Neath - Notable People

Notable People

See Category:People from Neath

• Samuel Charles Silkin, Baron Silkin of Dulwich (1918–1988), barrister and politician;
• Clayton Blackmore (1964- ), the former Manchester United and Wales international;
• Michael Bogdanov (1938- ), international theatre director;
• Mark Bowen (1963-, b. Briton Ferry), deputy manager of Fulham FC, and formerly a player with Spurs and Norwich City;
• Richard Burton (1925–1984, b. Pontrhydyfen), actor;
• Hugh Dalton (1887–1962, b. Gnoll), Labour politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer from 1945-1947.
• Sir Clifford Darby (1909–1992), geographer, ex-vice-president of the British Academy;
• David Davies, famed chief test pilot of the UK's Civil Aviation Authority and author of classic book Handling the Big Jets;
• Ivor Emmanuel (1927–2007), singer and actor;
• Hugh Evan-Thomas, vice-admiral;
• Craig Evans (born 1971), cricketer;
• Rebecca Evans (1963-, b. Pontrhydyfen), soprano;
• Sir Samuel Thomas Evans (1859–1918, b. Skewen), politician and judge;
• George Grant Francis (1814–1822, b. Swansea) historian who wrote Original Charters and Materials for a History of Neath (1845);
• Julie Gardner (1969- ), television producer previously responsible for Doctor Who and its spin-off Torchwood, now executive producer of scripted projects at BBC Worldwide;
• Richard Grant (born 1984), cricketer;
• Cecil Griffiths (1901–1945), winner of an Olympic gold medal in the 4x400m relay at the 1920 Antwerp Olympics;
• Carl Harris (1956- ), the former Leeds United and Wales international;
• T. G. H. James (1923-2009), Egyptologist and former Keeper of Egyptian Antiquities at the British Museum;
• Sir Gilmour Jenkins (1894–1981), civil servant and amateur musician, ex-Vice President of the Royal Academy of Music;
• Sir William Jenkins (1871-1944), former Neath MP;
• Katherine Jenkins (1980- ), popular classical mezzo-soprano;
• Della Jones (1946, b. Tonna), mezzo-soprano;
• Professor Emrys Jones (1931-2012, b. Hoxton), scholar on Shakespeare and the Renaissance who spent his teenage years in Neath as an evacuee, of Welsh parentage;
• Geraint F. Lewis (1969- ), leading astrophysicist;
• Andy Legg (1966- ), former professional footballer and Wales international;
• Tony Lewis (1936-, b. Swansea), former England cricket captain, writer and broadcaster;
• Thomas Leyson (1549-c. 1608), Latin and Welsh poet and physician;
• Andrew Matthews-Owen, pianist;
• Ray Milland (1907–1986), Oscar winning Hollywood actor;
• David Watts Morgan (1867–1933), miners' leader and politician;
• Sir William Nott (1782–1845), British General in India;
• Harry Parr-Davies, composer;
• Jessie Penn-Lewis (1861–1927), missioner and revivalist;
• Sir Arthur Pugh (1870–1955, b. Ross, Hertfordshire), trade unionist, who moved to his father's birthplace, Neath, in 1894;
• Henry Habberley Price (1899–1984), philosopher;
• Walter Enoch Rees (1863–1949), rugby administrator;
• Peter Shreeves (1940- ), former Spurs and Sheffield Wednesday manager;
• William Squire (1916–1989), actor;
• David Thaxton (1982- ), West End performer
• Brian Thomas (1940-2012), Wales rugby union lock who also played and managed Neath RFC;
• Paul Rhys (1963- ), actor;
• Bonnie Tyler (1951-, b. Skewen), pop star;
• Andrew Vicari (1938- ), artist;
• Ron Waldron (1933- ) Welsh rugby coach;
• Alfred Russel Wallace (1823, b. Monmouthshire), evolutionary theorist, lived in Neath during 1841/2 and attended lectures given by the area's scientific societies;
• Cyril Walters (1905–1992), Glamorgan cricketer and Captain of the England cricket team;
• Anna Letitia Waring (1823–1910), poet and hymn writer;
• Elijah Waring, writer; and
• Jane Williams (1795–1873), singer and compiler of traditional Welsh music.