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Bertrand Russell
British philosopher and logician (1872–1970)
Jane Goodall
Dame Valerie Jane Morris Goodall was an English primatologist and anthropologist. Regarded as a pioneer in primate ethology, and described by many publications as "the world's preeminent chimpanzee expert", she was best known for more than six decades of field research on the social and family life of wild chimpanzees in the Kasakela chimpanzee community at Gombe Stream National Park in Tanzania. Beginning in 1960, under the mentorship of the palaeontologist Louis Leakey, Goodall's research demonstrated that chimpanzees share many key traits with humans, such as using tools, having complex emotions, forming lasting social bonds, engaging in organised warfare, and passing on knowledge across generations, which redefined the traditional view that humans are uniquely different from other animals.
Glynis Johns
British actress (1923–2024)
William Jones
Anglo-Welsh philologist and scholar of ancient India (1746-1794)
Cliff Richard
British singer (born 1940)
Engelbert Humperdinck
British singer
Sophie, Duchess of Edinburgh
British Royal, wife of Prince Edward, Duke of Edinburgh
Jean Rhys
British novelist (1890–1979)
Antony Armstrong-Jones, 1st Earl of Snowdon
Welsh photographer and filmmaker (1930-2017); ex-husband of Princess Margaret (1930–2017)
Denise Levertov
British-American poet (1923-1997)
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British actor, comedian and writer
Nicky Morgan
British politician
Cathleen Nesbitt
British actress (1888-1982)
Anna Kashfi
British actress (1934–2015)
Howard Jones
British musician
Geoffrey Lawrence, 1st Baron Oaksey
British judge (1880-1971)
Thomas William Rhys Davids
British scholar of the Pāli language (1843–1922)
Gwen Ffrangcon-Davies
British actress (1891-1992)
David Jones
painter and British modernist poet (1895-1974)
Muslimgauze
Muslimgauze was the main musical project of Bryn Jones (17 June 1961 – 14 January 1999), a British experimental musician who was influenced by conflicts and history in the Muslim world, often with an emphasis on the Israeli–Palestinian conflict. With dozens of albums released under the Muslimgauze name, Jones was prolific, but he never achieved mainstream success. His music, categorized as an example of ethnic electronica, has been described by one critic as "among the most startling and unique in the noise underground".
Geraint Wyn Davies
Welsh-Canadian actor
Heathcote Williams
English poet, actor and dramatist (1941-2017)
Michael Davies
British teacher and traditionalist Catholic writer
Anne Evans
British operatic soprano
Lesley-Ann Jones
British non-fiction writer
Julian Lewis
British politician (born 1951)
Patrick Lawrence, 5th Baron Trevethin
British barrister, hereditary peer and crossbench member of the House of Lords (born 1960)
Alun Owen
British screenwriter (1925-1994)
Sophie Lewis
British feminist theorist
Brandon Rhys-Williams
British politician (1927-1988)
Gwilym Hugh Lewis
British flying ace (1897-1996)