Meet our national treasures: Welsh celebrities and famous people. Welsh actors, performers, sports people, and historical figures.
George Herbert (3 April 1593 – 1 March 1633) was a Welsh-born poet, orator, and priest of the Church of England. His poetry is associated with the writings of the metaphysical poets, and he is recognised as "one of the foremost British devotional lyricists." He was born into an artis...
The Palais des sports Marcel Cerdan is named in his honor. Birthplace: Sidi Bel Abbès, Algeria Profession: Professional Boxer Also ranks #15 on The Best Boxers of the 1940s Also ranks #21 on The Best Middleweight Boxers of All Time Also ranks #111 on The Greatest Boxers Of All Time, ...
Gareth Bale (July 16, 1989) is a Welsh football player. His main position currently is a winger in the Real Madrid club and the Welsh national football team. Bale is renowned for his ability to get past defenders with pace, his swerving free kicks, his ball-striking, a great left foot,...
Ireland is a country that has always done things differently. We have our own Irish culture and traditions that distinguish us from anywhere else in the world. Our language, music, arts, literature, folklore, cuisine, and sports are all special and unique to the Irish people. Below is a co...
Welsh nationalist activist. Francis Borkowski(88) American academic and university administrator. Roberto Giusti(71) Venezuelan journalist (El Nacional Jean-François Kahn(86) French journalist Michael Longley(85) Irish poet. Jonathan Nash British video game journalist (Your Sinclair ...
Welsh-born English poet, orator and Anglican priest. Herbert's poetry is associated with the writings of the metaphysical poets, and he is recognized as "a pivotal figure: enormously popular, deeply and broadly influential, and arguably the most skillful and important British devotional lyricist."...
In 2013, he was one of the first inductees to the National Gay and Lesbian Sports Hall of Fame. Cruz went on to marry Jose Manuel Colon in Central Park. Sauli Koskinen & Adam Lambert Though Adam Lambert has not been visible publicly and professionally, many still remember his perform...
Muriel Cameron Welsh Boulton 4767 Born 1881, Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island. Died 1957, Barton-on-Sea, England. Muariel was educated at the Kerkomer School in Bushey, England. In 1907 she moved to Paris, France, to continue her artis training privately and at the Academie Colarossi. She...
Welsh writer Arthur Machen was a master of science-fiction and horror. He soared to fame with his novella The Great God Pan, which later achieved cult status. However, in spite of his literary fame, he continued to live in poverty, working as a journalist, a clerk, and a teacher.31...