This is a list of
Welsh-language
Welsh ( or ) is a Celtic language of the Brittonic subgroup that is native to the Welsh people. Welsh is spoken natively in Wales by about 18% of the population, by some in England, and in (the Welsh colony in Chubut Province, Argentina).
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authors.
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Richard Ithamar Aaron (1901–1987)
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William Ambrose (Emrys) (1813–1873)
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Gwynn ap Gwilym (1950–2016)
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Charles Ashton (1848–1898)
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William Ambrose Bebb (1894–1953)
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Tom Beynon (1886–1961)
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John Blackwell (Alun) (1797–1841)
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Käthe Bosse-Griffiths (1910–1998)
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David James Bowen
David James Bowen (1925 – 3 August 2017) was a Welsh scholar and expert on the work of Welsh poets of the nobility.
He was born in Pembrokeshire, and attended grammar school in Fishguard, where he was influenced by David John Williams, one ...
(1925–2017)
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Euros Bowen (1904–1988)
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Geraint Bowen (1915–2011)
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Siôn Bradford (1706–1785)
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Robert Bryan (1858–1920)
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Rhys Cadwaladr (
fl.
''Floruit'' ( ; usually abbreviated fl. or occasionally flor.; from Latin for 'flourished') denotes a date or period during which a person was known to have been alive or active. In English, the unabbreviated word may also be used as a noun indic ...
1666–1690)
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David Charles (1762–1834)
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Thomas Charles
Thomas Charles (14 October 17555 October 1814) was a Wales, Welsh Calvinistic Methodist clergyman of considerable importance in the history of modern Wales.
Early life
Charles was born in the parish of Llanfihangel Abercywyn, near St Clears, Ca ...
(1755–1814)
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Irma Chilton (1930–1990)
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Morys Clynnog (1525–1581)
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Aneirin Talfan Davies (1909–1980)
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Edward Tegla Davies (1880–1967)
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Gareth Alban Davies
Gareth Alban Davies (30 July 1926 – 9 February 2009) was a Welsh poet, educator and Hispanist who was Weetman Pearson, 1st Viscount Cowdray, Cowdray Professor of Spanish at the University of Leeds. Davies translated many Spanish texts into En ...
(1926–2009)
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Grahame Davies (born 1964)
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James Kitchener Davies (1902–1952)
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John Davies (Dr John Davies, Mallwyd) (c. 1567–1644)
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John Cadvan Davies (1846–1923)
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John Humphreys Davies (1871–1926)
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Lewis Davies (1863–1951)
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Pennar Davies (1911–1996)
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Richard Davies (c. 1501–1581)
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Richard Davies (Mynyddog) (1833–1877)
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Thomas Glynne Davies (1926–1988)
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Walter Davies (Gwallter Mechain) (1761–1849)
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Robert Jones Derfel (1824–1905)
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Aled Eames (1921–1996)
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Marion Eames (1921–2007)
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David Miall Edwards (1873–1941)
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Hywel Teifi Edwards (1934–2010)
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Lewis Edwards (1809–1887)
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Owen Morgan Edwards
Sir Owen Morgan Edwards (26 December 1858 – 15 May 1920), often known as O. M. Edwards, was a Welsh historian, educationalist and writer.
Biography
Owen Edwards was born in Llanuwchllyn near Bala, the eldest son of Owen and Beti Edward ...
(1858–1920)
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Roger Edwards (1811–1886)
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Thomas Edwards (Twm o'r Nant) (1738–1810)
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John Elias (1774–1841)
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Islwyn Ffowc Elis (1924–2004)
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Robert Elis (Cynddelw) (1812–1875)
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Thomas Iorwerth Ellis (1899–1970)
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Beriah Gwynfe Evans (1848–1927)
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Christmas Evans (1776–1838)
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Daniel Evans (Daniel Ddu o Geredigion) (1792–1846)
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Daniel Silvan Evans (1818–1903)
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David Emrys Evans (1891–1966)
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Donald Evans (born 1940)
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Ellis Humphrey Evans (Hedd Wyn) (1887–1917)
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Gwynfor Evans
Gwynfor Richard Evans (1 September 1912 – 21 April 2005) was a Welsh politician, lawyer and author. He was President of the Welsh political party Plaid Cymru for thirty-six years and was the first member of Parliament to represent it at West ...
