People from Aberdare: Henry Bruce, 1st Baron Aberdare, Stereophonics, Ioan Gruffudd, David Alfred Thomas, 1st Viscount Rhondda, Kelly Jones

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 31. Chapters: Henry Bruce, 1st Baron Aberdare, Stereophonics, Ioan Gruffudd, David Alfred Thomas, 1st Viscount Rhondda, Kelly Jones, David Jones, Stuart Cable, Jimmy Michael, Jo Walton, Tosh Powell, Jason Price, Nicholas Evans, Teddy Morgan, Alf Sherwood, Roy Noble, Jack Rhapps, Bethan Jenkins, Neil Edwards, Dai Young, Morgan Phillips, Richard Jones, Dai Llewellyn, Harry Llewellyn, Emrys Jones, Jim Mills, Ken Jones, Martin Roberts, Patrick Hannan, Mihangel Morgan, Lyn Evans, Jonathan Bryant, Mark Donovan, John Morgan, Arthur Brown, David Abruzzese, Willie Evans, Jackie Williams, Rhys Shellard, Gwyn Morgan, Griffith Rhys Jones, Ieuan Ddu ab Dafydd ab Owain. Excerpt: Ioan Gruffudd (Welsh pronunciation: ; born 6 October 1973) is a Welsh actor. Trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, he started off in Welsh language film productions, then came to international attention as Fifth Officer Harold Lowe in the film Titanic (1997), and as Lt. John Beales in Black Hawk Down (2001). However, he is probably best known for playing the role of Horatio Hornblower in Hornblower, the British made-for-TV films (1998-2003) based on C. S. Forester's novels. Gruffudd's recent notable film roles include Lancelot in King Arthur (2004), Mister Fantastic (Reed Richards) in Fantastic Four (2005) and the sequel Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer (2007), and British slavery abolitionist William Wilberforce in Amazing Grace (2006). He played Tony Blair in W. (2008). Gruffudd was born on 6 October 1973 in the village of Llwydcoed, near the town of Aberdare, Cynon Valley, in the county borough of Rhondda Cynon Tâf, southern Wales. Gruffudd's parents, Peter and Gillian (née James) Griffiths, were teachers. His father was headmaster at two Welsh comprehensive schools in South Wales, first at Ysgol Gyfun Llanhari then later at Ysgol Gyfun Rhydfelen. H...