Davies
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| Region of origin | Wales |
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Davies is a common surname. It is patronymic of David, a Hebrew name meaning beloved. Davies is a hugely popular name in Wales, owing to the name of its patron saint, David. The name stems from the Welsh 'Ap Dafydd' meaning 'son of David'. Families who held the name Dafis changed their name to Davies during the 19th century around the same period the Welsh Not was introduced.
It may refer to many people.
A
- Adrian Davies, English barrister
- Adrienne Davies, American musician
- Alan Davies, English actor and comedian
- Alec Davies, Scottish cricketer
- Alexandra Davies, Australian actress
- Alun Davies, Labour AM (member of the National Assembly for Wales)
- Andrew Davies, one of several people including
- Andrew Davies (footballer), English footballer
- Andrew Davies (cricketer), Welsh cricketer
- Andrew Davies (writer), British writer
- Andrew Davies (politician)
- Ann Davies, one of several people including
- Ann Davies, American occultist
- Ann Davies (actress), English actress
- Ann Davies (skater), US figure-skater and 1949 Olympic bronze-medalist
- Anthony Davies, Welsh snooker player
- Arthur B. Davies, American artist
- Arthur Charles Fox-Davies, British writer on heraldry
- Ashley Slanina-Davies, British actress
- Alun Davies, politician
B
- Barbara Davies, English teacher and activist
- Barry Davies, British sports commentator
- Ben Davies, Welsh tenor
- Benjamin Davies, Australian rules footballer
- Benjamin Davies Photographer, Australian Photographer
- Bevan Davies, drummer
- Billy Davies, Scottish football manager
- Bob Davies, American basketball player
- Brenda Davies, wife and literary executor of Robertson Davies
- Bryan Davies, Baron Davies of Oldham, British politician
- Bryn Davies, British trade unionist and politician
C
- Caitlin Davies, English writer
- Carrie Davies, British broadcaster
- Chris Davies, British politician
- Christopher Davies (cricketer), Australian cricketer
- Ciaran Davies, Australian laboratory technician, father of Ella Claire Davies
- Clara Novello Davies, Welsh singer, mother of Ivor Novello
- Clement Davies, British politician
- Curtis Davies, English footballer
- Cyril Davies, English musician
D
- Dangerous Davies, fictional character from The Last Detective
- Dave Davies, English rock musician, brother of Ray Davies
- Dave Davies (TV host), American television host
- David Davies, one of several people including
- David Davies (clergyman) (1714 - 1819), Welsh clergyman and social historian
- David Davies (preacher) (1763 - 1816)
- David Davies (physician)
- David Davies, political activist (Dai'r Cantwr) (c.1812 - 1874)
- David Davies (industrialist) (1818-1890), Welsh industrialist
- David Andrew Davies (British Occulist and Parapsychologist) (born 1981)
- David Charles Davies (1826-1891), nonconformist clergyman
- Sir Horatio David Davies, Lord Mayor of London (1842-1912)
- David Ffrangcon Davies (1855-1918), baritone
- David Davies, painter (Dyer Davies) (c.1870-1930)
- David Ivor Davies, entertainer Ivor Novello
- D J Davies, Plaid Cymru politician (1893-1956)
- David Davies (politician), Welsh Conservative politician, and Member of Parliament elected in 2005
- David Davies (swimmer), Welsh swimmer
- David Davies (football administrator), current Executive Director of the English Football Association
- Baron Davies:
- Delmar Davies, film director
- Denise Davies, British porn actress
- Denys Johnson-Davies, Canadian translator
- Denzil Davies, British politician
- Diana Davies, English actress
- Diana Elliott Davies, British high jumper
- Dickie Davies, British television presenter
- Dai Davies, Captain (nautical), Smit Marine, South Africa
- Dai Davies, Welsh footballer
- Dai Davies (politician), Welsh politician
- Donald Davies, British computer scientist
- Douglas Davies, British theologian
E
- Edward Davies, Welsh writer
- Eileen Davies, English rock singer
- Emily Davies, English feminist
- Eric Davies, South African cricketer
F
- Freddie Davies, English comedian
G
- Gareth Davies, musician in Suburban Vegetable
- Gary Davies, English DJ
- Gavyn Davies, British banker and past BBC chairman
- Geoffrey Davies, English actor
- George Davies, British politician.
