Famous people of North Wales

Andrew Moore Welsh international rugby player, also captained Wales on tour of Japan in 2000.

Anna Leonowens She was the "I" of the popular story, "The King and I". Her account of her time as a teacher in the Royal Siamese Court. Here actual work was published under the title 'The English governess at the Siamese court'.

Arwel Hughes Made conductor of BBC Welsh Orchestra in 1946 and later head of BC Music in Wales. He composed mostly choral music. Awarded OBE in 1969. He passed away in 1988.

Beryl Baigent Author of twelve poetry books. Books launched in Wales and England at various locations.

Brian Lloyd Professional Footballer (Soccer), playing in goal for Wrexham and Wales.

Brian Orritt Professional Footballer (Soccer). Played for Birmingham.

Brymbo Man One of Wales' prehistoric residents. His skull was expertly reconstructed to see how he would have looked. The result is on display in the Wrexham Museum.

Sir Bryn Terfel Jones was born on 9 November 1965 in Pant Glas, a small village in Caernarfonshire (now Gwynedd), the son of a farmer. Welsh was his first language, and he grew up singing in chapel and competing at local eisteddfodau, taught traditional Welsh songs by a family friend before he...

Carl Gizzi Boxing, nearly beating Joe Bugner.

Carol Voderman Has pursued her career on UK TV quiz show 'Countdown' and is a mathematical genius.

Ceinwen Rowlands Studied in London with the likes of W. Matthews-Williams, Mable Kelly and H. Plunket Greene. Premier UK oratorio soprano of her age!

Sir Charles Evans Second in command of the Everest expedition of 1953. Was in fact the first choice for accent to the summit but was defeated by bad weather. Had he done so, he would have achieved all the fame that Edmund Hillary received. In 1955 he led the Khan Chen Junga...

Dafydd Wigley One of the most respected political leaders of modern Wales. Voted hardest working MP by the house of commons magazine.

Daniel Owen Notable welsh writer, famous for his Welsh language novels, such as Rhys Lewis, Enoc Huws, Gwen Tomos and Y Dreflan.

Dave Cooke Dave and Jill Cooke founded Operation Christmas Child (OCC) in 1990 to send gifts and supplies in Shoe boxes to children in Romanian orphanages.

Dr Morien Huws He was a poet and a Calvinistic/Methodist preacher and contributed to many Welsh/American journals.

Edward Eaton Pirating with captain harris in the caribbean.

Edward II Edward of Caernarvon (as his contemporaries knew him) was the first heir to the England and Wales throne to be styled 'Prince of Wales'. A Plantagonet, he was perhaps one of the most disliked, unsuccessful leaders England has known.

Edwin Hughes 'Balaclava Ned'. He died in 1927, the last survivor of the Charge of The Light Brigade at Balaclava in the Crimea.

Elihu Yale Founded Yale University