The National Library of Wales :: Dictionary of Welsh Biography

DAFYDD ap MAREDUDD GLAIS ( fl. 1429-1468 ), cleric, murderer, civic official, and translator of a chronicle of the kings of England into Welsh .

DAFYDD ap PHYLIP ap RHYS ‘Syr ’ ( fl. c. 1500-1540 ), a poet (probably in holy orders)

DAFYDD ap RHYS O FENAI (or O'R FENNI) ( fl. c. 1550 ), a poet

DAFYDD ap SIANCYN (SIENCYN) ap DAFYDD ap y CRACH ( fl. mid 15th cent. ), Lancastrian partisan and poet ,

DAFYDD BAENTIWR ( fl. c. 1500-1530? ), a poet

DAFYDD BENFRAS ( fl. 1230-1260 ), poet .

DAFYDD BENWYN ( second half of the 16th cent. ), one of the bards of Glamorgan .

DAFYDD COWPER (GOWPER) ( fl. c. 1500 ), poet , of Wrexham .

DAFYDD DARON ( fl. 1400 ), dean of Bangor ,

DAFYDD (DAVID) ap GRUFFYDD (d. 1283 ), prince of Gwynedd

DAFYDD DDU ATHRO HIRADDUG ( before 1400 ), a poet ,

DAFYDD, EDWARD ( c. 1600 - 1678? ), bard , of Margam, Glam.

DAFYDD EMLYN (or DAFYDD WILLIAM PRYS ) ( fl. 1603-1622 ), poet and cleric

DAFYDD EPYNT ( fl. c. 1460 ), a poet ,

DAFYDD FYNGLWYD (or DAFYDD ap SIANCYN FYNGLWYD ) ( fl. c. 1500-1550 ), poet ,

DAFYDD GAM (d. 1415 ), Welsh warrior ,

DAFYDD GLYN DYFRDWY ( fl. c. 1575 ), bard

DAFYDD GOCH BRYDYDD o FUALLT , a poet , evidently from the Builth district, and living towards the end of the 16th cent.

DAFYDD GORLECH ( 1410? - 1490? ), a writer of cywyddau brud (vaticinations)

DAFYDD, JOHN and MORGAN ( fl. 1747 ), hymn-writers

DAFYDD LLWYD of HENBLAS or DAFYDD LLWYD ap SION (d. 1619 ), poet and scholar ,

DAFYDD LLWYD ap DAFYDD ab EINION ap HYWEL , of Newtown, Mont. (d. before 1469 ), a prominent figure in Cydewain and a generous patron of the 15th cent. bards

DAFYDD LLWYD ap HUW , a poet living at the beginning of the 17th cent.

DAFYDD LLWYD ap LLYWELYN ap GRUFFUDD , of Mathafarn ( c. 1420 - c. 1500 ), poet .

DAFYDD LLWYD MATHAU, MATHE, or MATHEW ( fl. 1601-1629 ), poet and strolling minstrel

DAFYDD LLWYD SYBYLLTIR ( fl. c. 1610 ), poet

DAFYDD LLYFNI ( fl. end of 16th cent. ), poet , of Caernarvonshire .

DAFYDD (or DAVIES ), MAURICE ( fl. 1789 ), hymn-writer

DAFYDD MEIFOD ( fl. c. 1600 ), poet

DAFYDD, MEURIG ( 1510? - 1595 ), professional bard, staunch Papist, and one of the most important literary characters in Glamorgan in the second half of the 16th cent.

DAFYDD NANCONWY ( fl. 17th cent. ), writer of cywyddau .

Dafydd Nanmor , a 15th cent. poet of note.

DAFYDD OFFEIRIAD, ‘Syr ’ ( fl. 15th cent. ), cleric, and writer of vaticinatory poetry .

DAFYDD, OWEN ( 1751 - 1814? ), rustic poet and ballad-writer .

DAFYDD PENNANT ( late 16th cent. ), bard .

