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famous welsh honour role, notable personalities like Ann Griffiths, Peter Greenaway and Illtyd Harrington.

Peter Greenaway
Original international 'Art-House' film director; 'The Draughtsman's Contract', 'The Cook, The Thief, His Wife and Her Lover'. Also multi-media artist.
Born Newport, Gwent, Wales (Welsh mother).
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D W Griffith
Pioneering silent film director with films such as 'Birth of a Nation', 'Intolerance' and 'Broken Blossoms'.
Welsh ancestry; claimed descent from Welsh princes. Born Kentucky, USA.
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Ann Griffiths
Hymn writer, devout theologian, 1776-1805.
Born in Montgomeryshire, Wales
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Robert Griffiths
General Secretary of the Communist Party of Britain.
Born and raised in Cardiff.
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Gareth Gwenlan
Actor turned producer. 'Fools and Horses', 'Butterfly' and 'Reggie Perrin' to name a few.
Born Cefn Coed, Breconshire 1937.
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Mabon Ap Gwynfor
President of the University of Wales, Bangor Students' Union 2000-2001. Spin doctor for Simon Thomas MP (Plaid, Ceredig).
Member of the Evans family, Mabon's grandfather was the famous Gwynfor Evans.
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Illtyd Harrington
Chairman of Greater London Council in 1980's.
Born in Dowlais, Merthyr Tydfil.
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Kenneth Hayes
He was the minister who lost a son in the Abervan disaster yet held the community together through their great and tragic loss.
Born in Wales.
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