Editing Pontypool (section)

==Notable people==
:''See also [[:Category:People from Pontypool]]''
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===Arts and literature ===

* [[Aimee-Ffion Edwards]] – actress
* [[Annabel Giles]] – model and presenter
* [[Anthony Hopkins]] – actor
* [[David Llewellyn (author)|David Llewellyn]] – novelist
* [[Dame Gwyneth Jones]] – opera singer
* [[Jane Arden (director)|Jane Arden]] – experimental film-maker, writer and poet
* [[James Dean Bradfield]] – singer and guitarist, Manic Street Preachers
* [[Jennifer Daniel]] – actress
* [[Keri Collins]] – screenwriter
* [[Kevin Owen]] – TV news anchor
* [[Lee Dainton]] – member of [[Dirty Sanchez (TV series)|Dirty Sanchez]]
* [[Luke Evans]] – actor and singer
* [[Peredur ap Gwynedd]] – guitarist, [[Pendulum (drum and bass band)|Pendulum]]
* [[Myfanwy Haycock]] – poet
* [[Steve Parry (musician)|Steve Parry]] – musician of the band [[Hwyl nofio|Hwyl Nofio]]
*[[Thomas Barker (painter)|Thomas Barker]] – painter

===Business and education===

* [[Arthur Edwin Stevens|Edwin Stevens]] – inventor of the first hearing aid
* [[David Gwilym James]] – Vice-Chancellor from 1952-65 of the [[University of Southampton]]
* [[Rhys Probert]] – Director from 1973-80 of the [[Royal Aircraft Establishment]]

===Clergy===

* [[Elzear Torreggiani]] – Capuchin friar and superior 1860–76, later 2nd bishop of Armidale NSW.
* Frank and [[Seth Joshua]] – Welsh Revival Evangelists
* [[Noel Debroy Jones]] – [[Bishop of Sodor and Man]]
* [[Sarah Clark (bishop)|Sarah Clark]], Bishop of Jarrow
* [[Morgan Edwards]] – historian of religion

===Public service===

* [[Alun Gwynne Jones, Baron Chalfont]], politician
* [[Don Touhig]] – politician
* [[Joan Ruddock]] – politician
* [[Ivor Bulmer-Thomas]] – politician
* [[Paul Murphy, Baron Murphy of Torfaen|Paul Murphy]] – politician
* [[Roy Jenkins]] – politician
* [[Nick Thomas-Symonds]] – politician, barrister and academic
* [[Steffan Lewis]] – politician
* [[Theodore Huckle]] – [[Counsel General for Wales]]
* [[William Jones (Chartist)|William Jones]] – (1809–1873), chartist

===Sport===

* [[Allen Forward]] – rugby player
* [[Aneurin Owen (rugby union)|Aneurin Owen]] – rugby player 
* [[Bryn Meredith]] – rugby player
* [[Caleb McDuff]] – racing driver
* [[Cerys Hale]] – rugby player 
* [[Ellie Curson]] – professional footballer
* [[Gareth Maule]] – rugby player
* [[Graham Price]] – rugby player
* [[Iestyn Thomas]] – rugby player
* [[James Waite (footballer, born 1999)|James Waite]] – football player
* [[Ken Jones (rugby union, born 1921)|Ken Jones]] – rugby player
* [[Lloyd Burns]] – rugby player 
* [[Luca Hoole]] – football player
* [[Mako Vunipola]] – rugby player
* [[Marcus Ebdon]] – footballer
* [[Mark Taylor (rugby union, born 1973)|Mark Taylor]] – rugby union player
* [[Ryan Doble]] – footballer
* [[Taulupe Faletau]] – rugby player
* [[Terry Cobner]] – rugby player
* [[Tony Villars]] – footballer

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