Welsh Famous Names Starting with Letter H

Is a professional footballer who plays for Galatasaray.[1][2] An exceptional dribbler on the wing al

Is a professional footballer who plays for Galatasaray.[1][2] An exceptional dribbler on the wing also capable of playing as an attacking midfielder and as a second striker, he is often regarded within the media as "Australia's finest football export",[citation needed] despite his career being blighted with injury. Against Croatia he scored the crucial goal to get Australia through to the knockout stages of the 2006 World Cup. He is a member of the Executive Committee of the Australian Professional Footballers' Association.[

Was a Welsh football striker. In his early days, he played for Swansea City and Porth. In April 1922

Was a Welsh football striker. In his early days, he played for Swansea City and Porth. In April 1922, he was sold to Manchester United, where he made his debut against Oldham Athletic at Boundary Park on 22 April 1922. He went on to play in Division One and Two for United. During his United career, he made 135 appearances and scored 13 goals. In October 1930, he was sold to Merthyr Town.

Was a Welsh international rugby union prop who played club rugby for Swansea and was capped for Wale

Was a Welsh international rugby union prop who played club rugby for Swansea and was capped for Wales on one occasion. A hard forward player Payne was described as 'tough-as-teak' and was still playing for veteran teams at the age of 84. On the 28 Septemb

Was a Merionethshire farmer and Welsh language poet of World War I.Evans spent most of his life on a

Was a Merionethshire farmer and Welsh language poet of World War I.Evans spent most of his life on a hill farm, Yr Ysgwrn, near Trawsfynydd, Merionethshire (Gwynedd). By the age of 28 he had won four Eisteddfod chairs for his poetry.

Is a Welsh professional golfer on the Women's Professional Golf European Tour.In 2002 she was voted

Is a Welsh professional golfer on the Women's Professional Golf European Tour.In 2002 she was voted to a position on the Atlantic Coast Conference's 50th anniversary golf team.

Is a Welsh contralto. She was born in Milford Haven and educated at the School of S. Mary and S. Ann

Is a Welsh contralto. She was born in Milford Haven and educated at the School of S. Mary and S. Anne, Abbots Bromley and the Royal Academy of Music. She began her career with the Glyndebourne Festival Chorus, and was a regular broadcaster on the Welsh Home Service. She subsequently had a distinguished career as an opera singer. In 1978 she was awarded the CBE.

Was a Welsh physician, surgeon, Member of the Royal College of Surgeons (MRCS), geologist, President

Was a Welsh physician, surgeon, Member of the Royal College of Surgeons (MRCS), geologist, President of the Geological Society and Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS). He studied the Precambrian rocks of Anglesey, Caernarvonshire and Pembrokeshire, the Devonian rocks of Devon and Somerset, cave deposits and other Quaternary sediments.Following in the footsteps of his father Thomas, he studied medicine at Guy's Hospital in London, and where he qualified as a member of the Royal College of Surgeons of England (MRCS) in 1862. He practised in St Davids until 1871 when he moved to Hendon in London where he specialised in mental disease, taking a degree at St Andrews in 1878.

Was an Welsh financier and industrialist.Berry acquired John Lysaght Ltd with his brother William Be

Was an Welsh financier and industrialist.Berry acquired John Lysaght Ltd with his brother William Berry, D. R. Llewellyn and The Viscountess Rhondda and was chairman until it became part of Guest, Keen and Nettlefolds in 1920. He subsequently became chairman of GKN in 1927.

Was a Welsh metaphysical poet and medical practitioner. Vaughan was born to Thomas Vaughan (son of w

Was a Welsh metaphysical poet and medical practitioner. Vaughan was born to Thomas Vaughan (son of writer and colonial investor William Vaughan) and Denise Morgan at 'Trenewydd', Newton, in Breconshire, Wales. He spent most of his life in the village of L

Is a former Welsh professional footballer.Herbie Evans was playing for Cardiff Corinthians when he w

Is a former Welsh professional footballer.Herbie Evans was playing for Cardiff Corinthians when he was signed by Cardiff City in 1920 as part of the club's first season in the Football League. Despite his signing with the club he remained an amateur player until late into his spell, winning a Wales amateur cap when he played against England in 1922. Later that year he also made his debut for the senior side on 4 February in a 2-1 win over Scotland.

