List of people from Swansea

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

Academics

• Sir Granville Beynon, FRS, physicist
• Edward George Bowen, FRS, radar pioneer
• Joan Curran, scientist
• 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
• 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/actresses

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

Artists

• Alfred Janes
• Mervyn Levy
• 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 film maker
• Huw Edwards, TV presenter
• Charles Fisher, journalist and poet
• Liz Fuller, model and TV presenter
• Ian Hislop, comedian/satirist, editor Private Eye magazine
• Phil Kerslake, TV presenter
• Geoffrey D. LLoyd, editor
• David Mercer, sports presenter
• Rhodri Owen, radio and TV presenter
• Anna Ryder Richardson
• Wynford Vaughan-Thomas

Musicians

• Badfinger, rock music group
• Bonnie Tyler, singer
• Ceri Rhys Matthews, traditional musician
• Daniel Jones, composer
• Elin Manahan Thomas, soprano
• Fred Godfrey, songwriter
• Gareth Walters, composer
• Hannah Stone, harpist
• Howell Glynne, operatic bass
• John Metcalf, composer
• John Weathers, rock drummer
• Jones Hewson, baritone
• Karl Jenkins, composer
• Lisa Lee Dark, singer
• Mal Pope, singer/songwriter
• Pete Ham, singer/songwriter
• Rebecca Onslow, singer/songwriter
• Richard Barrett, composer
• Shaheen Jafargholi, singer
• Emily Richards Shaheens wife 1
• Rosie Smitham Shaheens wife 2
• Spencer Davis, rock musician
• Terry Williams, drummer (Dire Straits)
• The Storys, rock band
• Viva Machine, alternative rock group

Politicians

• Donald Anderson, Baron Anderson of Swansea
• Sir John Dillwyn-Llewellyn, 1st Baronet
• Nigel Evans
• Ted Grace
• David Grenfell
• 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
• Cameron Griffiths, the Trap Lord
• Gareth Rees, Sith Lord

Sports people

• Ryan Hughes, Pie eating champion
• Tom Northey, Ospreys 9th choice prop
• Alan Jones, cricketer
• Brian Curvis, boxer
• Carl Roberts, cricketer
• Dai Dower, boxer
• Eifion Jones (cricketer)
• Emily Richards, athlete, football pro, one to watch for the future, 100m pb -12.5 seconds
• Rosie Smitham, jumping into your dms, sprinting B group Swansea harriers
• Enzo Maccarinelli, boxer
• Gary Taylor, 1993 World's Strongest Man
• Gilbert Parkhouse, cricketer
• Jimmy Austin, baseball player
• Nicole Cooke, cyclist
• Non Stanford(2013 World Champion Triathlete)
• Philip George, cricketer
• Rob Terry, wrestler
• Tracy Edwards, yachtswoman

Footballers

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

Rugby players

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

Writers

• Martin Amis, novelist
• Mary Balogh, novelist
• Russell T Davies, Doctor Who screenwriter
• Amy Dillwyn, novelist and businesswoman
• Joe Dunthorne, poet, novelist
• A. M. Esmonde, novelist, producer
• 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
• T. J. Morgan
• John Ormond, poet
• John Pook, poet
• Dylan Thomas, poet/playwright
• Vernon Watkins, poet
• Harri Webb, poet

Other

• Charles Ashburner, Chief Executive Trustee of the Flag Institute, owner of MrFlag TM Brand
• Silvanus Bevan, FRS, apothecary
• Sybil Connolly, fashion designer
• Edgar Evans, Antarctic explorer
• Richard Glynn Vivian, art collector
• Francis Grenfell, 1st Baron Grenfell, Field Marshal and Egyptologist
• Frederick Higginson, RAF fighter ace
• Hugh Llewellyn Glyn Hughes, medical administrator
• Andrew Jones, film maker
• 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/entertainer
• Alan Woods, political theorist

See also

• List of Welsh people