100 Notable alumni of
Aberystwyth University
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Aberystwyth University is 588th in the world, 214th 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
- environmentalistwriterchildren's writerpolo playerhelicopter pilot
- Biography
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Charles III is King of the United Kingdom and the 14 other Commonwealth realms.
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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 1932–1933, including the Holodomor.
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Rachel Roberts
- Occupations
- film actorstage actor
- Biography
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Rachel Roberts was a Welsh 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
- barristerpolitician
- Biography
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Mostyn Neil Hamilton is a British former barrister and politician who has been leader of the UK Independence Party (UKIP) since 2020. 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
- politicianlawyer
- Biography
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Hishammuddin bin Tun 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
- YouTubervideo essayistgamercritic
- 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 also creates videos aimed at debunking conspiracy theories and responding to right-wing and antifeminist arguments.
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Carwyn Jones
- Occupations
- barristerpolitician
- Biography
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Carwyn Howell Jones is a Welsh politician who served as First Minister of Wales and Leader of Welsh Labour from 2009 to 2018. He served as Counsel General for Wales from 2007 to 2009. Jones served as the Member of the Senedd (MS) for Bridgend from 1999 to 2021.
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Frederick Soddy
- Occupations
- physicistpharmacistprofessorresearcherchemist
- 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
- actor
- Biography
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Datin 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, Lisa has appeared in numerous feature films and television shows as well as TV commercials. Throughout her career, she won several awards, including Malaysian Film Festival for Best Actress. Her notable 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 is a British politician and former Army officer who has served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Barnsley Central since 2011. A member of the Labour and Co-operative parties, 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
- economistpolitician
- 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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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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Rhodri Meilir
- Occupations
- actorfilm actortelevision 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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Steven Woolfe
- Occupations
- barristerbusiness executivepoliticianbusinessperson
- Biography
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Steven Marcus Woolfe is a British barrister, writer and commentator. 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. He is not a member of any political party or holds any political office.
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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.
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Rehman Chishti
- Occupations
- barristerpolitician
- Biography
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Atta-Ur-Rehman Chishti is a Pakistani-born British Conservative Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Gillingham and Rainham since 2010. He served under Theresa May as both the Vice Chair of the Conservative Party for Communities in 2018 and the Prime Ministerial Trade Envoy to Pakistan from 2017 to 2018. Between 2019 and 2020, he also served as Prime Minister's Special Envoy for Freedom of Religion or Belief. He served as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for North America, Sanctions and Consular Policy from July to September 2022. 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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Aneirin Hughes
- Occupations
- actorsingertelevision 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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Jan Pinkava
- Enrolled in Aberystwyth University
- Graduated with Doctor of Philosophy in robotics
- Graduated with bachelor's degree in computer science
- Occupations
- film directoranimatorscreenwriter
- 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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Guto Bebb
- Occupations
- politiciansole proprietorship
- 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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Will Quince
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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William James Quince is a British politician and former lawyer who served as Minister of State for Health and Secondary Care from September 2022 to November 2023. A member of the Conservative Party, he was first elected at the 2015 general election as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Colchester, defeating the incumbent Liberal Democrat MP Sir Bob Russell. From 2011 to 2016, Quince was a borough councillor in Colchester. On 9 June 2023, Quince announced he would not run as an MP at the next general election.
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Liz Saville Roberts
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Elizabeth Saville Roberts is a politician, currently serving as the group leader of Plaid Cymru in the House of Commons. She has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Dwyfor Meirionnydd since the general election in 2015.
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Virginijus Sinkevičius
- Occupations
- politicianinternational forum participanteconomist
- Biography
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Virginijus Sinkevičius is a Lithuanian politician who has been serving as European Commissioner for the Environment, Oceans and Fisheries in the European Commission led by Ursula von der Leyen since 2019. 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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Alan Cox
- Occupations
- programmercomputer scientistblogger
- 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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Molly Scott Cato
- Occupations
- economistpoliticianblogger
- 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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Gwynfor Evans
- Occupations
- politicianwriterlawyer
- 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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John Morris, Baron Morris of Aberavon
- Occupations
- barristerpolitician
- Biography
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John Morris, Baron Morris of Aberavon, KG, PC, KC was a British 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. 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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Neil Brand
- Occupations
- pianisttelevision actorcomposeractor
- 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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John Compton
- Years
- 1925-2007 (aged 82)
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Sir John George Melvin Compton, 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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Prince Naquiyuddin ibni Ja’afar of Negeri Sembilan
- Occupations
- diplomat
- Biography
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Tunku Dato' Seri Utama Naquiyuddin ibni Almarhum Tuanku Ja'afar is the eldest son of Tuanku Jaafar ibni Almarhum Tuanku Abdul Rahman, the Yang di-Pertuan Besar of Negeri Sembilan, who was also a former Yang di-Pertuan Agong (King) of Malaysia. He served as regent of Negeri Sembilan from 1994-1999 when his father was elected as the King of Malaysia.
