100 Notable alumni of
Aberystwyth University
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Aberystwyth University is 589th in the world, 219th in Europe, and 47th in the United Kingdom by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 100 notable alumni from Aberystwyth University sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.
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Charles III of the United Kingdom
- Enrolled in Aberystwyth University
- Studied in 1969
- Occupations
- entrepreneurpoliticianphilanthropisthelicopter pilotpolo player
- Biography
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Charles III is King of the United Kingdom and the 14 other Commonwealth realms since 8 September 2022.
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Alex Jones
- Occupations
- television presenter
- Biography
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Charlotte Alexandra Jones is a Welsh television presenter, best known for co-presenting the BBC One magazine programme The One Show. She presented Tumble (2014), Close Calls: On Camera (2015–2016) and Shop Well for Less? (2016–2020).
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Gareth Jones
- Occupations
- journalist
- Biography
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Gareth Richard Vaughan Jones was a Welsh journalist who in March 1933 first reported in the Western world, without equivocation and under his own name, the existence of the Soviet famine of 1930–1933, including the Holodomor and the Asharshylyk.
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Rachel Roberts
- Occupations
- stage actorfilm actor
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Rachel Roberts was a British actress. She is best remembered for her screen performances as the older mistress of the central male characters in both Saturday Night and Sunday Morning (1960) and This Sporting Life (1963). For each, she won the BAFTA Award for Best British Actress. She was also nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress for This Sporting Life. Her other notable film appearances included Murder on the Orient Express (1974), Picnic at Hanging Rock (1975) and Yanks (1979).
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Neil Hamilton
- Occupations
- politicianbarrister
- Biography
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Mostyn Neil Hamilton is a British politician and former barrister who was leader of the UK Independence Party (UKIP) from 2020 to 2024. He was the Conservative member of parliament (MP) for Tatton from 1983 to 1997 and a UKIP Member of the Senedd (MS) for Mid and West Wales from 2016 to 2021.
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Hishammuddin Hussein
- Occupations
- lawyerpolitician
- Biography
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Hishammuddin bin Hussein is a Malaysian politician and lawyer who served as Senior Minister of the Security Cluster and Minister of Defence from 2021 to 2022. A member of the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO), a component party of the Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition, he has been a Member of Parliament (MP) for Sembrong since 2004, having previously been an MP for Tenggara from 1995 to 2004.
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hbomberguy
- Occupations
- gamervideo essayistYouTubercritic
- Biography
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Harry Brewis, better known as Hbomberguy, is a British YouTuber and Twitch streamer. Brewis produces video essays on a variety of topics such as film, television, and video games; often combining them with arguments from left-wing political and economic positions. He has created videos aimed at debunking conspiracy theories and responding to right-wing and antifeminist arguments.
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Carwyn Jones
- Occupations
- politicianbarrister
- Biography
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Carwyn Howell Jones, Baron Jones of Penybont, PC, is a Welsh politician who served as First Minister of Wales and Leader of Welsh Labour from 2009 to 2018. He previously served as Counsel General for Wales from 2007 to 2009. Jones was the member of the Senedd (MS) for Bridgend from 1999 to 2021. He has been a member of the House of Lords since 2025.
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Frederick Soddy
- Occupations
- professorpharmacistphysicistchemistresearcher
- Biography
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Frederick Soddy FRS was an English radiochemist who explained, with Ernest Rutherford, that radioactivity is due to the transmutation of elements, now known to involve nuclear reactions. He also proved the existence of isotopes of certain radioactive elements. In 1921, he received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry "for his contributions to our knowledge of the chemistry of radioactive substances, and his investigations into the origin and nature of isotopes". Soddy was a polymath who mastered chemistry, nuclear physics, statistical mechanics, finance, and economics.
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Lisa Surihani
- Occupations
- modelactor
- Biography
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Lisa Surihani Mohamed, born 23 March 1986) is a Malaysian actress, model, television host and commercial model. Starting her entertainment career in 1997, at the age of 11, she has appeared in feature films and television shows as well as TV commercials. She has received the Malaysian Film Festival for Best Actress. Her films include Goodbye Boys (2006) I'm Not Single (2008), Kapoww!! (2010), SAM: Saya Amat Mencintaimu (2012) and Ular (2013).
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Dan Jarvis
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Daniel Owen Woolgar Jarvis MBE is a British politician and former Army officer who has served as Minister of State for Security since July 2024, and as Member of Parliament (MP) for Barnsley North, formerly Barnsley Central, since 2011. A member of the Labour and Co-operative Party, he was Mayor of South Yorkshire, formerly Sheffield City Region, from 2018 to 2022. Jarvis served as a member of the Parachute Regiment from 1997 to 2011.
