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This is a list of Welsh people (Welsh: rhestr Cymry); an ethnic group and nation associated with Wales.. Historian John Davies argues that the origin of the Welsh nation can be traced to the late 4th and early 5th centuries, following the Roman departure from Britain, although Brythonic or other Celtic languages seem to have been spoken in Wales since much earlier.
In 2004, he was named one of the top 100 Welsh heroes. [33] In 2005 he was made an Honorary Fellow of Cardiff University. [34] In 2006 Weston and dual code (Rugby league and Rugby union) international David Watkins were installed as patrons of the Wales Rugby League, in a ceremony held in the Welsh Assembly.
As it has been suggested, "[h]is equals sign was an invention that, while slow in becoming universally adopted, is still perhaps the most fundamental thing ever invented by a Welsh person." [23]. Elmer Gethin Rees 19 Nov 1941 [30] Llandybie: 4 Oct 2019 [31] Bristol
Former Plaid Cymru leader and Senedd Presiding Officer Lord Elis-Thomas has died at the age of 78, his family has announced. Dafydd Elis-Thomas led Plaid between 1984 and 1991 and served as MP for ...
Max Boyce was born in Glynneath.His family was originally from Ynyshir in the Rhondda Valley. His mother was Mary Elizabeth Harries. A month preceding Boyce's birth, his father, Leonard Boyce, died of severe burns injuries following an explosion in the Onllwyn No.4 coal pit where he worked. [1]
Nancy Lee (born 1970), Welsh-born short story writer, novelist, now in Canada; Ruby Levick (c.1872–1940), sculptor; Donna Lewis (born 1973), singer, musician; Eiluned Lewis (1900–1979), novelist, poet, journalist; Emmeline Lewis Lloyd (1827–1913), mountaineer; Gwyneth Lewis (born 1959), Welsh-language poet, national poet of Wales, also ...
Brenda Chamberlain (1912–1971), Welsh artist, poet and novelist, working in Wales and Greece Felicity Charlton (1913–2009), Bristol-born artist who lived in Wales from 1939 Melanie Counsell (born 1964), installation artist and sculptor.
This is a list of notable artists who were born in Wales and/or known for their work in Wales, arranged alphabetically by surname (and period) This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources. Born before 1800 Thomas Barker (1769–1847), painter born in Pontypool Frances Bunsen (1791 ...