DAFYDD, PHILIP ( 1732 - 1814 according to Meth. Cym. , ii, 458 et sqq. ). Methodist exhorter

DAFYDD, RICHARD WILLIAM ( fl. 1740-1752 ), Methodist exhorter

DAFYDD, ROBERT ( 1747 - 1834 ), Calvinistic Methodist preacher; a weaver ,

DAFYDD (or DAVID ), THOMAS ( fl . 1765-1792 ), elegist and hymnist

DAFYDD TREFOR, ‘Syr,’ alias David ap Hoell ap Ieuan ap Iorwerth (d. 1528? ), cleric and bard

DAFYDD WILIAM PYRS (or PRYS) ( fl. c. 1660 ), poet

DAFYDD, WILLIAM ( fl. c. 1597 ), poet .

DAFYDD Y COED ( fl. 1380 ). One of the later poets of the older tradition.

DAGGAR, GEORGE ( 1879 - 1950 ), trade unionist and Member of Parliament

DAI LLWYD of Cwm Bychan, Mer. ( fl. 1485 ), harpist and warrior .

DAI MAESMOR , a harpist who flourished in the 16th cent. ,

DALTON, EDWARD HUGH JOHN NEALE, BARON DALTON (known as Hugh Dalton 1887 - 1962 ), economist and politician

DANIEL ap LLOSGWRN MEW , poet .

DANIEL, DAVID ROBERT ( 1859 - 1931 ), publicist

DANIEL, EVAN ( 1837 - 1904 ), cleric and educationist

DANIEL, JOHN ( 1755? - 1823 ), printer at Carmarthen

DANIEL, JOHN EDWARD ( 1902 - 1962 ), college lecturer and inspector of schools

DARLINGTON, THOMAS ( 1864 - 1908 ), scholar and inspector of schools

DAVID (DEWI),S. , founder and abbot-bishop of S. Davids, and patron saint of Wales .

DAVID (d. 1139? ), bishop of Bangor .

DAVID ab OWEN (d. 1512 ), abbot and bishop .

DAVID, JOB ( 1746 - 1812 ), General Baptist minister

DAVID, JOHN ( 1701? - 1756 ), Independent minister

DAVID, PHILIP ( 1709 - 1787 ), Independent minister of Penmain, Mon.

DAVID, REES (alive in 1746 ), early Arminian Baptist ,

DAVIDS, THOMAS WILLIAM ( 1816 - 1884 ), Independent minister and ecclesiastical historian

DAVID,Sir TANNATT WILLIAM EDGEWORTH ( 1858 - 1934 ), geologist and explorer

DAVIES family, of Bersham , smiths .

DAVIES,Sir ALFRED THOMAS, C.B. ( 1861 - 1949 ), the first Permanent Secretary (1907-25) of the Welsh Department of the Board of Education

DAVIES, ANNIE ( 1910 - 1970 ), better known as NAN , radio and television producer

DAVIES, BEN ( 1840 - 1930 ), Independent minister, popular preacher, and author

DAVIES, BEN ( 1864 - 1937 ), Independent minister, and poet

DAVIES, BEN ( 1878 - 1958 ), Independent minister

DAVIES, BENJAMIN ( 1739? - 1817 ), Independent academy tutor

DAVIES, BENJAMIN ( 1814 - 1875 ), Hebraist

DAVIES, BENJAMIN ( 1826 - 1905 ), Baptist minister, writer, and printer

DAVIES, BENJAMIN (‘ BEN ’ 1858 - 1943 ), singer

DAVIES, CADWALADR ( 1704 -?), bard, ballad-writer, and collector

DAVIES, CHARLES ( 1849 - 1927 ), Baptist minister

DAVIES, CHARLES NICE ( 1794 - 1842 ), Independent minister and college tutor ,

DAVIES, CLARA NOVELLO ( ‘Pencerddes Morgannwg’ 1861 - 1943 ) musician

DAVIES, CLEMENT EDWARD ( 1884 - 1962 ), politician

DAVIES-COOKE family, of Gwysaney, Flints. , successors of the DAVIES family, of Llannerch, Denbs. , and Gwysaney .

DAVIES, DANIEL ( 1756 - 1837 ), Baptist minister

DAVIES, DANIEL ( 1797 - 1876 ), Baptist minister

DAVIES, DANIEL ( 1840 - 1916 ), cashier to the Ocean Collieries at Ton , Ystrad, Glam.

