Welsh Famous Names Starting with Letter G

Is a Welsh professional footballer who currently plays for Bristol City as a midfielder.Williams sta

Is a Welsh professional footballer who currently plays for Bristol City as a midfielder.Williams started his career as a YTS player at Hereford United having previously trained with Cardiff City. He made his first team debut at the age of 17, as a substitute in the 3–0 FA Cup victory over Sittingbourne. He made twelve more appearances that season and scored his first goal against Dover Athletic in the Conference. By the 1998-99 season he was a first team regular playing in a variety of positions in midfield and up front. He was to spend five seasons at Edgar Street, notably scoring a wonder strike against Swindon Town in the 2001-02 FA Cup Second Round.

He is best recognised for his BS award nominated role as Kris Fisher in the British TV drama Hollyoa

He is best recognised for his BS award nominated role as Kris Fisher in the British TV drama Hollyoaks.McCarthy's acting career began when he was awarded Kenneth Branagh

Is a retired Welsh footballer who played as a central defender. His career was ended prematurely aft

Is a retired Welsh footballer who played as a central defender. His career was ended prematurely after a long-term knee injury.Although he was born in England he grew up just across the border in Wales, and represented them at Under 21 level. He joined his local club Hereford United as a trainee and made his debut for the first team in 1992. He was sold to Crystal Palace in 1995 for a £120,000 fee, and was later transferred for £175,000 to Reading.

Is a Welsh football player, currently playing for Tottenham Hotspur.Bale was born in Cardiff, the yo

Is a Welsh football player, currently playing for Tottenham Hotspur.Bale was born in Cardiff, the younger of two children, and attended Eglwys Newydd Primary School at Whitchurch. His outstanding talent was evident from very early on, in particular his poise and left foot. It was while at this school he first came to the attention of Southampton at 9 years old, when he was playing in a 5 a side tournament with his first club, Cardiff Civil Service football club.

Is an English born former Welsh international football player. He attained 9 caps for Wales and play

Is an English born former Welsh international football player. He attained 9 caps for Wales and played his club football for Chelsea, Sunderland, Brentford, Swindon Town and Havant & Waterlooville.

Is a Welsh footballer who has played for Peterborough United, Boston United, Mansfield Town and curr

Is a Welsh footballer who has played for Peterborough United, Boston United, Mansfield Town and currently plays for Rushden & Diamonds. Jelleyman is a left-sided player who usually plays left-back, however he has also occasionally been used in midfield.

Is a former international Wales rugby union player. He was in the Wales squad for the 1987 Rugby Wor

Is a former international Wales rugby union player. He was in the Wales squad for the 1987 Rugby World Cup, scoring two tries.

Is an Anglo-Welsh footballer currently playing as a striker for Doncaster Rovers.Taylor started his

Is an Anglo-Welsh footballer currently playing as a striker for Doncaster Rovers.Taylor started his career with Southampton, but failed to make any first team appearances and was released. Bristol Rovers then signed him, and he made his league debut as a centre-back in a 6–1 defeat at Cambridge United in February 1992. He did not play again until the first match of the 1994–95 campaign, by which time manager John Ward had converted him into a striker.

Is an English footballer who currently plays as a defender for Stockport County. He is currently on

Is an English footballer who currently plays as a defender for Stockport County. He is currently on loan at Yeovil Town. Although born in England, Owen qualifies to play for Wales through his Welsh mother and has represented Wales at Under-20 level.

Is a former Welsh rugby union footballer who played scrum-half, considered by many to be one of the

Is a former Welsh rugby union footballer who played scrum-half, considered by many to be one of the greatest players in the history of the game.[1] He was prominent in the Welsh national team that was to the fore in European rugby in the 60s and 70s.

Is a Welsh former footballer.Davies began his career with Cardiff City in November 1982, joining fro

Is a Welsh former footballer.Davies began his career with Cardiff City in November 1982, joining from non-league side Sully. During the 1986–87 season, he made two league appearances for the club.

Was a goalkeeper for Leeds United and Birmingham City, who also won 37 caps for Wales.Sprake became

Was a goalkeeper for Leeds United and Birmingham City, who also won 37 caps for Wales.Sprake became known during his career as a goalkeeper who was brilliant, but occasionally prone to appalling mistakes; however, he spent more than a decade as the number 1 keeper at Leeds during a period when they dominated the domestic game, and won enough honours to suggest he was a better keeper than given credit for (though critics claim Leeds could have won more with a less error-prone stopper).

Is a Welsh rugby union player who currently plays at fullback, wing or centre for Cardiff Blues and

Is a Welsh rugby union player who currently plays at fullback, wing or centre for Cardiff Blues and mainly as a fullback for Wales. On 26 May 2007, he surpassed Gareth Llewellyn as the most-capped Wales player with his 93rd appearance.

