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AsserAsser (d. 908/909) was a Welsh monk who became Bishop of Sherborne in the 890s. It is not certain wh...
Aneurin BevanAneurin Bevan, usually known as Nye Bevan (November 15, 1897 - July 6, 1960) was a Welsh Labour poli...
Giraldus Cambrensis

Giraldus Cambrensis (c.1146- c.1223), also known as Gerald of Wales, was a medieval cle...

John DeeJohn Dee (July 13, 1527 - December, 1608) was a noted British mathematician, astronomer, geographer ...
Christmas EvansCHRISTMAS EVANS, (1766-1838), Welsh Nonconformist divine, was born near the village of Llandyssul, C...
George EverestColonel Sir George Everest (July 4, 1790 - December 1, 1866) was a British surveyor and geographer, ...
Owain GlyndwrOwain Glyndwr (sometimes anglicised as Owen Glendower) (1359 - 1416...
Howell Harris

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Henry V

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Henry VII

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Hywel Dda

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Judge George JeffreysJudge George Jeffreys, 1st Baron Jeffreys (1648-1689), Baron Wem, better known as "Ha...
Brian David JosephsonBrian David Josephson (born Cardiff, Wales, UK, 4 January 1940) is a British physicist whose discove...
T.E. Lawrence

Thomas Edward Lawrence (August 16, 1888 - May 18, 1935), also known as Lawrence of Ara...

Anna LeonowensAnna Leonowens (1831 - 1915) is chiefly famous for being the British governess portrayed in The King...
David Lloyd George

Although born in Manchester in 1863, David Lloyd George was a Welsh-speaking Welshman,...

Prince Madoc

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MerlinMerlin Ambrosius, Merddin Emrys
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Geoffrey of Monmouth

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Henry Morgan

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Robert Owen

Robert Owen (May 14, 1771 - November 17, 1858) was a Welsh social reformer. He was bor...

Sir Hugh OwenOWEN, SIR HUGH (1804-1881), Welsh educationist, was born near Talyfoel Ferry, Anglesey, on the I4th ...
John PenryPENRY, JOHN (i559i~9~), Welsh Puritan, was born it Brecknockshire in 1559; tradition points to Cefn ...
Vavasor PowellPOWELL, VAVASOR (1617-1670), Welsh Nonconformist, was by birth a Radnorshire man and was educated at...
Dr William PriceDr William Price (1800-1893) of Pontypridd, South Wales, was a physician and a famous eccentric. He ...
Richard Price

Richard Price (February 23, 1723 - April 19, 1791), was a Welsh moral and political p...

Henry Brinley RichardsRICHARDS, HENRY BRINLEY (1819-1865), English pianist and composer, was born at Carmarthen, and educa...
Charles Stewart Rolls

The Hon. Charles Stewart Rolls (August 27, 1877 - July 12, 1910) was, together with Fr...

Saint DavidSaint David (c.512 to 587), (known in Welsh as Dewi Sant) was a Christian church official, later reg...
William SalisburySALESBURY (or SALISBURY), WILLIAM (c. 1520c. 1600), Welsh scholar, was a native of Denbighshire, son...
Sir Henry Morton Stanley

Sir Henry Morton Stanley (January 29, 1841 - May 10, 1904) was a famous journalist and ...

Rowan Williams

The Most Reverend and Right Honourable Rowan Williams (born June 14, 1950) is the Ang...

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