# List of people from Swansea

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

## Academics

* Sir Granville Beynon, physicist
* Edward George Bowen, radar pioneer
* Alan Cox (computer programmer), key figure in the development of Linux
* Joan Curran, scientist
* Huw Dixon, economist
* Sir Sam Edwards, physicist
* Brian Flowers, Baron Flowers, physicist
* Sir Clive Granger, Nobel Prize–winning economist
* Sir William Robert Grove, physicist and judge
* Uzo Iwobi, lecturer
* John Gwyn Jeffreys, conchologist, malacologist
* Ernest Jones, psychoanalyst
* John Viriamu Jones, mathematician, physicist
* David Ley, geographer
* Sir John Maddox science writer
* Arun Midha, medical educationist
* Dewi Zephaniah Phillips, philosopher
* Bill Price, physicist
* David Williams, mathematician
* C. E. Wynn-Williams, physicist
* Olgierd Zienkiewicz, mathematician, engineer

## Actors and actresses

* Keith Allen
* Kevin Allen
* Gareth Armstrong
* Steve Balsamo
* Desmond Barrit
* Rob Brydon
* Geraint Wyn Davies
* Mabel Hackney
* Georgia Henshaw
* Gary Jones
* Anthony Lyn
* Ruth Madoc
* Steven Meo
* Islwyn Morris
* Siwan Morris
* Richard Mylan
* Joanna Page
* Robert Perkins
* Ceri Phillips
* Victoria Plucknett
* Cara Readle
* Vincent Regan
* Matt Ryan
* Philip Sayer
* Andy Secombe, voice actor
* Harry Secombe
* John Sparkes
* Talfryn Thomas
* Alexander Vlahos
* Melanie Walters
* Tom Ward
* Catherine Zeta-Jones.

## Artists

* Alfred Janes
* Mervyn Levy
* Thyrza Anne Leyshon
* Cedric Morris
* Finbarr O'Reilly, photographer
* Ceri Richards
* Glan Williams

## 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, radio journalist and filmmaker
* Huw Edwards, TV presenter
* Charles Fisher, journalist and poet
* Liz Fuller, model and TV presenter
* Ian Hislop, comedian, satirist, editor of Private Eye magazine
* Phil Kerslake, TV presenter
* David Mercer, sports presenter
* Rhodri Owen, radio and TV presenter
* Davinia Palmer, radio and TV presenter
* Anna Ryder Richardson
* Wynford Vaughan-Thomas

## Musicians

* Badfinger, rock music group
* Richard Barrett, composer
* Rachel K Collier, singer/songwriter
* Lisa Lee Dark, singer
* Spencer Davis, rock musician
* Mike Gibbins, rock drummer
* Howell Glynne, operatic bass
* Fred Godfrey, songwriter
* Pete Ham, singer/songwriter
* Jones Hewson, baritone
* Shaheen Jafargholi, singer
* Karl Jenkins, composer
* Daniel Jones, composer
* Ceri Rhys Matthews, traditional musician
* John Metcalf, composer
* Rebecca Onslow, singer/songwriter
* Mal Pope, singer/songwriter
* Hannah Stone, harpist
* The Storys, rock band
* Elin Manahan Thomas, soprano
* Trampolene, rock band
* Bonnie Tyler, singer
* Viva Machine, alternative rock group
* Gareth Walters, composer
* John Weathers, rock drummer
* Terry Williams, drummer (Dire Straits)