DAVIES, DANIEL JOHN ( 1885 - 1970 ), Independent minister and poet

DAVIES,Sir DANIEL THOMAS ( 1899 - 1966 ), physician

DAVIES, DAN ISAAC ( 1839 - 1887 ), a pioneer of the teaching of Welsh in schools

DAVIES, DAVID (d. 1807 ), editor of Y Geirgrawn , Independent minister

DAVIES, DAVID ( 1764? - 1828 ), Independent minister and Academy tutor

DAVIES, DAVID ( 1800? - 1856 ), Baptist minister and college tutor ,

DAVIES, DAVID (‘ Dai'r Cantwr ’ 1812? - 1874 ), Rebecca rioter

DAVIES, DAVID ( 1741 - 1819 ), author

DAVIES, DAVID ( 1753 - 1820 ), Methodist cleric

DAVIES, DAVID ( 1763 - 1816 ), Independent minister

DAVIES, DAVID ( 1791 - 1864 ), Independent minister and Academy tutor

DAVIES,Sir DAVID ( 1792 - 1865 ), physician ,

DAVIES, DAVID ( 1810 - 1875 ), musician

DAVIES, DAVID (‘ Dafi Dafis, Rhydcymerau ’ 1814 - 1891 ), a Calvinistic Methodist preacher

DAVIES, DAVID ( 1817 - 1855 ), harpist

DAVIES, DAVID ( Dewi Emlyn 1817 - 1888 ), , Congregational minister in the U.S.A., poet and writer

DAVIES, DAVID , Llandinam ( 1818 - 1890 ), industrialist and Member of Parliament

DAVIES, DAVID ( 1849 - 1926 ), Baptist minister and author

DAVIES, DAVID of Llandinam ( 1880 - 1944 ), first BARON DAVIES (created 1932)

DAVIES, DAVID CAXTON ( 1873 - 1955 ), printer and company director

DAVIES, DAVID CHARLES ( 1826 - 1891 ), Calvinistic Methodist minister, theologian, and principal of Trevecka College

DAVIES, DAVID CHRISTOPHER ( 1827 - 1885 ), geologist and mining engineer

DAVIES, DAVID CHRISTOPHER (‘ Christy ’ 1878 - 1958 ) missionary and representative of the British Missionary Society (B.M.S.) in Wales

DAVIES, DAVID JAMES ( 1893 - 1956 ), economist

DAVIES, DAVID JOHN (or ‘ DYER ’) , ( 1870 - ? ), artist

DAVIES, DAVID JOSHUA ( 1877 - 1945 ), dramatist

DAVIES, DAVID LLOYD ( Dewi Glan Peryddon ) d. 1881 poet, singer, etc. , in Wales and U.S.A.

DAVIES, DAVID REES (‘ Cledlyn ’ 1875 - 1964 ), schoolmaster, poet, writer, local historian

DAVIES,Sir DAVID SAUNDERS ( 1852 - 1934 ), M.P.

DAVIES, DAVID STEPHEN ( 1841 - 1898 ), preacher, temperance reformer, man of letters, and colonist

DAVIES, DAVID TEGFAN ( 1883 - 1968 ), Congl. minister

DAVIES, DAVID THOMAS ( 1876 - 1962 ), dramatist

DAVIES, DAVID THOMAS FFRANGCON ( 1855 - 1918 ), singer

DAVIES, EDWARD (‘ Celtic Davies ’ 1756 - 1831 ), cleric and author

DAVIES, EDWARD ( 1796 - 1857 ), Independent minister and college tutor

DAVIES, EDWARD ( Iolo Trefaldwyn 1819 - 1887 ), poet and eisteddfodwr

DAVIES, EDWARD ( 1827 - 1905 ), Independent minister in the U.S.A., and author

DAVIES, EDWARD OWEN ( 1864 - 1936 ), Calvinistic Methodist minister and author

DAVIES, EDWARD TEGLA ( 1880 - 1967 ), minister (Meth.) and writer

DAVIES, EDWIN ( 1859 - 1919 ), editor and publisher

DAVI(E)S (or CADWALADR ), ELIZABETH ( 1789 - 1860 ), Crimean nurse ,

DAVIES, ELLIS ( 1872 - 1962 ), priest and antiquarian

DAVIES, ELLIS THOMAS ( 1822 - 1895 ), Independent minister

DAVIES, ELLIS WILLIAM ( 1871 - 1939 ), solicitor and politician

DAVIES, EVAN ( Philomath fl. 1720-1750 ), almanac-maker ,

DAVIES, EVAN ( 1694? - 1770 ), Independent minister and tutor ,

DAVIES, EVAN ( 1750 - 1806 ), Independent minister

DAVIES, EVAN ( Eta Delta 1794 - 1855 ), Independent minister

DAVIES, EVAN ( Myfyr Morganwg 1801 - 1888 ), bard and ‘archdruid’

