Maesteg - Notable People

Notable People

See Category:People from Maesteg
  • Philip Boswood Ballard (1865–1950), pioneering educational psychologist.
  • Allan Bateman, Wales and British Lions, rugby union and rugby league player.
  • Dave Bowen (1928–1995), Arsenal and Wales, footballer and football manager.
  • Henry Bracy (1846–1917), tenor.
  • Jason Cook, European boxing champion.
  • Matthew Lee Davies, Funeral for a Friend (lead vocalist)
  • Ray 'Chico' Hopkins, Wales and British Lions, rugby union and rugby league player.
  • Norah Isaac (1915-2003), author, pioneer of Welsh-language education.
  • George Jeffries (1889–1972), founder of the worldwide Elim Pentecostal Church.
  • Siân Lloyd, ITV weather presenter.
  • Sir Rhys Hopkin Morris, (1888–1956), politician, stipendiary magistrate, first director of the Welsh Region BBC.
  • Sir William Beddoe Rees MP (1877–1931), Welsh chapel architect, town-planner and politician.
  • Menna Richards, Controller BBC Wales, 2000-2011.
  • David Emlyn Thomas (1892–1954), politician and trade unionist.
  • Islyn Thomas (1912–2002), U.S.-based author, engineer and industrialist.
  • Rees Thomas Rugby league scrum half with Swinton and Wigan (winner Lance Todd trophy 1958).
  • Thomas Llyfnwy Thomas (1912–1983), U.S.-based vocalist and T.V. personality.
  • Christopher Williams (1873–1934), leading artist, portrait painter.
  • John J. Williams, Wales and British Lions, rugby union player and international athlete.
  • Mike Davies World Champion Dog Breeder

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