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Ahmed Tejan Kabbah
- Occupations
- politicianeconomist
- Biography
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Alhaji Ahmad Tejan Kabbah was a Sierra Leonean politician who served twice as the 3rd President of Sierra Leone, from 1996 to 1997 and again from 1998 to 2007. An economist and attorney by profession, Kabbah spent many years working for the United Nations Development Programme. He retired from the United Nations and returned to Sierra Leone in 1992.
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Muhriz of Negeri Sembilan
- Enrolled in Aberystwyth University
- Graduated with Bachelor of Laws
- Occupations
- sovereign
- Biography
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Tuanku Muhriz ibni Almarhum Tuanku Munawir is the eleventh Yang di-Pertuan Besar (Chief Ruler) of Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia. He is the only son out of six siblings of royal spouse, the ninth Yang di-Pertuan Besar of Negeri Sembilan Tuanku Munawir and his spouse, Tunku Ampuan Durah.
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Rhodri Meilir
- Occupations
- film actoractortelevision actor
- Biography
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Rhodri Meilir is a Welsh actor. In 2018, he began portraying the role of Dilwyn in the BBC Three series In My Skin.
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Sylvia Hermon
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Sylvia Eileen, Lady Hermon is a retired Unionist politician from Northern Ireland. She served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for the constituency of North Down from 2001 to 2019.
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Rehman Chishti
- Occupations
- politicianbarrister
- Biography
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Atta-Ur-Rehman Chishti is a Pakistani-born British Conservative politician who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Gillingham and Rainham from 2010 until 2024. He was one of 11 candidates in the July 2022 leadership contest to replace Boris Johnson as leader of the Conservative Party and prime minister.
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Steven Woolfe
- Occupations
- politicianbusiness executivebarristerbusinessperson
- Biography
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Steven Marcus Woolfe is a British barrister, writer, commentator and former politician. He is currently the Director of the Centre for Migration & Economic Prosperity, a research think tank studying population and immigration into the UK, Europe and US. He was a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for North West England from 2014 until 2019. From 2014, he was a UKIP MEP, but resigned to become an Independent MEP in October 2016 following his opposition to the party's overly negative policy on immigration. He remained independent until July 2019.
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Jan Pinkava
- Enrolled in Aberystwyth University
- Graduated with Doctor of Philosophy in robotics
- Graduated with bachelor's degree in computer science
- Occupations
- film producerscreenwriterfilm directoranimatorstoryboard artist
- Biography
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Jan Jaroslav Pinkava is a Czech-British-American producer, director, writer, and animator. He directed the Pixar short film Geri's Game and served as co-director and co-wrote the story for Ratatouille, both of which went on to win Oscars.
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Aneirin Hughes
- Occupations
- singeractortelevision actor
- Biography
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Aneirin Hughes is a Welsh actor and singer known for playing Chief Superintendent Brian Prosser in the BBC4 Welsh police drama Hinterland. He won a Best Actor BAFTA Cymru (or BAFTA Wales) for his appearance as Delme in Cameleon (1997), a Welsh language film.
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Bob Stewart
- Years
- 1949-.. (age 76)
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Colonel Robert Alexander Stewart DSO is a British politician and former soldier. He was the member of Parliament (MP) for Beckenham from 2010 to 2024. A member of the Conservative Party, he also is a former British Army officer and United Nations commander in Bosnia, commentator, author and public speaker.
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Liz Saville Roberts
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Elizabeth Saville Roberts PC is a Welsh Plaid Cymru politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Dwyfor Meirionnydd since 2015. She has served as the group leader of Plaid Cymru in the House of Commons since 2017.
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Virginijus Sinkevičius
- Occupations
- politicianeconomist
- Biography
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Virginijus Sinkevičius is a Lithuanian politician who was serving as European Commissioner for the Environment, Oceans and Fisheries in the European Commission led by Ursula von der Leyen from 2019 to 2024. In the 2024 European elections he was elected and became a member of the European Parliament. He previously was a Member of the Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania and Minister of the Economy and Innovation of the Republic of Lithuania.
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Will Quince
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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William James Quince is a British Conservative Party politician and former lawyer who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Colchester from 2015 to 2024. Quince was also Minister of State for Health and Secondary Care from September 2022 to November 2023.
