People from Merthyr Tydfil

Ian David Karslake Watkins was a Welsh singer, songwriter, and convicted child sex offender. He was the lead singer and frontman of the rock band Lostprophets from 1997 to 2012. Watkins founded Lostprophets with Lee Gaze in 1997, having previously been in a band called Fleshbind with him. Lostprophets released five studio albums, four of which made the top 10 of the UK Albums Chart, including Liberation Transmission which went to number 1 in 2006.

Welsh businessman, founder of Donetsk

British man wrongly convicted of murder (1924-1950)

British rock band

Welsh composer (1841–1903)

Welsh Muslim scholar

American politician (1840-1896)

Australian politician (1845–1920)

British newspaper publisher and Viscount (1883-1968)

Welsh historian (1821–1875)

British politician (born 1946)

Bajan-Welsh singer and songwriter

British businessman and baron (1835–1914)

British newspaper publisher (1879-1954)

Welsh novelist writing in English

American politician (1816-1893)

British iron merchant (1739 – 1810)

Welsh miner, trade union official, politician and writer (1884-1970)