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    Greatest ever Welshman

    Inspired by the greatest living Briton thread, who's the greatest ever Welshman?

    Given the impact and how difficult it was to achieve, I'm going to go with Nye Bevan for giving us the NHS

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    Sophie Dee

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    John Charles

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    John Charles

    Alright for West Wales

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    Sophie Dee
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    Jordan Davies

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    HENRY VII

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    Quote Originally Posted by BLUETIT View Post
    HENRY VII
    He was born in Wales, but went into exile aged 4 and grew up talking French. There must be better candidates?

    (His mother was only 13 years old when he was born!)

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    Quote Originally Posted by jon1959 View Post
    He was born in Wales, but went into exile aged 4 and grew up talking French. There must be better candidates?

    (His mother was only 13 years old when he was born!)
    Smashed the Ingurlish though

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    Paul Robeson

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    Tank

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    Tanya Grey Thompson

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    Nye Bevan

    No question

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    Quote Originally Posted by jeremy corbyn View Post
    Nye Bevan

    No question
    ^^^
    this!

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    Dai.

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    Can the more informed among us tell me why David Lloyd George is never mentioned in these conversations?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Bruce Parry View Post
    Can the more informed among us tell me why David Lloyd George is never mentioned in these conversations?
    Maybe a Whoooooooosh moment, but if you google him you may find out

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    Quote Originally Posted by BLUETIT View Post
    Maybe a Whoooooooosh moment, but if you google him you may find out
    He's English.

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    Quote Originally Posted by BLUETIT View Post
    Maybe a Whoooooooosh moment, but if you google him you may find out
    Quote Originally Posted by alan_corneli View Post
    He's English.


    Thus a Whooooooooosh moment

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    Quote Originally Posted by BLUETIT View Post


    Thus a Whooooooooosh moment
    Born in Manchester of Welsh parents, he was brought up as a welsh speaker and he is still the only Prime minister ever to have spoken welsh as a first language and English as a second language.

    so is he English??????
    If he'd been a modern football player he'd have played for Wales.

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    Quote Originally Posted by alan_corneli View Post
    He's English.
    Exactly, just like Ted Dexter is Italian, John McEnroe is German, Freddie Brown is Peruvian, Graham Price is Egyptian and Joe Strummer is Turkish

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    Lee Evans

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    Bertrand Russell, Robert Owen, Alfred Russel Wallace

    Greatest living: Steve Jones

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    Roald Dahl
    Dylan Thomas

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