From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This is an alphabetical list of Welsh women.
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Jane Aaron (born 1951), literature scholar, researcher, non-fiction writer
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Janet Ackland (born 1938), bowler
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Helen Adams (born 1978), television personality
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Sian Adey-Jones (born 1957), model, actress
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Wendy Albiston (born 1969), actress
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Jessica Allen (born 1989), racing cyclist
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Jan Anderson (born 1974), actress
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Elizabeth Andrews (1882–1960), suffragist, writer
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Josie d'Arby (born 1972), actress, writer, television presenter
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Jane Arden (1927–1982), film director, actress, screenwriter, playwright, poet
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Kim Ashfield (born 1959), model
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Laura Ashley (1925–1985), fashion designer
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Tiffany Atkinson (born 1972), poet, educator
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Trezza Azzopardi (born 1961), widely translated novelist, short story writer, author of
The Hiding Place
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Janet Ackland (born 1938), bowler
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Emilia Baeyertz (1842–1926), Christian missionary
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Mary Balogh (born 1944), Welsh-Canadian historical novelist
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Iona Banks (1920–2008), actress
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Elinor Barker (born 1994), racing cyclist
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Lorraine Barrett (born 1950), politician
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Rachel Barrett (1874–1953), suffragette, newspaper editor
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Shirley Bassey (born 1937), singer
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Anne Beale (1816–1900), popular novelist, poet, children's writer
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Remy Beasley (active since 2015), actress
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Eirlys Bellin (active since 2000s), actress
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Anna Maria Bennett (c.1750–1808), novelist
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Jane Brereton (1685–1740), English-language poet
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Tara Bethan (born 1984), actress, singer
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Bridget Bevan (1698–1779), educationalist and public benefactor
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Ruth Bidgood (born 1922), poet
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Joyce Bland (1906–1963), film actress
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Cate Le Bon (born 1983), singer-songwriter
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Di Botcher (active since 1986), actress
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Ffion Bowen (born 1991), rugby union player
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Nan Braunton (1895–1978), actress
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Jane Brereton (1685–1740), poet, contributor to
The Gentleman's Magazine
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Becky Brewerton (born 1982), golfer
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Rhoda Broughton (1840–1920), novelist, short story writer
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Mia Arnesby Brown (1867–1931), painter
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Eleanor Bufton (1842–1893), actress
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Fanny Bulkeley-Owen (1845–1927), historian, writer
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Frances Bunsen (1791–1876), painter, writer
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Eleanor Bufton (active since 2004), actress
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Betsi Cadwaladr (1789–1860), nurse in the Crimean War
- Julia Callan-Thompson (1944–1979), model, designer, socialite
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Saint Callwen (6th century), Christian saint
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Saint Canna (6th century), nun
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Nia Caron (active since 1980s), Welsh-language actress
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Emma Catherwood (born 1981), actress, model
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Emma Catherwood (1968), actress
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Catrin ferch Gruffudd ap Hywel (
fl. 1555), poet
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Jane Cave (c.1754–1812), English-language poet
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Christine Chapman (born 1956), politician
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Brenda Chamberlain (1912–1971), artist, poet
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Kara Chesworth (born 1972), racing cyclist
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Shefali Chowdhury (born 1988), actress
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Sybil Christopher (1929–2013), actress, theatre director
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Charlotte Church (born 1986), singer
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Gillian Clarke (born 1937), poet, playwright, translator, broadcaster
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Hafina Clwyd (1936–2011), educator, writer
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Grace Coddington (born 1941), fashion writer, director of
Vogue, memoirist
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Lu Corfield (active since 2012), actress
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Nicole Cooke (born 1983), racing cyclist
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Glenys Cour (born 1924), painter, stained glass artist
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Shân Cothi (born 1965), singer, actress
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Margaret Courtenay (1923–1996), actress, singer, entertainer
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Elinor Crawley (born 1991), actress
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Leila Crerar (active since 1980s), actress
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Jasmine Cresswell (born 1941), best selling novelist
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Katie Curtis (born 1988), road and track cyclist
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Fflur Dafydd (born 1978), novelist, playwright, poet, singer, writes in Welsh and English
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Hannah Daniel (born 1986), actress
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Lisa Lee Dark (born 1981), opera singer, voice actress
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Jennifer Daniel (born 1936), film actress
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Alexa Davies (born 1995), actress
