Search List of famous Welsh men with their biographies that include trivia, interesting facts, timeline and life history.
Hasn’t life been easier with web/mobile app shopping? Who do you think you need to thank it for - your dealer, the website, the application, your phone or your internet connection? All of those but most importantly Sir Pryce Pryce-Jones for had it not been for this Welsh man, the mail order business that is thriving so well today wouldn’t have been possible. It was Pryce-Jones who gave the world the bliss of virtual shopping! And this is not just it for Welsh men are responsible for a lot more.
Roald Dahl(Novelist, Short Story Writer)
13 September 1916
23 November 1990
Llandaff, Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom
Virgo
David Lloyd George(Former Chancellor of the Exchequer)
17 January 1863
26 March 1945
Chorlton-on-Medlock
Capricorn
Bill Shankly(Scottish Footballer and Manager)
02 September 1913
29 September 1981
Glenbuck, Scotland
Virgo
John Rhys-Davies(Screenwriter, Actor, Voice acting)
Timothy Dalton(Actor, Film actor)
21 March 1944
Colwyn Bay, United Kingdom
Aries
Ryan Giggs(Association football player, Association football manager)
29 November 1973
Cardiff
Sagittarius
Andy Whitfield(Model, Actor, Engineer)
11 September 2011
Amlwch
Desmond Llewelyn
John Cale(Singer-songwriter, Record producer, Actor, Lyricist, Musician, Autobiographer, Model, Film actor, Television actor, Music arranger, Experimental musician, Pianist, Film score composer)
09 March 1942
Garnant
Pisces
Craig Bellamy(Association football player)
13 July 1979
Cardiff
Cancer
Gethin Jones
Lloyd Owen
Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen
Tom Pryce(Motorcycle racer, Racecar driver)
11 June 1949
05 March 1977
Ruthin
Gemini
Wayne Hennessey(Association football player)
24 January 1987
Bangor
Aquarius
David Owen(politician, physician)
02 July 1938
Plympton
Cancer
John Charles(Association football player, Association football manager)
27 December 1931
21 February 2004
Swansea
Capricorn
John Hartson(Association football player)
05 April 1975
Swansea
Aries
Bryn Terfel(Singer, Opera singer, Actor)
09 November 1965
Pant Glas
Scorpio
Henry Vaughan(Physician, Economist, Poet, Writer)
17 April 1621
23 April 1695
Brecknockshire
Aries
Carl Robinson(Association football player, Association football manager)
13 October 1976
Llandrindod Wells
Libra
Shaun MacDonald(Association football player)
17 June 1988
Swansea
Gemini
Owain Fon Williams17 March 1987
Penygroes, Gwynedd
Pisces
David Cotterill(Association football player)
04 December 1987
Cardiff
Sagittarius
Wynne Evans(Singer, Opera singer, Actor)
27 January 1972
Carmarthen
Aquarius
Ben Flower(Rugby league player, Rugby union player)
19 October 1987
Cardiff
Libra
Robert Recorde(mathematician, physician, physicist, philosopher)
1512 AD
1558 AD
Tenby
Richie Burnett(Darts player)
07 February 1967
Cwmparc
Aquarius
John Owen(Theologian)
1616 AD
24 August 1683
Stadhampton, Oxfordshire, England
James Beattie(Linguist, Poet, Translator, Philosopher, Writer)
25 October 1735
18 August 1803
Laurencekirk, United Kingdom
Scorpio
Christopher Love(Minister, Preacher)
1618 AD
22 August 1651
Cardiff, United Kingdom
Gareth Thomas (Rugby Player)25 July 1974
Sarn, Bridgend
Leo
David Thompson(explorer, cartographer)
30 April 1770
10 February 1857
Westminster
Taurus
Ian Watkins(singer, lyricist, songwriter)
30 July 1977
Merthyr Tydfil
Leo
Chris Coleman(association football player, association football manager)
10 June 1970
Swansea
Gemini
Phil Campbell(musician, guitarist)
07 May 1961
Pontypridd
Taurus
Ian Whyte(actor)
17 September 1971
Bangor
Virgo
Sir James George Frazer01 January 1854
07 May 1941
Capricorn
Bertie Charles Forbes(Journalist)
14 May 1880
06 May 1954
New Deer, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Taurus
Sir James Matthew Barrie09 May 1860
19 June 1937
Taurus
Stephen Clarke29 August 1963
Virgo
Sir James Whyte Black14 June 1924
22 March 2010
Uddingston
Gemini
James Thomas Walker20 March 1841
18 January 1923
Pisces
Sir Walter Scott, 1st Baronet15 August 1771
21 September 1832
Leo
Ryan Joseph Giggs29 November 1973
Cardiff, Wales
Sagittarius
Andy Scott30 June 1949
Wrexham
Cancer
Craig Davies(association football player)
09 January 1986
Burton upon Trent
Capricorn
David Emanuel(fashion designer)
17 November 1952
Bridgend
Scorpio
Gareth Thomas (Actor)12 February 1945
Wales
Aquarius
Huw Edwards(journalist)
18 August 1961
Bridgend
Leo
Jason James(musician)
13 January 1981
Bridgend
Capricorn
Jimmy Murphy08 August 1910
14 November 1989
Pentre
Leo
John Evans(singer, writer, film maker, artist)
1960 AD
Pontypridd
Llŷr Williams(pianist)
1976 AD
United Kingdom
Mark Williams(Snooker player)
21 March 1975
Cwm, Blaenau Gwent, United Kingdom
Aries
Oswald J. Chambers24 July 1874
15 November 1917
Aberdeen, Scotland
Leo
Patrick Leopold Gordon13 March 1635
29 November 1699
Pisces
Peter Moore(criminal)
1940 AD
Wales
Richard Davies(actor)
25 January 1926
08 October 2015
Dowlais
Aquarius
Richard Harrington(actor)
12 March 1975
Merthyr Tydfil
Pisces
Robert Tommy Dewar06 January 1864
11 April 1930
Capricorn
Sir Thomas John Woodward07 June 1940
Treforest
Gemini
Sir. James Matthew Barrie09 May 1860
19 June 1937
Kirriemuir
Taurus
Quote Of The Day
Have you ever wondered who actually gave mathematics the plus and equal and pi sign? Yes, it was yet again Welsh men – Robert Recorde and William Jones. And if you are fond of music, let us tell you that it was Welsh man David Edward Hughes who actually refined Edison’s idea of a microphone thus paving the way for the modern microphone. From actors to architects, entrepreneurs to explorers, models to monarchs, philanthropists to politicians, scientists to sportspeople, writers to inventors, Welsh men have greatly impacted the lives of people in the world. to know in details about the life and works of famous Welsh men, read further.
