Welsh Famous Names Starting with Letter P

Is a rugby union player for Newport RFC and the Newport Gwent Dragons regional team.A centre, Leach

Is a rugby union player for Newport RFC and the Newport Gwent Dragons regional team.A centre, Leach made his debut for Newport Gwent Dragons against the Ospreys 7 May 2010.

Was a Welsh footballer who played in a variety of positions mainly centre forward or full back. He p

Was a Welsh footballer who played in a variety of positions mainly centre forward or full back. He played twice for Wales during the Second World War internationals.George Murphy started his footballing career in his native Wales with junior clubs Ponthlenfoith and Cwmfelinfach Juniors before signing for Bradford City in October 1934. He played in almost every position for Bradford under five different managers, particularly a centre forward and full back.

Is a Welsh professional golfer who has played on the European Tour.Affleck was born in St Asaph. He

Is a Welsh professional golfer who has played on the European Tour.Affleck was born in St Asaph. He turned pro in 1986. He visited qualifying school four times before he finally got his European Tour card after winning the Challenge Tour in 1992

Is a former Welsh professional footballer who nearly 100 Football League appearances for Chester Cit

Is a former Welsh professional footballer who nearly 100 Football League appearances for Chester City, mainly as a midfielder.Blackwell grew up in Chester and represented the Chester and Cheshire Schoolboys sides as a youngster. Although Blackwell opted to remain at school for sixth form rather than join Chester as an apprentice, the club offered him a professional contract when he left school in 1981 and he was to spend the next four years at Sealand Road.

Is a former Welsh professional footballer and is currently assistant manager at Newport County.Young

Is a former Welsh professional footballer and is currently assistant manager at Newport County.Young was handed his debut by then manager Eddie May on 6 November 1993 in a 3-1 victory over Stockport County at the age of sixteen. He became a popular figure during his 11 seasons at Cardiff City, especially for having scored the goal that defeated Leeds United in the 2001-02 FA Cup. A one-club man since graduating from the Ninian Park ranks, Scott made 275 league appearances for the Bluebirds, and was capped by Wales at under-21 and B international level.

Is the UK's best known Agent and Manager of 1950s style Rock and Roll artistes, an author and previo

Is the UK's best known Agent and Manager of 1950s style Rock and Roll artistes, an author and previously a singer and film actor. He is married to Lorraine Barrett, the Welsh Assembly Commissioner and Assembly Member for the Cardiff South and Penarth constituency.

Is a former Welsh international football player who currently plays for Football League Championship

Is a former Welsh international football player who currently plays for Football League Championship side Cardiff City. He plays as a left-winger/striker.Parry suffers from a severe fear of flying (aviophobia) which, like other footballers such as Dennis Bergkamp, has caused problems during his career due to his inability to sometimes travel with the Wales team to far-away countries.

Is a former Wales international footballer. A left-back, Bodin's domestic career is best remembered

Is a former Wales international footballer. A left-back, Bodin's domestic career is best remembered for his two spells at Swindon Town.Bodin began his career with Chelsea as a schoolboy but then moved onto a brief spell with Newport County before joining Cardiff City where he spent 3 seasons. After leaving Ninian Park the Welshman fell into non-league before returning to the league with Newport.

Is an English born Welsh international football player and coach.He is the son of former Swindon def

Is an English born Welsh international football player and coach.He is the son of former Swindon defender John Trollope and began his career at Swindon as a trainee, turning professional in December 1989, but failed to make the first team. He joined Torquay United on loan in March 1992 and signed on a free transfer for the Plainmoor side that summer. after 106 league games and 16 goals for Torquay, he moved to Derby County in December 1994 for a fee of £100,000.

Gartside is regarded as being an intellectual pop songwriter with interests ranging from philosophy

Gartside is regarded as being an intellectual pop songwriter with interests ranging from philosophy (deconstruction and marxism) to hip hop. He has worked with Miles Davis, Chaka Khan, Eurythmics, Elvis Costello and Kylie Minogue among others.

Is a former professional footballer currently working for Cardiff City as a goalkeeping coach.His ca

Is a former professional footballer currently working for Cardiff City as a goalkeeping coach.His career began with Manchester City where he featured largely as understudy during a downturn in the clubs fortunes. His full debut came in May 1990, deputising for the suspended Tony Coton in a Manchester derby at Old Trafford, and retained his place for the following match against Sunderland.

Is an English-born Welsh international footballer who plays for Oxford United. Evans can play in the

Is an English-born Welsh international footballer who plays for Oxford United. Evans can play in the centre or on the right of midfield.Evans started his career with Shrewsbury Town and signed professionally in 1993 when he was 19 years old. He went on to make over 200 appearances for the Gay Meadow club and scored 36 goals. West London club Brentford signed him for £110,000. It was while at Brentford that Evans famously scored goals in consecutive games from the half way line, first at home to Preston North End, then at Burnley.