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John Dawes
- Occupations
- rugby union player
- Biography
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Sydney John Dawes 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
- politiciandiplomat
- 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 Visiting Professor of Human Rights Practice at the University of Essex.
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Jonathan Edwards
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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David Jonathan Edwards is a Welsh politician who has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Carmarthen East and Dinefwr since 2010. Elected as a Plaid Cymru MP, he had the whip withdrawn in May 2020 after he accepted a police caution for domestic violence against his wife. He sat as an Independent MP after the party's disciplinary panel suspended him. 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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Caroline Pidgeon
- Occupations
- council memberpolitician
- Biography
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Caroline Valerie Pidgeon is a British politician serving as the Leader of the Liberal Democrats in the London Assembly since 2018, and a Londonwide Member of the London Assembly (AM) since 2008.
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Twm Morys
- Occupations
- singerpoet
- 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 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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Mark Williams
- Occupations
- politicianteacher
- 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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Shaun Bailey
- Occupations
- politicianlawyer
- Biography
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Shaun " Sean " Stephen Bailey is a British Conservative Party politician who was elected as the Member of Parliament (MP) for West Bromwich West at the 2019 general election. Prior to his political career, he was a trainee solicitor.
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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 Senedd for Mid and West Wales from August 1999 until May 2011.
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John Meurig Thomas
- Occupations
- chemistuniversity teacheracademic
- 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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Shân Cothi
- Occupations
- actorsingerradio 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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Wyn Jones
- Occupations
- rugby union player
- Biography
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Wyn Jones is a Welsh rugby union player who plays for Scarlets regional team as a prop.
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Pippa Hackett
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Pippa Hackett is an Irish Green Party politician who has served as a Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine since June 2020. She is one of three Ministers of State in attendance at cabinet, but without a vote. She has been a Senator for the Agricultural Panel since November 2019.
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Mike Wood
- Years
- 1976-.. (age 48)
- 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 Dudley South since May 2015.
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Alan Mehdizadeh
- Years
- 1982-.. (age 42)
- 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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Rod Richards
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Roderick Richards was a British politician. He was a Conservative before joining UKIP in 2013. He was the Conservative Member of Parliament for Clwyd North West, in Wales, from 1992 to 1997, when he lost his seat in the Labour Party landslide. He was also the first Leader of the Welsh Conservatives in 1999, after being elected as an Assembly Member for North Wales.
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Liz Twist
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Mary Elizabeth Twist is a British Labour Party politician. She has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Blaydon since the 2017 general election. 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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Chris Ruane
- Occupations
- politicianactor
- 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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Waldo Williams
- Occupations
- poetteacher
- 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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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 August 2018 until 29 April 2021.
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Elwyn Jones, Baron Elwyn-Jones
- Occupations
- barristerpoliticianjudge
- 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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Dan Rogerson
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Daniel John Rogerson is a Cornish-British 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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Richard Morris
- Occupations
- diplomat
- Biography
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Richard Charles Morris 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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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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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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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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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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David Davies, 1st Baron Davies
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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David Davies, 1st Baron Davies 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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Elfyn Llwyd
- Occupations
- barristerpolitician
- Biography
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Elfyn Llwyd PC is a Welsh barrister and politician. He was a Member of Parliament, representing Meirionnydd Nant Conwy in the House of Commons from 1992 to 2010 and Dwyfor Meirionnydd from 2010 to 2015. Llwyd was Plaid Cymru's Westminster parliamentary group leader.
