Selwyn Jenkins
Secretary of the Welsh FA for fifteen years. President of the Welsh FA 1984, Chairman of FIFA Technical Committee c1985.
Connection: Born Merthyr, lived for seventy years in Port Talbot.
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Richard Lewis
Author of best seller 'The small business guide to the internet: a practical guide to going online'.
Connection: Cardiff born. Parents from Pontypridd and Aberdare.
Mike Catris
Self made entrepreneur and millionaire.
Connection: Born in Cardiff.
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Businesses include consulting civil and structural engineering, care homes and special ...
Sion Hughes
Chief executive of 'Cyfle'.
Connection: Born in Wrexham.
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Influential and visionary chief executive of Wales's film, TV and interactive media training company.
Thomas Davies
Along with his brother Walter he invented the 'Stepney Spare Wheel' used on almost all early motor cars.
Connection: Born in Llanelli.
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Morgan Jones
Was the main power in the building of the railway system in Texas. Without him Fort Worth would be a minor town and Denver, Colorado would not be linked to the Gulf of Mexico.
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James Monroe
James Monroe was the fifth president of the united states from 1817-1825. Monroe fought in the revolutionary war in many important battles, including Trenton, Monmouth, Brandywine, and Germantown. ...
William Whiston
Translations into the welsh language
Connection: He translated from the Greek and Hebrew the works of Flavius Josephus to the Welsh language published in 1860 published by H Humphreys ...
Edward Jones
Founder of the Welsh Wesleyan Methodists (1800)
Connection: Born near Ruthin, Denbighshire in 1777 and died at Leek, (presumably Staffordshire, England) in 1837.
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Steven Bletsoe
Co-founder of homefinder uk. An innovative company that allows the public to buy and sell property in a completely different way.
Connection: Born and raise in Bridgend. Now living in ...
Sir William Preece
William Henry Preece was an electrical engineer who was a major figure in the development and introduction of wireless telegraphy and the telephone in Great Britain.
Connection: Born ...
Richard Pitchford
The Great Cardini was quite simply the greatest close up magician that has ever lived. His cigarette, card and billiard ball maipulation act is still seen as the best and most flawless ...
Robert Williams
Affectionately known as RP (Williams) he was very well known as a preacher at the taberbacle in Holyhead in the early 1900's.
Connection: Born, lived and worked on Anglesey, (especially ...
Major Jones
Major Thomas Jones is the namesake of Jones Beach State Park in New York. It is the second largest state park in the United States, and became part of the United States Park system in 1929, ...
Johnny Creek
He found one of the largest gold nuggets ever. Laid to rest next to two of the most famous wild west characters, Wild Bill Hickock and Calamity Jane.
Connection: Potato Creek Johnny, real ...
Jerry Davies
Jerry founded Davies Veterinary Specialists, one of the most successful veterinary referral hospitals in Europe.
Connection: Welsh father. Born in gibralter but raised in west wales, haverford ...
Edward Davis
In 1683 davis was quartermaster to captain cook when he took the ship of captain tristian, a french buccaneer based at petit guave in the west indies.
Connection: Born in wales.
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John Guest
John guest was the only surviving son of Thomas Guest an iron-master, he took over his fathers company in Merthyr in 1807. Guest was a shrewd businessman by the 1830's the Dowlais ironworks ...
Kim Winser
Kim Winser, OBE was appointed President and Chief Executive Officer of the British luxury fashion brand, Aquascutum, in April 2006 with a brief to significantly grow the business globally.
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Arwel Richards
A festival entrepreneur, namely Llandeilo Jazz and the Swansea Film Festival. A farmer's son Arwel has an events and PR company.
Connection: Born in Carmarthen and grew up in the country ...