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Catherine Glyn Davies (1926–2007), historian, translator
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Clara Novello Davies (1861–1943), singer and conductor
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Deddie Davies (born 1938), actress
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Deborah Kay Davies, contemporary poet, novelist, educator
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Edna Davies (1905–1969), actress
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Gwendoline Davies (1882–1951), philanthropist, arts patron
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Jocelyn Davies (born 1959), politician
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Karen Davies (born 1965), golfer
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Llewela Davies (1871–1952), pianist and composer
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Lynette Davies (1948–1993), actress
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Margaret Davies (fl. 1700s), poet, scribe
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Margaret Davies (1884–1963), arts patron
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Mary Davies (1855–1930), mezzo-soprano
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Mary Davies (1846–1882), poet
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Nina Davies (born 1974), racing cyclist
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Phoebe Davies (1864–1912), Welsh-born American actress
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Rachel Davies (1846–1915), lecturer and evangelist preacher
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Rose Davies (1882–1958), teacher, activist, politician
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Valerie Davies (1912–2001), swimmer
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Rebecca De Filippo (born 1994), rugby union player
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Cherry Dee (born 1987), model
- Sophie Dee (born 1984), pornographic actress
- Jen Delyth (born 1962), specializing in Celtic symbolism
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Myrtle Devenish (1913–2007), actress
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Marina Diamandis (born 1985), singer-songwriter
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Amy Dillwyn (1845–1935), novelist, industrialist
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Thereza Dillwyn Llewelyn, photographer, astronomer
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Leila Crerar (born 1984), actress
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Aimée Ann Duffy (born 1984), singer, songwriter
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Ruth Dunning (1911–1983), actress
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Aimee-Ffion Edwards (born 1987), actress
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Mary Anne Edmunds (1813–1858), educator
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Donna Edwards (born 1963), actress
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Dorothy Edwards (1903–1934), novelist, short story writer
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Fanny Winifred Edwards (1876–1959), schoolteacher, children's writer, dramatist
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Maudie Edwards (1906–1991), actress, singer, comedian
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Rhian Edwards (active from 2000s), poet
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Sarah Edwards (1881–1965), Welsh born American actress
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Sara Edwards (born 1961), broadcast journalist, television presenter
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Elen Egryn (1807–1897), Welsh-language poet
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Menna Elfyn (born 1952), Welsh-language poet, playwright, columnist, editor, poetry widely translated
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Gillian Elisa (born 1953), actress, singer, comedian
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Amy Evans (1884–1983), soprano, actress
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Peg Entwistle (1908–1932), actress
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Claire Evans (born 1983), model
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Christine Evans (born 1943), poet
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Elen Evans (born 1985), rugby union player
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Jennifer Evans (active since 2004), actress
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Kate Williams Evans (1866–1961), suffragette and activist for women's rights
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Laura Evans (active since 1990s), actress, singer, songwriter
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Margiad Evans (1909–1958), poet, novelist
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Mary Evans (1735–1789), sect leader
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Maxine Evans (born 1966), actress
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Sophie Evans (born 1993), singer, actress
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Laura Evans-Williams (1883–1944), soprano
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Pam Ferris (born 1948), actress
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Catrin Finch (born 1980), harpist
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Ilora Finlay, Baroness Finlay of Llandaff (born 1949), physician, politician
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Catherine Fisher (born 1957), novelist, poet, broadcaster
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Connie Fisher (born 1983), actress, singer
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Laura Ford (born 1961), sculptor
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Rosemarie Frankland (1943–2000), actress, model
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Jane Freeman (born 1921), actress
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Jocelyn Freeman (born 1986), pianist
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Kathleen Freeman (1897–1959), classicist
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Liz Fuller (born 1975), television presenter, actress, model
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Menna Gallie (1919–1990), novelist, translator
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Valerie Ganz (1936–2015), painter
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Jacqui Gasson (active since 1988), lord mayor of Cardiff
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Beti George (born 1939), journalist and broadcaster
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Seren Gibson (born 1988), model
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Sian Gibson (born 1976), actress, writer
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Olive Gilbert (1898–1981), singer, actress
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Annabel Giles (born 1950), broadcaster, best selling novelist, actress
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Julia Gillard (born 1961), Australian prime minister
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Mary Dilys Glynne (1895–1991), plant pathologist, mountaineer
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Julie Gould (born 1989), swimmer
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Helen Grace (active since 2004), film director
