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Famous Welsh People

Can you name these famous Welsh people, past and present?
Includes one legendary character
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First submittedFebruary 7, 2013
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Clue
Person
"What's new pussycat?", he sang
Tom Jones
Shakespearean actor who married and divorced Elizabeth Taylor – twice!
Richard Burton
Earned an Oscar for starring as Hannibal Lecter, despite just 16 minutes of screen time
Anthony Hopkins
Singer of "Total Eclipse of the Heart"
Bonnie Tyler
Rugby player whose try against the All Blacks in 1973 is called simply "That Try"
Gareth Edwards
He made a record 963 appearances for Manchester United
Ryan Giggs
Poet who said "do not go gentle into that good night"
Dylan Thomas
Caribbean privateer who a brand of rum is named for
Henry Morgan
In 2013, Real Madrid paid a record £85 million to acquire him
Gareth Bale
Journalist who presumably found Dr. Livingstone in Africa
Henry Morton Stanley
Prime Minister of the UK from 1916–1922
David Lloyd George
The first Tudor king, he grew up in Pembrokeshire, and English-speaking area known as "Little England Beyond Wales"
Henry VII
Pulled one sword from a stone and got another from a watery tart *
King Arthur
The patron saint of Wales, he served as Bishop of Mynyw
Saint David
The founder of the NHS, he was voted the Greatest Welshman in history in 2003
Aneurin Bevan
She sang three James Bond themes
Shirley Bassey
The last Welshman to claim the title "Prince of Wales", he disappeared in 1412
Owain Glyndŵr
Prince of Gwynedd from 1199–1240, the longest reign of any Welsh prince
Llywelyn ap Gruffudd
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40 Comments
Akula
+1
Level 79
Dec 27, 2014
No rugby players in that list? Surely JPR Williams, Gareth Edwards or Barry John could have been an answer?
pierroul
+1
Level 47
Jun 25, 2018
or Shane Williams
Quizmaster
+1
Level ∞
May 2, 2026
Added Gareth Edwards.
Jerry928
+1
Level 76
Jan 21, 2015
No Catherine Zeta-Jones?
Tim000w
+3
Level 74
Mar 1, 2015
I was missing her as well, but probably because Tom Jones is here too. You'd get two answers for 1 guess, because usually submitting Jones is enough to get CZJ
Alexquiz17
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Level 95
May 2, 2026
Not if you set the type-in correctly
pierroul
+1
Level 47
Jun 25, 2018
or Terry Jones ?
Holly95
+3
Level 38
Mar 1, 2015
Dydd Gwyl Dewi Sant hapus!
cariad
+3
Level 40
Apr 13, 2015
Hwyl, ac i tithau!
IsleAuHaulte
+2
Level 92
Jul 9, 2019
Bzywd agrgh wyncwywydryn!
GlassMonkeyOLD
+1
Level 69
Jan 27, 2024
White-tailed eagle food
kalbahamut
+4
Level 79
Mar 1, 2015
I typed "Henry" but didn't bother putting in numbers.
interopia
+2
Level 90
Sep 10, 2016
same mistake here
brandybuck96
+2
Level 82
Feb 26, 2018
"Henry Tudor" should probably also be accepted.
WelshWizard
+2
Level 89
Mar 1, 2015
Dydd Gwŷl Dewi Sant hapus i bawb!
IsleAuHaulte
+3
Level 92
Jul 9, 2019
How often do you bawb?
IvanTheNorse
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Level 55
Mar 4, 2015
Not sure how I managed to miss that Giggsy is Welsh.
Tramp
+3
Level 79
Dec 28, 2016
Sad to see Bertrand Russell isn't on here, but a nice quiz nonetheless. I'm Welsh myself, and even I forget that some of these people are Welsh.
Quizmaster
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Level ∞
May 2, 2026
Though born in the geographical territory of Wales, Russell was ethnically English.
sihollett
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Level 91
May 2, 2026
Ethnically English is a concept created by ethnonationalists that is meaningless.

He was born and died in Monmouthshire. When he was born it was ambiguous as to what country that county was in as the England/Wales boundary wasn't defined until later. When he died it was England (listed as an English county in the Local Government Act 1933).

I don't believe he claimed Welshness (though if he did, he'd be Welsh because it's as arbitrary as that), but rather because Monmouthshire became part of the Welsh county of Gwent in 1974 (thanks to the LGA 1972), a few years after his death, some people want to claim him Welsh.

Quizmaster
+1
Level ∞
May 2, 2026
Yes, for all those reasons, he's clearly English.
cornflakesfu
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Level 89
Feb 12, 2019
Shocking quantity of vowels in these answers.
pinkysbrain
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Level 87
Aug 15, 2020
please lose the Arthurian clues there are enough real famous welsh people to choose from, anyway many versions of the legend state that it is based in Cornwall.
IsleAuHaulte
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Level 92
May 4, 2026
If by famous you mean somebody somewhere out there has heard of them. Most of these are stretching the limits of what could be called famous. Definitely not well known.
kitsims
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Level 86
May 6, 2026
I mean they're well-known if you are well acquainted with Wales. Which is, you know, kind of what the quiz is testing.
TheAnimationGuy
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Level 44
Nov 16, 2020
William Wallace, Owain Glyndŵr
Quizmaster
+1
Level ∞
May 2, 2026
Added Owain.
Devadatta
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Level 73
Oct 19, 2023
Wasn't Dahl Norwegian?
Quizmaster
+1
Level ∞
May 2, 2026
Yes. I've removed him. Very little connection except being born there.
Algernon
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Level 74
May 2, 2026
Those last two questions are bleeping tough.

As a Brit, I had never heard of either of them. I am amazed 20 and 27% of people (as the time of writing) got that. Either there is a big gap in my UK general knowledge, a lot of Welsh people took the quiz or……

Alexquiz17
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Level 95
May 2, 2026
I don’t think they’re that obscure. Most British history buffs will be aware of both.
brandybuck96
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Level 82
May 4, 2026
Idk about the last, but there's a Horrible Histories song about the second-to-last.
Alexquiz17
+2
Level 95
May 2, 2026
I’m pretty certain that the quizmaker Google AI’d this one. I typed in famous Welsh people, and got this precise list. Even the ones who actually aren’t Welsh like Roald Dahl, or ridiculously obscure ones like Edwards.
Quizmaster
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Level ∞
May 2, 2026
1) Roald Dahl isn't even on the quiz.

2) Edwards is in direct response to a user comment.

Mistake #2 is at least understandable since it is against the rules of JetPunk to read the comments before posting your own.

interopia
+1
Level 90
May 2, 2026
Perhaps add John Rhys-Davies, who played Gimli in Lord of the Rings and Sallah in Indiana Jones?
Alexquiz17
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Level 95
May 2, 2026
King Edward I claimed the title “Prince of Wales” in 1284 for his newborn son, the future King Edward II. He promised the Welsh people a Prince who was “born in Wales, and couldn’t speak English,” conditions which his newborn son fulfilled admirably. Probably apocryphal, but good story nonetheless…
Ian1979
+2
Level 71
May 3, 2026
“Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government…”

A fun quiz, thank you. I learnt a few things.

kitsims
+1
Level 86
May 6, 2026
If I went around saying I was an emperor just because some moistened bint had lobbed a scimitar at me, they'd put me away!
CardinalSin
+1
Level 82
May 8, 2026
I tried Williams on spec, feeling certain that must be at least one of the answers - but sadly that strategy failed.
Rade
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Level 96
May 12, 2026
You should add Joe Calzaghe. He is the longest reigning super middleweight world champion in boxing history.
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