List of people from Swansea

This is a list of notable people born in, or associated with, the city of Swansea, in Britain.

Academics

 * Sir Granville Beynon, FRS, physicist
 * Edward George Bowen, FRS, radar pioneer
 * Alan Cox (computer programmer), key figure in the development of Linux
 * Joan Curran, scientist
 * Huw Dixon, economist
 * Sir Sam Edwards FRS, physicist
 * Brian Flowers, Baron Flowers, FRS, physicist
 * Sir Clive Granger, Nobel Prize–winning economist
 * Sir William Robert Grove, FRS, physicist and judge
 * Uzo Iwobi, OBE, lecturer
 * John Gwyn Jeffreys, FRS, conchologist, malacologist
 * Ernest Jones, psychoanalyst
 * John Viriamu Jones, FRS, mathematician, physicist
 * David Ley, FRSC, geographer
 * Sir John Maddox, Hon. FRS, science writer
 * Arun Midha, medical educationist
 * Dewi Zephaniah Phillips, philosopher
 * Bill Price, physicist
 * David Williams FRS, mathematician
 * C. E. Wynn-Williams, physicist
 * Olgierd Zienkiewicz CBE FRS FREng, mathematician, engineer

Actors and actresses

 * Keith Allen
 * Kevin Allen
 * Gareth Armstrong
 * Desmond Barrit
 * Rob Brydon
 * Geraint Wyn Davies
 * Mabel Hackney
 * Georgia Henshaw
 * Gary Jones
 * Ruth Madoc
 * Steven Meo
 * Islwyn Morris
 * Siwan Morris
 * Richard Mylan
 * Joanna Page
 * Robert Perkins
 * Ceri Phillips
 * Victoria Plucknett
 * Cara Readle
 * Vincent Regan
 * Matt Ryan
 * Philip Sayer
 * Andy Secombe, voice actor
 * Harry Secombe
 * John Sparkes
 * Talfryn Thomas
 * Alexander Vlahos
 * Melanie Walters
 * Tom Ward
 * Catherine Zeta-Jones.

Artists

 * Alfred Janes
 * Mervyn Levy
 * Thyrza Anne Leyshon
 * Cedric Morris
 * Finbarr O'Reilly, photographer
 * Ceri Richards
 * Glan Williams

Industrialists

 * Lewis Llewelyn Dillwyn
 * George Lockwood Morris
 * Sir John Morris, 1st Baronet
 * Christopher Rice Mansel Talbot
 * David Thomas
 * Henry Vivian, 1st Baron Swansea
 * John Henry Vivian

Journalists and broadcasters

 * Colin Edwards, radio journalist and filmmaker
 * Huw Edwards, TV presenter
 * Charles Fisher, journalist and poet
 * Liz Fuller, model and TV presenter
 * Ian Hislop, comedian, satirist, editor of Private Eye magazine
 * Phil Kerslake, TV presenter
 * David Mercer, sports presenter
 * Rhodri Owen, radio and TV presenter
 * Davinia Palmer, radio and TV presenter
 * Anna Ryder Richardson
 * Wynford Vaughan-Thomas

Musicians

 * Badfinger, rock music group
 * Richard Barrett, composer
 * Rachel K Collier, singer/songwriter
 * Lisa Lee Dark, singer
 * Spencer Davis, rock musician
 * Mike Gibbins, rock drummer
 * Howell Glynne, operatic bass
 * Fred Godfrey, songwriter
 * Pete Ham, singer/songwriter
 * Jones Hewson, baritone
 * Shaheen Jafargholi, singer
 * Karl Jenkins, composer
 * Daniel Jones, composer
 * Ceri Rhys Matthews, traditional musician
 * John Metcalf, composer
 * Rebecca Onslow, singer/songwriter
 * Mal Pope, singer/songwriter
 * Hannah Stone, harpist
 * The Storys, rock band
 * Elin Manahan Thomas, soprano
 * Trampolene, rock band
 * Bonnie Tyler, singer
 * Viva Machine, alternative rock group
 * Gareth Walters, composer
 * John Weathers, rock drummer
 * Terry Williams, drummer (Dire Straits)

Politicians

 * Donald Anderson, Baron Anderson of Swansea
 * Suzy Davies
 * Sir John Dillwyn-Llewellyn, 1st Baronet
 * Nigel Evans
 * Ted Grace
 * David Grenfell
 * Mike Hedges
 * Michael Heseltine
 * Michael Howard
 * Huw Irranca-Davies
 * Siân James
 * William Albert Jenkins
 * Carwyn Jones
 * David Brynmor Jones
 * Leifchild Leif-Jones, 1st Baron Rhayader
 * Sir Julian Lewis
 * Percy Morris
 * Colin Phipps
 * Gwyn Prosser
 * Hugh Rees
 * Rees G. Richards

