Welcome to famouspeople.wales
Discover more about famous Welsh people from the past, and search for information about amazing individuals from the early history of Wales to the modern period.
Discover more about famous Welsh people from the past, and search for information about amazing individuals from the early history of Wales to the modern period.
Education
Academics, educators and promoters of education.
Art
Art Painters, sculpturers and supporters of art in Wales.
Music
Musicians, composers and singers.
Religion
Saints, bishops and influential religious leaders.
Sports
Footballers, rugby players, boxers and athletes.
famouspeople.wales
The famouspeople.wales website contains a series of simple articles that have been adapted for young people who are looking for information about some of Wales’ most important individuals who have since died.
Here you can search for individuals within 10 subject fields: Education, Art, Music, Religion, Sport, Film and Television, Politics, Science, Welsh History, and Literature.
Film and TV
Actors on the large screen, the small screen and stage.
Politics
Politicians, activists and pioneers.
Science
Gwyddonwyr, ecolegwyr, seryddwyr a mathemategwyr.
Welsh history
Princesses, kings, heroes and villains.
Literature
Poets, authors, novelists and playwrights.
About the project
This website was funded by the Welsh Language and Public Services Group, Welsh Government, and the content was produced by the National Library of Wales.
The website uses information provided by the Dictionary of Welsh Biography website https://biography.wales/ and images from the collections of the National Library of Wales.
The National Library of Wales has a huge collection of various materials which include books, pictures, manuscripts, newspapers, television programmes, archives and photographs. You can find information about the people of Wales in these collections, many of whom can be researched on the Library’s website:
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