849-1922), singer
Andy Scott-Lee (born 1980), singer (3SL)
Lisa Scott-Lee (born 1975), singer (3SL and Steps)
Harry Secombe (1921-2001), entertainer
Henry Spinetti (born 1951), drummer
Dorothy Squires (1915-1998), singer
Alison Statton (born 1959), singer (Young Marble Giants)
Shakin' Stevens (born 1948), singer
Steve Strange (born 1959), singer
Robert Tear (born 1939), tenor
Bryn Terfel (born 1965), baritone opera singer
Thighpaulsandra, musician, composer
John Thomas (1826-1913), harpist and composer
Mansel Thomas (1909-1986), composer
Bonnie Tyler (born 1951), singer
Grace Williams (1906-1977), composer
Nicky Wire (born 1969), lyricist and bassist (Manic Street Preachers)
David Wynne (1900-1983), composer
[edit] Bands
The Alarm, alternative rock band
The Automatic, alternative rock band
Badfinger, sixties pop group
The Blackout, post-hardcore rock band
Budgie, heavy metal band from Cardiff
Bullet for my Valentine, metalcore band
Brigyn, vocal group
Catatonia, alternative rock band
Y Cyrff, Welsh language rock band from Llanrwst
Feeder, rock band from Newport
Funeral for a Friend, screamo/emo band
Gene Loves Jezebel, gothic rock band
Goldie Looking Chain, comedic rap band
Lostprophets, rock band
Mclusky, alternative rock band
Man, progressive rock band
Kids In Glass Houses, pop punk band
Manic Street Preachers, alternative rock band from Blackwood
Super Furry Animals, independent rock band, many songs in Welsh
Stereophonics, indie rock band
[edit] Philosophers
Richard Ithamar Aaron (1901-1987)
Richard Price (1723-1791)
Bertrand Russell (1872-1970)
Thomas Vaughan (1621-1666)
[edit] Politicians
Leo Abse, (1917-2008), Labour reformer of social legislation
Ifor Bach, (fl. 1158) early Welsh leader
Kenneth Baker, (born 1934), Conservative
John Batchelor,(1820 1883), Liberal
Aneurin Bevan, (1897-1960), Labour founder of the National Health Service
Henry Bruce, (1815-1895), Liberal
Molly Scott Cato, (Born 1963) the Green Party's Economics Spokesperson
Julian Cayo-Evans, (19371995), political activist and leader of the Free Wales Army
S.O. Davies, (1886-1972), Labour
Gwynfor Evans, (1912-2005), Plaid Cymru's first Member of Parliament
Jim Griffiths, (1890-1975), First Secretary of State for Wales
Sir Samuel Griffith (1845-1920), Labour, 1st Chief Justice of Australia
Michael Heseltine, (born 1933), Conservative
Michael Howard, (born 1941), Ex Conservative Party leader
Geoffrey Howe, (born 1926), Conservative Foreign Secretary
Cledwyn Hughes, (Baron Cledwyn of Penrhos) (1916-2001), Labour
Roy Jenkins, (1920-2003), Chancellor of the Exchequer 1967-70, President of the European Commission, 1976-81 and author
Baron Elwyn-Jones, (1909-1989), Labour Lord Chancellor also barrister
Neil Kinnock, (born 1942), Leader of the Labour Party, 1983-92
Peter Law, (1948-2006), Labour, Independent
Francis Lewis, (1713-1803), signatory of the American Declaration of Independence
David Lloyd-George, (1863-1945), Liberal Prime Minister 1916-22
Rhodri Morgan, (born 1939) Labour First Minister of Wales
Paul Murphy, (born 1946), Labour Secretary of State for Northern Ireland 2002-05
John Prescott, (born 1938), Labour Deputy Prime Minister 1997-
Henry Richard, (1812-1888), Liberal
Edward V. Robertson, (1881-1963), US Senator
Ted Rowlands, (born 1943), Labour
Joan Ruddock, (born 1943), Labour
Alan Woods, (born 1944) Trotskyist also writer
George Thomas, (1909-1997), Labour Speaker of the House of Commons
Thomas Vaughan, (c.1410-1483), also soldier and diplomat
Morgan B. Williams (1831 1903) Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives
William Williams, (1634-1700), also lawyer
[edit] Religious figures
Saint Cadoc (born c. 497)
Thomas Charles (17551814), Nonconformist minister
David Davies (1741-1819) Clergyman and social historian
Saint David, (died 601?), patron saint of Wales
Christmas Evans, (17661838), Nonconformist minister
Saints Philip Evans and John Lloyd, Roman Catholic priests and two of the Forty Martyrs of England and Wales
Ann Griffiths (17761805), religious poet and hymn-writer
Saint Richard Gwyn, (c.1537-1584)
Howell Harris (1714-1773), Methodist minister
Saint Illtud (died mid-6th century)
William Morgan, (15451604), bishop and Welsh translator of the Bible
Evan Roberts (1878-1950), Methodist preacher in the Welsh Revival
John Roberts (Ieuan Gwyllt) (1822-1877), Methodist preacher and hymn-writer
Daniel Rowland, (17131790), Methodist preacher in the Welsh Revival
William Salesbury, (c. 15201584?), Welsh translator of the New Testament
Rowan Williams (born 1950), Archbishop of Canterbury appointed 2003
