List of Famous people born in Wales, United Kingdom
Mark Webster
Mark Webster is a Welsh former professional darts player. Nicknamed Webby and The Spider, he played in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. Webster began his career on the British Darts Organisation (BDO) circuit, winning the BDO World Championship in 2008. He became a full-time professional in 2009, having previously been a fully qualified registered plumber.
Nicole Cooke
Nicole Denise Cooke, MBE is a Welsh former professional road bicycle racer and Commonwealth, Olympic and World road race champion. At Beijing in 2008 she became the first British woman to win a Gold Olympic medal in any cycling discipline. Cooke announced her retirement from the sport on 14 January 2013 at the age of 29.
John Toshack
John Benjamin Toshack MBE is a Welsh former professional football player and manager.
Jason Hughes
Jason Hughes is a Welsh actor known for playing the lawyer Warren Jones in the BBC TV series This Life from 1996 to 1997, and as Detective Sergeant Ben Jones in Midsomer Murders between 2005 and 2013.
Blue Weaver
Derek John "Blue" Weaver is a Welsh keyboardist, session musician, songwriter and record producer.
Aitor Ariño
Aitor Ariño Bengoechea is a Welsh-born Spanish handball player for FC Barcelona Lassa and the Spanish national team.
Samuel Pearse
Samuel George Pearse, VC, MM was an Australian recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. Serving in the Australian Imperial Force during the First World War, he saw action during the final weeks of the Gallipoli Campaign in 1915 and later on the Western Front from 1916 to 1918. Following the Armistice he fought as part of the North Russia Relief Force with the British Army during the North Russia Campaign in 1919. He was killed after charging a machine gun post during an action at Emtsa, in North Russia, for which he was posthumously awarded the Victoria Cross.
Ben Flower
Ben Flower is a Welsh professional rugby league footballer who plays as a prop for the Leigh Centurions in the Betfred Super League, and has played for Wales at international level.
Owen Teale
Owen Teale is a Welsh actor known for his role as Ser Alliser Thorne in the HBO fantasy TV series Game of Thrones.
Shane Williams
Shane Mark Williams, is a Welsh rugby union player most famous for his long and successful tenure as a wing for the Ospreys and the Wales national team. He also played scrum-half on occasion. Williams is the record try scorer for Wales, and is fourth on the international list of leading rugby union test try scorers behind Daisuke Ohata, Bryan Habana and David Campese. He is Wales' most capped winger and is considered to be one of the greatest wingers of all time.