(1912–2005)
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Hugh Evans (1854–1934)
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John Evans (I.D. Ffraid) (1814–1875)
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Theophilus Evans
Theophilus Evans (February 1693 – 11 September 1767) was a Welsh clergyman and historian.
Life
Evans' father was from Pen-y-wenallt and he was christened in the church in Llandygwydd in Cardiganshire in 1693.
Evans served curacies in Brecknock ...
(1693–1767)
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William Evans (Wil Ifan) (1883–1968)
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Albert Evans-Jones
Sir (Albert) Cynan Evans-Jones CBE (14 April 1895 – 26 January 1970), more commonly known within Wales by his bardic name of Cynan, was a Welsh poet and dramatist.
Early life
Cynan was born in Pwllheli as Albert Evan Jones, the son of Richa ...
(Cynan) (1895–1970)
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William Richard Philip George (1912–2006)
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John Gwyn Griffiths
John Gwyn Griffiths (7 December 1911 – 15 June 2004) was a Welsh poet, egyptologist and nationalist political activist who spent the largest span of his career lecturing at Swansea University.
Early life
Born in 1911 in Porth in the Rhondd ...
(1911–2004)
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Elis Gruffydd
Elis Gruffydd (1490–1552), sometimes known as "The soldier of Calais", was a Welsh chronicler, transcriber, and translator. He is known foremost for his massive chronicle ''Cronicl o Wech Oesoedd'' (''Chronicle of the Six Ages''), which cover ...
(c. 1490 – c. 1552)
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Owen Gruffydd (c. 1643–1730)
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Robert Geraint Gruffydd (1928–2015)
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William John Gruffydd (1881–1954)
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Bethan Gwanas (born 1962)
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Joseph Harris (Gomer) (1773–1825)
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Isaac Daniel Hooson (1880–1948)
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Mererid Hopwood (born 1964)
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Hugh Hughes (Y Bardd Coch o Fôn) (1693–1776)
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John Ceiriog Hughes (1832–1887)
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Jonathan Hughes (1721–1805)
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Richard Cyril Hughes (born 1932)
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Thomas Rowland Hughes
Thomas Rowland Hughes (often referred to as T. Rowland Hughes) (17 April 1903 – 24 October 1949), was a Welsh novelist, broadcaster, dramatist and poet. He was the son of a quarryman from Llanberis, Caernarfonshire (Gwynedd today), in north ...
(1903–1949)
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Edward Morgan Humphreys (1882–1955)
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Humphrey Humphreys (1648–1712)
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Dafydd Ifans (born 1949)
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Daniel James (Gwyrosydd) (1848–1920)
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Edward James (c. 1569 – c. 1610)
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Evan James (Ieuan ap Iago) (1809–1878)
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David Jenkins (1912–2002)
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John Jenkins (Gwili) (1872–1936)
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Robert Thomas Jenkins
Robert Thomas Jenkins CBE (31 August 1881 – 11 November 1969) was a Welsh historian and academic.
Life
Jenkins was born on 31 August 1881 in Liverpool. He moved with his family to Bangor, Gwynedd, when his father was appointed clerk to th ...
(1881–1969)
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John Thomas Job (1867–1938)
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Bedwyr Lewis Jones (1933–1992)
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Dafydd Jones (Dewi Dywyll) (1803–1868)
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David James Jones (Gwenallt) (1899–1968)
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Elizabeth Watkin-Jones (1888–1966)
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Gwilym Richard Jones (1903–1993)
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Harri Pritchard Jones (1933–2015)
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John Jones (Jac Glan-y-gors) (1766–1821)
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John Jones (Ioan Tegid) (1792–1852)
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John Jones (Talhaiarn) (1810–1869)
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John Jones (Myrddin Fardd) (1836–1921)
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John Robert Jones
John Robert Jones (4 September 1911 in Wales, 1911 – 3 June 1970 in Wales, 1970), was a Wales, Welsh philosopher.
He was born in Pwllheli, and went to school there before going on to study philosophy at University of Wales, Aberystwyth in ...
(1911–1970)
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Lewis Jones (Patagonia)
Lewis Jones (30 January 1837 – 24 November 1904) was one of the founders of the Welsh settlement in Argentina, Welsh settlement in Patagonia. The city of Trelew was named after him.
Early life
Jones was born in Caernarfon and worked as a pri ...