William Williams Pantycelyn, (1717-1791), hymn-writer
[edit] Scientists
Derek Brockway (born 1967), meteorologist, broadcaster
Glyn Daniel (1914 - 1986), archaeologist, broadcaster
Hugh Davies (1793 - 1821), botanist, clergyman
Lyn Evans, (born 1945), project leader of the CERN, Switzerland-based Large Hadron Collider
Herbert George (1893 - 1939), chemist, lecturer
Gwilym Jenkins (1933 - 1982), statistician, systems engineer
Alwyn Jones (born 1947), biophysicist
Eifion Jones (1925 - 2004), marine botanist
Eifionydd Jones (1934 - 1990) particle physicist, CERN proton synchrotron
Steve Jones (born 1944), biologist, geneticist, author and television presenter
Edward Lhuyd (16601709), naturalist, botanist, linguist, geographer and antiquary
Siân Lloyd (born 1958), meteorologist, television presenter
Ronald Lockley (1903 - 2000), naturalist, author
Victor Erle Nash-Williams archaeologist
Gareth Roberts (1940 - 2007), physicist
Graham Sutton (1903 - 1877), meteorologist
Alfred Russell Wallace (1823 - 1913) biologist, co-discoverer of the theory of evolution by natural selection
Phil Williams (1939 - 2003), astrophysicist, politician
[edit] Sportsmen/women
[edit] Athletes
Jim Alford, (born 1913) British Empire Games gold medallist
Jimmy Austin, baseball player
Steve Barry, (born 1950) Commonwealth Games gold medallist
Jamie Baulch, (born 1973) 400m Sprinter
Lynn Davies, Olympic gold medallist
Tanni Grey-Thompson (born 1969)
Guto Nyth Brân (17001737), runner
Colin Jackson (born 1967), hurdler
Steve Jones, athlete
Ted Lewis, baseball player
Christian Malcolm (born 1979) Sprinter
Iwan Thomas (born 1974) 400m Sprinter
[edit] Boxers
Joe Calzaghe (MBE, CBE) (born 1972)
Dai Dower (born 1933)
Jim Driscoll (1880-1925), 'Peerless' Jim Driscoll, Featherweight
Tommy Farr (1914-1986)
Colin Jones (born 1959)
**Maccarinelli (born 1980), current WBU Cruiserweight Title Holder (7 Defences)
Johnny Owen (1956-1980)
David 'Bomber' Pearce (1959-2000)
Nicky Piper (born 1966)
Steve Robinson (born 1968), former WBO Featherweight World Title Holder (7 Defences)
Freddie Welsh (1886-1927)
Jimmy Wilde (1892-1969)
Howard Winstone (1939-2000)
[edit] Cricketers
Jeff Jones (born 1941)
Simon Jones (born 1978)
Tony Lewis (born 1938) England Captain 1972/73
[edit] Footballers
Mark Aizlewood (born 1959)
Ivor Allchurch (1929-1997), Wales international
Len Allchurch (born 1933)
Dai Astley (1909-1989)
Colin Baker (born 1934)
Tom Baker (born 1936)
Tommy Bamford (1905-1967)
Walley Barnes (1920-1975)
Craig Bellamy (born 1979), striker and Wales international
Nathan Blake (born 1972)
Horace Blew (1873-1957)
Paul Bodin (born 1964)
Dave Bowen (1928-1995)
Jason Bowen (born 1972)
Mark Bowen (born 1963)
Stan Bowsher (1899-1968)
Terry**(born 1958)
Ronnie Burgess (1917-2005)
Ollie Burton (born 1941)
John Charles (1931-2004), the "Gentle Giant", Wales international
Mel Charles (born 1935)
Roy Clarke (1925-2006)
Chris Coleman, manager of Coventry City F.C.
James Collins (born 1983)
John Cornforth (born 1967)
Vic Crowe (1932-2009)
Alan Curtis (born 1954)
Len Davies (1899-1945)
Ron Davies (born 1942)
Wyn Davies (born 1942)
Mark Delaney (born 1976)
Robert Earnshaw (born 1981)
Trevor Edwards (born 1937)
John Elsworthy (1931-2009)
John Emanuel (born 1948)
Mike England (born 1941
Carl Fletcher (born 1980)
Brian Flynn (born 1955)
Trevor Ford (1923-2003)
Roger Freestone (born 1968)
Danny Gabbidon (born 1979)
Ryan Giggs (born 1973), midfielder/winger, Wales international
David Giles (born 1956)
Brian Godfrey (born 1940)
Arfon Griffiths (born 1941)
Chris Gunter (born 1989)
Carl Harris (born 1956)
John Hartson (born 1975)
Ron Hewitt (1928-2001)
Terry Hennessey (born 1942)
Wayne Hennessey (born 1987)
Barrie Hole (born 1942)
Mel Hopkins (born 1934)
Barry Horne (born 1962)
Billy Hughes (born 1918)
Mark Hughes (born 1963), manager of Manchester City F.C. and Wales international
Leighton James (born 1953)
Robbie James (1957-1998)
Steve Jenkins (born 1972)
Roy John (1911-1973)
Bryn Jones (1912-1985)
Cliff Jones (born 1935)
Joey Jones (born 1955)
Ken Jones (born 1936)
Fred Keenor (1894-1972)
Jack Kelsey (1929-1992)
George Latham (1881-1939)
Joe Ledley (born 1987)
Ken Leek (1935-2007)
Andy Legg (born 1966)
Arthur Lever (1920-2004)
John Lewis (born 1955)
Steve Lowndes (born 1960)
Billy Lucas
Chris Marustik (born 1961)
Terry Medwin (born 1932)
Andy Melville (born 1968)
Billy Meredith (1874-1958)
Jimmy Murphy (1910-1989)
Lewin Nyatanga (born 1988)
Eddie Parris (1911-1971), first black player to play for Wales
Mark Pembridge (born 1970)