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Guto Bebb
- Occupations
- sole proprietorshippolitician
- Biography
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Guto ap Owain Bebb is a Welsh politician and former business consultant who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Aberconwy from 2010 to 2019, having previously lost elections to the Welsh Assembly and the House of Commons. He served as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at the Wales Office in 2016–2018 and as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Defence Procurement at the Ministry of Defence from January 2018 until he resigned in July 2018. First elected as a Conservative, Bebb had the Conservative whip removed on 3 September 2019 and served his remaining months as an independent.
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Alan Cox
- Occupations
- computer scientistprogrammerblogger
- Biography
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Alan Cox is a British computer programmer who has been a key figure in the development of Linux. He maintained the 2.2 branch of the Linux kernel and continues to be heavily involved in its development, an association that dates back to 1991. He lives in Swansea, Wales, where he lived with his wife Telsa Gwynne, who died in 2015, and now lives with author Tara Neale, whom he married in 2020. He graduated with a BSc in Computer Science from Swansea University in 1991 and received an MBA from the same university in 2005.
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Elin Jones
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Elin Jones is a Welsh politician who has served as the Llywydd of the Senedd since 2016. A member of Plaid Cymru, Jones has been the Member of the Senedd (MS) for Ceredigion since 1999.
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Gwynfor Evans
- Occupations
- writerpoliticianlawyer
- Biography
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Gwynfor Richard Evans was a Welsh politician, lawyer and author. He was President of the Welsh political party Plaid Cymru for thirty-six years and was the first member of Parliament to represent it at Westminster, which he did twice, from 1966 to 1970, and again from 1974 to 1979.
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Molly Scott Cato
- Occupations
- politicianeconomistblogger
- Biography
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Sarah Margaret "Molly" Scott Cato is a British Green politician, economist and activist. She served as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for South West England from 2014 to 2020. From 2012, until her election as an MEP, she was Professor of Strategy and Sustainability at the University of Roehampton. Scott Cato speaks for the Green Party on finance and the EU, and is known for her work in the field of co-operative studies. She has published on green economics, localism and anti-capitalism, and has contributed to works on the risks of nuclear power, the use of which she strongly opposes.
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John Morris, Baron Morris of Aberavon
- Occupations
- politicianbarrister
- Biography
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John Morris, Baron Morris of Aberavon, KG, PC, KC was a Welsh politician. He was a Labour Party Member of Parliament for over 41 years, from 1959 to 2001, which included a period as Secretary of State for Wales from 1974 to 1979 and as Attorney General between 1997 and 1999. A native Welsh speaker, he was the last living former Labour MP who was first elected in the 1950s. He was also the last surviving member of Harold Wilson's 1974–76 cabinet, and was the longest-serving Privy Counsellor at the time of his death. His combined parliamentary service totalled over 60 years.
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Prince Naquiyuddin of Negeri Sembilan
- Occupations
- diplomat
- Biography
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Tunku Dato' Seri Utama Naquiyuddin ibni Almarhum Tuanku Ja'afar is a member of Negeri Sembilan royal family who is the Tunku Laxamana. He is the eldest son of Tuanku Jaafar ibni Almarhum Tuanku Abdul Rahman, the tenth Yang di-Pertuan Besar of Negeri Sembilan, who was also the tenth Yang di-Pertuan Agong (King of Malaysia). He served as the Regent of Negeri Sembilan from 1994 until 1999 when his father was elected as the King of Malaysia.
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John Compton
- Years
- 1925-2007 (aged 82)
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Sir John George Melvin Compton, KCMG PC was a Saint Lucian politician who became the first prime minister upon independence in February 1979. Having led Saint Lucia under British rule from 1964 to 1979, Compton served as prime minister three times: briefly in 1979, again from 1982 to 1996, and from 2006 until his death in 2007. He cofounded the conservative United Workers Party (UWP) in 1964; he led the party until 1996, again from 1998 to 2000, and again from 2005 to 2007.
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Neil Brand
- Occupations
- composertelevision actorpianistactor
- Biography
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Neil Brand is an English dramatist, composer and author. In addition to being a regular silent film accompanist at London's National Film Theatre, Brand has composed new scores for two restored films from the 1920s, The Wrecker and Anthony Asquith's Underground.
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Gareth Thomas
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Gareth Richard Thomas is a British Labour politician who has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Harrow West since 1997. He has served as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Services, Small Business and Exports since July 2024. Thomas served as Minister of State for International Development and Minister of State for Trade, Investment and Consumer Affairs between 2008 and 2010. He was the Chair of the Co-operative Party from 2001 until 2019, and stands for election as a Labour and Co-operative candidate.
