Born here
186
notable people
Best known
Bonnie Tyler
in 72 Wikipedia languages
Most common field
Sports
132 people
What stands out about Neath’s famous people ★ What stands out · The best known Born in Neath Bonnie Tyler leads with articles in 72 languages, ahead of Ray Milland (56) and Ben Davies (46).
#1 Music Bonnie Tyler 1951–2026 Welsh singer (1951–2026)
#2 Film, TV & Stage Ray Milland 1907–1986 British actor (1907–1986)
#3 Sports Ben Davies born 1993 Welsh association football player (born 1993)
Through the years When Neath’s famous people were born The 1990s top the chart, with 25 births in the decade.
Georgian Victorian The 20th century Today 1700 1750 1800 1850 1900 1950 2000 Ben Davies Mark Bowen
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for What Neath is known for Compared with the usual town, athletes are the most over-represented field, at 1.4 times.
Sports 132 people 71%1.4× usual Film, TV & Stage 14 people 8%about usual Politics & Law 11 people 6%below usual Writing & Arts 8 people 4%below usual Music 6 people 3%below usual Science & Medicine 6 people 3%below usual Notable 3 people 2% Military 2 people 1%below usual Faith 2 people 1%below usual Business 2 people 1%below usual
Everyone Everyone else born in Neath The other 183 span the years 1720 to 2004.
All · 183 Politics & Law · 11 Military · 2 Sports · 131 Music · 5 Film, TV & Stage · 13 Writing & Arts · 8 Science & Medicine · 6 Business · 2 Faith · 2 Notable · 3
Any time Georgian · 3 Victorian · 28 The 20th century · 81 Today · 69
MB Mark Bowen born 1963 Welsh association football player
Connor Roberts born 1995 Welsh association football player
Katherine Jenkins born 1980 British singer
Rubin Colwill born 2002 Welsh association football player
Cecil Griffiths 1900–1945 British athlete (1900–1945)
Clayton Blackmore born 1964 Welsh footballer (born 1964)
Hugh Dalton 1887–1962 Welsh politician and British MP (1887-1962)
Jamie Jones born 1988 Welsh snooker player
Michael White born 1991 Welsh snooker player
Paul Rhys born 1963 Welsh actor
Daniel Wells born 1988 Welsh snooker player
Paul James born 1982 Welsh rugby union player
Christian Ribeiro born 1989 Welsh footballer (born 1989)
Julie Gardner born 1969 Television producer
Justin Tipuric born 1989 Wales rugby union footballer
Hugh Evan-Thomas 1862–1928 Royal Navy admiral (1862-1928)
AL Andy Legg born 1966 Welsh footballer and manager (born 1966)
Barry Morgan born 1947 Archbishop of Wales and Bishop of Llandaff
DJ Daniel Jervis born 1996 British swimmer
Duncan Jones born 1978 Welsh rugby union player
Jessie Penn-Lewis 1861–1927 British evangelist, editor (1861–1927)
Richard Hibbard born 1983 Wales rugby union and rugby league footballer
SE Samuel Evans 1859–1918 British politician (1859–1918)
BB Brian Bowditch born 1961 British mathematician
HP Henry Habberley Price 1899–1984 Welsh philosopher (1899–1984)
HF Hywel Francis 1946–2021 British politician (1946-2021)
JH John Holloway born 1948 British musician
LP Leighton Phillips born 1949 Welsh footballer (born 1949)
PR Philippa Roles 1978–2017 British athlete (1978-2017)
CM Craig Mitchell born 1986 Welsh rugby union player
KR Karl Ready born 1972 Welsh footballer (born 1972)
Michael Bogdanov 1938–2017 British theatre director (1938–2017)
PS Peter Shreeves born 1940 British footballer and manager (born 1940)
William Nott 1782–1845 British general
WS William Squire 1917–1989 Welsh actor (1917–1989)
AR Alan Rees 1938–2022 Welsh rugby union and rugby league footballer (born 1938)
AS Alex Samuel born 1995 Welsh association football player (born 1995)
BL Barry Lloyd 1953–2016 Welsh cricketer (1953-2016)
C. W. Nicol 1940–2020 Welsh-born Japanese writer (1940-2020)
CH Carl Harris born 1956 Welsh footballer (born 1956)