DAVIES, EVAN ( 1805 - 1864 ), missionary under the London Missionary Society, Independent minister, and author

DAVIES, EVAN ( 1826 - 1872 ), educationist

DAVIES, EVAN ( 1842 - 1919 ), Calvinistic Methodist minister, and writer

DAVIES, EVAN CYNFFIG ( 1843 - 1908 ), Independent minister, teacher, author, and musician

DAVIES, EVAN THOMAS ( Dyfrig 1847 - 1927 ), cleric

DAVIES, EVAN THOMAS ( 1878 - 1969 ), musician

DAVIES, FRANCIS ( 1605 - 1675 ), bishop of Llandaff

DAVIES, GEORGE MAITLAND LLOYD ( 1880 - 1949 ), Calvinistic Methodist minister and apostle of peace

DAVIES, GETHIN ( 1846 - 1896 ), Baptist minister and college principal

DAVIES, GLYNNE GERALLT ( 1916 - 1968 ), minister (Congl.) and poet

DAVIES, GRIFFITH ( 1788 - 1855 ), actuary

DAVIES, GRIFFITH (‘ Gwyndaf ’ 1868 - 1962 ), poet, tutor of poets and antiquary

DAVIES, GWENDOLINE ELIZABETH ( 1882 - 1951 ), art collector and benefactress

DAVIES, GWILYM ( 1879 - 1955 ), minister (B), promoter of international understanding, founder of the annual Goodwill Message from the Youth of Wales

DAVIES, HENRY ( 1696? - 1766 ), Independent minister

DAVIES, HENRY, I ( 1753 - 1825 ), Baptist minister ,

DAVIES, HENRY REES ( 1861 - 1940 ), antiquary ,

DAVIES,Sir HENRY WALFORD ( 1869 - 1941 ), musician

DAVIES, HOWEL ( c. 1716 - 1770 ), Methodist cleric .

DAVIES, HUGH ( 1739 - 1821 ), cleric and author of Welsh Botanology

DAVIES, HUGH ( Pencerdd Maelor 1844 - 1907 ), musician and Calvinistic Methodist minister ,

DAVIES, HUGH EMYR ( 1878 - 1950 ), minister (Presb.) and poet

DAVIES, HUGH MORRISTON ( 1879 - 1965 ), probably the most outstanding pioneer of thoracic surgery in Britain

DAVIES, HUGH THOMAS ( 1881 - 1969 ), musician, writer, and one of the pioneers of Cymdeithas Cerdd Dant Cymru

DAVIES, HUGH TUDWAL ( 1847 - 1915 ), farmer and poet

DAVIES, HUMFFREY (‘ Wmffre Dafydd ab Ifan ’ fl. 1600?-64? ), poet

DAVIES, HUMPHREY (d. 1635 ), vicar of Darowen, and transcriber of Welsh manuscripts

DAVIES, HYWEL ( 1919 - 1965 ), broadcaster

DAVIES, IDRIS ( 1905 - 1953 ), miner, schoolmaster and poet

DAVIES, JACOB ( 1816 - 1849 ), Baptist missionary in Ceylon

DAVIES, JAMES (d. 1760 ), Independent minister ,

DAVIES, JAMES ( 1767? - 1860 ), Baptist minister

DAVIES, JAMES ( Iaco ap Dewi 1648 - 1722 ) .

