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Richard Burton

Wales' most famous Hollywood superstar.

This Hollywood superstar who appeared in 62 films and was nominated for 7 Academy awards came from the mining village of Pontrhydyfen.

Tom Jones

Tom Jones has sold a truly heroic number of records - over 100 million since 1965!

Once 'too hot to handle', Tom Jones is now the respected face of the BBC's 'The Voice'. competition and the most famous singer ever to come from Wales.

Michael Sheen

Passionate about his home town of Baglan, Sheen produced an epic piece of street theatre there in 2011 - The Passion.

Evan James - Ieuan ap Iago

‘This land of my fathers is dear to me.’

'Hen Wlad Fy Nhadau' or 'Land of My Fathers' is, by tradition, the national anthem of Wales. The words were written by Evan James and the tune composed by his son, James James, in 1856 whilst they were living in Pontypridd. The earliest written copy survives in the collections of the National Library of Wales.

William Haggar

Greatest early film maker in Wales

Years ahead of his time this pioneer of early film making brought cinema to Wales.

Ann Clwyd

The first woman to sit in Parliament for a Welsh Valleys constituency.

Ann Clwyd is recognised for her work in the fields of international development and human rights. She was the first woman to sit for a Valleys constituency, representing the Cynon Valley since 1984.

Molly Parkin

'This extraordinary product of the Garw Valley: a slip of a girl who stormed the bastions of London's bohemia' (Lyn Howells)

This talented Garw Valley girl became editor of Harpers and Queen. She returned to painting in the 1990s and her work is now inspired by Celtic landscapes, especially around Pontycymer. In 2012 she was awarded a Civil List Pension by the Queen for her services to the arts.

John Fielding

Hero of Rorke's Drift

This hero of Rorke's Drift received a Victoria Cross for his stand against the Zulus.

Anthony Hopkins

'This was where my whole life as an actor started.'

This legend of stage and screen, who was born in Port Talbot and started acting at the local YMCA, was knighted for his services to the arts in 1993.

Nye Bevan

All I am doing is extending to the entire population of Britain, the benefits we have had in Tredegar for a generation or more. (Nye Bevan)

Heroes don’t come any bigger than Aneurin Bevan who shaped modern health care in Britain, establishing the National Health Service in 1948, which became the envy of the world.

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