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词条 List of people from Swansea
释义

  1. Academics

  2. Actors and actresses

  3. Artists

  4. Industrialists

  5. Journalists and broadcasters

  6. Musicians

  7. Politicians

  8. Religious leaders

  9. Sports people

     Footballers  Rugby players 

  10. Writers

  11. Other

  12. See also

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This is a list of notable people born in, or associated with, the city of Swansea, in Britain.

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Academics

  • Sir Granville Beynon, FRS, physicist
  • Edward George Bowen, FRS, radar pioneer
  • Joan Curran, scientist
  • Huw Dixon, economist.
  • Sir Sam Edwards FRS, physicist
  • Brian Flowers, Baron Flowers, FRS, physicist
  • Sir Clive Granger, Nobel Prize–winning economist
  • Sir William Robert Grove, FRS, physicist and judge
  • John Gwyn Jeffreys, FRS, conchologist, malacologist
  • Ernest Jones, psychoanalyst
  • John Viriamu Jones, FRS, mathematician, physicist
  • David Ley, FRSC, geographer
  • Sir John Maddox, Hon. FRS, science writer
  • Arun Midha, medical educationist
  • Dewi Zephaniah Phillips, philosopher
  • Bill Price, physicist
  • David Williams FRS, mathematician
  • C. E. Wynn-Williams, physicist

Actors and actresses

  • Keith Allen
  • Kevin Allen
  • Gareth Armstrong
  • Desmond Barrit
  • Rob Brydon
  • Geraint Wyn Davies
  • Georgia Henshaw
  • Gary Jones
  • Ruth Madoc
  • Steven Meo
  • Islwyn Morris
  • Siwan Morris
  • Richard Mylan
  • Joanna Page
  • Robert Perkins
  • Ceri Phillips
  • Cara Readle
  • Vincent Regan
  • Matt Ryan
  • Philip Sayer
  • Andy Secombe, voice actor
  • Harry Secombe
  • John Sparkes
  • Talfryn Thomas
  • Melanie Walters
  • Tom Ward
  • Catherine Zeta-Jones

Artists

  • Alfred Janes
  • Mervyn Levy
  • Thyrza Anne Leyshon
  • Cedric Morris
  • Finbarr O'Reilly, photographer
  • Ceri Richards

Industrialists

  • Lewis Llewelyn Dillwyn
  • George Lockwood Morris
  • Sir John Morris, 1st Baronet
  • Christopher Rice Mansel Talbot
  • David Thomas
  • Henry Vivian, 1st Baron Swansea
  • John Henry Vivian

Journalists and broadcasters

  • Colin Edwards, radio journalist and filmmaker
  • Huw Edwards, TV presenter
  • Charles Fisher, journalist and poet
  • Liz Fuller, model and TV presenter
  • Ian Hislop, comedian, satirist, editor of Private Eye magazine
  • Phil Kerslake, TV presenter
  • David Mercer, sports presenter
  • Rhodri Owen, radio and TV presenter
  • Anna Ryder Richardson
  • Wynford Vaughan-Thomas

Musicians

  • Badfinger, rock music group
  • Richard Barrett, composer
  • Rachel K Collier, singer/songwriter
  • Lisa Lee Dark, singer
  • Spencer Davis, rock musician
  • Trampolene, rock band
  • Howell Glynne, operatic bass
  • Fred Godfrey, songwriter
  • Pete Ham, singer/songwriter
  • Jones Hewson, baritone
  • Shaheen Jafargholi, singer
  • Karl Jenkins, composer
  • Daniel Jones, composer
  • Ceri Rhys Matthews, traditional musician
  • John Metcalf, composer
  • Rebecca Onslow, singer/songwriter
  • Mal Pope, singer/songwriter
  • Hannah Stone, harpist
  • The Storys, rock band
  • Elin Manahan Thomas, soprano
  • Bonnie Tyler, singer
  • Viva Machine, alternative rock group
  • Gareth Walters, composer
  • John Weathers, rock drummer
  • Terry Williams, drummer (Dire Straits)

Politicians

  • Donald Anderson, Baron Anderson of Swansea
  • Suzy Davies
  • Sir John Dillwyn-Llewellyn, 1st Baronet
  • Nigel Evans
  • Ted Grace
  • David Grenfell
  • Mike Hedges
  • Michael Heseltine
  • Michael Howard
  • Huw Irranca-Davies
  • Siân James
  • William Albert Jenkins
  • Carwyn Jones
  • David Brynmor Jones
  • Leifchild Leif-Jones, 1st Baron Rhayader
  • Julian Lewis
  • Percy Morris
  • Colin Phipps
  • Gwyn Prosser
  • Hugh Rees
  • Rees G. Richards
  • James Thomas, portreeve of Swansea

