List of Famous people born in Wales, United Kingdom

Sir Terence Hedley Matthews is a Welsh-Canadian business magnate, serial high-tech entrepreneur, and Wales' first billionaire. He was the richest man in Wales until 2012, when he was surpassed by Sir Michael Moritz.

Robin Llwyd ab Owain is an author, national award winning poet, and Wikipedian. He won the chair at the National Eisteddfod of Wales in 1991 at Mold for a poem titled "Merch Ein Amserau". In 2013, he was appointed Wikimedia UK's first Wales Manager.

Andrew Piran Bell is a Welsh singer, songwriter, musician, record producer, and DJ. He is best known for his work with the bands Ride, Hurricane #1, Oasis, and Beady Eye.

Matthew Rowe is a Welsh racing cyclist.

Llŷr Ifans is a Welsh actor, born in Ruthin, Denbighshire.

Alastair Preston Reynolds is a British science fiction author. He specialises in hard science fiction and space opera. He spent his early years in Cornwall, moved back to Wales before going to Newcastle University, where he read physics and astronomy. Afterwards, he earned a PhD in astrophysics from the University of St Andrews. In 1991, he moved to Noordwijk in the Netherlands where he met his wife Josette. There, he worked for the European Space Research and Technology Centre until 2004 when he left to pursue writing full-time. He returned to Wales in 2008 and lives near Cardiff.

Keith Griffiths RIBA FHKIA is a British architect who founded and chairs Aedas. Since 1983 and for most of his career he has resided in Hong Kong.

Rhys Williams, is a Welsh professional track and field athlete, specializing in the 400 m hurdles. He is a previous European champion in the event.

Benjamin Obadiah Iqbal Zephaniah is a British writer, dub poet and Rastafarian. He was included in The Times list of Britain's top 50 post-war writers in 2008.

Kevin Edward Allen is a British actor, director, producer and writer. Allen came to prominence with the 1991 BBC film On the March with Bobby's Army, and for writing and directing his debut feature film, Twin Town, in 1997. He directed and co-wrote the movie adaptation of Dylan Thomas' "Under Milk Wood", submitted for Best Foreign Language Film at the 2015 Oscars ceremony but not nominated, the Hollywood feature films, The Big Tease and Agent Cody Banks 2: Destination London, and the first series of ITV's Benidorm, along with numerous other films and documentaries.