Welsh Famous Names Starting with Letter D

Is a former Wales international rugby union player.He was capped fourteen times by Wales as a centre

Is a former Wales international rugby union player.He was capped fourteen times by Wales as a centre between 1962 and 1966. He scored five tries for Wales. He was selected for Wales' first overseas tour in 1964 and played in the Welsh rugby team's first m

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Name of several people, may refer to:

Was a Welsh football player and manager, who captained his country to their only ever World Cup fina

Was a Welsh football player and manager, who captained his country to their only ever World Cup finals, in 1958.Bowen first played for Northampton Town. He had only played 12 times for Northampton before catching the eye of Pat Whittaker, son of Arsenal manager Tom Whittaker. He was duly signed by Arsenal in the summer of 1950 as an understudy to Joe Mercer at wing half. He made his debut against Wolves on March 24, 1951, but only made a handful of appearances between 1951 and 1954, when Mercer finally retired due to injury. In 1954-55 Bowen became a regular in the Arsenal side, and would continue to be for the rest of the decade.

Is a retired Welsh show jumping champion.

Is a retired Welsh show jumping champion.

Is a Welsh long-distance swimmer.Davies represented Wales in the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchest

Is a Welsh long-distance swimmer.Davies represented Wales in the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester, England. Still a teenager, he took part in the European Junior Championships where he won gold in 2003. Specialising in the 1,500 metres freestyle, he competed in the 2004 Olympics in Athens, where he took the bronze medal in a time of 14:45.95 (a British and European record), the European Championships (LC) in 2004 where he failed to win a medal, and the World Championships (LC) in 2005 where he also took bronze.

Is a Welsh long-distance swimmer. Davies represented Wales in the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manches

Is a Welsh long-distance swimmer. Davies represented Wales in the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester, England. Still a teenager, he took part in the European Junior Championships where he won gold in 2003. Specialising in the 1,500 metres freestyle, he

Is a Welsh footballer who plays for Jarrow Roofing as a midfielder/striker after coming out of retir

Is a Welsh footballer who plays for Jarrow Roofing as a midfielder/striker after coming out of retirement. He has recently retired whilst playing for Wrexham . He has represented Wales at B- level.Williams was born in Bangor in North Wales and began his career as a Wolverhampton Wanderers apprentice. However, things didn’t work out and he moved back to Anglesey and joined League of Wales side Caernarfon Town, while working on a building site. Williams scored freely for Caernarfon and this attracted the attention of bigger clubs.

Was a former professional and Welsh international footballer who played as a midfielder for Plymouth

Was a former professional and Welsh international footballer who played as a midfielder for Plymouth Argyle, Manchester City, Coventry City, Norwich City, Nottingham Forest, Huddersfield Town, Lincoln City and Stevenage Borough. He is currently youth team coach at Coventry City.

Is a Welsh professional football player who can play either as a defender or a midfielder. His curre

Is a Welsh professional football player who can play either as a defender or a midfielder. His current club is Blackpool. He plays internationally for Wales.Vaughan began his career as a trainee at Crewe Alexandra. Initially an attacking full-back, manager Dario Gradi turned him into a left-sided midfielder.

Is a professional footballer who currently plays for St. Patrick's Athletic F.C. in the FAI League o

Is a professional footballer who currently plays for St. Patrick's Athletic F.C. in the FAI League of Ireland Premier Division..He plays as a defender and is a full Welsh international.Partridge joined West Ham as an apprentice in August 1996 but did not break into the first-team and joined Dundee United for a fee of £40,000 in March 1999. An agreed move to Plymouth Argyle, where he would have linked up with his former Dundee United manager, Paul Sturrock, in August 2001, fell through and Partridge eventually joined English Division Three side Leyton Orient in January 2002 on a three-month loan, having made 75 league and cup appearances for Dundee United in three seasons.

Is the chairman of Prodrive, and a former team principal of the BAR and Benetton Formula One motor r

Is the chairman of Prodrive, and a former team principal of the BAR and Benetton Formula One motor racing teams. He lives with his wife, Karen, in Warwickshire and has 3 children.

Was a Welsh international rugby union wing who played club rugby for Llanelli. Lloyd played for Wale

Was a Welsh international rugby union wing who played club rugby for Llanelli. Lloyd played for Wales on four occasions during the 1890 and 1891 Home Nations Championships.Lloyd played rugby for his home team, Ammanford, a second tier Welsh team, but show

Was a Welsh international rugby union wing player who played club rugby for several teams, most nota

Was a Welsh international rugby union wing player who played club rugby for several teams, most notably Pontypool and London Welsh. He won a single cap for Wales in 1907.Jones was one of four rugby playing brothers; Jack and James were capped for Wales li

Is a semi-professional footballer, who spent six seasons in the Premiership with Southampton and is

Is a semi-professional footballer, who spent six seasons in the Premiership with Southampton and is now at Eastleigh.Hughes joined Southampton from Weymouth in March 1991, initially as a trainee. He signed a professional contract in August 1991, but did not make his first-team debut until 5 February 1994 (in a 2-1 defeat away to Oldham Athletic) shortly after the appointment of Alan Ball as Saints' manager. He was never a regular member of the first team squad and appeared more often as a substitute than a starter.