CC Claire Curtis-Thomas born 1958 British politician (born 1958)
David Melding born 1962 British politician (born 1962)
Hayley Jones born 1995 Welsh racing cyclist
JC Joel Colwill born 2004 Welsh footballer
JB John Bevan 1948–1986 Welsh rugby union footballer and coach (1948-1986)
John Hughes 1930–2022 Editor, born 1930
Martyn Margetson born 1971 Welsh footballer (born 1971)
RW Ron Waldron born 1933 Welsh rugby union footballer and coach
SD Samuel Silkin, Baron Silkin of Dulwich 1918–1988 British politician (1918-1988)
TJ Thomas Garnet Henry James 1923–2009 British egyptologist (1923–2009)
Thomas Griffiths 1867–1955 British politician (1867-1955)
AS Adrian Shaw born 1972 Welsh cricketer
AC Alan Couch born 1953 Association football player (born 1953)
AL Anthony Ling 1910–1987 Welsh cricketer (1910-1987)
Bright Light Bright Light born 1982 Welsh singer-songwriter
Chad Bond born 1987 British footballer (born 1987)
CR Colin Randell born 1952 Welsh footballer (born 1952)
CR Craig Richards born 1959 Welsh professional footballer (born 1959)
DJ Dai Jones born 1941 Welsh footballer (born 1941)
DB Dan Baker born 1992 Welsh rugby union player
David Thomas 1794–1882 Welsh industrialist, born 1794
David Watts Morgan 1867–1933 Welsh politician (1867-1933)
DB Dennis Burgess 1926–1980 British actor (1926-1980)
Gwenda Thomas born 1942 British politician (born 1942)
HL Hannah Lloyd born 1979 Cricketer
IB Ian Bray born 1962 Welsh footballer (born 1962)
IH Ian Hillier born 1979 British footballer (born 1979)
JW James Williams born 1973 Former Welsh cricketer, born 1973
Jill Nalder born 1961 Welsh actress and HIV/AIDS activist
KB Kezia Burrows Welsh actress
MD Mark Davies born 1969 Welsh cricketer (1969-)
MO Mark Ormrod 1957–2020 English historian (1957-2020)
ME Maudie Edwards 1906–1991 British actress and singer (1906-1991)
Mike Gwilym born 1949 British actor
NJ Norman Jacob 1901–1970 Welsh cricketer (1901-1970)
Owen Williams born 1992 Welsh rugby union footballer (1992-)
RG Richard Grant born 1984 Cricketer
RG Robert Gwilym born 1956 British actor
RE SD Steve Doyle born 1958 Welsh footballer (born 1958)
SP Stuart Phelps born 1975 Welsh cricketer (born 1975)
TS Terry Stephens born 1935 Footballer (born 1935)
TH Thomas Haffield born 1988 British swimmer
AT Adi Taviner born 1990 Welsh rugby union player
AD Adrian Durston born 1975 Rugby union player
AJ Alec James 1889–1961 Cricket player (1889-1961)
AM Andrew Mumford born 1981 Welsh footballer (born 1981)
Ashley Beck born 1990 Welsh rugby union player
BT Bryn Thomas 1912–2005 British field hockey player and cricketer
CE Craig Evans born 1971 Welsh cricketer
DS Damian Shirazi born 1983 Welsh cricketer
DT David Thaxton born 1982 British musical theatre actor
GW Gareth Williams born 1988 Wales rugby union player
Geraint F. Lewis born 1969 Welsh astronomer born in Neath
IJ Iori Jenkins born 1959 Footballer (born 1959)
Jay Curtis born 1984 British actor
KL Kerin Lake born 1990 Welsh rugby union player
KB Kevin Bowring 1954–2024 Welsh rugby union footballer and coach
KP Kristian Phillips born 1990 Welsh rugby union player
LW Lawrence Williams 1946–2023 Welsh cricketer
LJ Luc Jones born 1994 Welsh rugby union player
LD Lyn Davies born 1947 Welsh footballer (born 1947)
MR Mal Rees 1924–2003 British association football player (1924-2003)
Michelle Green born 1982 Welsh footballer (born 1982)
Milsom Rees 1866–1952 British doctor
Noah Thomas 1720–1792 Welsh physician
OJ Oliver James born 1990 Welsh cricketer
Rees Stephens 1922–1998 Welsh rugby union player (1922-1998)
RM Reuben Morgan-Williams born 1998 Welsh rugby union player
RH Robert Hadley born 1951 English cricketer
Robert Minhinnick born 1952 British writer
