Editing Holyhead (section)

==Notable people==
[[File:Baroness Kinnock.jpg|thumb|140px|[[Glenys Kinnock]], 2012]]
[[File:Dawn French 4.jpg|thumb|140px|[[Dawn French]], 2005]]
*Captain John Macgregor Skinner (1761–1832) moved to Holyhead from the US in 1793. Master on packet ships between Holyhead and Dublin but was washed overboard. The town erected an obelisk in his honour<ref>[http://www.holyhead.com/captainskinner/index.html Holyhead.com] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924031048/http://www.holyhead.com/captainskinner/index.html |date=24 September 2015 }} Accessed 15 February 2015</ref> and his house is an exhibit at the [[Holyhead Maritime Museum]].<ref>[http://www.holyheadmaritimemuseum.co.uk/index.php/exhibits/captain-skinner Holyhead Maritime Museum] Accessed 15 February 2015</ref>
*[[John Walpole Willis]] (1793–1877), a Welsh-born judge, and a judge of the Supreme Court of [[New South Wales]]
*[[Ralph Champneys Williams|Sir Ralph Champneys Williams]]  (1848–1927) colonial governor of the [[Windward Islands]] & [[Dominion of Newfoundland|Newfoundland]].
*[[Lillie Goodisson]] (1860–1947), a Welsh Australian nurse and a pioneer of family planning in [[New South Wales]]
*[[Francis Dodd (artist)|Francis Dodd]]  (1874–1949), a British portrait painter, landscape artist and printmaker
*[[John Russell (VC)|John Russell]] (1893–1917) winner of the [[Victoria Cross]], was born in the town
*[[Ceinwen Rowlands]] (1905–1983), a Welsh concert soprano and recording artist
*[[R. S. Thomas]] (1913–2000), a Welsh poet and Anglican priest poet, grew up in Holyhead
*[[Cledwyn Hughes, Baron Cledwyn of Penrhos]] (1916–2001) MP & politician; attended [[Ysgol Uwchradd Caergybi]]
*[[Barbara Margaret Trimble]] (1921–1995) a British writer of over 20 crime, thriller and romance novels
*[[David Crystal]] (born 1941) [[linguistics|linguist]] and chair of the charity behind Holyhead's [[Ucheldre Centre]], lives in Holyhead
*[[Glenys Kinnock]] (1944-2023) a politician, MEP, educated at [[Holyhead High School]]
*[[Dawn French]] (born 1957) comedian and actress, co-star in ''[[French and Saunders]]''
*[[Albert Owen]] (born 1959) politician, MP for [[Ynys Môn (UK Parliament constituency)|Ynys Môn]] from 2001 to 2019.
*[[Kevin Johnson (venture capitalist)|Kevin Johnson]] (born 1960) is a managing partner at Medicxi Ventures, a [[venture capital]] firm
*[[Jason Evans (photographer)|Jason Evans]] (born 1968), a Welsh photographer and lecturer on photography
*[[Ben Crystal]] (born 1977), an English actor, author, and producer brought up in the town
*[[Death of Gareth Williams|Gareth Williams]] (1978–2010) worked for [[GCHQ]] and SIS died in suspicious circumstances

===Sport===
*[[Donough O'Brien (cricketer)|Donough O'Brien]] (1879–1953), was a Welsh-born Irish cricketer.
*[[Ray Williams (weightlifter)|Ray Williams]] (born 1959), is a weightlifting [[Commonwealth Games]] gold medallist.
*[[Tony Roberts (footballer)|Tony Roberts]] (born 1969), is [[Wales national football team|Welsh international]] footballer with 614 club caps
*[[Gareth Evans (weightlifter)|Gareth Evans]] (born 1986), weightlifter, Commonwealth gold medalist and [[2012 Summer Olympics]], lives in the town.
*[[Alex Lynch]] (born in 1995), a footballer with over 100 club caps, educated in [[Ysgol Uwchradd Caergybi]].