Welsh celebrities

The list Welsh celebrities includes Ian Watkins, Tom Jones, Luke Evans, Katherine Jenkins and Bonnie Tyler. The list consists of 8,474 members.

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Ian Watkins

Welsh musician

Overview: Ian David Karslake Watkins (born 30 July 1977) is a Welsh convicted sex offender and former singer, songwriter, and musician. He achieved prominence as the co-founder, lead vocalist, and lyricist of the ...

Date of birth: 30 July 1977

Age: 47

Nationality: Welsh

Occupation: Musician

Gender: Male

Height: 6' 1" (185 cm)

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Welsh male singer-songwriters 29T

Welsh people convicted of child pornography offences 3T

20th-century Welsh male singers 20T
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Catherine Zeta-Jones

Welsh actress (born 1969)

Overview: Catherine Zeta-Jones CBE (born 25 September 1969) is a Welsh actress. Known for her versatility, she is the recipient of various accolades, including an Academy Award, a British Academy Film Award, and ...

Date of birth: 25 September 1969

Age: 55

Nationality: Welsh

Occupation: Actress

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 8" (173 cm)

Partner: Michael Douglas (Married)

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Actresses from Swansea 16T

Broadway actors 482T

Actresses of Irish descent 598T
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Luke Evans

Welsh actor and singer

Overview: Luke George Evans (born 15 April 1979) is a Welsh actor and singer. Evans began his career on the stage, performing in many of London's West End productions such as Rent, Miss Saigon, and Piaf before making ...

Date of birth: 15 April 1979

Age: 45

Nationality: Welsh

Occupation: Actor

Gender: Male

Height: 6' (183 cm)

Partner: Fran Thomas (Dating)

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British gay musicians 13T

LGBT actors from Wales 9T

Welsh gay actors 7T
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Paula Yates

Welsh television personality and writer (1959–2000)

Overview: Paula Elizabeth Yates (24 April 1959 – 17 September 2000) was a British television presenter and writer. Yates is best known for her work on two television programmes, The Tube and The Big Breakfast. She ...

Date of birth: 24 April 1959

Date of death: 17 September 2000

Age: 41 (age at death)

Nationality: Welsh

Occupation: TV Personality

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 6" (168 cm)

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20th-century English women writers 705T

20th-century British women writers 1,364T

20th-century English writers 1,030T
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Marina Lambrini Diamandis

Welsh singer-songwriter (born 1985)

Overview: Marina Lambrini Diamandis ( DEE-ə-MAN-diss; Greek: Μαρίνα-Λαμπρινή Διαμάντη, Marína-Lampriní Diamánti; born 10 October 1985), known mononymously as Marina (often stylised as MARINA), and previously by ...

Date of birth: 10 October 1985

Age: 39

Nationality: Welsh

Occupation: Singer

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 4" (163 cm)

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Welsh women singer-songwriters 12T

21st-century women pianists 663T

21st-century Welsh women singers 59T
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Steve Jones

British television presenter

Overview: Stephen Ashton Jones (born 16 March 1977) is a Welsh television presenter who currently leads the presenting team on Channel 4 F1. He presented Channel 4's teen schedule T4 from 2003 to 2010. In the United ...

Date of birth: 16 March 1977

Age: 47

Nationality: Welsh

Occupation: Talk Show Host

Gender: Male

Height: 6' 2" (188 cm)

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People from Tylorstown 10T

The X Factor (American TV series) 17T

People from Rhondda 175T
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Eve Myles

Welsh actress (born 1978)

Overview: Eve Myles (born 26 July 1978) is a Welsh actress from Ystradgynlais. She graduated from the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama in 2000. Later that year, she began portraying Ceri Lewis in the BBC drama ...

Date of birth: 8 July 1978

Age: 46

Nationality: Welsh

Occupation: Actress

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 8" (173 cm)

Partner: Bradley Freegard (Married)

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Welsh women radio presenters 20T

Welsh video game actresses 6T

Welsh Shakespearean actors 1T
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Bullet for My Valentine

Welsh heavy metal band

Overview: Bullet for My Valentine, often abbreviated as BFMV or B4MV, are a Welsh heavy metal band from Bridgend, formed in 1998. The band is composed of Matthew Tuck (lead vocals, rhythm guitar), Michael Paget ...

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Trustkill Records artists 30T

GUN Records artists 26T

1998 establishments in Wales 13T
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Rhys Ifans

Welsh actor

Overview: Rhys Ifans (born Rhys Owain Evans; 22 July 1967) is a Welsh actor and musician. He is known for his portrayal of characters such as Spike in Notting Hill, Jed Parry in Enduring Love, Eyeball Paul in Kevin ...

Date of birth: 22 July 1967

Age: 57

Nationality: Welsh

Occupation: Actor

Gender: Male

Height: 6' 2" (188 cm)

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Cool Cymru 39T

Best Actor BAFTA Award (television) winners 56T

Welsh-speaking actors 68T
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Matthew Rhys

Welsh actor (born 1974)

Overview: Matthew Rhys Evans (born 8 November 1974; ) is a Welsh actor. He is known for playing Kevin Walker in Brothers & Sisters (2006–2011) and Philip Jennings in The Americans (2013–2018), for which he received ...