(1897–1939)
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Richard Goodman Jones (Dic Goodman) (1920–2013)
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Robert Ambrose Jones (Emrys ap Iwan) (1848–1906)
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Robert Maynard Jones (Bobi Jones) (1929–2017)
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Thomas Jones (Dinbych) (1756–1820)
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Thomas Gwynn Jones
Professor Thomas Gwynn Jones C.B.E. (10 October 1871 – 7 March 1949), more widely known as T. Gwynn Jones, was a leading Welsh poet, scholar, literary critic, novelist, translator, and journalist who did important work in Welsh literature, ...
(1871–1949)
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Thomas Llewelyn Jones (1915–2009)
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Morris Kyffin (c. 1555–1598)
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Thomas Levi (1825–1916)
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Alun Lewis (1915–1944)
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Gwyneth Lewis
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Henry Lewis (1889–1968)
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Hywel David Lewis (1910–1992)
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Robyn Lewis (born 1929)
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Saunders Lewis
Saunders Lewis (born John Saunders Lewis; 15 October 1893 – 1 September 1985) was a Welsh politician, poet, dramatist, Medievalist, and literary critic. Born into a Welsh-speaking ministerial family in Greater Liverpool, Lewis studied in a p ...
(1893–1985)
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John Lloyd-Jones (1885–1956)
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Alan Llwyd (born 1948)
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Angharad Llwyd (1780–1866)
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Morgan Llwyd
Morgan Llwyd (1619 – 3 June 1659) was a Puritan Fifth Monarchist and Welsh language, Welsh-language poet and prose author.
Biography
Morgan Llwyd was born to a cultured and influential family in the parish of Maentwrog, Gwynedd. His grandfat ...
(1619–1659)
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Robin Llywelyn (born 1958)
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Dafydd Llwyd Mathau (fl. earlier 17th c.)
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Wiliam Midleton (fl. 1550–1600)
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Gareth Miles (born 1938)
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Derec Llwyd Morgan (born 1943)
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Elena Puw Morgan (1900–1973)
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Eluned Morgan
Mair Eluned Morgan, Baroness Morgan of Ely, (born 16 February 1967), is a Welsh politician who has served as First Minister of Wales and Leader of Welsh Labour since 2024. Morgan is the first woman, and first member of the House of Lords to ho ...
(1870–1938)
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John Morgan (1688–1733)
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Prys Morgan (born 1937)
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William Morgan (1545–1604)
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Lewis Morris (Llywelyn Ddu o Fôn) (1701–1765)
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Richard Morris (1703–1779)
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John Morris-Jones (1864–1929)
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Thomas Evan Nicholas (Niclas y Glais)
Thomas Evan Nicholas (6 October 1879 – 19 April 1971), who used the bardic name , was a Welsh language poet, preacher, radical, and champion of the disadvantaged of society.
Early life
Nicholas was born at ''Blaunwaun Felen'' in Llanfyrnac ...
(1879–1971)
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Owain Owain
Owain Owain (11 December 1929 – 19 December 1993) was a Welsh novelist, short-story writer and poet. He also founded ''Tafod y Ddraig'' (The Dragon's Tongue), which became the Welsh Language Society's main voice from its inception in th ...
(1929–1993)
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Robin Llwyd ab Owain (born 1959)
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Daniel Owen (1836–1895)
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David Owen (Dewi Wyn o Eifion) (1784–1841)
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David Owen (Brutus) (1795–1866)
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Gerallt Lloyd Owen (born 1944)
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Goronwy Owen (Goronwy Ddu o Fôn) (1723–1769)
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William David Owen (1874–1925)
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William Owen Pughe (1759–1835)
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Gwenlyn Parry (1932–1991)
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John Parry (1776–1851)
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Robert Parry (1540–1612)
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Robert Williams Parry (1884–1956)
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Thomas Parry (1904–1985)
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Thomas Herbert Parry-Williams (1887–1975)
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Meirion Pennar (1944–2010)
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John Price (1502–1555)
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Thomas Price (Carnhuanawc) (1787–1848)
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Caradog Prichard (1904–1980)
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Rhys Prichard (Yr Hen Ficer) (1579–1644)
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Edmwnd Prys (1543–1623)
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Gwilym Puw (c. 1618 – c. 1689)
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Eluned Phillips (1914-2009)
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Evan Rees (Dyfed) (1850–1923)
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Ioan Bowen Rees (1929–1999)
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Thomas Rees (1815–1885)
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Thomas Ifor Rees (1890–1977)
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William Rees (Gwilym Hiraethog)
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David Richards (Dafydd Ionawr) (1751–1827)
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Thomas Richards (1878–1962)
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Gruffydd Robert
Gruffydd Robert (1527–98) was a Welsh Catholic priest and humanist scholar who in 1567 wrote a pioneering Welsh grammar while in exile in Italy with his uncle and fellow-writer Morys Clynnog.