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John Dawes
- Occupations
- rugby union player
- Biography
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Sydney John Dawes OBE was a Welsh rugby union player, playing at centre, and later coach. He captained London Welsh, Wales, the 1971 British Lions and the Barbarians. He is credited with being a major influence in these teams' success, and in the attractive, attacking, free-flowing rugby they played. Dawes also had considerable success as a coach with Wales, and coached the 1977 British Lions. He was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 1972 New Year Honours List for services as Lions captain.
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Ahmed Shaheed
- Occupations
- diplomatpolitician
- Biography
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Ahmed Shaheed is a Maldivian diplomat, politician and professor. On 24 March 2016, he was appointed for the sixth year running as the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the human rights situation in the Islamic Republic of Iran. Shaheed is also the Chairperson of the Geneva-based international human rights think-tank, Universal Rights Group, which was launched in January 2014. He now lives in England as a Professor of Human Rights Practice at the University of Essex. Shaheed is also a Senior Fellow at Raoul Wallenberg Human Rights Centre and a Fellow at the Bonavero Institute of Human rights at the University of Oxford.
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Jonathan Edwards
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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David Jonathan Edwards is a Welsh politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Carmarthen East and Dinefwr from 2010 to 2024. Initially elected as a Plaid Cymru MP, he is the longest serving MP in the Carmarthen, having served for 14 years. He sat as an Independent MP after the party's disciplinary panel suspended him in 2020. His membership of Plaid was restored in July 2022, and the whip was returned the following month although following further revelations he stated that he would not rejoin the Plaid group of MPs at Westminster.
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Twm Morys
- Occupations
- poetsinger
- Biography
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Twm Morys is a Welsh poet and musician.
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Nigel Thrift
- Occupations
- geographer
- Biography
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Sir Nigel John Thrift DL FBA FAcSS FRSGS is a British academic and geographer. In 2018 he was appointed as Chair of the Committee on Radioactive Waste Management, a committee that gives independent scientific and technical advice on radioactive waste to the UK government and the devolved administrations. He is a visiting professor at the University of Oxford and Tsinghua University and an emeritus professor at the University of Bristol. In 2016 and 2017 he was the executive director of the Schwarzman Scholars, an international leadership program at Tsinghua University in Beijing. He was the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Warwick from 2006 to 2016. He is a leading academic in the fields of human geography and the social sciences.
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Pippa Hackett
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Pippa Hackett is an Irish Green Party politician who served as a Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine from June 2020 to January 2025. She was one of three Ministers of State in attendance at cabinet, but without a vote. She was a Senator for the Agricultural Panel from November 2019 to January 2025.
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Zack Polanski
- Occupations
- politicianchoristeractorhypnotherapistpolitical activist
- Biography
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Zack Polanski is a British politician who has been the deputy leader of the Green Party of England and Wales since 2022. He has been a Londonwide member of the London Assembly (AM) since May 2021, and was also the national spokesperson for the Green Party for democracy and citizen engagement.
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Shaun Bailey
- Occupations
- lawyerpolitician
- Biography
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Shaun Stephen Bailey is a British Conservative Party politician who served as the member of Parliament (MP) for West Bromwich West from 2019 until 2024.
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Mark Williams
- Occupations
- teacherpolitician
- Biography
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Mark Fraser Williams is a British politician who served as leader of the Welsh Liberal Democrats from 2016 to 2017. He was the Member of Parliament (MP) for the Ceredigion constituency, between 2005 and 2017. He sat on the Welsh Affairs Select Committee, and in 2006 he became a Shadow Minister for Wales under Menzies Campbell.
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Nick Bourne
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Nicholas Henry Bourne, Baron Bourne of Aberystwyth is a Conservative Party politician who served as Leader of the Welsh Conservative Party and Member of the Welsh Assembly for Mid and West Wales from August 1999 until May 2011.
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John Meurig Thomas
- Occupations
- university teacherchemistacademic
- Biography
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Sir John Meurig Thomas, also known as JMT, was a Welsh scientist, educator, university administrator, and historian of science primarily known for his work on heterogeneous catalysis, solid-state chemistry, and surface and materials science.
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Wyn Jones
- Occupations
- rugby union player
- Biography
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Wyn Jones is a Welsh rugby union player who plays prop for Harlequins.
