BACON family, iron-masters and colliery proprietors .
BADDY, THOMAS (d. 1729 ), Independent minister and author .
BAILEY family, of Nant-y-glo , Aberaman , etc.
BAILEY family, of Glanusk Park , Brecknock , etc.
BAKER, DAVID ( Ven. Augustine Baker 1575 - 1641 ), Benedictine scholar and mystic ,
BAKER, ELIZABETH ( c. 1720 - 1789 ), diarist .
BALLINGER,Sir JOHN ( 1860 - 1933 ), first librarian of the National Library of Wales
BANCROFT, WILLIAM JOHN ( 1871 - 1959 ), rugby player and cricketer
BANKES,Sir JOHN ELDON ( 1854 - 1946 ), judge
BARHAM family, of Trecŵn, Pembs.
BARHAM (formerly NOEL , née MIDDLETON ), DIANA ( 1763 - 1823 ), peeress [in her own right, 1813], benefactress of the evangelical movement
BARKER family, of Pontypool , etc., artists .
BARKER, THOMAS WILLIAM ( 1861 - 1912 ), registrar of the diocese of S. Davids
BARLOW, WILLIAM ( 1499? - 1568 ), bishop
BARNES, EDWARD ( fl. c. 1760-1795 ), poet and translator of religious books
BARNWELL, EDWARD LOWRY ( 1813 - 1887 ), antiquary and schoolmaster
BARRETT, WILLIAM LEWIS ( 1847 - 1927 ), flautist
BARRINGTON, DAINES ( 1727 - 1800 ), lawyer, antiquary, and naturalist .
BARSTOW,Sir GEORGE LEWIS , ( 1874 - 1966 ), civil servant, president of University College Swansea
BASSETT, CHRISTOPHER ( 1753 - 1784 ), Methodist cleric
BASSETT, RICHARD ( 1777 - 1852 ), Methodist cleric
BAUGH, ROBERT ( 1748? - 1832 ), engraver, map-maker, and musician .
BAXTER, GEORGE ROBERT WYTHEN ( 1815 - 1854 ), author ,
BAXTER, WILLIAM ( 1650 - 1723 ), antiquary
BAYLY, LEWIS (d. 1631 ), bishop and devotional writer .
BEADLES, ELISHA ( 1670 - 1734 ), Quaker and writer
BEALE, ANNE ( 1816 - 1900 ), writer .
BEAUMONT, JAMES (d. 1750 ), early C.M. exhorter ,
BEBB, LLEWELLYN JOHN MONTFORD ( 1862 - 1915 ), cleric
BEBB, WILLIAM AMBROSE ( 1894 - 1955 ), historian, prose writer and politician
BECK (or BEK ), THOMAS (d. 1293 ), bishop of S. Davids
BEDLOE, WILLIAM ( 1650 - 1680 ), adventurer and Popish Plot informer ,
BEDO AEDDREN ( fl. c. 1500 ), bard .
BEDO BRWYNLLYS ( c. 1460 ), a Brecknock poet
BEDO HAFESP ( fl. 1568-1585 ), poet ,
BEDO PHYLIP BACH ( fl. 1480 ), poet ,
BEFIS, ( Syr BEFIS LLÊN ) (n.d.), poet
BELCHER, JOHN ( fl. 1721-1763 ), Methodist exhorter
BELL, ERNEST DAVID ( 1915 - 1959 ), artist and poet
BELLEROCHE, ALBERT de ( 1864 - 1944 ), painter and lithographer
BELL,Sir HAROLD IDRIS ( 1879 - 1967 ), scholar and translator
BELL, RICHARD ( 1859 - 1930 ), M.P. and trade union leader
BENNETT, NICHOLAS ( 1823 - 1899 ), musician and historian
BENNETT, RICHARD ( 1860 - 1937 ), Calvinistic Methodist historian
BERGAM, Y ( 14 c. ), poet, vaticinator .