DAVIES, JAMES ( 1765 - 1849 ), ‘the schoolmaster of Devauden ’

DAVIES, JAMES ( Iago ap Dewi 1800 - 1869 ), printer and poet

DAVIES, JAMES KITCHENER ( 1902 - 1952 ), poet, dramatist and nationalist

DAVIES, JENKIN ( 1798 - 1842 ), Calvinistic Methodist minister

DAVIES, JOHN ( Dr. John Davies of Mallwyd , c. 1567 - 1644 ), one of the greatest of Welsh scholars

DAVIES, JOHN ( 1627? - 1693 ), ‘of Kidwelly ,’ translator

DAVIES, JOHN (‘ Siôn Dafydd ,’ ‘ Siôn Dafydd Lâs ’ d. 1694 ), ‘family bard’ at Nannau , near Dolgelley

DAVIES, JOHN [ 1700? - 1792 ], cleric ,

DAVIES, JOHN ( c. 1750 - 1821 ), Methodist cleric

DAVIES, JOHN ( 1784? - 1864 ), known as ‘ Brychan ,’ poet, publisher, and promoter of the friendly society movement

DAVIES, JOHN ( 1799? - 1879 ), known as ‘ John Davies of Nerquis ’ a Calvinistic Methodist minister

DAVIES, JOHN ( 1652 - post 1716 ), of Rhiwlas , Llansilin, Denbs. , genealogist

DAVIES, JOHN (‘ Siôn Dafydd Berson ’ 1675 - 1769 ), .

DAVIES, JOHN ( 1737 - 1821 ), Independent minister

DAVIES, JOHN ( 1760 - 1843 ), Calvinistic Methodist minister .

DAVIES, JOHN ( 1772 - 1855 ),

DAVIES, JOHN ( 1781 - 1848 ), of Fronheulog , Llandderfel, Mer. one of the most prominent lay leaders of Calvinistic Methodism in his day ,

DAVIES, JOHN ( Peirianydd Gwynedd 1783 - 1855 ), engineer, carpenter, smith, clock-maker, poet, and musician

DAVIES, JOHN ( 1784 - 1845 ), Wesleyan minister

DAVIES, JOHN ( 1787 - 1855 ), stone-mason and composer

DAVIES, JOHN ( 1795 - 1858 ), Unitarian minister and schoolmaster

DAVIES, JOHN ( 1795 - 1861 ), cleric and philosopher

DAVIES, JOHN ( 1803 - 1854 ), Independent minister

DAVIES, JOHN ( Siôn Gymro 1804 - 1884 ), Independent minister, linguist, and commentator

DAVIES, JOHN ( 1823 - 1874 ), Independent minister

DAVIES, JOHN (‘ John Davies, Taihirion ’ 1825 - 1904 ), Welsh Independent minister

DAVIES, JOHN ( Gwyneddon 1832 - 1904 ), printer and journalist

DAVIES, JOHN ( Ossian Gwent 1839 - 1892 ), poet

DAVIES, JOHN ( Taliesin Hiraethog 1841 - 1894 ), farmer and poet

DAVIES, JOHN ( 1843 - 1917 ), ‘of Pandy ,’ Calvinistic Methodist minister and antiquary .

DAVIES, JOHN ( 1860 - 1939 ), Welsh bibliographer and genealogist

DAVIES, JOHN ( 1868 - 1940 ), author

DAVIES, JOHN ( 1882 - 1937 ), secretary of the South Wales District of the W.E.A., 1919-1937

DAVIES, JOHN BREESE ( 1893 - 1940 ), writer and musician ,

DAVIES, JOHN CADVAN ( Cadvan 1846 - 1923 ), Wesleyan minister

DAVIES, JOHN DANIEL ( 1874 - 1948 ), editor and author

DAVIES, JOHN DAVID ( 1831 - 1911 ), cleric and antiquary ,

DAVIES, JOHN ELIAS ( Telynor y Gogledd 1847 - 1883 )

DAVIES, JOHN EVAN ( Rhuddwawr 1850 - 1929 ), Calvinistic Methodist minister and author

DAVIES, JOHN GLYN ( 1870 - 1953 ), scholar, songwriter and poet

DAVIES, JOHN GRIFFITH ( 1836 - 1861 ), poet and translator

DAVIES, JOHN GWYNORO ( 1855 - 1935 ), Calvinistic Methodist minister

DAVIES, JOHN HUMPHREYS ( 1871 - 1926 ), bibliographer, man of letters, and educationist

DAVIES, JOHN IDRIS ( Ioan Idris 1821 - 1889 ), Welsh-American poet

DAVIES, JOHN LLEWELYN ( 1826 - 1916 DWB , 135 under ).

DAVIES, JOHN LLOYD ( 1801 - 1860 ), Blaendyffryn and Alltyrodyn , Llandysul, Cards. , M.P.

