| Aneirin | Aneirin or Neirin mab Dwywei (6th/7th century) was a Welsh / British poet, author of the epic, "Y Go... |
| Taliesin | Taliesin or Tali... |
| Asser | Asser (d. 908/909) was a Welsh monk who became Bishop of Sherborne in
the 890s. It... |
| Geoffrey of Monmouth | Geoffrey of Monmouth was a clergyman and one of the major figures in the development of British hist... |
| Walter Map |
Walter Map (~1137-1209) was a medieval writer, probably either of Welsh origin or from Herefordshi... |
| Giraldus Cambrensis | Giraldus Cambrensis (c.1146- c.1223), also known as Gerald of Wales, was a medieval clergyman and ch... |
| Dafydd ap Gwilym | Generally regarded as the greatest Welsh poet of all time, Dafydd ap Gwilym was born in about 1320,... |
| Gwerful Mechain | Gwerful Mechain, who lived in Mechain in Powys during the 1400s, is perhaps the most famous female W... |
| William Morgan | Born in 1545 in the parish of Penmachno, near Betws-y-Coed, in Wales, Morgan was educated at Gwydir ... |
| Henry Vaughan | Henry Vaughan (1621 - April 28, 1695) was a Welsh Metaphysical poet and a doctor, the twin brother o... |
| William Williams Pantycelyn | William Williams Pantycelyn (1717 – January 11, 1791) was one of the three leaders of the Methodist ... |
| Hester Thrale | Hester Lynch Thrale (born Hester Lynch Salusbury and after her second marriage, Hester Lynch Piozzi ... |
| John Ceiriog Hughes | John Ceiriog Hughes (1832-1887) was a Welsh poet, well known as a collector of Welsh folk tunes.
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| Rhoda Broughton | Rhoda Broughton (November 29, 1840 - June 5, 1920) was a novelist.
Rhoda Broughton was bo... |
| Hedd Wyn | Hedd Wyn (in Welsh "white peace"), was the pen-name of Ellis Humphrey Evans (1887-1917), a Merioneth... |
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