Is a professional football player. He currently plays for Bristol Rovers. He is 5 ft 9 in (175 cm) a

Is a professional football player. He currently plays for Bristol Rovers. He is 5 ft 9 in (175 cm) and weighs 12 stone (168 lb or 76 kg).Pipe was brought to Notts County by Gary Mills from Coventry City. He started brilliantly until a sudden dip in form saw Mills put him on the transfer list. When Ian Richardson was appointed manager he took Pipe off the transfer list. A turnaround in form saw Pipe play most of County's games in the 2004-05 season and get 2 league goals for the club.

Is a former Welsh footballer most recognised for his spell in Porthmadog F.C., where he won the Euro

Is a former Welsh footballer most recognised for his spell in Porthmadog F.C., where he won the European Golden Boot during the 1993-94 season. He retired from football in 2001, at almost 36, and is now assistant manager of Caersws F.C. in the League of Wales.

Was a native of Wales who was influential in the birth of the Industrial Revolution.As an adult, he

Was a native of Wales who was influential in the birth of the Industrial Revolution.As an adult, he was widely regarded as one of the foremost ironmasters in the United Kingdom. It was while employed at the Yniscedwyn Works, in Ystradgynlais in the Swansea Valley, that he devised the process which would advance the Industrial Revolution. On February 5, 1837, Thomas used a hot blast to smelt iron ore and anthracite coal.

Was a Welsh professional footballer born in Abercanaid, Merthyr Tydfil, who played as a wing half. H

Was a Welsh professional footballer born in Abercanaid, Merthyr Tydfil, who played as a wing half. He made nearly 350 appearances in the Football League playing for Wolverhampton Wanderers, Brentford, Birmingham and Walsall. With Wolverhampton Wanderers he won the championship of the Second Division in the 1931–32 season. He also won 21 full caps for Wales. He died in Yardley, Birmingham, aged 62.

Is a former Welsh footballer who played as a striker in a professional career which lasted from 1982

Is a former Welsh footballer who played as a striker in a professional career which lasted from 1982 until 2001. He is manager of Wrexham.He is probably best known for playing for Aston Villa. However he also played for Swansea City, Cardiff City(on loan), Brighton, Oxford United, Derby County, Liverpool, Galatasaray, Nottingham Forest, Sheffield United, Benfica and Bradford City. He also won 75 caps for Wales.

A Welsh character actor.She is most familiar to television viewers for comedy roles in a host of ser

A Welsh character actor.She is most familiar to television viewers for comedy roles in a host of series, including The Rag Trade, That's My Boy and Chance in a Million. She usually appears in meek, spinsterish roles. She has also appeared in non-comedic roles in series such as The Bill, Upstairs, Downstairs and Grange Hill.Most recently she scored unexpected musical success as a member of superannuated pop group The Zimmers. Their cover version of "My Generation" highlighted the plight of the elderly, and reached number 26 in the UK Singles Chart in May 2007.

Is a Welsh International rugby union player. His current team is the Cardiff Blues which he joined a

Is a Welsh International rugby union player. His current team is the Cardiff Blues which he joined after the Celtic Warriors team was disbanded in 2003. He is usually a lock. Before the Warriors Jones played for Bridgend RFC who had previously been playin

Is a former professional footballer who played for Plymouth Argyle, Swansea Town, Scunthorpe United

Is a former professional footballer who played for Plymouth Argyle, Swansea Town, Scunthorpe United and Millwall.

Is a former Wales international rugby union player. He was capped 36 times for Wales between 1963 an

Is a former Wales international rugby union player. He was capped 36 times for Wales between 1963 and 1971, including Wales' first overseas tour in 1964. He played in the Welsh rugby team's first match outside of Europe and its first in the Southern Hemis

Is a former Welsh professional footballer. He made more than 450 The Football League appearances for

Is a former Welsh professional footballer. He made more than 450 The Football League appearances for four clubs, with the majority of his career being spent with Chester.Draper began his professional career with hometown club Swansea Town, making his league debut in the 1962–1963 season. The following campaign saw him figure prominently as Swansea reached the FA Cup semi-finals , shining in a 4–0 thrashing of Sheffield United along the way.

Was a Welsh international football player.Tapscott played for Barry Town as a youth whilst employed

Was a Welsh international football player.Tapscott played for Barry Town as a youth whilst employed as a bricklayer, before being signed by Tom Whittaker for Arsenal for £4,000 in October 1953. After a prolific run in the reserves (scoring thirteen goals in fifteen matches), he made his first-team debut against Liverpool on April 10, 1954 and scored twice. Tapscott went on to score five more goals in as many matches that season.