Religious leaders

  • Cenydd, saint and hermit
  • Graham Charles Chadwick, bishop, anti-apartheid campaigner
  • Llewellyn Henry Gwynne, bishop in Sudan
  • Griffith John, Christian missionary and translator in China
  • Norman Matthews, chancellor of Llandaff diocese
  • Anthony Pierce, bishop of Swansea and Brecon
  • Evan Roberts, minister
  • Glyn Simon, archbishop of Wales
  • Rhys Derrick Chamberlain Walters, dean of Liverpool Anglican cathedral
  • Rowan Williams, archbishop of Canterbury

Sports people

  • Jimmy Austin, baseball player
  • Nicole Cooke, cyclist
  • Brian Curvis, boxer
  • Dai Dower, boxer
  • Tracy Edwards, yachtswoman
  • Philip George, cricketer
  • Nikara Jenkins, rhythmic gymnast
  • Alan Jones, cricketer
  • Eifion Jones, cricketer
  • Simon Jones, cricketer
  • Enzo Maccarinelli, boxer
  • Gilbert Parkhouse, cricketer
  • Carl Roberts, cricketer
  • Non Stanford, 2013 World Champion triathlete
  • Gary Taylor, 1993 World's Strongest Man
  • Rob Terry, wrestler
  • Imad Wasim, cricketer, born in Swansea but represents Pakistan
  • Don Shepherd, cricketer

Footballers

  • Daniel Alfei
  • Ivor Allchurch
  • John Charles
  • Mel Charles
  • Chris Coleman
  • Ray Daniel
  • Richard Duffy
  • Trevor Ford
  • Bill Harris
  • John Hartson
  • Robbie James
  • Cliff Jones
  • Andy Melville
  • Mel Nurse
  • Jackie Roberts
  • Dean Saunders

Rugby players

  • William Richard Arnold
  • Dan Biggar
  • Bleddyn Bowen
  • Mervyn Davies
  • James Hook
  • Alun Wyn Jones
  • Ivor Jones
  • Lewis Jones
  • Ryan Jones
  • Douglas Marsden-Jones
  • Paul Moriarty
  • Richard Moriarty
  • George Lockwood Morris
  • Dicky Owen
  • Idwal Rees
  • Billy Trew
  • Shane Williams

Writers

  • Martin Amis, novelist
  • Mary Balogh, novelist
  • Russell T Davies, Doctor Who screenwriter
  • Amy Dillwyn, novelist and businesswoman
  • Joe Dunthorne, poet, novelist
  • Mark Ellis, author
  • A. M. Esmonde, novelist, producer
  • Stuart Evans (1934–1994), novelist and poet
  • Paul Ferris
  • Iris Gower, novelist
  • Bryn Griffiths, poet
  • Cyril Gwynn, oral poet
  • Ann Hatton, novelist
  • Nigel Jenkins, poet
  • Stephen Knight, poet
  • Gary Ley, novelist
  • Bob Lock, novelist
  • Ruth Manning-Sanders, children's author and poet
  • Jon Mitchell, author and journalist
  • T. J. Morgan
  • John Ormond, poet
  • John Pook, poet
  • Jason Shepherd, author and Welsh language advocate
  • Dylan Thomas, poet/playwright
  • Vernon Watkins, poet
  • Harri Webb, poet

Other

  • Charles Ashburner, Chief Executive Trustee of the Flag Institute; owner of MrFlag brand
  • Silvanus Bevan, FRS, apothecary
  • Sybil Connolly, fashion designer
  • Catherine Lynch, 19th-century petty criminal
  • Edgar Evans, Antarctic explorer
  • Francis Grenfell, 1st Baron Grenfell, field marshal and Egyptologist
  • Frederick Higginson, RAF fighter ace
  • Hugh Llewellyn Glyn Hughes, medical administrator
  • Andrew Jones, film maker
  • Edward Kenway, pirate, assassin
  • Princess Lilian, Duchess of Halland
  • John Dillwyn Llewelyn, pioneer photographer, botanist
  • Sean Mathias, theatre director, film director
  • David Miles, economist
  • Beau Nash, socialite, dandy
  • Heather Nicholson, animal rights activist
  • Red Lady of Paviland, Upper Palaeolithic remains
  • Richard Valentine Pitchford, 'Carlini', magician and entertainer
  • Richard Glynn Vivian, art collector
  • Alan Woods, political theorist

See also

  • List of Welsh people

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