Top three Welsh people of all time

[Lillian Thomson]

Charlotte Church
George Everest
Richard Burton

 

[trundler]

Alex Jones
Rob Brydon
Rhod Gilbert

 

[Shri]

There are 3 welsh people for real?

 

[trundler]

There are 3 welsh people for real?

Well one's half sheep

 

[Shri]

Idk I've always felt like they are something the brits made up for a laugh in some pub

 

[Furball]

James Dean Bradfield
Richey Edwards
Nicky Wire

With apologies to Sean Moore, Andy Dibble and Nye Bevan.

 

[RossTaylorsBox]

mclusky

 

[Adders]

Can only think of 1........Simon Jones.

 

[grecian]

Can only think of 1........Simon Jones.

Arthur Dent is actually English.

 

[Magrat Garlick]

Bryn Terfel
Dylan Thomas
Marina Diamandis

 

[Line and Length]

Tom Jones
Shirley Bassey
Catherine Zeta-Jones

 

[Adders]

Catherine Zeta-Jones

Honestly had no idea she was Welsh......kudos Swansea.

 

[Howe_zat]

After the Beeb ran a '100 greatest britons' poll that got a lot of media attention in the early 2000s, there was a respone called '100 Welsh heroes' , presumably due to citizens of the principality annoyed by a lack of their lot in the list.

Browsing, there's certainly a few worthy names in there, but they have expanded the definition 'Welsh' quite considerably to include the likes of King Arthur.

 

[Burgey]

Tom Jones
Shirley Bassey
Catherine Zeta-Jones

This is a good list.

I would also throw into the mix that red headed bloke who played five eighth before coming out here and having a run with the Bulldogs in the 90s. Good player. Kicked goals too. Can’t think of his name.

Also, how about Lloyd George?

 

[BoyBrumby]

After the Beeb ran a '100 greatest britons' poll that got a lot of media attention in the early 2000s, there was a respone called '100 Welsh heroes' , presumably due to citizens of the principality annoyed by a lack of their lot in the list.

Browsing, there's certainly a few worthy names in there, but they have expanded the definition 'Welsh' quite considerably to include the likes of King Arthur.

Huh. Had no idea Bertrand Russell or Lawrence of Arabia were even vaguely Welsh.

Bit surprised they didn't include Henry V. I vaguely recall Ian Holm (brandishing a very Welsh accent) ribbing Kenneth Branagh's Henry for being a Leekist in his version of Billy S's play.

I'd treat any poll that ranks Ron Davies (best known for being disingenuous about why he was mugged on Clapham Common and, er, badger watching at a renowned cruising spot) over TE Lawrence (a man who wore his preference for members of his own gender rather more proudly) with slight suspicion though.

 

[vcs]

Catherine Zeta-Jones

Definitely makes it to my Top 3 Welsh Bottoms of all time

 

[flibbertyjibber]

Alex Jones
Catherine Zeta Jones
Katherine Jenkins

 

[wpdavid]

Huh. Had no idea Bertrand Russell or Lawrence of Arabia were even vaguely Welsh.

Bit surprised they didn't include Henry V. I vaguely recall Ian Holm (brandishing a very Welsh accent) ribbing Kenneth Branagh's Henry for being a Leekist in his version of Billy S's play.

I'd treat any poll that ranks Ron Davies (best known for being disingenuous about why he was mugged on Clapham Common and, er, badger watching at a renowned cruising spot) over TE Lawrence (a man who wore his preference for members of his own gender rather more proudly) with slight suspicion though.

Are you sure it wasn't the Ron Davies who used to play centre forward for Southampton back in the late 1960s and early 1970s?

EDIT
No, not according to Wiki. But I reckon the relevant voters thought they were voting for the erstwhile Saints legend