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Janice Gregory (born 1955), politician
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Sara Gregory (born 1986), actress
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Clare Greenwood (born 1958), cyclist
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Elizabeth Griffith (1727–1793), writer
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Helen Griffin (active since the 1980s), actress, writer
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Ann Griffiths (1776–1805), religious poet, hymn writer
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Lesley Griffiths (born 1960), politician
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Amy Guy (born 1983), model
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Lady Charlotte Guest (1812–1895), aristocrat and translator
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Bethan Gwanas, pen name of Bethan Evans (born 1962), Welsh-language novelist, children's writer
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Saint Gwenfyl (fl. 6th century), Christian saint
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Lowri Gwilym (1954––2010), television and radio producer
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Eirwen Gwynn (1916–2007), nationalist, writer, teacher and scientist
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Gwenllian ferch Gruffydd (1097–1137), Princess Consort of Deheubarth
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Gwenllian of Wales (1282–1337), daughter of
Llywelyn ap Gruffudd
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Gwerful Fychan (fl. 1420–1490), Welsh-language poet
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Denise Gyngell (born 1961), singer, actress, model
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Cerys Hale (born 1993), rugby union player
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Holly Hale (born 1990), model
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Augusta Hall, Baroness Llanover (1802–1896), arts patron
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Nina Hamnett (1890–1956), painter
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Doris Hare (1905–2000), actress, singer
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Mali Harries (born c.1976), actress
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Edwina Hart (born 1957), politician
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Ann Hatton (1764–1838), novelist
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Myfanwy Haycock (1913–1963), poet, artist, broadcaster
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Angela Hazeldine (born 1981), actress, musician
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Venissa Head (born 1956), track and field athlete
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Anneliese Heard (born 1981), cyclist
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Georgia Henshaw (born 1993), actress
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Deirdre Hine (born 1937), physician
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Sally Hodge (born 1966), cyclist
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Frances Hoggan (1843–1927), physician, first female doctor registered in Wales
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Sophie Holland (active since 2000s), actress
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Karen Holford (active since 1990), engineer and professor
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Nichola Hope (born 1975), painter, writer, silhouettist
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Sarah Hope (born 1975), twin sister of Nichola, painter, writer, actress
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Mary Hopkin (born 1950), singer
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Sally El Hosaini (born 1976), film director, writer
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Ray Howard-Jones (1903–1996),
Berkshire-born artist who lived in
Penarth from an early age
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Ann Harriet Hughes (1852–1910), Welsh-language novelist, poet
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Ellen Hughes (1867–1927), Welsh-language writer, suffragist, temperance reformer
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Megan Hughes (born 1977), cyclist
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Nerys Hughes (born 1941), actress
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Judith Humphreys (born 1988), actress
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Ellen Hunter (born 1968), cyclist
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Ruth Hussey, from 2012 to 2014: Chief Medical Officer for Wales
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Jane Hutt (born 1949), politician
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Joan Hutt (1913–1985),
Hertfordshire-born painter who moved to live in
North Wales in 1949
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Emily Huws (born 1942), Welsh-language children's writer
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Katrina Jacks (born 1986), rower
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Angharad James (1677–1749), poet and harpist
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Becky James (born 1991), cyclist
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Irene James (born 1952), politician
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Jynine James (born 1972), actress, singer
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Maria James (1793–1868), Welsh-born American poet
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Stephanie James (born 1985), actress
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Kate Jarman (born 1980), actress
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Ruth Jên (born 1964), painter, illustrator
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Katherine Jenkins (born 1980), singer
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Kathryn Jenkins (1961–2009), scholar and writer of Welsh hymns
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Joan, Lady of Wales (c.1191–1237), wife of Llywelyn the Great
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Gwen John (1876–1939), painter
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Margaret John (1926–2011), actress
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Glynis Johns (1923–2024), actress, pianist, singer
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Alex Jones (born 1977), television presenter
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Alice Gray Jones (1852–1943), writer, editor
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Ann Jones (born 1953), politician
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Della Jones (born 1946), singer
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Dora Herbert Jones (1890–1974), administrator and singer
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Elin Jones (born 1966), politician
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Elizabeth Jane Louis Jones (1889–1952), scholar
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Frances Môn Jones (1919–2000), harpist and teacher
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Gwyneth Jones (born 1936), singer
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Iona Jones (active since 1986), broadcaster, television executive
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Louise Jones (born 1963), cyclist