A soprano, she has been likened to fellow Welsh performer Katherine Jenkins. Her career is following

A soprano, she has been likened to fellow Welsh performer Katherine Jenkins. Her career is following a similar path to Jenkins and she has performed before the Wales national rugby union team matches at the Millennium Stadium. She considers American tenor Mario Lanza her inspiration.Holyoake's debut album, When Dreams Have Wings, was self-released in 2002 with the catalogue number HRH1, and recorded when she was just 14.In 2004 Holyoake performed with Hayley Westenra in Cardiff.[1] She came to prominence in August 2005 when, aged 17, she won a gold award in the Open category of the World Championships of Performing Arts in Hollywood. She was the only person representing the UK - competing against accomplished musicians from 40 countries across the world.[1

Is a British actress, best known for her starring role as Samantha Stewart in the British TV series

Is a British actress, best known for her starring role as Samantha Stewart in the British TV series Foyle's War, since 2002.Her acting career started with the juvenile lead in a television series (an adaptation of Anne Fine's Goggle Eyes, 1993, alongside Perdita); since then she has appeared in many programmes, including children's series The Wild House, and the long-running series Midsomer Murders and Poirot. In 1997 Honeysuckle and Perdita were both in Catherine Cookson's The Rag Nymph, where Perdita played the younger version of her sister's character. Her film roles include Anne Ridd in Lorna Doone (2000) and Sarah in My Brother Tom (2001).

Was a Welsh professional footballer. He holds the rare distinction of representing Wales on 22 occas

Was a Welsh professional footballer. He holds the rare distinction of representing Wales on 22 occasions despite playing in League footballonly twice in his career. Blew played for then non-League club Wrexham throughout the whole of his career, apart from one match for Manchester United and another for Manchester City. He was an automatic Wales selection between 1903 and 1909.

Was a Welsh international rugby union forward who played club rugby for Newport Rugby Football Club.

Was a Welsh international rugby union forward who played club rugby for Newport Rugby Football Club. He won five caps for Wales and after retiring from playing rugby became the longest serving president of the Welsh Rugby Union. Lyne is also notable as on

Is a Welsh former professional association football player. His clubs included Bristol City, Swindon

Is a Welsh former professional association football player. His clubs included Bristol City, Swindon Town and Gillingham and he also made one appearance for the Welsh national team.

Was a noted American geologist and volcanologist. He was born of Welsh parents in Liverpool, England

Was a noted American geologist and volcanologist. He was born of Welsh parents in Liverpool, England, on October 12, 1898. He received a BA in geography in 1923 and an MA in archaeology in 1924 from Liverpool University. He studied geology at the Imperial College of Science and Technology in London; his twin brother David Williams also became a geologist. Howel Williams moved to the University of California at Berkeley in 1926. In 1928 he was awarded the degree of D.Sc. from the University of Liverpool and published his first papers on the geology of various California volcanic regions. Williams was a member of the National Academy of Sciences.

Was a Welsh rugby union forward who played club rugby for Neath and county rugby for Glamorgan. He g

Was a Welsh rugby union forward who played club rugby for Neath and county rugby for Glamorgan. He gained just a single cap for the Wales national team, in 1904. Jones came from a sporting family, and his son, Howie Jones, also represented Wales in rugby

Was appointed CEO of UBS Investment Bank in July 2005 and Chairman & CEO of UBS Investment Bank in J

Was appointed CEO of UBS Investment Bank in July 2005 and Chairman & CEO of UBS Investment Bank in January 2006. Previously, he was UBS's Global Head of Equities. He is Chairman of the Investment Bank Management Committee and also Chairman of the Investment Bank Board. Jenkins joined the firm in 1996 as Head of Asian Equities. In 1997 he was appointed Co-Head of Asia Pacific Equities and in 1998 Head of Asia Pacific Equities. In 1999, he became Co-Head of US Equities and in 2000 chaired the UBS Warburg Private Clients Business Committee in the US.