List of people from Swansea

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

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Academics

• Edward George Bowen, FRS, radar pioneer
• Joan Curran, scientist
• Sir Sam Edwards (physicist) FRS
• 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
• David Williams (mathematician)‎ FRS
• Rhys Williams, clinical epidemiologist
• C. E. Wynn-Williams, physicist

Actors/actresses

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

Artists

• Keith Bayliss
• Glenys Cour
• Ronald Cour
• James Harris, marine painter
• 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 (journalist)
• Huw Edwards, TV presenter
• Charles Fisher, journalist and poet
• Liz Fuller, model and TV presenter
• Ian Hislop, comedian/satirist, editor Private Eye magazine
• Leighton Jones, radio presenter
• Phil Kerslake, TV presenter
• David Mercer (broadcaster)
• Rhodri Owen, radio and TV presenter
• Jeremy Rees (radio presenter)
• Anna Ryder Richardson
• Wynford Vaughan-Thomas

Musicians

• Badfinger, rock music group
• Richard Barrett (composer)
• Emily Beynon, flautist
• Lisa Lee Dark, singer
• Spencer Davis, rock musician
• Howell Glynne, operatic bass
• Fred Godfrey, songwriter
• Pete Ham, singer/songwriter
• Jones Hewson, baritone
• Shaheen Jafargholi, singer
• Karl Jenkins, composer
• Daniel Jones (composer)
• John Metcalf (composer)
• Ceri Rhys Matthews, traditional musician
• Rebecca Onslow, singer/songwriter
• Mal Pope, singer/songwriter
• Harry Secombe, comedian, singer
• Hannah Stone, harpist
• The Storys, rock band
• Phil Tanner, folk singer
• Elin Manahan Thomas, soprano
• Viva Machine, alternative rock group
• John Weathers, rock drummer
• Terry Williams (drummer)

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
• Sian James (politician)
• 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

Religious leaders

• Cenydd, saint and hermit
• Graham Charles Chadwick, bishop, anti-apartheid campaigner
• Hugh Gore, bishop of Waterford and Lismore
• Llewellyn Henry Gwynne, bishop in Sudan
• Griffith John, Christian missionary and translator in China
• Anthony Pierce, bishop of Swansea and Brecon
• 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
• Alan Jones (cricketer)
• Enzo Maccarinelli, boxer
• Gilbert Parkhouse, cricketer
• Carl Roberts, cricketer
• Gary Taylor, 1993 World's Strongest Man
• Rob Terry, wrestler

Footballers

• Daniel Alfei
• Ivor Allchurch
• Joe Allen (footballer born 1990)
• John Charles
• Mel Charles
• Chris Coleman (footballer)
• Ray Daniel
• Richard Duffy
• Trevor Ford
• Bill Harris (footballer)
• John Hartson
• Cliff Jones
• Andy Melville
• Dean Saunders

Rugby players

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

Writers

• Martin Amis, novelist
• Mary Balogh, novelist
• Russell T Davies, Doctor Who screenwriter
• Amy Dillwyn, writer and businesswoman
• Joe Dunthorne, novelist, poet, journalist
• Paul Ferris
• Iris Gower, novelist
• Bryn Griffiths (writer), 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

• 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 (filmmaker)*Alan Woods (political theorist)
• Princess Lilian, Duchess of Halland
• John Dillwyn Llewellyn, pioneer photographer, botanist
• Sean Mathias, theatre director, film director
• David Miles, economist
• Margaret Morris (Mrs Noel Desenfans), art collector
• 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)
• Hugh David Morgan (philosopher,raconteur and wit)

See also

• List of Welsh people