Welsh Famous Names Starting with Letter D

Was a Welsh blacksmith's assistant, and rugby union and professional rugby league footballer of the

Was a Welsh blacksmith's assistant, and rugby union and professional rugby league footballer of the 1900s who at club level played rugby union (RU) for Treherbert RFC, playing at Centre, i.e. number 12 or 13, and at representative level played rugby leagu

was a Welsh international rugby union and rugby league player. He was a member of the winning Welsh

was a Welsh international rugby union and rugby league player. He was a member of the winning Welsh team who beat the 1905 touring All Blacks in a game considered one of the greatest in the history of rugby union. Jones is the only Welsh player to have b

Was a Welsh international rugby union wing who played club rugby for Swansea and county rugby for La

Was a Welsh international rugby union wing who played club rugby for Swansea and county rugby for Lancashire. Gwynn played for Wales on six occasions and was the brother of William Gwynn, who also played international rugby for Wales. Gwynn made his first

Was a Welsh rugby union forward who played club rugby for Cardiff and international rugby for Wales.

Was a Welsh rugby union forward who played club rugby for Cardiff and international rugby for Wales.Lewis was fist capped for Wales whilst playing for Cardiff. He was selected for Charlie Newman's Wales team to face England in the opening match of the 188

Is a Welsh cycling coach and is currently British Cycling's performance director, and the general ma

Is a Welsh cycling coach and is currently British Cycling's performance director, and the general manager of Team Sky. Brailsford competed in France for four years as a professional cyclist before returning to the UK at 23 to study for a degree in sports

Is a Welsh international footballer who currently plays for Wolverhampton Wanderers of the English C

Is a Welsh international footballer who currently plays for Wolverhampton Wanderers of the English Championship.Edwards started as an apprentice at his hometown club, Shrewsbury Town, and made his league debut as the club, already relegated, said farewell to the Football League in the final match of the 2002-03 season, coming on as a substitute in a 2-1 defeat at home to Scunthorpe United on May 3.

Sometimes known as D. A. Thomas, was a Welsh industrialist and Liberal politician.Thomas was UK Memb

Sometimes known as D. A. Thomas, was a Welsh industrialist and Liberal politician.Thomas was UK Member of Parliament (MP) for Merthyr Tydfil from 1888 until the January 1910 general election, then MP for Cardiff until the December 1910 general election, when he left politics to concentrate on his business interests.

Is a former Wales international football player. He attained 12 caps for Wales during his career.Gil

Is a former Wales international football player. He attained 12 caps for Wales during his career.Giles was a Welsh schoolboy international when he signed for Cardiff City. He made his debut for the Bluebirds in a 0-0 draw against Nottingham Forest in February 1975. Unable to hold down a permanent first team spot he left the club in December 1978 for £20,000 and joined Wrexham where he spent two years before again moving on, this time for £40,000 to Swansea City. He continued to move around in the next few season playing for Leyton Orient on loan before moving to Crystal Palace and then Birmingham City.

Is a Welsh professional golfer and renowned golf course architect.Thomas was one of Britain's leadin

Is a Welsh professional golfer and renowned golf course architect.Thomas was one of Britain's leading golfers during the 1950s and 1960s with many tournament victories around Europe, including the News of the World Match Play and the Belgian, Dutch and Fr

Is a Welsh football midfielder currently playing for Neath Athletic in the Welsh Premier League.

Is a Welsh football midfielder currently playing for Neath Athletic in the Welsh Premier League.

Was a highly influential Welsh industrialist.He is often known as David Davies Llandinam (from the p

Was a highly influential Welsh industrialist.He is often known as David Davies Llandinam (from the place of his birth, Llandinam in Montgomeryshire), in order to differentiate him from others of the same name. During his lifetime, he was also known by the nicknames, "Top Sawyer" and "Davies the Ocean". His father was a sawyer and lived on the south side of the Severn valley in Llandinam so that in winter the house was shaded from the sun because of the enclosing hills.

Is a Welsh professional poker player, now living in Birmingham, England. Prior to becoming a poker p

Is a Welsh professional poker player, now living in Birmingham, England. Prior to becoming a poker professional, Colclough worked as a computer programmer. Amongst the companies he worked for were the Post Office, the National Health Service, the Inland Revenue and Fujitsu. He left computing after the 2000 World Series of Poker (WSOP). Colclough has had success in many poker variants. Between 2000 and 2008 he finished in the top ten overall in the European Rankings six times. He became widely known to the general public via numerous appearances on the Late Night Poker television series, including the season 5 grand final.