DAVIES, JOHN OSSIAN ( 1851 - 1916 ), Congregational minister and author

DAVIES, JOHN PARK ( 1879 - 1937 ), Unitarian minister

DAVIES, JOHN PHILIP ( 1786 - 1832 ), Baptist minister, commentator, and divine

DAVIES, JONATHAN CEREDIG ( 1859 - 1932 ), traveller, genealogist, and folk-lorist .

DAVIES, JOSEPH ( ? - 1831? ) .

DAVIES, JOSEPH E. ( 1812 - 1881 ). Welsh Calvinistic minister in America and author

DAVIES, JOSEPH EDWARD ( 1876 - 1958 ), international lawyer

DAVIES,Sir LEONARD TWISTON ( 1894 - 1953 ), patron of the arts and of folk life studies

DAVIES, LEWIS ( 1777 - 1828 ), major-general ,

DAVIES, LEWIS (‘ Lewis Glyn Cynon ’ 1863 - 1951 ), novelist, local historian, schoolmaster

DAVIES, MARGARET ( c. 1700-1785? ), transcriber of many of the manuscripts preserved in our public collections

DAVIES, MARGARET SIDNEY ( 1884 - 1963 ), art collector and benefactress ,

DAVIES, MARY ( Mair Eifion 1846 - 1882 ), poet

DAVIES, MARY ( 1855 - 1930 ), singer

DAVIES (or DAVYS ), MATTHEW ( fl. 1620 ), politician ,

DAVIES, MATTHEW WILLIAM ( 1882 - 1947 ), musician

DAVIES, MORGAN ( Meirig Glan Mawddach d. [ 1857 ]), sexton of Llanelltyd, Mer., and minor poet .

DAVIES, MORRIS ( Meurig Ebrill 1780 - 1861 ), poet

DAVIES, MORRIS ( 1796 - 1876 ), author, hymnologist, and musician

DAVIES, MORRIS (‘ Moi Plas ’ 1891 - 1961 ), quarryman, local historian and researcher

DAVIES, MOSES ( 1799 - 1866 ), musician

DAVIES, MYLES (or MILES) DAVIES ( 1662 - 1715? ), religious controversialist and bibliographer ,

DAVIES, OLIVER ( fl. c. 1820 ), harpist

DAVIES, OWEN ( 1719 - 1792 ), Independent minister

DAVIES, OWEN ( 1752 - 1830 ), Wesleyan Methodist minister

DAVIES, OWEN ( 1840 - 1929 ), Baptist minister

DAVIES, OWEN HUMPHREY ( Eos Llechid 1828 - 1898 ), quarryman, musician, and cleric

DAVIES, OWEN PICTON ( 1882 - 1970 ), journalist

DAVIES, RACHEL ( Rahel o Fôn 1846 - 1915 ), lecturer and preacher

DAVIES, RANDOLPH ( RONDL ) (d. 1695 ), cleric and controversialist .

DAVIES, REES ( 1694? - 1767 ), Independent minister

DAVIES, REUBEN ( Reuben Brydydd y Coed 1808 - 1833 ), poet and schoolmaster

DAVIES, RHISIART MORGAN ( 1903 - 1958 ), scientist and professor of physics

DAVIES, RHYS (‘ Y Glun Bren ’ 1772 - 1847 ), an eccentric Independent preacher

DAVIES, RHYS JOHN ( 1877 - 1954 ), politician and trade union official

DAVIES, RICHARD ( 1501? - 1581 ), bishop and biblical translator

DAVIES, RICHARD ( 1635 - 1708 ), Quaker ,

DAVIES, RICHARD ( 1814 - 1854 ), secretary of the Church Missionary Society

DAVIES, RICHARD ( 1818 - 1896 ), M.P.

DAVIES, RICHARD ( Tafolog 1830 - 1904 ), poet and critic ,

DAVIES, RICHARD ( Mynyddog 1833 - 1877 ), poet, singer, and eisteddfod conductor

DAVIES, RICHARD (‘ Isgarn ’ 1887 - 1947 ), farmer-shepherd and poet

DAVIES, RICHARD OWEN ( 1894 - 1962 ), scientist and professor of agricultural chemistry

DAVIES, ROBERT ( Bardd Nantglyn 1769 - 1835 ), poet and grammarian ,

DAVIES, ROBERT ( 1790 - 1841 ), Calvinistic Methodist elder , etc.