- George Davies, British fashion retailer
- George Llewelyn-Davies, see Llewelyn-Davies
- Geraint Davies, various including:
- Geraint Davies, UK Labour Party politician
- Geraint Davies, Welsh Plaid Cymru politician
- Geraint Wyn Davies, Canadian actor
- Gerald Davies Welsh rugby player
- Grant Davies, Australian canoer
- Godfrey Davies, English historian
- Gwen Ffrangcon-Davies, British actress
H
- Harri Davies - [1993 - ], Welsh boy that lives in Penarth
- Harri Davies - [1987 - ], English boy that resides in Brixton
- Henry Davies, (1804-1890) Welsh born journalist at Cheltenham
- Henry Eugene Davies, Jr., (1836-94), American soldier and lawyer
- Henry Walford Davies, British composer
- Howard Davies, one of several people including
- Sir Howard Davies, Director of the LSE
- Howard Davies, Theatre Director
- Harold Whitridge Davies, (1894-1946), Australian professor of physiology and expeditionist
- Hugh Sykes Davies, English poet and academic
- Hunter Davies, British writer
- Huw Irranca-Davies, British politician
I
- Ian Davies, British betting company executive
- Idris Davies, Welsh poet
J
- Jack Davies, British writer, actor, and producer
- Jack Llewelyn-Davies, see Llewelyn-Davies
- Jackson Davies, Canadian actor
- Jacob Davies, marketing consultant, real estate agent, and loan officer
- James Davies, one of several people including
- James A. Davies, ophthalmologist and LDS bishop
- James C. Davies, sociologist
- James Llewellyn Davies, Welsh soldier
- Jeremy Davies, English Catholic priest
- Jeremy Davies, American actor
- Jim Davies, English guitarist
- Jimmy Davies, American racing driver
- Jocelyn Davies, Welsh politician
- John Davies, one of several people including
- John Davies of Hereford (1565?–1618) poet and satirist
- Sir John Davies (1569–1626) poet, statesman, attorney-general in Ireland
- Dr John Davies (c.1567–1644), lexicographer, translator, and editor of the 1620 Welsh edition of the Bible
- John Davies (1814-1872), Australian publisher
- John James Davies (emancipated slave and business owner)
- John P. Davies (1908–1999), American diplomat
- John R. T. Davies (1927-2004) remastering engineer of classic jazz records and musician
- John Davies (1938–2003), New Zealand athlete
- Dr John Davies, Welsh historian and broadcaster
- John Henry Davies, British brewer and owner of Manchester United
- John Howard Davies, television producer and former child actor
- John Quentin Davies, usually called Quentin Davies, British Conservative MP
- John Davies (swimmer)
- John Davies (b. 1946) British artist, working in sculpture and mixed media
- John Davies (1916–1979) British businessman (British Petroleum) and cabinet minister
- Bishop John Stewart Davies of the Diocese of St Asaph, Church in Wales
- John Thomas Davies, English - British soldier
- John Ainsworth-Davies, English athlete
- John Rhys-Davies, Welsh actor
- Jon Davies, musician
- Jonathan Davies, Welsh rugby player
- Joseph E. Davies, American diplomat
- Joseph G. Davies, Microsoft employee
- Joseph John Davies, English soldier
- James John Davies, Program Director Retired, IBM and LtCol USMCR(ret)
K
- Karl Davies, English television actor
- Katy Davies, British political candidate
- Kay Davies, English geneticist
- Kevin Davies, English footballer
- Kevin Davies, British television director
- Kimberley Davies, Australian actress
- Kyle Davies, American baseball player
L
- L. P. Davies, British novelist
- Lane Davies, American actor
- Laura Davies, English golfer
- Libby Davies, Canadian politician
- Lilian May Davies, later Princess Lilian, Duchess of Halland
- Lindy Davies, Australian actress
- Llewellyn Alberic Emilius Price-Davies, British general
- Louis Henry Davies, Canadian politician
- Luke Davies, Australian writer
- Lyndal Davies, Australian wildlife documentary maker
- Lynn Davies, British athlete
M
- M. C. Davies, Australian businessman
- Mandy Rice-Davies, Welsh model
- Marion Davies, American actress
- Mark Davies, English footballer
- Mark Davies, English cricketer
- Martin Davies, British museum director
- Martin Davies, British writer
- Mervyn Davies, Welsh rugby player
- Michael Davies, one of several people including
- Michael Davies, British Traditionalist Catholic writer
- Michael Davies, television producer.
