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==Notable people== <!-- Please maintain alphabetical order. --> * [[Leslie Bonnet]] (1902β1985), RAF officer, writer; originated the [[Welsh Harlequin]] duck in [[Criccieth]] * Sir [[Dave Brailsford]] (born 1964), cycling coach; grew up in [[Deiniolen]], near Caernarfon * [[Duffy (singer)|Duffy]] (born 1984), singer, songwriter and actress; born in [[Bangor, Gwynedd]] * [[Edward II of England]] (1284β1327), born in [[Caernarfon Castle]] * [[Elin Fflur]] (born 1984), singer-songwriter, TV and radio presenter; went to [[Bangor University]] * [[Bryn FΓ΄n]] (born 1954), actor and singer-songwriter; born in [[Llanllyfni]], Caernarfonshire. * [[Wayne Hennessey]] (born 1987), football goalkeeper with 108 caps for [[Wales national football team|Wales]]; born in [[Bangor, Gwynedd]] * [[John Jones (martyr)|John Jones]] ({{circa|1530}} β 1598), a Franciscan friar, Roman Catholic priest and martyr; born at [[Clynnog]] * [[Sir Love Jones-Parry, 1st Baronet]] (1832β1891), landowner and politician, co-founder of the [[Y Wladfa]] settlement in [[Patagonia]] * [[T. E. Lawrence]] (1888β1935), archaeologist, army officer and inspiration for ''[[Lawrence of Arabia (film)|Lawrence of Arabia]]'', born in [[Tremadog]] * [[David Lloyd George]] (1863β1945), statesman and [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom|Prime Minister]]; lived in [[Llanystumdwy]] from infancy * [[Bertrand Russell]] (1872β1970), philosopher, lived at Plas Penrhyn in the village from 1956 until his death.<ref>{{cite book |editor=Andrew G. Bone |first=Bertrand |last=Russell |author-link=Bertrand Russell |title=The Collected Papers of Bertrand Russell Volume 29: DΓ©tente Or Destruction, 1955-57 |year=2005 |location=Abingdon |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-0415-3583-78 |page=iii}}</ref> * [[Sasha (DJ)|Sasha]] (born 1969), [[disc jockey]], born in [[Bangor, Gwynedd]] * Sir [[Bryn Terfel]] (born 1965), bass-baritone opera and concert singer from [[Pant Glas]] * [[Clough Williams-Ellis]] (1883β1978), architect of [[Portmeirion]] * [[Owain FΓ΄n Williams]], (born 1987), footballer with 443 club caps; born and raised in [[Penygroes, Gwynedd]]. * [[Hedd Wyn]] (1887β1917), poet from the village of [[Trawsfynydd]]; killed in WWI <gallery widths="170px" heights="200px"> File:Te lawrence.jpg|[[T. E. Lawrence]], 1918 File:Bryn Terfel in Stockholm 2013-22.jpg|[[Bryn Terfel]], 2013 </gallery>
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