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Mai Jones (1899–1960) songwriter, entertainer and radio producer
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Mary Jones (1896–1990), actress
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Mary Lloyd Jones (born 1934), painter, printmaker
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Mary Vaughan Jones (1918–1983), children's writer, teacher
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Ruth Jones (born 1966), actress, writer
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Ruth Jones, Labour Party politician
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Sue Jones-Davies (born 1949), actress, singer
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Margaret Lacey (1910–1989), actress, ballet teacher
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Kate Lambert (active since 2000s), model, fashion designer
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Sarah Lark (born 1983), singer, actress
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Lisa Lazarus (born 1987), model, actress
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Nancy Lee (born 1970), Welsh-born short story writer, novelist, now in Canada
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Ruby Levick (c.1872–1940), sculptor
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Donna Lewis (born 1973), singer, musician
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Eiluned Lewis (1900–1979), novelist, poet, journalist
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Emmeline Lewis Lloyd (1827–1913), mountaineer
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Gwyneth Lewis (born 1959), Welsh-language poet, national poet of Wales, also writes in English
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Princess Lilian, Duchess of Halland (1915–2013), fashion model, Swedish princess
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Danielle Lineker (born 1979), actress, model
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Betsan Llwyd, actress, since 2012, Arts Director of Bara Caws
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Margaret Lloyd (1709–1762), Moravian missionary
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Mary Lloyd (1819–1896), sculptor
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Mary Lloyd Jones (born 1934), painter
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Sian Lloyd (born 1972), news presenter
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Siân Lloyd (born 1958), weather presenter
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Angharad Llwyd (1780–1866), antiquary
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Eirian Llwyd (1951–2014), artist
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Martha Llwyd (1766–1845), poet, hymnist
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Jemma Lowe (born 1990), swimmer
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Georgia Mackenzie (born 1973), actress
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Margaret Mackworth, 2nd Viscountess Rhondda (1883–1958), businesswoman and suffragette
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Ruth Madoc (born 1943), actress, singer
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Sharon Maguire (born 1960), film director
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Ruth Manning-Sanders (1886–1988), poet, children's writer
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Edith Mansell Moullin (1859–1941), suffragist
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Deborah Manship (born 1953), actress
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Ursula Masson (1945–2008), educator, literature researcher, non-fiction writer
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Cerys Matthews (born 1969), singer, songwriter, broadcaster, writer
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Gwerful Mechain (c.1460–1502), early Welsh-language poet
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Nia Medi, since 2005, Welsh-language novelist, actress
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Leila Megàne (1891–1960), opera singer
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Sandy Mewies (born 1950), politician
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Dorothy Miles (1931–1993), poet, wrote in English and sign language
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Ruby Miller (born 1992), cyclist
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Tracey Moberly (born 1964), multidisciplinary artist
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Ann Moray (1909–1981), novelist, short story writer, singer
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Becky Morgan (born 1974), golfer
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Chloe-Beth Morgan (born 1986), model
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Diana Morgan (1908–1996), playwright, screenwriter
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Elaine Morgan (1920–2013), playwright, non-fiction writer
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Elaine Morgan (born 1960), singer
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Elizabeth Morgan (born 1930), actress, writer
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Gwenllian Elizabeth Fanny Morgan (1852–1939), mayor, antiquarian
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Helen Morgan (born 1952), model
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Kate Alicia Morgan (born 1983), model, actress
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Sally Moore (born 1962), painter
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Beth Morris (born 1949), actress
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Siwan Morris (born 1976), actress
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Moelona, pen name of Elizabeth Mary Jones (1877–1953), Welsh-language novelist, children's writer, translator
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Elena Puw Morgan (1900–1973), Welsh-language novelist, children's writer
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Eluned Morgan (1870–1938), Welsh-language author from
Patagonia, travel writer, non-fiction writer
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Kate Alicia Morgan (born 1983), model
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Sharon Morgan (born 1949), actress
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Kay Morley-Brown (born 1963), athlete
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Kelly Morgan (born 1975), badminton player
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Penelope Mortimer (1918–1999), journalist, biographer, novelist
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Sophie Moulds (born 1992), model
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Wendy Mulford (born 1941), poet, feminist
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Catherine Murphy (born 1975), athlete
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Eve Myles (born 1978), actress
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Pixie O'Harris (1903–1991), Welsh-born Australian artist, poet, autobiographer, illustrator
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Tessie O'Shea (1913–1997), stand-up comedian
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Angharad ferch Owain (1065–1162), queen of Gwynedd
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Bethan Ellis Owen (active since 1990s), actress
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Lucy Owen (born 1970), television news reader