DAVIES, ROBERT ( Cyndeyrn 1814 - 1867 ), musician

DAVIES, ROBERT ( 1816 - 1905 ), philanthropist

DAVIES, ROBERT ( Asaph Llechid 1834 - 1858 ), musician

DAVIES, ROBERT HUMPHREY (‘ Gomerian ’ 1856 - 1947 ), correspondent of Welsh and English newspapers in U.S.A.

DAVIES, ‘Syr ’ ROGER ( fl. c. 1500 ), cleric and poet .

DAVIES, ROLAND ( fl. c. 1730 ), poet

DAVIES, SAMUEL ( 1788 - 1854 ), Wesleyan Methodist minister ,

DAVIES, SAMUEL (‘ the 2nd ’ 1818 - 1891 ), Wesleyan minister

DAVIES, SOROBABEL ( 1806 - 1877 ), schoolmaster and Baptist minister

DAVIES, STEPHEN (d. 1794 ), who revived the defunct 17th cent. Baptist church at Carmarthen .

DAVIES, STEPHEN ( 1790 - 1858 ), poet ,

DAVIES, THOMAS ( fl. 1700 ), poet .

DAVIES, THOMAS ( Trithyd 1810? - 1873? )

DAVIES, DAVIS , or DAVYES , THOMAS ( 1512? - 1573 ), bishop of S. Asaph ,

DAVIES, THOMAS ( 1812 - 1895 ), Baptist minister and principal of Haverfordwest Baptist College

DAVIES, THOMAS ( 1820 - 1873 ), Independent minister

DAVIES, THOMAS ( 1823 - 1898 ), Independent minister

DAVIES, THOMAS ( 1837 - 1892 ), mineralogist

DAVIES, THOMAS ( 1851 - 1892 ), musician

DAVIES (or DAVID ), THOMAS ESSILE ( Dewi Wyn o Essyllt 1820 - 1891 )

DAVIES, THOMAS HUWS ( 1882 - 1940 ), secretary to the Commissioners of Church Temporalities in Wales, littérateur and collector of books

DAVIES, THOMAS RHYS ( 1790 - 1859 ), Baptist minister

DAVIES, THOMAS WITTON ( 1851 - 1923 ), Baptist minister, and Semitic scholar

DAVIES, TIMOTHY ( 1802 - 1862 ), cleric

DAVIES, TIMOTHY EYNON ( 1854 - 1935 ), Congregational minister

DAVIES, TOM EIRUG (‘ Eirug ’ 1892 - 1951 ), Congl. minister, writer and poet

DAVIES, TREVOR OWEN ( 1895 - 1966 ), minister (Presb.) and principal of Trefeca College

DAVIES, TUDOR ( 1892 - 1958 ), singer ,

DAVIES, WILFRED MITFORD ( 1895 - 1966 ), artist

DAVIES, WILLIAM (d. 1593 ), Roman Catholic missioner and martyr

DAVIES, WILLIAM ( 1729? - 1787 ), Methodist cleric

DAVIES, WILLIAM ( 1756 - 1823 ), compiler of an unpublished history of Glamorgan

DAVIES, WILLIAM ( 1785 - 1851 ), Wesleyan minister and missionary

DAVIES, WILLIAM ( 1805 - 1859 ), Independent minister and schoolmaster

DAVIES, WILLIAM ( 1814 - 1891 ), palaeontologist

DAVIES, WILLIAM ( 1820 - 1875 ), Wesleyan minister

DAVIES, WILLIAM ( Mynorydd 1826 - 1901 ), sculptor and musician

DAVIES, WILLIAM ( Gwilym Teilo 1831 - 1892 ) man of letters, poet, and historian

DAVIES, WILLIAM ( 1859 - 1907 ), musician

DAVIES,Sir WILLIAM ( 1863 - 1935 ), journalist and editor

DAVIES, WILLIAM ( 1874 - 1949 ), local historian

DAVIES, WILLIAM ( 1899 - 1968 ) botanist and grassland specialist

DAVIES, WILLIAM ANTHONY ( 1886 - 1962 ), journalist

DAVIES, WILLIAM CADWALADR ( 1849 - 1905 ), educationist

DAVIES, WILLIAM DANIEL ( 1838 - 1900 ), lecturer and author

DAVIES, WILLIAM DAVID [P.] ( 1897 - 1969 ), minister (Presb.), college tutor and author