Is a Welsh international footballer with Doncaster Rovers.Roberts was originally a Liverpool trainee

Is a Welsh international footballer with Doncaster Rovers.Roberts was originally a Liverpool trainee, and featured in their FA Youth Cup winning side of 1996. He was released, however, in 1999, and was brought to Greek side Panionios by former Liverpool star Ronnie Whelan. His stay there was very brief, and he joined Tranmere Rovers on loan in August 1999, making the move permanent three months later.

Is a former Wales international rugby union player. He is the most capped Welsh hooker having attain

Is a former Wales international rugby union player. He is the most capped Welsh hooker having attained 58 caps. Jenkins played in the Rugby Union World Cup three times : 1991, 1995 and 1999 and at the time played for Swansea RFC, a club he captained.

A Finnish javelin thrower and the current World Champion. PitkSmSki is known for his rivalry with Ol

A Finnish javelin thrower and the current World Champion. PitkSmSki is known for his rivalry with Olympic champion Andreas Thorkildsen. The two are very close friends, however.PitkSmSki finished 8th in the javelin contest at the 2004 Summer Olympics with the result 83.01 m and has since developed into one of the world's leading javelin throwers. As of August 2005, he had thrown 91.53 m, hence he was one of the favorites at the 2005 World Championships in Athletics, which were held in his home country. However, he was only fourth with a result of 81.27 m.

Is a Welsh footballer, who plays in midfield. He holds the record for most appearances in the Englis

Is a Welsh footballer, who plays in midfield. He holds the record for most appearances in the English Premier League. He is currently playing for Sheffield United. He was also captain for the Welsh national team until he retired from international football in 2004.

Is a former Welsh footballer.Richards began his career with hometown club Swansea City, turning prof

Is a former Welsh footballer.Richards began his career with hometown club Swansea City, turning professional in August 1981. He made his first team debut at the end of the 1981-82 season in Swansea's 3-0 defeat at Aston Villa. He would appear 15 times the following season as Swansea suffered relegation from the First Division and would also feature in Swansea's 1983 Welsh Cup final success when the Swans defeated Wrexham 4-1.

Is a former professional footballer who also played for Wales. He married his wife Lynne on the 6th

Is a former professional footballer who also played for Wales. He married his wife Lynne on the 6th of July 1985 at St David's Church, Ton-Pentre. They had their first child together David Rhys Williams on the 5th of November 1988, shortly followed by their daughter Bethan Louise Williams on the 31st of December 1990, both born in Derby.

Is a Wales international rugby union flanker, who has been capped more than 20 times for Wales. He p

Is a Wales international rugby union flanker, who has been capped more than 20 times for Wales. He plays his club rugby for Newport Gwent Dragons, who he joined in 2009. He previously played club rugby for Bath Rugby and the Ospreys before joining the Lla

Is a Welsh professional boxer. Nicknamed "The Rock", Rees became the WBA super-lightweight World Cha

Is a Welsh professional boxer. Nicknamed "The Rock", Rees became the WBA super-lightweight World Champion after defeating Souleymane Mbaye in an upset decision win. His trainer is Enzo Calzaghe (who is the father of Joe Calzaghe) and his promoter is Frank

Was a Welsh footballer who played as an inside forward for Newton Heath in the late 1880s. He also m

Was a Welsh footballer who played as an inside forward for Newton Heath in the late 1880s. He also made four appearances for the Welsh national team.Owen began his career with his local team, Chirk, before joining Newton Heath in January 1889. At the time of his signing, he was one of three Owens at the club, the other two being brothers Jack and William Owen. Owen played for Newton Heath for 1½ seasons, during which time he made 19 competitive appearances and scored five goals.

Was a Welsh association football player. He played professionally for Gillingham and Merthyr Town be

Was a Welsh association football player. He played professionally for Gillingham and Merthyr Town between 1926 and 1932.

Is a former Welsh international footballer, who played as a centre back. He was a tough-tackling def

Is a former Welsh international footballer, who played as a centre back. He was a tough-tackling defender also noted for his distinctive afro haircut.Berry began his career at Wolverhampton Wanderers as an apprentice in April 1974, turning professional on his 18th birthday. He made his first team debut for the club on May 7, 1977 in a 1-1 draw with Chelsea, which won the club the Second Division championship.

Was a Welsh poet, orator and a priest. Being born into an artistic and wealthy family, he received a

Was a Welsh poet, orator and a priest. Being born into an artistic and wealthy family, he received a good education which led to his holding prominent positions at Cambridge University and Parliament. As a student at Trinity College, Cambridge, England, G