- Michael Davies, British illustrator and cartoonist Michael ffolkes
- Michael Davies, British High Court judge
- Michael Davies, cricketer
- Michael Llewelyn-Davies, see Llewelyn-Davies
- A. Morley Davies, British paleontologist
- Myrddyn Davies, Canadian politician
Michael Davies — the Traditionalist Catholic writer Michael Davies — the television producer. Michael ffolkes — the illustrator and cartoonist
N
- Nicholas Llewelyn-Davies, see Llewelyn-Davies
- Nicola Davies, British politician
- Nicola Davies, British children's author
- Norman Davies, English historian
O
- Oliver Ford Davies, British actor
- Owen Davies, writer on witchcraft
P
- Patricia Davies, Zimbabwean field hockey player
- Paula D Davies, English Academic
- Paul Davies, English physicist and writer
- Paul Davies, English footballer
- J. Peter A. Davies, Welsh and Canadian Journalist, hypnotherapist and psychotherapist
- Peter Davies, British actor
- Peter Ho Davies, British author
- Peter Llewelyn-Davies, see Llewelyn-Davies
- Peter Maxwell Davies, English composer
- Philip Davies, British politician
- A. Powell Davies, American Unitarian Minister
Q
- Quentin Davies, British politician
R
- R.E.G. Davies, English scholar and aviation writer
- Ray Davies, English rock musician, vocalist, and songwriter
- Reine Davies, American actress
- Rees Davies, Welsh historian
- Rhett Davies, producer
- Richard Davies, Welsh bishop
- Richard Davies, British actor
- Richard Davies, British equerry
- Richard A. Davies, British actor
- Richard Bell-Davies, British fighter pilot
- Rick Davies, English musician with Supertramp
- Rob Davies, Welsh footballer
- Robertson Davies, Canadian author
- Roger Davies, Australian music manager
- Ronald Thomas (Ron) Davies the former football (soccer) defender who played for Cardiff City and Southampton in the 1950s and 1960s.
- Ronald Tudor Davies Former Southampton & Wales footballer
- Ron Davies, Welsh politician
- Ronald Davies, American judge
- Rosemary Davies, American actress
- Roy Davies, musician
- Rupert Davies, English actor
- Russell Davies, British television personality
- Russell T. Davies, British television writer
- Ryan Davies, Welsh entertainer
S
- S. O. Davies, British politician
- Scott Davies (multiple names)
- Sharron Davies, English swimmer
- Siobhan Davies, British dancer
- Simon Davies, (multiple names)
- Sonja Davies, New Zealand trade unionist and politician
- Stephen Davies (multiple names)
- Steven Davies, English cricketer
- Stevie Davies, Welsh novelist
T
- Terence Davies, English film director
- Theophilus Harris Davies, British businessman
- Tod Davies, American screenwriter
- Tom Davies, American basketball coach
V
- Valentine Davies, American film director
W
- W. H. Davies, Welsh poet and writer
- W. P. C. Davies, English rugby player and headmaster
- Walford Davies, British composer
- William Davies, military leader in the American Revolution
- William Davies, Australian politician
- William Rupert Davies, former Canadian senator
- Windsor Davies, British actor
See also
- Davis, a placename and surname - among other uses
- Davies-Gilbert
- Baron Davies
- Llewelyn Davies, the family closely connected with J. M. Barrie's Peter Pan
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