DAVIES, WILLIAM EDWARDS (‘ W. E. Davies ’ 1851 - 1927 ), Cymmrodor and eisteddfodwr

DAVIES, WILLIAM HENRY ( 1871 - 1940 ), poet and author

DAVIES, WILLIAM HUBERT ( 1893 - 1965 ), musician

DAVIES, WILLIAM JENKIN ( 1858 - 1919 ), Unitarian minister, man of letters, and musician

DAVIES, WILLIAM LEWIS ( 1896 - 1941 ), specialist in analytical dairy chemistry

DAVIES,Sir WILLIAM (LLEWELYN) ( 1887 - 1952 ), librarian

DAVIES, ZACCHEUS ( fl. 1737-1770 ), writer of religious carols ( halsingod )

DAVIS family, of Hirwaun , Aberdare , and Ferndale , coalowners .

DAVIS, DAVID (‘ Dafis Castellhywel ’ 1745 - 1827 ), Arian minister, poet, and schoolmaster

DAVIS, DAVID DANIEL ( 1777 - 1841 ), physician

DAVI(E)S, RICHARD ( 1658 - 1714 ), Independent minister

DAVIS, WILLIAM (‘ Golden Farmer ’ 1627 - 1690 ), highwayman

DAWKINS, MORGAN GAMAGE ( 1864 - 1939 ), Congregational minister, poet, and hymnist

DAWKINS,Sir WILLIAM BOYD ( 1837 - 1929 ), geologist and antiquary

DEAKIN, ARTHUR ( 1890 - 1955 ), trade union leader

DEE, JOHN ( 1527 - 1608 ), mathematician and astronomer

DEINIOL (d. 584 ), saint, founder of Bangor and first bishop in Gwynedd

DEIO ap IEUAN BWL ( fl. c. 1530 ), poet .

DEIO ap IEUAN DU ( fl. 1460-1480 ), poet .

DEIO LLIWIEL (LLYWEL?) ( beginning of 16th cent.? ), poet .

DE LLOYD, DAVID JOHN ( 1883 - 1948 ), musician

DENNIS, HENRY ( 1825 - 1906 ), mining engineer, colliery owner, etc.

DERFEL, ROBERT JONES ( 1824 - 1905 ), poet and socialist

DEVEREUX of Lamphey, Pembs. , Ystrad Ffin, Carms. , Vaynor and Nantariba, Mont. , Pencoyd , Brecknock , etc.

DEVONALD, JOHN ( 1863 - 1936 ), musician

DILLWYN, DILLWYN-LLEWELYN , (DILLWYN) VENABLES-LLEWELYN .

DINELY (or DINGLEY ), THOMAS (d. 1695 ), traveller ,

DIVERRES, POL ( 1880 - 1946 ), linguist, Celtic scholar, and sometime Keeper of manuscripts in the National Library of Wales

DOGMAEL ( DOGFAEL , DOGWEL ) , saint ( fl. 6th cent. ).

DOLBEN ( DOULBEN , DOULBIN , or DAULBIN ) , of Segrwyd, Denbs. , etc.

DONNE, JAMES ( 1764 - 1844 ), cleric and schoolmaster

DOWNMAN, JOHN ( 1750 - 1824 ), painter

DRISCOLL, JAMES ( 1880 - 1925 ), boxer

DUNAWD , saint ( fl. 6th cent. ).

DURSTON, THOMAS (d. 1767 ), bookseller and printer at Shrewsbury .

DWNN, GRUFFYDD ( c. 1500 - c. 1570 ), country gentleman

DWNN, JAMES ( c. 1570 - c. 1660 ), poet , from Montgomeryshire .

DWNN, LEWYS ( c. 1550 - c. 1616 ), or LEWYS ap RHYS ab OWAIN , of Betws Cedewain, Mont. , genealogist .

DWNN, OWAIN ( c. 1400 - c. 1460 ) ,

DYER, JOHN ( 1701 - 1757 ), poet

DYFRIG ( DUBRICIUS ) , saint ( fl. 475? ),

DYKINS, WILLIAM ( Dirwynydd 1831 - 1872 ), poet and prose-writer