BERNARD (d. 1148 ), bishop of S. Davids
BERRY, ROBERT GRIFFITH ( 1869 - 1945 ), minister (Congl.) and writer
BERWYN, RICHARD JONES ( 1863 - 1917 ), colonist and man of letters
BEUNO (d. 642? ), patron saint ,
BEVAN, ANEURIN ( 1897 - 1960 ), politician and one of the founders of the Welfare State
BEVAN, BRIDGET (‘ Madam Bevan ’ 1698 - 1779 ), philanthropist and educationist
BEVAN, EVAN ( 1803 - 1866 ), poet
BEVAN, HOPKIN ( 1765 - 1839 ), Calvinistic Methodist minister ,
BEVAN, LLEWELYN DAVID ( 1842 - 1918 ), Independent minister
BEVAN, LLYWELYN ( 1661 - 1723 ), Independent minister
BEVAN, SILVANUS ( 1691 - 1765 ), Quaker physician ,
BEVAN, THOMAS ( 1796? - 1819 ), missionary in the service of the London Missionary Society
BEVAN, THOMAS ( Caradawc , or Caradawc y Fenni 1802 - 1882 ), antiquary
BEVAN, WILLIAM LATHAM ( 1821 - 1908 ), archdeacon
BEYNON, ROBERT ( 1881 - 1953 ), minister (Presb.), poet and essayist
BEYNON, ROSSER ( Asaph Glan Tâf 1811 - 1876 ), musician
BEYNON, THOMAS (d. 1729 ), first minister
BEYNON, THOMAS ( 1744 - 1833 ), archdeacon of Cardigan and patron of eisteddfodau and Welsh literature
BEYNON, TOM ( 1886 - 1961 ), minister (Presb.), historian and author
BEYNON, WILLIAM ( 1884? - 1932 ), former British bantam-weight champion
BIDWELL, MORRIS . Puritan preacher, under the Commonwealth .
BIGGS, NORMAN ( 1870 - 1908 ), Wales and Cardiff Rugby wing threequarter
BIRCHINSHAW ( BYRCHINSHA , BYCHEINSHA ), WILLIAM ( fl. 1584-1617 ), poet .
BIRCH, JAMES (d. 1795? ), watchmaker and sectary ,
BIRD, JOHN ( 1768 - 1829 ), landscape painter
BLACKWELL, HENRY ( 1851 - 1928 ), bookbinder and bookseller, bibliographer and biographer ,
BLACKWELL, JOHN ( Alun 1797 - 1840 ), cleric and poet ,
BLAYNEY family, of Gregynog, Mont.
BLAYNEY, THOMAS ( 1785 -?), harpist
BLEDDYN ap CYNFYN (d. 1075 ), prince ,
BLEDDYN DDU ( c. 1200 ), poet .
BLEDDYN FARDD ( fl. 1268-1283 ). One of the bards of the independent Welsh princes .
BLEDRI (d. 1022 ), bishop of Llandaff ,
BLEDRI ap CYDIFOR (d. 1120 ), chieftain ,
BLEGYWRYD ( fl. c. 945 ), an authority on the ancient laws of Wales .
BLETHIN, WILLIAM , bishop of Llandaff from 1575 to 1590
BLIGH, STANLEY PRICE MORGAN ( 1870 - 1949 ), landowner and author
BLOOM, MILBOURN (d. 1766 ), Independent minister .
BODVEL ( WYNNE and GWYNNE ), of Bodvel (Caerns.) , Caerfryn ( Anglesey ), etc.
BODWRDA ( BODURDA ) family, of Bodwrda, Caerns.
BOLD, HUGH ( 1731 - 1809 ), lawyer , of Brecon .
BONAPARTE,Prince LOUIS-LUCIEN ( 1813 - 1891 ),
BOOTS, JOHN GEORGE ( 1874 - 1928 ), Wales and Newport Rugby forward
BOSANQUET family.
BOWEN family, Llwyn-gwair, Pembs.
BOWEN, BEN ( 1878 - 1903 ), student and poet .
BOWEN, D.E. ( fl. 1840-80 ), editor, author and Baptist minister in U.S.A
BOWEN, DAVID ( 1774 - 1853 ), Felinfoel
BOWEN, DAVID (‘ Myfyr Hefin ’ 1874 - 1955 ), minister (B) and editor
BOWEN, IVOR ( 1862 - 1934 ), K.C., county court judge
BOWEN, JOHN ( 1815 - 1859 ), bishop of Sierra Leone ,
BOWEN, SAMUEL ( 1799 - 1887 ), Macclesfield , Independent minister and teacher
BOWEN, THOMAS ( 1756 - 1827 ), Independent minister
BOWND, WILLIAM ( fl. 1658), Arminian Baptist .