RB Roger Blake born 1957 British actor
RB Rosemary Barrow 1968–2016 British art historian
SD Sam Davies born 1992 Welsh cricketer
SM Scott Morgan born 1978 Welsh rugby union player
SG Sean Griffiths born 1995 Cricketer
SB Steve Barwick 1960–2026 Cricketer
SJ Steve Jones born 1977 Welsh rugby union player (1977-)
TW Tom Whittington 1881–1944 Cricketer (1881-1944)
WC Wayne Curtis born 1967 Association football player
CA Chris Anthony born 1976 Welsh rugby union player
CL Christian Loader born 1973 Welsh rugby union player
CT Clayton Thomas born 1950 Welsh rugby union referee
CP Craig Price born 1989 Welsh rugby union player
DD Don Devereux 1932–1995 Welsh rugby union and rugby league footballer (1932–1995)
DP Doug Phillips 1919–2000 Welsh rugby union and rugby league footballer (1919–2000)
EE Eric Evans 1894–1955 Welsh rugby union player and official
GP Gary Pickford-Hopkins 1948–2013 Musical artist
GS Glyn Stephens 1891–1965 Welsh rugby union player (1891–1965)
Gwenan Davies born 1994 Welsh cricketer
HJ Harri Jenkins born 1996 British Athlete
IM Idris Miles 1908–1983 Association football player (1908-1983)
JD John Davies 1941–1969 Welsh rugby union and rugby league footballer (b. 1941)
KJ Keri Jones born 1969 Welsh rugby union and rugby league footballer
KW Kieran Williams born 1997 Welsh rugby union player
LW Laura May Walkley born 1991 Association football player (born 1991)
LT Laura Thomas born 1985 British bowls player
LD Leigh Davies born 1976 Welsh rugby union player
Luke Price born 1995 Welsh rugby union player
MB Mark Bennett born 1969 Welsh rugby player
MS Mark Stacey born 1964 British television personality
MJ Matthew Jarvis born 1990 Welsh rugby union player
RW Raymond Wilkins born 1950 Welsh rugby union and rugby league footballer
RS Richard Smith born 1987 Welsh rugby union player
Roy John 1925–1981 Welsh rugby union player (1925–1981)
SE Stuart Evans born 1963 Welsh rugby union and rugby league footballer
TL Thomas Lloyd 1882–1938 Welsh rugby union player (1882–1938)
TR Tom Reason 1890–1935 Welsh cricketer (1890-1935)
TP Tony Pickrell 1942–2015 Welsh footballer (1942-2015)
Walter E. Rees 1863–1949 Welsh rugby union official
AH Arthur Hickman 1910–1995 Welsh rugby union and rugby league footballer (1910-1995)
AC Audrey Coombs 1928–2016 British table tennis player
BP Bill Perry 1886–1970 Welsh rugby union player
Chris Jenkins Welsh powerlifter
CN Clive Norling born 1950 Welsh rugby union referee
DP Dai Prosser 1912–1973 Welsh rugby union footballer, and rugby league footballer and coach
DS Dan Suter born 1993 Welsh rugby union player (1993-)
David Anthony born 1989 Paralympic rugby player
ER Ernest Rowland 1864–1940 Welsh rugby union player
GC George Henry Challenger 1881–1947 Aero-engineer born in Wales
GG Glyn Gething 1892–1977 Welsh rugby union player (1892-1977)
GH Gomer Hughes 1910–1974 Welsh rugby union and rugby league footballer (1910–1974)
GW Gwynfor Williams born 1956 Welsh rugby union player
HT Harold Thomas 1914–1989 Welsh rugby union and rugby league footballer (1914–1989)
HM Howell Moore-Gwyn 1886–1956 Welsh cricketer and British Army officer (1886-1956)
JE Jason Evans born 1971 South African lawn bowler
JE Joan M. Eyles 1907–1986 Geologist 1907–1986
JH Job Harris 1840–1882 1840 - 1882) Job Harris (1840 - 1882
JD John Leighton Davies 1927–1995 Welsh rugby union and rugby league footballer (1927-1995)
JT Jonathan Tomlinson born 1982 British lawn bowler
MJ Margaret Townsend Jenkins 1843–1923 Welsh-born social reformer and educator in Chile and Canada
NS Nathan Strong born 1976 Welsh rugby union footballer and coach, and rugby league footballer
Oliver Piper 1884–1933 Rugby player (1884-1933)
RJ Richard Johnson born 1985 Welsh rugby union and rugby league footballer, born 1985
