Welsh Famous Names Starting with Letter E

Was a Welsh boxing champion and boxing manager. Thomas was born in Merthyr Tydfil. After a highly su

Was a Welsh boxing champion and boxing manager. Thomas was born in Merthyr Tydfil. After a highly successful amateur boxing career, he turned professional in 1946. He won the Welsh welterweight title in 1948, the British welterweight title in 1949, and t

Was a Welsh rugby union and professional rugby league footballer of the 1930s who at representative

Was a Welsh rugby union and professional rugby league footballer of the 1930s who at representative level played rugby union (RU) for Wales, and at club level for Llanelli RFC, playing at Prop, i.e. number 1 or 3, and at club level played rugby league (RL

Is a Welsh former politician.Hudson Davies was educated at Dynevor Grammar School, Swansea, the Univ

Is a Welsh former politician.Hudson Davies was educated at Dynevor Grammar School, Swansea, the University College, Wales in Swansea, and Balliol College, Oxford. He became a lecturer in government and a broadcaster.

Was a Welsh international rugby union player who played club rugby for Swansea and was capped once f

Was a Welsh international rugby union player who played club rugby for Swansea and was capped once for Wales. During the 1882/83 season, Bishop was part of the Llandovery College team that played against fellow Welsh college team Christ College, Brecon. B

Was a Welsh international rugby union player. He was a member of the winning Wales team who beat the

Was a Welsh international rugby union player. He was a member of the winning Wales team who beat the 1905 touring All Blacks and is remembered for scoring the winning try. He played club rugby for London Welsh and Swansea. Morgan had moved to London from

Is a Welsh former professional footballer. He played as a defender. He spent his entire professional

Is a Welsh former professional footballer. He played as a defender. He spent his entire professional career with Blackpool.Blackpool manager Ron Suart gave James his Blackpool debut as a deputy for Roy Gratrix on October 1, 1960, in a single-goal defeat at arch-rivals Preston North End in the West Lancashire derby. He made four more appearances in 1960–61 — two in the league and two in the League Cup.

Was a Welsh landowner and politician. He played a major part in the development of the Welsh slate i

Was a Welsh landowner and politician. He played a major part in the development of the Welsh slate industry.He inherited the Penrhyn estate near Bangor in north-west Wales through his wife's relative, Richard Pennant, and changed his name to Douglas-Pennant by Royal license in 1841. Penrhyn was the owner of the Penrhyn Quarry near Bethesda, Wales, which under his ownership developed into one of the two largest slate quarries in the world. He was also involved in politics and sat as Member of Parliament for Caernarvonshire between 1841 and 1866.

Was a Welsh medical doctor and international rugby union half-back who played club rugby for Llandov

Was a Welsh medical doctor and international rugby union half-back who played club rugby for Llandovery College and international rugby for Wales. He won just a single game for Wales when he was selected for the first ever Welsh rugby international.

Was a Welsh international rugby union back who played club rugby for Mountain Ash. Thomas first play

Was a Welsh international rugby union back who played club rugby for Mountain Ash. Thomas first played rugby for local Rhondda clubs, Ferndale and Penygraig before moving to Mountain Ash, the team he would captain during the 1904/05 season. He faced his f

Was a Welsh field hockey player from Abergavenny who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics where he w

Was a Welsh field hockey player from Abergavenny who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics where he won the bronze medal as member of the Wales team.

Is a Welsh international rugby union player for Sale Sharks in the Aviva Premiership. A Prop forward

Is a Welsh international rugby union player for Sale Sharks in the Aviva Premiership. A Prop forward, Roberts was selected for the Wales national rugby union team squad for the Autumn internationals series in October 2008, playing his first game on 14 Nov

Is a former Welsh professional footballer.Williams was playing local football in Hengoed when he was

Is a former Welsh professional footballer.Williams was playing local football in Hengoed when he was spotted by Cardiff City and signed professional terms with the club in June 1961. He settled quickly at Ninian Park winning a regular starting place the following year and was named club captain just three years after his arrival in 1964. He rarely missed a game in the next three years and his good form prompted Bolton Wanderers to pay £45,000 to sign him in October 1967.