Is a Welsh international footballer. A goalkeeper, Jones is currently playing for Bognor Regis Town,

Is a Welsh international footballer. A goalkeeper, Jones is currently playing for Bognor Regis Town, the town where he and his wife have set up a business.Jones started his career at Kidderminster Harriers in 1986 and then moved to Wolverhampton Wanderers for a fee of £60,000 in 1991. He only managed to play 44 games before moving on to Stockport County in 1996 where he was ever present in the 1996-97 season.

Is a former Wales international rugby union player and the former head coach of Welsh regional side

Is a former Wales international rugby union player and the former head coach of Welsh regional side Newport Gwent Dragons. An outside-half, he was a prolific goal-kicker and is the joint record points holder for Newport RFC. Turner later became player/coa

Is a Welsh football player of English descent who plays for Crystal Palace in The Championship and t

Is a Welsh football player of English descent who plays for Crystal Palace in The Championship and the Wales U-21. He wears the number 35 shirt and is a defender playing at left back.Rhoys is a regular for both the Crystal Palace Reserves and the Wales U-21 team. He has also made appearances for the Welsh U-21s, and even a call-up to the Welsh national squad. This led to him being given his first professional contract at Palace.

Was a Welsh water polo player and swimmer of Croatian and Irish origin who won four Olympic titles i

Was a Welsh water polo player and swimmer of Croatian and Irish origin who won four Olympic titles in a 22 year Olympic career. He won four gold medals across three successive Olympic Games, a record which stood for a Great Britain Olympic athlete until b

Was a Welsh Water Polo player and Swimmer who won four Olympic titles in a 22 year Olympic career. H

Was a Welsh Water Polo player and Swimmer who won four Olympic titles in a 22 year Olympic career. He won four gold medals across three successive Olympic Games, a record which stood for a British people until broken by Sir Steve Redgrave when he won his fifth gold medal at Sydney in 2000.

Is an Welsh former footballer.

Is an Welsh former footballer.

Is a retired footballer, best remembered as the captain of Southampton's 1976 FA Cup winning team.Ro

Is a retired footballer, best remembered as the captain of Southampton's 1976 FA Cup winning team.Rodrigues was born in Cardiff, Wales and originally turned out for his local schools. He went on to be selected for both Cardiff Schoolboys and for Welsh schoolboys, before signing for Cardiff City as a professional in May 1961. Rodrigues almost left the side before ever making a professional appearance for the club when Newport County offered £500 to take him to Somerton Park but the offer was turned down by Cardiff.

Is a Welsh singer, best known for his portrayal of the lead role in the Andrew Lloyd Webber musical,

Is a Welsh singer, best known for his portrayal of the lead role in the Andrew Lloyd Webber musical, The Phantom of the Opera. He played the part in London, Toronto, Vancouver, Singapore, Hong Kong and on the UK Tour in Bradford, and Manchester. He was tw

Is a Welsh footballer. He is normally a centre forward but has been used as an attacking right midfi

Is a Welsh footballer. He is normally a centre forward but has been used as an attacking right midfielder, and is the younger brother of fellow footballer Lee Nogan.

Was the son of a hat maker, born in Newcastle Emlyn, Wales and founder of the Peter Jones department

Was the son of a hat maker, born in Newcastle Emlyn, Wales and founder of the Peter Jones department store in Sloane Square, London, England.The original premises were replaced with a five storey building of red brick and red Mansfield stone under a green slate roof. Completed in 1890, the new building was lavishly appointed with marble pillars, thick carpets and palms. Staff quarters contained a library, piano and two billiard tables and the shop was the first in England to be lit by electricity throughout.

Is a Welsh politician in British politics. He was elected as a Conservative Member of Parliament for

Is a Welsh politician in British politics. He was elected as a Conservative Member of Parliament for Leominster in 1974.Temple-Morris was suspended from the party in 1997 because he had "repeatedly and publicly questioned his continued commitment to the Conservative Party".[1] He then resigned from the party.

Was a Welsh singer, songwriter and guitarist, best known as the leader of the group Badfinger.Ham wa

Was a Welsh singer, songwriter and guitarist, best known as the leader of the group Badfinger.Ham was born in Swansea, South Wales. He formed a local rock group called The Panthers around 1961. This group would undergo several name and lineup changes befo

Is a former professional footballer and is the manager of Clevedon Town.Originally from Cardiff, Bat

Is a former professional footballer and is the manager of Clevedon Town.Originally from Cardiff, Bater began his career as an apprentice with Bristol Rovers in 1973. He made 310 league appearances in two spells at the club, and also played for Wrexham, Brentford and Cardiff City. He was also capped by Wales U-21.