Was a Welsh dual-code international rugby union and professional rugby league footballer of the 1910

Was a Welsh dual-code international rugby union and professional rugby league footballer of the 1910s and 1920s who at representative level has played for Wales under the union code and both Great Britain and Wales as a professional rugby league player. A

Is a Welsh swimmer. An eleven-time Paralympic gold medallist, he is one of Great Britain's most succ

Is a Welsh swimmer. An eleven-time Paralympic gold medallist, he is one of Great Britain's most successful Paralympians ever.

Is a former professional footballer who played in The Football League for Chester City as a defender

Is a former professional footballer who played in The Football League for Chester City as a defender.Evans was the product of a football family, as his father Dennis Evans and uncle Bernard Evans had both played professionally for clubs including Tranmere Rovers and Wrexham. As a youngster he joined Manchester United on schoolboy terms and went on to play for Wales at under 15 and under 19 level.

Is a charismatic former Welsh football goalkeeper. Due to his stature, many supporters affectionatel

Is a charismatic former Welsh football goalkeeper. Due to his stature, many supporters affectionately nicknamed him "the fat goalie". Felgate had a long professional career from 1978 to 1995, making a total of 612 Football League appearances. Of the league appearances, 238 came with the Bolton Wanderers and he also turned out for league sides Rochdale, Crewe Alexandra, Lincoln City, Grimsby Town, Cardiff City, Chester City, and Wigan Athletic.

Is a former Welsh professional footballer.Williams began his career playing for Caerau as an amateur

Is a former Welsh professional footballer.Williams began his career playing for Caerau as an amateur, helping them win the Welsh amateur cup in 1946 and, despite only having played a handful of games, following the return of the Football League after World War II he signed for Cardiff City. He made his debut in January 1947 in a 1-0 win over Aldershot, during a season in which Cardiff gained promotion to the second division. His versatility, being able to play anywhere in defence, saw him become a regular for the side and at the end of the 1950-51 season his form lead to his first and only Wales cap when he played against Switzerland.

Is a former Wales Under-23 international footballer.A tall, strong striker he began his career with

Is a former Wales Under-23 international footballer.A tall, strong striker he began his career with Swansea Town and was their top scorer for four successive seasons scoring 60 goals in 216 matches before moving on to Halifax Town and Rotherham United.

Was an English-born popular singer of Welsh extraction who became an opera singer.After that he stud

Was an English-born popular singer of Welsh extraction who became an opera singer.After that he studied at the Royal Academy of Music and Dramatic Art. He had an early break in 1948 appearing with Ginger Rogers and Lizabeth Webb in "Carissima", a West End

Is a former Welsh rugby union and then rugby league player. Playing at scrum-half in rugby union, he

Is a former Welsh rugby union and then rugby league player. Playing at scrum-half in rugby union, he made his first-class debut for Pontypool in 1981, but not long after broke his neck. Despite being told he would never play again, he was back playing for

Was a Welsh economist,[2] industrialist,[3] prize winning essayist,[2] author,[2] political activist

Was a Welsh economist,[2] industrialist,[3] prize winning essayist,[2] author,[2] political activist, pilot[3], and an internationalist.[2] Davies was a world traveller before returning home to Wales.

Was one of the Britain's leading golfers either side of World War II.The winner of many prestigious

Was one of the Britain's leading golfers either side of World War II.The winner of many prestigious tournaments in Britain, Europe and farther afield, Rees is best remembered as the captain of the Great Britain Ryder Cup team which defeated the United Sta

Was a Wales international football player.Astley was a prolific goalscorer for Metz, Charlton, Aston

Was a Wales international football player.Astley was a prolific goalscorer for Metz, Charlton, Aston Villa, Derby County and Blackpool. He scored 92 goals for Aston Villa in 165 matches. Astley's international record is 12 goals in just 13 appearances for Wales.

Is a Welsh former professional footballer. He represented Wales at Youth level.Abruzzese, a full-bac

Is a Welsh former professional footballer. He represented Wales at Youth level.Abruzzese, a full-back, joined Newport County in 1986, playing 25 times in Newport's final two seasons in the Football League. In 1988, after County's second successive relegation and the club in financial ruin, he joined Torquay United, but left to join Merthyr Tydfil without making the Torquay first team.

Is a Welsh professional golfer.Llewellyn played on the European Tour in the 1970s after being named

Is a Welsh professional golfer.Llewellyn played on the European Tour in the 1970s after being named the Sir Henry Cotton Rookie of the Year in 1971. He achieved a personal best ranking of 39th on the Order or Merit in 1974, but did not win any tournaments