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Mary Owen (1796–1875), hymnwriter
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Meg Wynn Owen (born 1939), actress
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Morfydd Llwyn Owen (1891–1918), composer, pianist and singer
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Suzanne Packer (born 1958), actress
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Joanna Page (born 1978), actress
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Lisa Palfrey (active since 1990s), actress
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Davinia Palmer (born 1980), television presenter, voice-over artist, now in the United States
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Stephanie Parker (1987–2009), actress
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Molly Parkin (born 1932), painter, novelist, journalist
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Blanche Parry (1507–1590), personal attendant of Queen Elizabeth I
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Sarah Winifred Parry (1870–1953), writer
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Caryl Parry Jones (born 1958), singer, songwriter, actress, composer
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Amy Parry-Williams (1910–1988), singer, writer
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Karen Paullada (active since 2000s), actress
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Sarah Payne, probation executive
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Allison Pearson (born 1960), journalist, writer
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Jessie Penn-Lewis (1861–1927), evangelist, religious writer, magazine publisher
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Anne Penny (1729–1784), poet
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Mary Penry (1735–1804), Moravian sister in Pennsylvania
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Kelly-Louise Pesticcio (born 1974), beauty pageant winner
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Pauline Peters (born 1896), actress
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Pascale Petit (born 1953), poet
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Karen Paullada (active since 2009), actress
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Carys Phillips (born 1992), rugby union player
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Lauren Phillips (born 1981), actress
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Mary Elizabeth Phillips (1875–1956), medical doctor
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Siân Phillips (born 1933), actress
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Jayne Pierson (active since 2009), fashion designer
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Eleanor Pilgrim (born 1977), golfer
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Katherine Philips (1632–1664), poet, translator
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Victoria Plucknett (born 1953), actress
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Annie Powell (1906–1986), politician
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Shona Powell Hughes (born 1991), rugby union player
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Angharad Price, novelist since 1999, academic
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Dilys Price (1932–2020), educator and parachutist
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Maria Pride (born 1970), actress
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Myfanwy Pryce (1890–1976), novelist
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Allen Raine, pen name of Anne Adalisa Beynon Puddicombe (1836–1908), novelist, wrote in English and Welsh
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Elizabeth Randles (c.1801–1829), harpist and pianist
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Susannah Jane Rankin (1897–1989), minister, educator, translator
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Helen Raynor (born 1972), television screenwriter, script editor, playwright
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Cara Readle (born 1991), actress
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Angharad Rees (1944–2012), actress
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Deryn Rees-Jones, since 1994, poet, essayist
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Dorothy Rees (1898–1987), Labour Party politician
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Sarah Jane Rees (1839–1916), teacher, poet, temperance campaigner
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Shelley Rees (active since 1990s), actress
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Yvette Rees (active in the 1960s and 1970s), actress
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Sian Reese-Williams (born 1981), actress
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Nicola Reynolds (born 1972), actress
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Beti Rhys (1907–2003), bookseller and author
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Elen Rhys (active since 2011), actress
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Nest ferch Rhys (1085–1136), princess of
Deheubarth
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Shani Rhys James (born 1953),
Australia-born painter, moved to Wales after graduation
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Mandy Rice-Davies (1944–2014), model, showgirl, writer
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Ceri Richards (1903–1971), painter
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Nansi Richards (1888–1979), harpist
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Rosalind Richards (active since 2000s), actress
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Mandy Rice-Davies (born 1986), actress
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Alexandra Roach (born 1987), actress
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Beth Robert (active since 1987), actress
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Kate Roberts (1891–1985), leading Welsh-language novelist, short story writer
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Nia Roberts (born 1972), actress
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Rachel Roberts (1927–1980), actress
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Sally Roberts Jones (born 1935), poet, biographer
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Nia Roberts (born 1979), actress
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Beth Robert (born 1979), actress
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Philippa Roles (born 1978), discus thrower
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Ceinwen Rowlands (1905–1983), soprano
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Jane Helen Rowlands (1891–1955), scholar, missionary
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Bernice Rubens (1923–2004), novelist, author of
The Elected Member
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Joan Ruddock (born 1943), politician
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Saint Non (c. 5th–6th century), saint, mother of
Saint David
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Rhian Samuel (born 1944), composer
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Molly Scott Cato (born 1963), politician, economist
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Lisa Scott-Lee (born 1975), singer