RA Roger Argente born 1962 British bass trombonist
SM Sam Mainwaring 1841–1907 Welsh machinist and socialist political activist
SH Sean Holley born 1970 Rugby player
TP Thomas Paddison born 1883 Welsh rugby league footballer
TT Tiaan Thomas-Wheeler born 1999 Welsh rugby union player
TO Tony O'Connor 1934–2015 Welsh rugby union footballer (1934-2015)
Tracey Corderoy born 1965 Children's Author
VH Vivian Harrison 1921–1989 Welsh rugby union and rugby league footballer
WE Walter Rice Evans 1863–1909 Welsh rugby union player (1863-1909)
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Questions about famous people from Neath Who is the most famous person from Neath? Bonnie Tyler (Welsh singer (1951–2026)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 72 languages. Next come Ray Milland and Ben Davies.
How many famous people were born in Neath? 186 people born in Neath have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace. Wikidata places 200 people here; the rest aren’t listed because their article names somewhere else, or no town.
What is Neath known for? Among its famous people, athletes: 132 of the 186. That is 71% of the town’s list, against 49% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Neath? Noah Thomas, born in 1720. The youngest on the list was born in 2004.
Who counts as from Neath? People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Neath’s built-up area (the ONS 2022 boundary), a hospital or district within it included, whose English Wikipedia article agrees. People who only lived here, adult performers and people known mainly for crimes aren’t listed.
Why is someone missing? Their Wikidata birthplace may be a bigger area (“London”), another town, or missing, or their article may give no birthplace. We only list people both sources agree on; editing Wikidata or Wikipedia changes this page at the next refresh.
From Wikidata (CC0: birthplaces, descriptions, years, occupations) and English Wikipedia (each person’s article confirms the birthplace; linked, not quoted). Birthplaces are placed in the town by the ONS 2022 built-up-area boundary (Office for National Statistics, Open Government Licence v3.0). Ranked by how many Wikipedia languages cover each person. Fields are read from Wikidata’s description and occupations. “The usual town”: everyone listed across UK towns. Portraits: each person’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
Photo credits (57) Bonnie Tyler: Stefan Brending (2eight), CC BY-SA 3.0 de , Wikimedia Commons Ray Milland: Whitey Schafer, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons Ben Davies: Steindy 16:11, 10 November 2016 (UTC), CC BY-SA 3.0 , Wikimedia Commons Connor Roberts: Press Service of the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan, CC BY 4.0 , Wikimedia Commons Katherine Jenkins: UKinUSA, CC BY-SA 2.0 , Wikimedia Commons Rubin Colwill: Timmy96, CC0 , Wikimedia Commons Cecil Griffiths: Agence Rol, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons Clayton Blackmore: my own picture, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons Hugh Dalton: Howard Coster, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons Jamie Jones: Benutzer:Bill da Flute, CC BY-SA 3.0 , Wikimedia Commons Michael White: Benutzer:Bill da Flute, CC BY-SA 3.0 , Wikimedia Commons Paul Rhys: Infomatics, CC BY-SA 4.0 , Wikimedia Commons Daniel Wells: DerHexer, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0 , Wikimedia Commons Paul James: National Assembly for Wales, CC BY 2.0 , Wikimedia Commons Christian Ribeiro: Dan Goddard, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons Julie Gardner: Ewen Roberts, CC BY 2.0 , Wikimedia Commons