Meet our national treasures: Welsh celebrities and famous people. Welsh actors, performers, sports people, and historical figures.
He signed a two-year deal with Welsh side Ospreys ahead of the 2011/12 season. He scored his first try for the Ospreys against Glasgow Warriors in a 20-26 defeat. Early in 2013, he was still with Ospreys, but there was speculation that he might join another club in Europe. He ...
Due to a legal dispute with the Welsh DJ also named Sasha, he is known as Sasha Alexander in the United States. Birthplace: Soest, Germany 22 Sasha Frere-Jones 01/30/1967 1 Sasha Frere-Jones (born Alexander Roger Wallace Jones in 1967) is an American writer, music critic, and musician...
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...
Known as the “Ladies of Llangeollen” (the small Welsh hamlet where they lived) in the General Evening Post, 1790. 53 Mary Woolley (author, Mt. Holyoke College president) Jeannette Marks (?) Wooley was the only female member of the 1932 Geneva Arms Conference. 52 Don Slater (writer...
IrvineWelsh(b.1957). Born, educated and lived in Edinburgh. Contemporary Scottish novelist, best known for his novelTrainspotting. Hugh MacDiarmid(1892-1978). Lived and died in Edinburgh. A significant Scottish poet of the 20th century. He was instrumental in creating a Scottish version of moder...
Paul Rhys is a highly accomplished Welsh actor with a prolific career in theatre, television, and film. Known for his impressive range and versatility, he has delivered captivating performances across various mediums. With a strong presence on stage, screen, and TV, Rhys has garnered critical ...
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."...
Though Lily Mo Sheen’s parents, actress Kate Beckinsale and Welsh actor Michael Sheen were never married, the two are able to co-parent effectively for their daughter’s sake. Lily Mo’s folks were together for eight years prior to their split. Now, Lily Mo has dabbled into acting just...
Lewis was born on April 3, 1985 in the London Borough of Islington , to Aural Josiah "Joe" Lewis, a youth worker from Guyana of Black African descent and Maria Lewis, a British social worker of Welsh , Italian and Irish descent. She rose to fame as the winner of the third series of...