Jason Perry (born 1970)
Leighton Phillips (born 1949)
Ivor Powell (born 1916)
Keith Pring (born 1943)
Tony Pulis (born 1958) manager of Stoke City
Kevin Ratcliffe (born 1960)
Gil Reece (born 1942)
Ronnie Rees (born 1944)
Sam Ricketts (born 1981)
Carl Robinson (born 1976)
John Robinson (born 1971)
Peter Rodrigues (born 1944)
Ian Rush (born 1961), striker and Wales international
Dean Saunders (born 1964)
Robbie Savage (born 1974)
Alf Sherwood (1923-1990)
Gary Speed (born 1969) Wales international footballer,
Gary Sprake (born 1945)
Fred Stansfield (born 1917)
Derek Sullivan (1930-1983)
Rod Thomas (born 1947)
John Toshack (born 1949) Wales international and current National Team manager.
Neville Southall MBE (born 1959), goalkeeper, Wales' most capped player
Byron Stevenson (1956-2007), Leeds United F.C., Birmingham City F.C. player and Wales international
Kit Symons (born 1971)
Derek Tapscott (1932-2008)
Billy Thomas (born 1948)
Nigel Vaughan (born 1959)
Graham Vearncombe (1934-1993)
Roy Vernon (1937-1993)
Tony Villars (born 1952)
Colin Webster (1932-2001)
Harold Williams (born 1924)
Stuart Williams (born 1930)
Doug Witcomb (born 1918)
Terry Yorath (born 1950)
[edit] Golfers
Bradley Dredge (born 1973)
Stephen Dodd (born 1966)
Brian Huggett (born 1936)
Phillip Price (born 1966)
Dai Rees (1913-1983)
Ian Woosnam (born 1958), Ryder Cup player and former US Masters Champion
[edit] Motor Sports
Gwyndaf Evans (born 1959), rally driver
Gary Hocking, motorcycle racer
Tom Pryce (1949-1977)
Alan Rees, grand-prix motor racing driver
Freddie Williams, former Speedway World Champion
[edit] Rugby players
Phil Bennett (born 1948), international
Billy Boston (born 1934), international (rugby league)
Lee Byrne (born 1980), international
Colin Charvis (born 1972), international
Gerald Davies (born 1945), international
Mervyn Davies (born 1946), international
John Dawes (born 1940), captain and coach of Wales and British & Irish Lions
Gareth Edwards (born 1947), international
Ieuan Evans (born 1964), international
Trevor Foster (1916-2005), international (rugby league)
Reggie Gibbs (1882-1938), international
Scott Gibbs (born 1971), international
Ian Gough, (born 1976), international
Arthur 'Monkey' Gould, (1864-1919), international
Ray Gravell ("Grav") (1951-2007), international
Leigh Halfpenny (born 1988), international
Gavin Henson (born 1982), international
James Hook (born 1985), international
Robert Howley (born 1970), international
Carwyn James (1929-1983), international
Garin Jenkins (born 1966), international
Gethin Jenkins (born 1980), international
Neil Jenkins (born 1971) international
Barry John (born 1945), international
Adam Jones (born 1981), international
Alun Wyn Jones (born 1985) international
Duncan Jones (born 1978), international
Ken Jones (born 1921), international
Robert Jones (born 1965), international
Ryan Jones (born 1981) international
Stephen Jones, (born 1977), international
Gareth Llewellyn (born 1969), international
Cliff Morgan (born 1930), international and broadcaster
Gwyn Nicholls (1874-1939), international
Dwayne Peel (born 1981), international
Graham Price (born 1951), international
Scott Quinnell (born 1972), international
Mike Ruddock, (born 1959), former Wales national team coach
Tom Shanklin (born 1979), international
Clive Sullivan (born 1943), international (rugby league)
Haydn Tanner (born 1917), international
Mark Taylor (born 1973), international
Gareth Thomas (born 1974), international
Paul Turner, (born 1959), international
David Watkins, (born 1942), international
Bleddyn Williams (born 1923), international
Johnnie Williams (1882-1916), international
J.P.R. Williams (born 1949), international
Martyn Williams (born 1975), international
Rhys Williams (born 1980), international
Shane Williams (born 1977), international
John Yapp (born 1983), international
Dai Young (born 1967), international
[edit] Snooker players
Dominic Dale (born 1971)
Ryan Day (born 1980)
Terry Griffiths (born 1947)
Darren Morgan (born 1966)
Doug Mountjoy (born 1942)
Ray Reardon (born 1932)
Matthew Stevens (born 1977)
Mark Williams (1975)
Cliff Wilson (1934-1994)
[edit] Swimmers
David Davies (born 1985)
Paul Radmilovic (swimmer and water-polo player) (18861968)
Nyree Lewis (born 1980)
David Roberts (born 1980)
Lowri Tynan (born 1987)
Irene Steer (1889 - 1947)
Martyn Woodroffe (born 1950)
Thomas Haffield (born 1988)
Julie Gould (born 1989)
[edit] Trade union leaders
Clive Jenkins (1926-1999)
James Henry Thomas (1874-1949)
Moss Evans (1925-2002)
[edit] Writers
For Welsh writers, see:

List of Welsh writers
List of Welsh language authors
List of Welsh language poets (6th century to c.1600)
[edit] Other notables
Helen Adams (born 1978), runner-up in Big Brother 2 (2001).
Sian Adey-Jones, model, former Miss Wales
E. G. Bowen, ((1900 - 1983), Geographer
Rees Davies (1938-2005), historian
John Dee (born 1527), alchemist
Samuel Ifor Enoch (1914 2001), Theologian
John Gwenogvryn Evans (1852 1930), palaeographic expert.
Timothy John Evans (1924-1950), due to a miscarriage of justice hanged for murdering his wife and daughter, subsequently pardoned
Rosemarie Frankland (1943-2000), former Miss World
John Frost (1784-1877), Chartist
Geoffrey of Monmouth (c.11001155), churchman and historian
George Jeffreys (1648-1689), hanging judge
Ernest Jones (1879-1958), psychoanalyst
Stephen Jones (1870-1941), experimental phonetician
Walter Map (c.1137-1209), medieval raconteur
Howard Marks, international drug-smuggler and author
Angus McBean (1904-1990), photographer
Godfrey Morgan, 1st Viscount Tredegar (1831-1913), Member of Parliament, land-owner and benefactor
Helen Morgan (born 1952), Miss World
Henry Morgan (c.1635 - 1688), privateer
John Nash (1752-1835), architect
Robert Owen (1771-1858), social reformer
Dr William Price (1800-1893), eccentric physician
Bartholomew Roberts (1682-1722), pirate (Black Bart or Barti Ddu)
William Salesbury (c.1520 - c.1600), lexicographer, phonetician and comparative linguist
Imogen Thomas (born 1982), former Miss Wales and Big Brother contestant
Robert Vaughan (c.1592 - 16 May 1667), antiquary
Glyn Wise (born January 1988), Big Brother 2006 runner-up.
Edward Williams (1747-1826) aka Iolo Morganwg, antiquarian
John Tudno Williams (born 1938), Theologian
William Richard Williams (1896 1962), Theologian
Thomas Wynne

