Welsh celebrities
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Richard Marquand (22 September 1937 – 4 September 1987) was a Welsh film director, best known for directing Return of the Jedi. He also directed the critically acclaimed 1981 drama film Eye of the Needle and the 1985 thriller Jagged Edge.
Philip Jones Griffiths (18 February 1936 – 19 March 2008) was a Welsh photojournalist known for his coverage of the Vietnam War.
Carl Robinson (born 13 October 1976) is a retired Welsh footballer who is currently the head coach for Vancouver Whitecaps FC in Major League Soccer.
Colin Charvis (born 27 December 1972) is a former captain of the Welsh national rugby union team and also played for the British and Irish lions. A back row forward, Charvis was equally adept as a flanker or as the no. 8.
Maudie Edwards (born Elizabeth Maud Edwards, 16 October 1906 – 24 March 1991) was a Welsh actress and singer, now best remembered for playing Elsie Lappin in the first two episodes of Coronation Street.
Karl Edmond De Vere Wallinger (born 19 October 1957, Prestatyn, Wales) is a Welsh musician, songwriter and record producer. He is best known for leading the band World Party and for his mid-1980s stint in The Waterboys. He also wrote and originally r
Stuart Ferguson is a rugby union and professional rugby league footballer of the 1960s and ’70s, playing representative level rugby union (RU) for Wales XV, and at club level for Swansea RFC, as a Wing, i.e. number 11 or 14, and playing representativ
Ian “H” Watkins (born 8 May 1976) is a Welsh singer, dancer and stage actor, known for being one of two male singers of the British pop group Steps. He has said that “H” stands for “hyperactive”, describing his character. Early lifeThis section of a
Sian Williams (born 26 October 1990) is a Welsh rugby union player who plays in the back row for Worcester/Newport Gwent Dragons and the Wales women’s national rugby union team. She won her first international cap against Scotland in the 2011 Women’s
Andrew Wynford Davies (born 20 September 1936) is a Welsh writer of screenplays and novels, best known for Marmalade Atkins and A Very Peculiar Practice, and his adaptations of Vanity Fair and Pride and Prejudice. He was made a BAFTA Fellow in 2002.
Nerys Hughes (born 8 November 1941) is a Welsh actress, known primarily for her television roles, including her part in the BBC TV series The Liver Birds.