## Politicians

* Donald Anderson, Baron Anderson of Swansea
* Suzy Davies
* Sir John Dillwyn-Llewellyn, 1st Baronet
* Nigel Evans
* Ted Grace
* David Grenfell
* Mike Hedges
* Michael Heseltine
* Michael Howard
* Huw Irranca-Davies
* Siân James
* William Albert Jenkins
* Carwyn Jones
* David Brynmor Jones
* Leifchild Leif-Jones, 1st Baron Rhayader
* Sir 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
* Llewellyn Henry Gwynne, bishop in Sudan
* Griffith John, Christian missionary and translator in China
* Norman Matthews, chancellor of the Llandaff diocese
* Anthony Pierce, bishop of Swansea and Brecon
* Evan Roberts, minister
* Glyn Simon, archbishop of Wales
* Rhys Derrick Chamberlain Walters, dean of the Liverpool Anglican cathedral
* Rowan Williams, archbishop of Canterbury
* Morris Bidwell, 17th century Puritan priest

## Sports people

* Jimmy Austin, baseball player
* Nicole Cooke, cyclist
* Brian Curvis, boxer
* Dai Dower, boxer
* Tracy Edwards, yachtswoman
* Philip George, cricketer
* Nikara Jenkins, rhythmic gymnast
* Alan Jones, cricketer
* Eifion Jones, cricketer
* Simon Jones, cricketer
* Enzo Maccarinelli, boxer
* Gilbert Parkhouse, cricketer
* Carl Roberts, cricketer
* Don Shepherd, cricketer
* Non Stanford, 2013 World Champion triathlete
* Gary Taylor, 1993 World's Strongest Man
* Rob Terry, wrestler
* Imad Wasim, cricketer, born in Swansea but represents Pakistan

### Footballers

* Daniel Alfei
* Ivor Allchurch
* John Charles
* Mel Charles
* Chris Coleman
* Ray Daniel
* Richard Duffy
* Trevor Ford
* Bill Harris
* Mark Harris
* John Hartson
* Robbie James
* Cliff Jones
* Dennis Lambourne
* Aaron Lewis
* Andy Melville
* Mel Nurse
* Jackie Roberts
* Joe Rodon
* Dean Saunders
* Gary Sprake

### Rugby players

* William Richard Arnold
* Dan Biggar
* Bleddyn Bowen
* Mervyn Davies
* James Hook
* Alun Wyn Jones
* Ivor Jones
* Lewis Jones
* Ryan Jones
* Douglas Marsden-Jones
* Paul Moriarty
* Richard Moriarty
* George Lockwood Morris
* Dicky Owen
* Idwal Rees
* Billy Trew
* Shane Williams

## Writers

* Martin Amis, novelist
* Mary Balogh, novelist
* Russell T Davies, screenwriter
* Amy Dillwyn, novelist and businesswoman
* Joe Dunthorne, poet, novelist
* Mark Ellis, author
* Stuart Evans (1934–1994), novelist and poet
* Paul Ferris
* Iris Gower, novelist
* Bryn Griffiths, 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
* Jon Mitchell, author and journalist
* T. J. Morgan
* Alex Norris, cartoonist
* John Ormond, poet
* John Pook, poet
* Jason Shepherd, author and Welsh language advocate
* Dylan Thomas, poet/playwright
* Vernon Watkins, poet
* Harri Webb, poet

## Other

* Silvanus Bevan, apothecary
* Sybil Connolly, fashion designer
* Catherine Lynch, 19th-century petty criminal
* Edgar Evans, Antarctic explorer
* Francis Grenfell, 1st Baron Grenfell, field marshal and Egyptologist
* Frederick Higginson, RAF fighter ace
* Hugh Llewellyn Glyn Hughes, medical administrator
* Andrew Jones, film maker
* Edward Kenway, pirate, assassin
* Princess Lilian, Duchess of Halland
* John Dillwyn Llewelyn, pioneer photographer, botanist
* Sean Mathias, theatre director, film director
* David Miles, economist
* Beau Nash, socialite, dandy
* Heather Nicholson, animal rights activist
* Red Lady of Paviland, Upper Palaeolithic remains
* Henry Pheloung, New Zealand bandsman, labourer and carrier
* Richard Valentine Pitchford, 'Cardini', magician and entertainer
* Glynn Vivian, art collector
* Alan Woods, political theorist