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Alan Mehdizadeh
- Occupations
- actor
- Biography
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Alan Mehdizadeh is a British-Iranian actor, appearing on stage and screen. He has recently played the role of Monk in Graham Moore's The Outfit. He played the role of Don in the West End musical, Kinky Boots. He is also a talent agent, and runs London-based agency Avenue Agents.
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Liz Twist
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Mary Elizabeth Twist is a British Labour Party politician. She served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Blaydon from the 2017 general election until the seat's abolition in 2024. She then stood for reelection during the 2024 general election in the newly formed constituency of Blaydon and Consett which she won. Before her parliamentary career, she was the head of health in the North-East for the trade union, UNISON, and a local councillor.
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Shân Cothi
- Occupations
- singeractorradio personality
- Biography
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Shân Margaretta Morgan, known professionally as Shân Cothi, is a Welsh singer-songwriter, television and radio presenter.
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Mike Wood
- Years
- 1976-.. (age 49)
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Michael Jon Wood is a British Conservative Party politician. He has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Kingswinford and South Staffordshire since July 2024. Prior to this he served as MP for Dudley South from May 2015 until the constituency's dissolution. He has been Shadow Minister for the Cabinet Office since November 2024, and was Shadow Minister for Business and Trade and an Opposition whip from July to November 2024.
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Rod Richards
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Roderick Richards was a British politician who was leader of the Welsh Conservatives from 1996 to 1999, and a Welsh Assembly member (AM) for the North Wales region from 1999 until 2003.
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Shaher Momani
- Occupations
- university teachermathematicianacademicscientist
- Biography
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Shaher Momani is a Jordanian distinguished professor of applied mathematics and one of the top ten scientists in the world in the field of fractional calculus according to Web of Science several times between 2009 and 2013. He was selected as one of the world's most influential scientific minds according to Thomson Reuters in 2014 and 2015. Momani was also selected by Thomson Reuters as one of the highly cited researchers between 2014 and 2018. Al Momani was honored by King Abdullah II Bin Al Hussein among the Jordanian Stars of Science for his contributions to his field of specialization during the World Science Forum in 2017.
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Waldo Williams
- Occupations
- teacherpoet
- Biography
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Waldo Goronwy Williams was one of the leading Welsh-language poets of the 20th century. He was also a notable Christian pacifist, anti-war campaigner, and Welsh nationalist. He is often referred to by his first name only.
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Elwyn Jones, Baron Elwyn-Jones
- Occupations
- judgepoliticianbarrister
- Biography
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Frederick Elwyn Elwyn-Jones, Baron Elwyn-Jones, CH, PC, QC, commonly known as Elwyn Jones, was a Welsh barrister and Labour politician.
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Chris Ruane
- Occupations
- actorpolitician
- Biography
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Christopher Shaun Ruane is a Welsh Labour politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for the Vale of Clwyd from 1997 to 2015 and 2017 to 2019.
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Dan Rogerson
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Daniel John Rogerson is a Cornish Liberal Democrat politician. He was the Member of Parliament (MP) for North Cornwall from the 2005 general election until his defeat at the 2015 general election. In October 2013, he became the Liberal Democrat Minister at the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, holding the office until losing his Parliamentary seat to Conservative candidate Scott Mann.
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William Edwy Vine
- Occupations
- writer
- Biography
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William Edwy Vine, commonly known as W. E. Vine, was an English Biblical scholar, theologian, and writer, most famous for Vine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words.
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Helen Mary Jones
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Helen Mary Jones is a Welsh Plaid Cymru politician, who was a member of the Senedd from 1999 to 2011 and again from 2018 to 2021.
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Siân Gwenllian
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Siân Gwenllian is a Welsh Plaid Cymru politician who has represented the constituency of Arfon in the Senedd since 2016. She currently holds the seat with a majority of 8,642 votes.
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Elfyn Llwyd
- Occupations
- politicianbarrister
- Biography
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Elfyn Llwyd PC is a Welsh barrister and politician. He was the Member of Parliament for Meirionnydd Nant Conwy in the House of Commons from the 1992 general election until its abolition in 2010, and then for its principal successor constituency of Dwyfor Meirionnydd from 2010 until his retirement in 2015. Llwyd was Plaid Cymru's Westminster parliamentary group leader.
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Richard Morris
- Occupations
- diplomat
- Biography
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Richard Charles Morris FRSA was a British diplomat who served as British Ambassador to Nepal from 2015 to 2019. He was reported missing after going for a run in Hampshire in May 2020, and his body was identified four months later. An inquest heard he had been "extremely stressed" before his death. An inquiry into his death found he had died of suicide.