My father!

Neartic, on that list you have Gareth Thomas. He declared himself English last week.

Cheese on toast.

Bernard Manning once cracked a great joke about Harry Secombe.

'Whoever told that bloke he could sing ? I tell you, if I ever see him on that bloody Highway I'll knock the c**t down'.

Classic.

taffy thomas

Nearctic, you left out Leighton Rees...

My Birth Dad, Step-Dad and actual Dad.

All Welsh.

It was, indeed, The Land Of My Fathers....

Tom Jones

long list that, trouble is I`ve never heard of most of them

I'm very nearly Welsh and they can't get higher praise than that.

Any thread that includes Gary Sprake of Leeds is all right with me.

Eventhough he was feXXXng sXXte:(

Howard Marks, international drug smuggler, fekin hell talk about scraping the barrel!

I spotted a few big brother contestants in there, on the same level as the drug smuggler really

Windsor Davies (born 1930)

He was born in Canning Town, east London.

Good at lighting fires...my mates holiday cottage went up a treat.

Looking at that list it appear the answer to this thread is not much.

christian bale

Marshalla 'Taffy' Salaman

Good at lighting fires...my mates holiday cottage went up a treat.

The Welsh invented coal.

Richard Burton, Anthony Hopkins and Michael Sheen are all famous Welshie actors from Port Talbot.

he forgot ivor the engine as well

Craig Bellamy (born 1979), striker


some of the best strikers came from Wales

king arthur :D

no, he was from Yorks ( I think )

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Horner_(politician)

plenty of slappers

Welsh steam coal.
Colomendy
The University of Frongogh
Barry Horne
Roy Vernon
Kevin Ratcliffe
Kevin Sheedy

Bertrand Russell ??.....about as Welsh as the Dalai Lama . :^0
Everything significant about Russell was informd by the English liberal tradition.

Yes , he was born in Wales but as the Duke of Wellington said -if you are born in a stable that doesn't make you a horse .

Neil Kinnock and Glenys - and you're welcome to them :)

carly zucker

Gonarhea

Daihatsu's

charlotte church,s baps

Grief

Culture and sheep jokes

Support to all England's sporting opponents.

Copper and Gold

Dream Alliance

Susan**

Russell Coughlin tash. puts groucho marx to shame.

rourkes drift

A well heated 2nd home in the country
Lots of insurance claims
A face full of phlegm when you ask a question
Easy sex
Salt marsh lamb
Brains SA
A poor man's Wembley

somewhere nice for the english to have a holiday in and get away from that flat overpopulated sh1thole they live in