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Helen Sear (born 1955), photographic artist
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Carole Seymour-Jones (born 1963), biographer, columnist, literary non-fiction writer
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Caroline Sheen (born 1976), actress
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Sarah Siddons (1755–1831), actress
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Dorothy Simpson (born 1933), mystery novelist, crime-fiction writer
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Karen Sinclair (born 1952), politician
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Caroline Skeel (1872–1951), historian
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Sylvia Sleigh (1916–2010), Welsh-born American painter
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Dorothy Squires (1915–1998), singer
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Florence Smithson (1884–1936), actress, singer
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Emma Stansfield (born 1978), actress
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Alison Statton (born 1959), singer
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Irene Steer (1889–1947), swimmer
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Jaci Stephen (born 1958), journalist, broadcaster, actress, writer
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Catrin Stewart (born 1988), actress
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Sara Sugarman (born 1962), actress, film director
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Jessica Sula (born 1994), actress
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Jennifer Sullivan (born 1945), children's writer, critic
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Rosie Swale-Pope (born 1946), marathon runner, non-fiction writer
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Alia Syed (born 1964),
Swansea-born artist and filmmaker, now living and working in London
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Myfanwy Talog (1944–1995), actress
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Helen Thomas (1966–1989), peace activist
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Imogen Thomas (born 1982), model
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Louie Myfanwy Thomas (1908–1968), novelist
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Lucy Thomas (1781–1847), businesswoman
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Lynda Thomas (born 1981), musician, singer-songwriter
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Madoline Thomas (1890–1989), actress
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Margaret Thomas (1779–?), hymnwriter
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Queenie Thomas (1898–1977), film actress
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Rachel Thomas (1905–1995), actress
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Sarah Thomas (born 1981), field hockey player
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Sian Thomas (born 1953), actress
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Hester Thrale (1741–1821), diarist
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Lily Tobias (1887–1984), novelist, short story writer, activist
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Angela Tooby (born 1960), athlete, runner
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Susan Tooby (born 1960), athlete, runner
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Catherine Tregenna (active since 2000s), playwright, scriptwriter, actress
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Barbara Margaret Trimble (1921–1995), novelist
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Hayley Tullett (born 1975), athlete, runner
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Bonnie Tyler (born 1951), singer
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Irene Steer (1889–1947), swimmer
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Kirsty Wade (born 1962), athlete, runner
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Helen Wadsworth (born 1964), golfer
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Lucy Walter (c.1630–1658), mistress of Charles I
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Melanie Walters (born 1963), actress
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Jo Walton (born 1964), Welsh-Canadian romance and science fiction novelist, author of
Tooth and Claw
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Anna Laetitia Waring (1823–1910), poet, hymnist
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Myfanwy Waring (born 1974), actress
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Mary Wynne Warner (1932–1998), mathematician
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Elizabeth Andrew Warren (1786–1864), botanist and marine algolologist
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Sarah Waters (born 1966), novelist, author of
Fingersmith
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Elizabeth Watkin-Jones (1877–1966), children's author
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Megan Watts Hughes (1842–1907), singer, songwriter, scientist
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Alis Wen (born 1520), Welsh-language poet
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Olive Wheeler (1886–1963), educationist, psychologist and university lecturer
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Susie Wild (born 1979), novelist, journalist, editor, strong connections with Wales
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Alis Wen (fl. 16th century), poet
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Anna Williams (1706–1783), poet
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Betty Williams, (born 1944), politician
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Buddug Williams (active since the 1990s), actress
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Grace Williams (1906–1977), composer
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Jane Williams (1806–1885), biographer, non-fiction works, many about Wales
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Margaret Lindsay Williams (1888–1960), portrait painter
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Maria Jane Williams (c.1794–1873), musician, folklorist
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Annie Williams (born 1942), still life watercolour painter who grew up in Wales
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Sian Williams (born 1990), rugby union player
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Sue Williams (born 1956), visual artist
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Saint Winifred (fl. 7th century), saint
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Bethan Witcomb (active since 2010), actress
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Katy Wix (born 1980), actress, comedian
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Leanne Wood (born 1971), politician
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Mary Myfanwy Wood (1882–1967), missionary
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Frances Elizabeth Wynne (1835–1907), painter, sketcher
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Sarah Edith Wynne (1849–1897), soprano
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Paula Yates (1959–2000), television presenter, non-fiction writer
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Megan York (born 1987), rugby union player