Famous Welsh People
Terry Kelleher
in a wide range of activities, the arts, entertainment, politics,
sciences, sport, life style, and would be grateful of any nominations,
thanks
Terry Kelleher
Michael J. Rogers
How about Colwyn Bay's Tomothy Dalton, well he was James Bond!
Michael J. Rogers
Has anyone seen the Knowhere Guides?
They are guides compiled by Internet users about places in the UK.
There pages are at www.knowhere.co.uk
Colwyn Bay even has a page which is at www.knowhere.ac.uk/554.html
Back to the subject of the thread, it does have a list of famous residents
and ex-residents of Colwyn Bay.
Da Funkster
Gareth Bathers
people in America,well,not famous welsh people as such,but famus americans
who have some sort of welsh connection......Among these where President
Abraham Lincoln,Bob Hope,Nixon,andy Williams and some more who I can't
remember right now! Don't suppose thats any help anyway!
But we do have:
Tom Jones,
Shirley Bassey,
Timothy Dalton (One of the great James bonds'),
That Actor guy...the one who did silence of the lambs!
Bryn Terfel,
Kylie Minogue has a grandma in South Wales!
I'm sure there are more!
Gareth Bathers
g.ba...@virgin.net
http://bathers.home.ml.org (Rallying,IRC,Links and more!)
ICQ: 3096506
Michael J. Rogers
Dave Owen
Famous Welsh-Americans
The Welsh have left an impact on much of the formation and continuing
evolvement of the United States. The Declaration of Independence, that most
famous of documents, was drafted by Thomas Jefferson. He, and sixteen others
of Welsh descent, signed the document ushering in a new era in the world.
The Captain of the Mayflower was a Welshman
Signers of the Declaration of Independence:
John Adams, William Floyd, Button Gwinnett, Benjamine Harrison, Stephen
Hopkins
Samuel Adams, John Penn, Richard Henry Lee, Francis Lewis, Lewis Morris
Robert Morris, John Morton, William Williams, Arthur Middleton, Francis
Henry Lightfoot Lee
Presidents of the United States:
John Adams Thomas Jefferson James Madison James Monroe John Q. Adams William
Harrison Abraham Lincoln James Garfield Benjamin Harrison Calvin Coolidge
Richard Milhous Nixon
Vice Presidents:
John Nance Garner Richard Milhous Nixon Hubert Horatio Humphrey
Secretaries of State:
Daniel Webster William H. Seward George Catlett Marshall (also General of
the Armies in WWII)
Chief Justice, U.S. Supreme Court:
John Marshall Charles Evans Hughes Roger Brook Taney
Some famous Welsh-Americans, and Welsh-Welsh:
Samuel Adams, One of the founders of Harvard University Elihu Yale, One of
the founders of Yale University
Herman Humphreys, One of the founders of Amherst University Morgan Edwards,
One of the founders of Brown University
Samuel Jones, One of the founders of Brown University
Morgan Lewis, One of the founders of New York University
Rowland Ellis, One of the founders of Bryn Mawr College
William Penn, Founder of Pennsylvania
Roger Williams, Founder of Rhode Island
Jefferson Davis, President of the Confederacy Robert E. Lee, General of the
Confederate Armies
Goronwy Owen, Poet & classical scholar, Headmaster William & Mary College
Richard Price, Philospher and Actuary
John Lloyd Stevens, Archaelogist, re-discoverer of the ancient Mayas
Merriwether Lewis, Leader of Lewis and Clark Expedition
William Dean Howells, Author, critic, and editor
Henry M. Stanley, (Born John Rowlands), newspaper man who "found" Dr.
Livingston
Oliver Evans, One of the pioneers of Fulton's steamboat
David Wark Griffiths, Pioneer motion picture producer Frank Lloyd Wright,
Architect Luther Hammond Lewis, Founder of Big Brother Movement
John L. Lewis, Pioneer Labor Movement leader
Norman Thomas, Socialist Leader
Lowell Thomas, Radio commentator and explorer
John Hughson Jones M.B.E., Contemporary Welsh Culture leader
Bob Hope, Hollywood and T.V. (son of Agnes Townes, Welsh concert singer)
William George Fargo, Founder of Wells, Fargo Express Co.
Daniel Protheroe, Composer of religious music Richard Burton, Actor and
movie star
Sir Anthony Hopkins, Actor and Director, (Silence of the Lambs)
John Rhys Davies, Actor and movie star
Dr. Joseph Parry, Composer (wrote hymn Aberystwyth)
Daniel Boone, Frontiersman
Harold Lloyd, Silent screen comedian
Thomas L. Thomas, Baritone Concert singer
David Elwyn Thomas, Singer and actor
Ray Milland, Actor and Movie Star
Jack Daniel, of Jack Daniel's Bourbon fame Evan Williams, maker of that
famous bourbon
Ellis Potter Earle, founder of Chase Manhatten Bank and financier of the
Empire State Bldg. (Initials of E.S. on building refer to Earle & Smith)
Contributed by his grandson.
Gareth Bathers wrote in message
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Mair Edwards
Dave Owen wrote in message <6pdaqv$2ji$1...@nclient5-gui.server.virgin.net>...
>How about
>
>
>Famous Welsh-Americans etc.etc. etc.
I thought the original message asked for contemporary Welsh people .....
Mair
Dave Owen
But how about Leslie Nielsen? His mother was Welsh.
Mair Edwards wrote in message <#mvOUrBu9GA.259@upnetnews05>...