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Jill Evans
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Jill Evans is a Plaid Cymru politician who served as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for Wales from 1999 to 2020. She was the first person to use the Welsh language in debate at the European Parliament.
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Claire Summers
- Occupations
- television presenter
- Biography
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Claire Summers is a Welsh news television presenter for BBC Wales.
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Steve Gilbert
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Stephen David John Gilbert is a British Liberal Democrat politician. He was elected at the 2010 general election the Member of Parliament (MP) for the new constituency of St Austell and Newquay, but lost his seat at the 2015 general election to the Conservative Party candidate Steve Double. He now teaches politics at Highgate School, having previously taught history and politics at the King's School, Worcester.
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William Sachiti
- Enrolled in Aberystwyth University
- Studied in 2015-2017
- Occupations
- entrepreneurchief executive officerinventor
- Biography
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Pasi William Sachiti is a Zimbabwean-born British entrepreneur and inventor. Sachiti is the founder and CEO of Academy of Robotics, an autonomous technology company which is primarily known for developing street-legal self-driving vehicles and solutions for road maintenance.
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Keith Hill
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Trevor Keith Hill is an English Labour Party politician who served as Member of Parliament for Streatham from 1992 until 2010, as well as in a variety of Government roles as a Whip and a junior minister.
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David Davies, 1st Baron Davies
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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David Davies, 1st Baron Davies FRGS was a Welsh Liberal Party politician and public benefactor who was MP for Montgomeryshire from 1906 to 1929. He was a grandson of the great Welsh industrialist David Davies. As a philanthropist, he established the King Edward VII Welsh National Memorial Association to combat tuberculosis in Wales, as well as the Wilson Chair of International Politics at the University College of Wales, Aberystwyth.
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Mererid Hopwood
- Occupations
- writerdocentpoettelevision presenter
- Biography
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Mererid Hopwood is a Welsh poet and lyricist, currently serving as Archdruid of the National Eisteddfod of Wales.
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T. H. Parry-Williams
- Occupations
- poetwriter
- Biography
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Sir Thomas Herbert Parry-Williams was a Welsh poet, author and academic.
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Aled Roberts
- Occupations
- Welsh Language Commissioner
- Biography
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Aled Rhys Roberts was a Welsh Liberal Democrat politician from Rhosllanerchrugog, Wrexham. Roberts was a Member of the Welsh Assembly (AM) for the North Wales Region from 2011 to 2016. Before his election to the assembly, he was a councillor and the leader of Wrexham County Borough Council. He served as the Welsh Language Commissioner from 2019 until his death in 2022.
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Simon Thomas
- Years
- 1963-.. (age 62)
- Occupations
- politicianlibrarian
- Biography
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Simon George Thomas is a Welsh former politician who was a member of Plaid Cymru. He was a Member of Parliament (MP) for Ceredigion from 2000 to 2005, and an Assembly Member in the National Assembly for Wales representing the Mid and West Wales list between 2011 and 2018.
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Leigh Richmond Roose
- Occupations
- association football player
- Biography
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Leigh Richmond "Dick" Roose, MM, was a Welsh international footballer who kept goal for several professional clubs in the Football League between 1901 and 1912. A celebrated amateur at a time when the game was played largely by professionals, Roose was renowned as one of the best players in his position in the Edwardian period. He was also well known as a footballing eccentric, and many stories about him are still told today.
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Owen Morgan Edwards
- Occupations
- politicianhistorianlinguistwriternon-fiction writer
- Biography
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Sir Owen Morgan Edwards, often known as O. M. Edwards, was a Welsh historian, educationalist and writer.
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Bethan Sayed
- Occupations
- bloggerpolitician
- Biography
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Bethan Sayed is a Welsh politician. She represented the South Wales West region for Plaid Cymru as a Member of the Senedd from 2007 to 2021.
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Joe Borg
- Occupations
- university teacherpolitician
- Biography
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Joseph Borg is a Maltese politician and diplomat. Prior to taking up the post of Commissioner for Fisheries and Maritime Affairs, he was Minister of Foreign Affairs and led Malta's EU-accession negotiations.
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R. Williams Parry
- Occupations
- docentpoetteacher
- Biography
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Robert Williams Parry was one of Wales's most notable 20th-century poets writing in Welsh.
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Cynog Dafis
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Cynog Glyndwr Dafis is a Welsh politician and member of Plaid Cymru who served as the Member of Parliament for Ceredigion from 1992 to 2000, originally as a joint Plaid Cymru–Green Party MP until 1997 and then only as a Plaid Cymru MP until 2000. He also served as the Member of the Welsh Assembly for Mid and West Wales from 1999 to 2003. Born Cynog Glyndwr Davies at Treboeth in Swansea, Glamorganshire, Wales, he was initially a school teacher and researcher before entering politics.