Justin Tipuric: National Assembly for Wales from Wales, CC BY 2.0 , Wikimedia Commons Hugh Evan-Thomas: Francis Dodd, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons Barry Morgan: National Assembly For Wales / Cynulliad Cymru profile, CC BY 2.0 , Wikimedia Commons Duncan Jones: Caroline Léna Becker, CC BY 3.0 , Wikimedia Commons Jessie Penn-Lewis: Stuarts in Richmond, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons Richard Hibbard: Clément Bucco-Lechat, CC BY-SA 3.0 , Wikimedia Commons Michael Bogdanov: Fritz Peyer, CC BY-SA 4.0 , Wikimedia Commons William Nott: John Deffett Francis, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons C. W. Nicol: Conan Morimoto, CC BY-SA 3.0 , Wikimedia Commons David Melding: National Assembly For Wales / Cynulliad Cymru profile, CC BY 2.0 , Wikimedia Commons Hayley Jones: Henry Bucklow/Lazy Photography (Sffubs), CC BY-SA 3.0 , Wikimedia Commons John Hughes: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons Martyn Margetson: Kosack, CC BY-SA 3.0 , Wikimedia Commons Thomas Griffiths: Anhysbys, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons Bright Light Bright Light: https://www.flickr.com/photos/kidvinyl/, CC BY-SA 2.0 , Wikimedia Commons Chad Bond: Splitfire1000, CC BY-SA 3.0 , Wikimedia Commons David Thomas: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons David Watts Morgan: Unknown (Bassano), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons Gwenda Thomas: National Assembly For Wales / Cynulliad Cymru profile, CC BY 2.0 , Wikimedia Commons Jill Nalder: The British Library, CC BY 3.0 , Wikimedia Commons Mike Gwilym: Napoleonic, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons Owen Williams: stede64, CC BY-SA 2.0 , Wikimedia Commons Ashley Beck: Caroline Léna Becker, CC BY 3.0 , Wikimedia Commons Geraint F. Lewis: Llywelyn2000, CC BY-SA 4.0 , Wikimedia Commons Jay Curtis: Jay Curtis (copyright owner), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons Michelle Green: Clavdia chauchat, CC0 , Wikimedia Commons Milsom Rees: Bassano Ltd (unknown), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons Noah Thomas: George Romney, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons Rees Stephens: Unknown (Crown Studios of Wellington), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons Robert Minhinnick: Mooganic, CC BY 2.0 , Wikimedia Commons Gwenan Davies: Boosh118, CC BY-SA 4.0 , Wikimedia Commons Luke Price: Stefano Delfrate, CC BY-SA 2.0 , Wikimedia Commons Roy John: Unknown (Crown Studios of Wellington), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons Walter E. Rees: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons Chris Jenkins: Rob.illing, CC BY-SA 4.0 , Wikimedia Commons David Anthony: U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Sean M. Worrell, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons Oliver Piper: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons Tracey Corderoy: Mcorderoy, CC BY-SA 3.0 , Wikimedia Commons Catherine Zeta-Jones: David Shankbone, CC BY 3.0 , Wikimedia Commons Mary Hopkin: CBS Television, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons Dic Penderyn: John Lord, CC BY-SA 2.0 , Wikimedia Commons Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026 (ONS boundaries). Northern Ireland: Source: NISRA; contains Land & Property Services data and Ordnance Survey of Northern Ireland information, © Crown copyright, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Scotland: contains National Records of Scotland data, Registers of Scotland data and SEPA data, © Crown copyright / © SEPA 2025, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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