David Bloomfield
> I am trying to compile a list of well-known contemporary Welsh achievers
> in a wide range of activities, the arts, entertainment, politics,
> sciences, sport, life style, and would be grateful of any nominations,
Jonathan Pryce (actor)
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David Bloomfield <dave @ above address>
Bath, UK
Mair Edwards
people who were born in Wales? live in Wales? speak Welsh? had a distant
relative who came from Wales? "of Welsh descent"? moved to live in Wales
during childhood but then moved away again? And does their accomplishment
have to be recognised outside Wales for it to count - or do people who are
'just famous' within their own country count (because in some cases their
accomplishment/contribution has been phenomenal)?
Dave Owen wrote in message <6peuho$fg6$1...@nclient5-gui.server.virgin.net>...
David Jones
Terry Kelleher wrote in message ...
>in a wide range of activities, the arts, entertainment, politics,
>sciences, sport, life style, and would be grateful of any nominations,
>
>Terry Kelleher
>
Michael Heseltine
David Jones
Alec Owen
> >But how about Leslie Nielsen? His mother was Welsh.
A Owen
Toronto
Bryan K
>> >Sorry!
>> >But how about Leslie Nielsen? His mother was Welsh.
>
>Who was or is Leslie Nielsen?
Airplane? Naked Gun? Umm. Rent-a-Kid? Loads of films.
Bryan Kennerley bry...@globalnet.co.uk
Home Page of news:uk.local.north-wales
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Alun Williams
Bryan K wrote in message <6pqbur$pfq$1...@heliodor.xara.net>...
>>Who was or is Leslie Nielsen?
>
>Airplane? Naked Gun? Umm. Rent-a-Kid? Loads of films.
Nothing as exotic as that I'm afraid Bryan. Leslie Neilsen was the bloke
who swindled Barrings Bank, the UK's oldest merchant bank, out of millions
in 1996 by running up huge losses on the Far East stock markets. He fled
Singapore and was arrested by the Germans in Frankfurt and extradited back
to Singapore where he was sentenced to six years for fraud etc.
Barrings collapsed and was bought out for £1 by the Dutch banking company,
ING and tonight's C4 news reports that Leslie Neilsen been admitted to
hospital suffering from colan and bowel cancer (the bloke is in his mid
30s). Incidentally, one of my colleagues at work her uncle was Neilsen's
boss at Barrings in Singapore, and the whole family is waiting with keen
interest to see who will portray him in the forthcoming Hollywood
blockbuster!!
Alun Williams
Alun Williams wrote in message <35ca2...@news2.mcmail.com>...
>Nothing as exotic as that I'm afraid Bryan. Leslie Neilsen was the bloke
Sorry guys!!! Talking out of my arse there!! I was thinking of Nick Leeson
and I got him confused with the white haired chap who starred along OJ
Simpson in the Naked Gun films!!!
Gareth Hughes
> >>Who was or is Leslie Nielsen?
> >
> >Airplane? Naked Gun? Umm. Rent-a-Kid? Loads of films.
Spot on, Bryan. He's a very funny bloke, and until now I had no idea
that he has Welsh connections! You learn something new every day around here!
Unfortunately, your correct response was followed by this load of tripe ....
The message <35ca2...@news2.mcmail.com>
from "Alun Williams" <alun.wil...@mcmail.com> contains these words:
> Nothing as exotic as that I'm afraid Bryan. Leslie Neilsen was the bloke
> who swindled Barrings Bank, the UK's oldest merchant bank, out of millions
> in 1996 by running up huge losses on the Far East stock markets. He fled
> Singapore and was arrested by the Germans in Frankfurt and extradited back
> to Singapore where he was sentenced to six years for fraud etc.
> Barrings collapsed and was bought out for £1 by the Dutch banking company,
> ING and tonight's C4 news reports that Leslie Neilsen been admitted to
> hospital suffering from colan and bowel cancer (the bloke is in his mid
> 30s). Incidentally, one of my colleagues at work her uncle was Neilsen's
> boss at Barrings in Singapore, and the whole family is waiting with keen
> interest to see who will portray him in the forthcoming Hollywood
> blockbuster!!
DUH! I think you might find that this was Nick Leeson - different
name, different nationality, about half Leslie Neilsen's age, looks
completely different, but apart from that I can see how you confused
the two. NOT.
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Alun Williams
Gareth Hughes (Usenet) wrote in message
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>Unfortunately, your correct response was followed by this load of tripe
....
The message <35ca2...@news2.mcmail.com>
> from "Alun Williams" <alun.wil...@mcmail.com> contains these words:
>
>> Nothing as exotic as that I'm afraid Bryan. Leslie Neilsen was the bloke
>> who swindled Barrings Bank, the UK's oldest merchant bank, out of
millions
Bloody hell Gareth!! Give me some credit!! You're quite right I did
confuse the two, but if you actually read the NG before you posted you will
have noticed that I corrected myself in my message timed at 22.50 (30 mins
after my original post) and your message was posted at 00.48.
Unlike others when I make an arse of things I own up to it!!
Gareth Hughes
from "Alun Williams" <alun.wil...@mcmail.com> contains these words:
> Bloody hell Gareth!! Give me some credit!! You're quite right I did
> confuse the two, but if you actually read the NG before you posted you will
> have noticed that I corrected myself in my message timed at 22.50 (30 mins
> after my original post) and your message was posted at 00.48.
> Unlike others when I make an arse of things I own up to it!!
Yup, I put my hands up to that little cock-up! I think that I must
have downloaded a news packet sometime between your two posts, and
then got your second one when I dialled in next (which is when my
premature reply was uploaded)! That's what happens when you work with
news off-line!
SORRY! :)
Alun Williams
>Yup, I put my hands up to that little cock-up! I think that I must
>have downloaded a news packet sometime between your two posts, and
>then got your second one when I dialled in next (which is when my
>premature reply was uploaded)! That's what happens when you work with
>news off-line!
>
>SORRY! :)
>
Thank you Gareth!! Much appreciated :))