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Belinda Ang
- Occupations
- judgejudicial commissionerlawyerSenior Counsel
- Biography
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Belinda Ang Saw Ean SC is a Singaporean judge of the Court of Appeal. Ang received her Bachelor of Laws from the University of Wales, Aberystwyth in 1976 and her Master of Laws (with distinction) from the University College London. She was appointed Judicial Commissioner in February 2002, Judge of the Supreme Court in January 2003, Judge of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in January 2021, and Justice of the Court of Appeal of the Supreme Court in November 2022. Prior to these appointments, she joined Godwin & Co in 1980 and was made junior partner in 1983. She founded Ang & Partners in 1985, and was appointed Senior Counsel in 1998. She is a member of the senate and executive committee of the Singapore Academy of Law, and is chairperson of the Singapore Mediation Centre.
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Folu Storms
- Occupations
- radio personality
- Biography
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Ada Afoluwake Ogunkeye known professionally as Folu Storms, is a Nigerian radio host and presenter, actress, voice-over artist, and television host.
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Rachel Barrett
- Occupations
- political activistnewspaper editorteachersuffragette
- Biography
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Rachel Barrett was a Welsh suffragette and newspaper editor born in Carmarthen. Educated at the University College of Wales in Aberystwyth she became a science teacher, but quit her job in 1906 on hearing Nellie Martel speak of women's suffrage, joined the Women's Social and Political Union (WSPU) and moved to London. In 1907, she became a WSPU organiser, and after Christabel Pankhurst fled to Paris, Barrett became joint organiser of the national WSPU campaign. In 1912, despite no journalistic background, she took charge of the new newspaper The Suffragette. Barrett was arrested on occasions for activities linked to the suffrage movement and, in 1913–1914, spent some time incognito to avoid re-arrest.
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Douglas Kell
- Years
- 1953-.. (age 72)
- Occupations
- biochemist
- Biography
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Douglas Bruce Kell CBE FRSB FLSW is a British biochemist and Professor of Systems Biology in the Institute of Systems, Molecular and Integrative Biology at the University of Liverpool. He was previously at the School of Chemistry at the University of Manchester, based in the Manchester Institute of Biotechnology (MIB) where he founded and led the Manchester Centre for Integrative Systems Biology (MCISB). He served as chief executive officer (CEO) of the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) from 2008 to 2013.
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Rhodri Glyn Thomas
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Rhodri Glyn Thomas is a Welsh politician. He was the Plaid Cymru National Assembly for Wales Member for Carmarthen East and Dinefwr from 1999 to 2016, when he did not re-stand for election. Following his retirement from the Assembly he was appointed President of the National Library of Wales.
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Nic Parry
- Born in
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United Kingdom - Occupations
- judgesports commentatorlawyer
- Biography
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Nic Parry is a commentator on Welsh football on BBC in English and S4C in Welsh. He is the regular presenter of the Welsh language football programme Sgorio. He also hosts the sports quiz for young people, Pen Campau.
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Cath Bishop
- Occupations
- rower
- Biography
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Catherine Bishop is a former British rower. In partnership with Katherine Grainger she was World Champion in the coxless pair in 2003, and in 2004 they won a silver medal at the Olympic Games. Following a career as a diplomat she is now a leadership speaker, writer and consultant.
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Robert Mills-Roberts
- Occupations
- surgeonassociation football player
- Biography
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Dr. Robert Herbert Mills-Roberts was a Welsh footballer. A Welsh international, he was a member of the Preston North End side which became known as "The Invincibles".
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Gareth Thomas
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Gareth Thomas is a Labour Party politician in the United Kingdom. He was Member of Parliament for Clwyd West from 1997 to 2005.
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T. E. Ellis
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Thomas Edward Ellis, often known as T. E. Ellis or Tom Ellis, was a Welsh politician who was the leader of Cymru Fydd, a movement aimed at gaining home rule for Wales. Ellis was, for a time, the most prominent of a generation of Liberal politicians who emerged in Wales after 1886, who placed greater emphasis than the previous generation to a Welsh dimension to their politics. His early death in 1899 aged 40 added to the aura that surrounded his name.
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T. James Jones
- Occupations
- poet
- Biography
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T. James Jones is a Welsh poet and dramatist, and former Archdruid of the National Eisteddfod of Wales. He is also known by the bardic name Jim Parc Nest.