BOWYER, GWILYM ( 1906 - 1965 ), minister (Congl.) and college principal
BOYDELL, JOSIAH ( 1752 - 1817 ), painter and illustrator
BRACE, DAVID ONLLWYN ( 1848 - 1891 ), Independent minister
BRACE, WILLIAM ( 1865 - 1947 ), miners' leader and M.P.
BRADFORD, JOHN ( 1706 - 1785 ), weaver, fuller, and dyer ,
BRADNEY,Sir JOSEPH ALFRED ( Achydd Glan Troddi 1859 - 1933 ), historian of Monmouthshire
BRANGWYN,Sir FRANK FRANCOIS GUILLAUME ( 1867 - 1956 ), painter
BRAOSE ( BREOS , BRAUSE , BRIOUSE , BREWES , etc.) family.
BRAZELL, DAVID ( 1875 - 1959 ), singer
BREESE, EDWARD ( 1835 - 1881 ), antiquary ,
BREESE, JOHN ( 1789 - 1842 ), Independent minister
BREEZE (or BREES ), EVAN ( 1798 - 1855 ), poet
BREEZE, SAMUEL ( 1772 - 1812 ), Baptist minister .
BRERETON, ANDREW (or HENRY) JONES ( 1827 - 1885 , Andreas o Fôn ), writer
BRERETON, JANE ( 1685 - 1740 ), poetess .
BRERETON, OWEN SALUSBURY ( 1715 - 1798 ), antiquary ,
BREWER, JEHOIADA ( 1752? - 1817 ), Independent minister and hymn-writer
BRIDGEMAN, GEORGE THOMAS ORLANDO ( 1823 - 1895 ), cleric, antiquary and genealogist
BRIGSTOCKE, THOMAS ( 1809 - 1881 ), portrait painter
BRIOC ( BRIOG ) , saint ( fl. 6th cent. ).
BRISCOE, THOMAS ( 1813 - 1895 ), cleric and scholar
BROCHWEL YSGYTHROG , more correctly ‘Ysgithrog,’ i.e. ‘of the tusks’ ( fl. 550 ), prince ,
BROMLEY, HUMPHREY ( fl. 1796-1826 ), should be put on record as having been probably the first Unitarian preacher in North Wales .
BROSTER family, printers , Chester and Bangor .
BROUGHTON family of Marchwiel, Denbs.
BROWN, JAMES CONWAY ( 1838 - 1908 ), musician
BROWN, MIA ARNESBY ( 1867 - 1931 ), artist
BRUCE, CHARLES GRANVILLE ( 1866 - 1939 ), mountaineer and soldier
BRUCE, HENRY AUSTIN ( 1815 - 1895 ), 1st baron Aberdare
BRUCE, WILLIAM NAPIER ( 1858 - 1936 ),
BRUNT, Sir DAVID ( 1886 - 1965 ), meteorologist and vice-president of the Royal Society
BRWMFFILD ( BROMFIELD ), MATTHEW ( fl. 1520-60 ), poet .
BRYAN, JOHN ( 1770 - 1856 ), Wesleyan Methodist minister
BRYAN, ROBERT ( 1858 - 1920 ), poet and composer
BRYANT, JOHN ( Alawydd Glan Tâf 1832 - 1926 ), harpist
BRYANT, TOM ( 1882 - 1946 ), harpist
BRYCHAN,S. ( fl. mid 5th cent. ),
BRYDGES,Sir HARFORD JONES ( 1764 - 1847 ), diplomatist and author
BRYNACH,S. ( fl. late 5th cent. — early 6th cent. ) .
BULKELEY family, Anglesey , etc.,
BULKELEY, HUGH ( fl. 17th cent. ), bard .
BULKELEY-OWEN, FANNY MARY KATHERINE ( 1845 - 1927 ), author
BULKELEY, RICHARD ( fl. late 16th — early 17th cent. ), bard .
BULKELEY, WILLIAM ( 1691 - 1760 ), squire and diarist
BULMER, JOHN ( 1784 - 1857 ), Independent minister
BURGESS, THOMAS ( 1756 - 1837 ), bishop
BUSH, PERCY FRANK , ( 1879 - 1955 ), rugby player
BUTTON,Sir THOMAS (d. April 1634 ), admiral and explorer
BWTTING, RHYS ( 15th cent. ), harpist