(born on 15 February 1977 in Newport, Wales) is a Welsh professional golfer

(born on 15 February 1977 in Newport, Wales) is a Welsh professional golfer

Was a Welsh professional footballer.Evans, an inside-forward, joined Cardiff City in May 1949 from T

Was a Welsh professional footballer.Evans, an inside-forward, joined Cardiff City in May 1949 from Treharris, having previously played for Trelewis and Glamorgan side Nelson. He made his league debut the following season in a 1-1 draw with Sheffield Wednesday and, even though he played in less than half of the clubs matches that season, he finished as the teams top scorer.

Is a Welsh musician, film and television director.Emlyn was born in Bangor, Wales. He began his tele

Is a Welsh musician, film and television director.Emlyn was born in Bangor, Wales. He began his television career as scriptwriter and presenter for BBC Wales, but had a simultaneous career as a musician. In 1983 he began to make his name as a director, wi

Was a socialist, feminist and statistician who was a pioneer in the fields of demography and populat

Was a socialist, feminist and statistician who was a pioneer in the fields of demography and population statistics.She was born Dorothy Enid Charles in Denbigh, Wales. She obtained a bachelors degree in mathematics, economics and statistics at Newnham Col

Is a former footballer and manager. He is also the father of television presenter Gabby Logan.He rep

Is a former footballer and manager. He is also the father of television presenter Gabby Logan.He represented Leeds United, Coventry City, Tottenham Hotspur, Bradford City, Swansea City and the Welsh national team. He later became a football manager for Bradford City, Swansea City, Cardiff City and Sheffield Wednesday as well as assistant at Huddersfield Town, and also internationally managed Wales and Lebanon.

Was a Welsh international rugby union forward who played club rugby for a variety of teams, but is m

Was a Welsh international rugby union forward who played club rugby for a variety of teams, but is most associated with Pontypridd and Cardiff. George was capped three times for Wales between 1895 and 1896. George played just one more international game,

Was a former Wales and British Lions international rugby union lock. He played club rugby for Crynan

Was a former Wales and British Lions international rugby union lock. He played club rugby for Crynant and Neath. John was capped 19 times for Wales and was a member of two Grand Slam winning teams. In 1950 he was selected for the 1950 British Lions tour t

Was a Cardiff City midfielder during their famous 1927 FA Cup victory over Arsenal and became the yo

Was a Cardiff City midfielder during their famous 1927 FA Cup victory over Arsenal and became the youngest ever Cup winner to that date.The Cup win was Curtis' last match for Cardiff (for whom he had scored 8 goals in his only season at Ninian Park), moving to Birmingham for the start of the following season where he scored 44 goals from midfield in a six year career. He returned to Cardiff in 1933 but soon found himself in a dispute with the club over wages and retired from football for a short while before returning in 1944 to play for Coventry City. He finished his career at Hartlepools United.

Was a professional footballer who played for Swansea City, Tottenham Hotspur, Southampton, Bristol C

Was a professional footballer who played for Swansea City, Tottenham Hotspur, Southampton, Bristol City, Rhyl and represented Wales at national level.Jones began his football career as an amateur at Bolton Wanderers before joining Swansea City in October 1943. He made 37 appearances and scored three times for the club in the 1946–47 season. The free scoring winger transferred to Tottenham Hotspur in October 1947 for a £7000 fee. He went on to appear in 57 matches and found the net on 16 occasions in all competitions between 1947 and 1948. He left Spurs in May 1949 to join Southampton in a transfer deal which involved Alf Ramsey, where he featured in 44 games and scoring on four occasions.

Was a Welsh footballer who played at outside right and inside forward.He started his career at Arsen

Was a Welsh footballer who played at outside right and inside forward.He started his career at Arsenal in 1935, turning professional in 1936. However he spent two years on loan at Arsenal's nursery club Margate before returning to the Gunners and making his league debut against Preston North End on October 22, 1938, a match that Arsenal won 1-0. Walsh made a total of three first-class appearances for Arsenal, all of them in the First Division, before being transferred to Derby County in June 1939.