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Glyn Davies
- Occupations
- bloggerpolitician
- Biography
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Edward Glyn Davies is a former Welsh Conservative politician who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Montgomeryshire from 2010 to 2019. Davies previously served as a Member of the Welsh Assembly (AM) for the Mid and West Wales region from 1999 to 2007.
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Edward Collingwood
- Occupations
- mathematician
- Biography
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Sir Edward Foyle Collingwood CBE FRS FRSE DL LLD was an English mathematician and scientist. He was a member of the Eglingham branch of a prominent Northumbrian family, the son of Col. Cuthbert Collingwood of the Lancashire Fusiliers, whose family seat was at Lilburn Tower, near Wooler, Northumberland. His great grandfather was a brother of Admiral Lord Collingwood.
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Christine James
- Occupations
- writerpoetscholar
- Biography
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Christine James FLSW is a Welsh poet and academic. She served as the first female Archdruid of Wales from June 2013 until June 2016. She first presided over the ceremonies at the National Eisteddfod in the 2013 Eisteddfod in Denbigh. Like all holders, she qualified by winning a major literary prize at a previous National Eisteddfod. She was elected Cofiadur (Recorder) of the Gorsedd of Bards at the National Eisteddfod in 2017, again as the first woman to hold the post. She is a recipient of the Wales Book of the Year.
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Dorothy Bonarjee
- Enrolled in Aberystwyth University
- 1912-1916 graduated with Bachelor of Arts in French
- Occupations
- lawyerpoet
- Biography
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Dorothy Noel 'Dorf' Bonarjee was an Indian poet and artist who was known for being awarded a Bardic chair while a student in Wales and for being the first woman internal student to be awarded a law degree by University College London. The first collection of her poetry was published in 2023, more than a century after it was written.
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Robin Huw Bowen
- Occupations
- harpist
- Biography
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Robin Huw Bowen is a player of the Welsh triple harp, known in Welsh as Telyn Deires (English: Three-row Harp),. He was awarded the Glyndŵr Award in 2000.
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Mike Jenkins
- Occupations
- poet
- Biography
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Mike Jenkins is a Welsh poet and fiction writer in English. He is also the father of the Plaid Cymru politician Bethan Sayed (née Jenkins) and of the journalist Ciaran Jenkins.
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Thilo Marauhn
- Occupations
- lawyerprofessor
- Biography
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Thilo Marauhn is a German expert on international law. He currently holds the professorship for Public Law and International Law at the Justus Liebig University Giessen and heads the research group “International Law” at the Leibniz Institute Hessische Stiftung Friedens- und Konfliktforschung / Peace Research Institute Frankfurt (PRIF). Apart from this, he is a researcher at the Asser Institute and recently appointed as the Special Chair Arms Control Law at the University of Amsterdam.
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Robert Minhinnick
- Occupations
- poet
- Biography
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Robert Minhinnick is a Welsh poet, essayist, novelist and translator. He has won two Forward Prizes for Best Individual Poem and has received the Wales Book of the Year award a record three times (in 1993, 2006 and 2018).
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Christine Chapman
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Christine Chapman is a Welsh Labour Co-operative politician who was a Member of the National Assembly for Wales for Cynon Valley from 1999 to 2016.
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Barbara Jenkins
- Born in
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Trinidad and Tobago - Occupations
- writernovelist
- Biography
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Barbara Jenkins is a Trinidadian writer, whose work since 2010 has won several international prizes, including the Commonwealth Short Story Prize and the Wasafiri New Writing Prize.
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Gerry MacLochlainn
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Gerard MacLochlainn is a Sinn Féin politician from Derry, Northern Ireland, where he was a councillor. He chaired several of the council's major committees including regional and cross border committees. His writings were widely circulated in his now deceased wife (Valerie June "Val" Cardwell)'s native Wales and several of his prison letters are held in the National Library of Wales.
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David Russell Hulme
- Years
- 1951-.. (age 74)
- Occupations
- conductor
- Biography
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David Russell Hulme is a Welsh conductor and musicologist. He is an emeritus reader and the former director of music at Aberystwyth University and is known for his research and publications on the music of Arthur Sullivan, the composer of the Gilbert and Sullivan comic operas. He is also an authority on the music of Edward German.
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Iwan Bala
- Occupations
- writerpainter
- Biography
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Iwan Bala is a Welsh artist, born May 1956 in Sarnau, Merionethshire, near Bala.