Date of birth: 4 November 1974

Age: 49

Nationality: Welsh

Occupation: Actor

Gender: Male

Height: 5' 11" (180 cm)

Partner: Keri Russell (Long-Term)

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Welsh male Shakespearean actors 11T

Male actors from Cardiff 16T

Welsh-speaking actors 66T
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Tom Ellis

Welsh actor (born 1978)

Overview: Thomas John Ellis (born 17 November 1978) is a Welsh actor. He is known for playing Lucifer Morningstar in the Fox urban fantasy series Lucifer and its Crisis on Infinite Earths crossover appearance in ...

Date of birth: 17 November 1978

Age: 45

Nationality: Welsh

Occupation: Actor

Gender: Male

Height: 6' 3" (190 cm)

Partner: Meaghan Oppenheimer (Married)

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Male actors from Cardiff 16T

2014 deaths 9,515T

British male soap opera actors 85T
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Ryan Giggs

Welsh footballer

Overview: Ryan Joseph Giggs OBE (born Wilson; born 29 November 1973) is a Welsh football coach and former player. He is the manager of the Wales national team and a co-owner of Salford City. He played his entire ...

Date of birth: 29 November 1973

Age: 50

Nationality: Welsh

Occupation: Football

Gender: Male

Height: 5' 11" (180 cm)

Partner: Helen Stelling Holt (Dating)

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Salford City F.C. chairmen and investors 7T

People associated with University Academy 92 5T

Association football players who received a testimonial 345T
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Deborah Rose (Singer)

British, Singer

Date of birth: 14 July 1978

Age: 46

Nationality: British

Occupation: Singer

Gender: Female

Partner: Robert Plant (Long-Term)

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Matthew Hitt

Welsh model and musician

Overview: Matthew James Hitt (born 30 May 1987) is a Welsh model and musician, known as the lead singer and guitarist for the American-Welsh indie rock band Drowners.

Date of birth: 30 May 1987

Age: 37

Nationality: Welsh

Occupation: Singer

Gender: Male

Height: 6' 2" (188 cm)

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Welsh rock guitarists 42T

Welsh male models 3T

British indie rock musicians 71T
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Matthew Tuck

British musician

Overview: Matthew Tuck (born 20 January 1980) is a Welsh musician. He is the lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist in the Welsh heavy metal band Bullet for My Valentine. He and the other 3 members of his old band ...

Date of birth: 20 January 1980

Age: 44

Nationality: Welsh

Occupation: Musician

Gender: Male

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British heavy metal musicians 6T

Welsh singers 17T

Heavy metal guitarists 49T
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Lynn Bowles

British radio presenter

Overview: Lynn M. Bowles is a British radio traffic reporter and can currently be heard relaying the latest traffic news on a half hourly basis on the BBC Radio 2 morning shows presented by Chris Evans and Ken Bruce ...

Date of birth: 27 January 1963

Age: 61

Nationality: Welsh

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BBC Radio Wales presenters 26T

BBC Radio 2 presenters 169T

British radio presenters 181T
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Erin Richards

Welsh actress

Overview: Erin Richards (born 17 May 1986) is a Welsh actress, director and writer, best known for playing Molly Hughes in the television series Breaking In and Barbara Kean in the television series Gotham.

Date of birth: 17 May 1986

Age: 38

Nationality: Welsh

Occupation: Actress

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 5" (165 cm)

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British women television directors 73T

Welsh-speaking actors 68T

21st-century Welsh actresses 64T
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Alexander Vlahos

Welsh actor

Overview: Alexander Vlahos (born 30 July 1988) is a Welsh actor, writer and director best known for playing Philippe, Duke of Orléans, in the Canal+ television series Versailles. In 2012, Vlahos took over from Asa ...

Date of birth: 30 July 1988

Age: 36

Nationality: Welsh

Occupation: Actor

Gender: Male

Height: 5' 10" (178 cm)

Partner: Lauren Samuels (Dating)

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Welsh-speaking actors 66T

Male actors of Greek descent 153T

21st-century Welsh actors 3T
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Leigh Halfpenny

Welsh rugby union player

Overview: Stephen Leigh Halfpenny (born 22 December 1988) is a Welsh rugby union player who plays as a fullback or wing for the Scarlets, Wales and the British and Irish Lions. Halfpenny is the third highest record ...

Date of birth: 22 December 1988

Age: 35

Nationality: Welsh

Occupation: Rugby Union

Gender: Male

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People from Gorseinon 13T

Rugby union players from Swansea 121T

People educated at Penyrheol Comprehensive School 3T
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Iwan Rheon

Actor

Overview: Iwan Rheon (, born 13 May 1985) is a Welsh actor, singer, narrator, and musician. He is known for his portrayals of Simon Bellamy in E4's Misfits and Ramsay Bolton in HBO's Game of Thrones, as well as ...

Date of birth: 13 May 1985

Age: 39

Nationality: Welsh

Occupation: Actor

Gender: Male

Height: 5' 8" (173 cm)

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Dyslexic writers 21T

Welsh operatic baritones 22T

21st-century Welsh singers 79T