Religious leaders

 * Cenydd, saint and hermit
 * Graham Charles Chadwick, bishop, anti-apartheid campaigner
 * Llewellyn Henry Gwynne, bishop in Sudan
 * Griffith John, Christian missionary and translator in China
 * Norman Matthews, chancellor of the Llandaff diocese
 * Anthony Pierce, bishop of Swansea and Brecon
 * Evan Roberts, minister
 * Glyn Simon, archbishop of Wales
 * Rhys Derrick Chamberlain Walters, dean of the Liverpool Anglican cathedral
 * Rowan Williams, archbishop of Canterbury
 * Morris Bidwell, 17th century Puritan priest

Sports people

 * Jimmy Austin, baseball player
 * Nicole Cooke, cyclist
 * Brian Curvis, boxer
 * Dai Dower, boxer
 * Tracy Edwards, yachtswoman
 * Philip George, cricketer
 * Nikara Jenkins, rhythmic gymnast
 * Alan Jones, cricketer
 * Eifion Jones, cricketer
 * Simon Jones, cricketer
 * Enzo Maccarinelli, boxer
 * Gilbert Parkhouse, cricketer
 * Carl Roberts, cricketer
 * Don Shepherd, cricketer
 * Non Stanford, 2013 World Champion triathlete
 * Gary Taylor, 1993 World's Strongest Man
 * Rob Terry, wrestler
 * Imad Wasim, cricketer, born in Swansea but represents Pakistan

Footballers

 * Daniel Alfei
 * Ivor Allchurch
 * John Charles
 * Mel Charles
 * Chris Coleman
 * Ray Daniel
 * Richard Duffy
 * Trevor Ford
 * Bill Harris
 * Mark Harris
 * John Hartson
 * Robbie James
 * Cliff Jones
 * Dennis Lambourne
 * Aaron Lewis
 * Andy Melville
 * Mel Nurse
 * Jackie Roberts
 * Joe Rodon
 * Dean Saunders
 * Gary Sprake

Rugby players

 * William Richard Arnold
 * Dan Biggar
 * Bleddyn Bowen
 * Mervyn Davies
 * James Hook
 * Alun Wyn Jones
 * Ivor Jones
 * Lewis Jones
 * Ryan Jones
 * Douglas Marsden-Jones
 * Paul Moriarty
 * Richard Moriarty
 * George Lockwood Morris
 * Dicky Owen
 * Idwal Rees
 * Billy Trew
 * Shane Williams

Writers

 * Martin Amis, novelist
 * Mary Balogh, novelist
 * Russell T Davies, screenwriter
 * Amy Dillwyn, novelist and businesswoman
 * Joe Dunthorne, poet, novelist
 * Mark Ellis, author
 * Stuart Evans (1934–1994), novelist and poet
 * Paul Ferris
 * Iris Gower, novelist
 * Bryn Griffiths, poet
 * Cyril Gwynn, oral poet
 * Ann Hatton, novelist
 * Nigel Jenkins, poet
 * Stephen Knight, poet
 * Gary Ley, novelist
 * Bob Lock, novelist
 * Ruth Manning-Sanders, children's author and poet
 * Jon Mitchell, author and journalist
 * T. J. Morgan
 * Alex Norris, cartoonist
 * John Ormond, poet
 * John Pook, poet
 * Jason Shepherd, author and Welsh language advocate
 * Dylan Thomas, poet/playwright
 * Vernon Watkins, poet
 * Harri Webb, poet

Other

 * Silvanus Bevan, FRS, apothecary
 * Sybil Connolly, fashion designer
 * Catherine Lynch, 19th-century petty criminal
 * Edgar Evans, Antarctic explorer
 * Francis Grenfell, 1st Baron Grenfell, field marshal and Egyptologist
 * Frederick Higginson, RAF fighter ace
 * Hugh Llewellyn Glyn Hughes, medical administrator
 * Andrew Jones, film maker
 * Edward Kenway, pirate, assassin
 * Princess Lilian, Duchess of Halland
 * John Dillwyn Llewelyn, pioneer photographer, botanist
 * Sean Mathias, theatre director, film director
 * David Miles, economist
 * Beau Nash, socialite, dandy
 * Heather Nicholson, animal rights activist
 * Red Lady of Paviland, Upper Palaeolithic remains
 * Henry Pheloung, New Zealand bandsman, labourer and carrier
 * Richard Valentine Pitchford, 'Carlini', magician and entertainer
 * Glynn Vivian, art collector
 * Alan Woods, political theorist
 * Alan Woods, political theorist