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

Sophie Dee

John Charles

Paul Robeson

Tank

Tanya Grey Thompson

Nye Bevan

No question

Dai.

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

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Originally Posted by Der Kaiser

Sophie Dee

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Originally Posted by Armitage Shanks

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Smiley faces

Jordan Davies

Lee Evans

Bertrand Russell, Robert Owen, Alfred Russel Wallace

Greatest living: Steve Jones

Roald Dahl
Dylan Thomas

fireman sam

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Originally Posted by Bruce Parry

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

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Perhaps it was because he made a fortune out of selling knighthoods and peerages ?

Politician: Nye Bevan
Actor: Richard Burton
Musician: Nicky Wire (yeah I’m biased)
Sportsman: John Charles, Gareth Bale, Gareth Edwards

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Originally Posted by CardiffIrish2

Politician: Nye Bevan
Actor: Richard Burton
Musician: Nicky Wire (yeah I’m biased)
Sportsman: John Charles, Gareth Bale, Gareth Edwards

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Calzaghe + Tanni Grey probably deserving of a mention in the sports category too. Geraint Thomas?

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Originally Posted by delmbox

Calzaghe + Tanni Grey probably deserving of a mention in the sports category too. Geraint Thomas?

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Of course 👍👍

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Originally Posted by Bruce Parry

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

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Maybe a Whoooooooosh moment, but if you google him you may find out :hehe:

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Originally Posted by Joe Gillis

John Charles

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Alright for West Wales

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Originally Posted by BLUETIT

Maybe a Whoooooooosh moment, but if you google him you may find out :hehe:

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He's English.

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Originally Posted by BLUETIT

Maybe a Whoooooooosh moment, but if you google him you may find out :hehe:

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Originally Posted by alan_corneli

He's English.

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:sherlock:

Thus a Whooooooooosh moment :facepalm:

Roald Dahl

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Originally Posted by jeremy corbyn

Nye Bevan

No question

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https://www.theguardian.com/books/20...s-chris-mullin

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Originally Posted by alan_corneli

He's English.

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Exactly, just like Ted Dexter is Italian, John McEnroe is German, Freddie Brown is Peruvian, Graham Price is Egyptian and Joe Strummer is Turkish

Very male orinated should it not be Welshperson ,can I put WB forward 😉😉

Neil Kinnock init.

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Originally Posted by life on mars

Very male orinated should it not be Welshperson ,can I put WB forward ����

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That is true, I already had Nye Bevan in mind though but I should have put Welsh person for everyone else

On behalf of Grangetown blue
Ashley williams.

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Originally Posted by jeremy corbyn

Nye Bevan

No question

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^^^
this! :thumbup:

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Originally Posted by BLUETIT

:sherlock:

Thus a Whooooooooosh moment :facepalm:

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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?????? :shrug:
If he'd been a modern football player he'd have played for Wales.

HENRY VII

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Originally Posted by xsnaggle

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?????? :shrug:
If he'd been a modern football player he'd have played for Wales.

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Thus the Whooooooooooosh moment

Stop trying to be clever, anyone with an ounce of knowledge knows he was Ingurlsh, whereas HENRY VII was born Welsh and I bet spoke it

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Originally Posted by BLUETIT

HENRY VII

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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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Originally Posted by jon1959

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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Smashed the Ingurlish though :hehe:

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Originally Posted by BLUETIT

Thus the Whooooooooooosh moment

Stop trying to be clever, anyone with an ounce of knowledge knows he was Ingurlsh, whereas HENRY VII was born Welsh and I bet spoke it

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:hehe:

Kylie actually won a greatest ever welsh woman award didn’t she?

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Originally Posted by Optimistic Nick

Kylie actually won a greatest ever welsh woman award didn’t she?

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Her mum is from Maesteg. Probably more Welsh than a few international sportspeople.