Life
Gruffydd Robert was born in Caernarfonshire ...
(before 1532 – after 1598)
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Brynley Francis Roberts (born 1931)
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David Roberts (Dewi Havhesp) (1831–1884)
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Emrys Roberts (1929–2012)
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Kate Roberts (1891–1985)
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Samuel Roberts (writer) (1800–1885)
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Wiliam Owen Roberts (born 1960)
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Dafydd Rowlands (1931–2001)
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John Rowlands (author) (born 1938)
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William Rowlands (Gwilym Lleyn) (1802–1865)
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Edward Prosser Rhys (1901–1945)
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Morgan Rhys (1716–1779)
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Siôn Dafydd Rhys (1534 – c. 1609)
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William Salesbury
William Salesbury, also Salusbury, (c. 1520 – c. 1584) was the leading Welsh language, Welsh scholar of the Renaissance and the principal translator of the 1567 Welsh New Testament.
Early life
Salesbury was born some time before 1520 (poss ...
(c. 1520 – c. 1584)
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William Saunders (1806–1851)
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Simwnt Fychan (c. 1530–1606)
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David Thomas (Dewi Hefin) (1828–1909)
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David Thomas (1880–1967)
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Ebenezer Thomas (Eben Fardd) (1802–1863)
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Gwyn Thomas (1936–2016)
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Robert Thomas (Ap Vychan) (1809–1880)
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Ronald Stuart Thomas (1913–2000)
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William Thomas (Islwyn) (1832–1878)
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William Thomas (Gwilym Marles) (1834–1879)
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Angharad Tomos (born 1958)
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Urien Wiliam (born 1929)
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Colin H Williams (born 1950)
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David John Williams
David John Williams (26 June 1885 – 4 January 1970) was one of the foremost Welsh-language writers of the twentieth century and a prominent Welsh nationalist.
Life
Williams was born at Pen-rhiw, a farmhouse near Llansawel, Carmarthenshire, ...
(1885–1970)
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Edward Williams (Iolo Morganwg) (1747–1826)
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Eliseus Williams (Eifion Wyn) (1867–1926)
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Gareth F. Williams (1955–2016)
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Glanmor Williams (1920–2005 )
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Griffith Williams (Gutyn Peris) (1769–1838)
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Gwynne Williams (born 1937)
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Ifor Williams
Sir Ifor Williams, (16 April 1881 – 4 November 1965) was a Welsh scholar who laid the foundations for the academic study of Old Welsh, particularly early Welsh poetry.
Early life and education
Ifor Williams was born at Pendinas, Tregarth nea ...
(1881–1965)
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John Ellis Williams (born 1924)
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John Lloyd Williams (1854–1945)
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John Owen Williams (Pedrog) (1892–1973)
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John Richard Williams (J.R. Tryfanwy) (1867–1924)
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Morris Williams (Nicander) (1809–1874)
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Moses Williams (1685–1742)
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Owen Williams (Owen Gwyrfai) (1790–1874)
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Peter Bailey Williams
Peter Bailey Williams (August 1763 – 22 November 1836) was a Welsh Anglican priest and amateur antiquarian. It is also claimed that he led the first rock climb recorded in the United Kingdom.
Life
Williams was the son of Peter Williams, one o ...
(1763–1836)
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Richard Bryn Williams (1902–1981)
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Richard Hughes Williams (Dic Tryfan) (c. 1878–1919)
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Robert Williams (Robert ap Gwilym Ddu) (1766–1850)
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Robert Williams (Trebor Mai) (1830–1877)
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Robert Dewi Williams (1870–1955)
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Rowland Williams (Hwfa Môn) (1823–1905)
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Rhydwen Williams (1916–1997)
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Thomas Marchant Williams (1845–1914)
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Waldo Williams (1904–1971)
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William Williams (Pantycelyn) (1717–1791)
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William Williams (Caledfryn) (1801–1869)
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William Williams (Creuddynfab) (1814–1869)
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William Williams (Crwys) (1875–1968)
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William Llewelyn Williams (1867–1922)
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Ellis Wynne (1671–1734)
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Eirug Wyn (1950–2004)
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Author
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