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William Sachiti
- Enrolled in Aberystwyth University
- Studied in 2015-2017
- Occupations
- chief executive officerentrepreneurinventor
- 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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Aled Roberts
- Occupations
- Welsh Language Commissioner
- Biography
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Aled 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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T. H. Parry-Williams
- Occupations
- writerpoet
- Biography
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Sir Thomas Herbert Parry-Williams was a Welsh poet, author and academic.
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Mererid Hopwood
- Occupations
- poetdocentwritertelevision presenter
- Biography
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Mererid Hopwood, FLSW is a Welsh poet. She became in 2001 the first woman to win the bardic chair at the National Eisteddfod of Wales.
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Zack Polanski
- Occupations
- hypnotherapistactorchoristerpoliticianenvironmentalist
- Biography
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Zack Polanski is the deputy leader of the Green Party of England and Wales, having served in the role since 7 September 2022. He has been a Londonwide member of the London Assembly (AM) for the party since May 2021. Polanski was also the national spokesperson for the Green Party for Democracy & Citizen Engagement.
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Shaher Momani
- Occupations
- academicmathematicianuniversity teacherscientist
- 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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Simon Thomas
- Years
- 1963-.. (age 61)
- Occupations
- librarianpolitician
- 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 a number of 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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Bethan Sayed
- Occupations
- politicianblogger
- 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
- politicianuniversity teacher
- 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
- poetdocentteacher
- 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
- lawyerjudicial commissionerjudgeSenior Counsel
- Biography
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Belinda Ang Saw Ean 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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Michael MccGwire
- Occupations
- diplomat
- Biography
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Michael Kane MccGwire was a British international relations specialist known for his work on Cold War geopolitics and Soviet naval strategy. A former Royal Navy commander, he was Professor of Maritime and Strategic Studies at Dalhousie University in Canada and then a Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution in Washington DC. He was a well-known critic of nuclear deterrence theory.
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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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Douglas Kell
- Years
- 1953-.. (age 71)
- Occupations
- biochemist
- Biography
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Douglas Bruce Kell is a British biochemist and Research Professor of Systems Biology in the Institute of Systems, Molecular and Integrative Biology at the University of Liverpool, and a Co-founder of Epoch Biodesign Ltd. He was previously at the School of Chemistry at the University of Manchester, based in the Manchester Institute of Biotechnology (MIB). He founded and led the Manchester Centre for Integrative Systems Biology. 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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Rachel Barrett
- Occupations
- newspaper editorpolitical activistsuffragetteteacher
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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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Nic Parry
- Born in
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United Kingdom - Occupations
- sports commentatorjudgelawyer
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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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Robert Mills-Roberts
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- association football playersurgeon
- 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. James Jones
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- 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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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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Edward Collingwood
- Occupations
- mathematician
- Biography
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Sir Edward Foyle Collingwood 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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Dorothy Bonarjee
- Enrolled in Aberystwyth University
- 1912-1916 graduated with Bachelor of Arts in French
- Occupations
- poetlawyer
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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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Christine James
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- writerscholarpoet
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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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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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Glyn Davies
- Occupations
- politicianblogger
- 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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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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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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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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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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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 73)
- Occupations
- conductor
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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
- painterwriter
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Iwan Bala is a Welsh artist, born May 1956 in Sarnau, Merionethshire, near Bala.
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David Pugh
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- politician
- Biography
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David Pugh is a former Conservative councillor and served as leader of the Isle of Wight Council between September 2007 and May 2013, making him the longest serving leader of the local authority since its inception in 1995. He was first elected to the Isle of Wight Council at the local elections in May 2005 as a member for the Shanklin Central Ward, re-elected in the June 2009 elections to the Shanklin South Ward, losing his seat in the 2013 local elections after 2 other candidates withdrew, making the election a straight choice between Pugh and Independent, Richard Priest. Consequently, he ceased to be council leader.
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Delyth Evans
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Delyth Evans is a former Welsh Labour politician who was a Member of the Welsh Assembly (AM) for the Mid and West Wales region between 2000 and 2003.
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Manshour Varasteh
- Born in
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Iran - Occupations
- political scientistwriter
- Biography
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Manshour Varasteh is an academic author, researcher, and political activist. He serves as a member of the National Council of Resistance of Iran, appearing in several of the group's broadcasts.
