Editing Brecon (section)

==Notable people==
[[File:St.David's Cathedral - Dreieinigkeitskapelle 5 Giraldus Cambrensis.jpg|thumb|140px|[[Gerald of Wales]] at St.David's Cathedral]]
:''See [[:Category:People from Brecon]]''
[[File:Thomas Gainsborough 015.jpg|thumb|140px|''[[Portrait of Sarah Siddons (Gainsborough)|Portrait of Sarah Siddons]]'' by [[Thomas Gainsborough]], 1785]]
[[File:OIFF 2015-07-17 143447 - Nia Roberts.jpg|thumb|140px|[[Nia Roberts (actress)|Nia Roberts]], 2015]]
* [[Sibyl de Neufmarché]] (ca.1100 – after 1143), Countess of Hereford, [[suo jure]] Lady of Brecknock
* [[Gerald of Wales]] (ca.1146 – ca.1223), a [[Cambro-Norman]] priest and historian.
* [[William de Braose (died 1230)|William de Braose]] (ca.1197 – 1230), a [[Marcher lord]].<ref>{{Cite EB1911|wstitle= Braose, William de | volume= 4 | page = 432 |short= 1}}</ref>
* [[Dafydd Gam]] (ca.1380 – 1415), archer, died fighting for [[Henry V of England|Henry V]] at the [[Battle of Agincourt]]
* [[Edward Stafford, 3rd Duke of Buckingham]] (1478–1521) an English nobleman.
* [[Dafydd Epynt]] (15th Century), poet
* [[Hugh Price (lawyer)|Hugh Price]] (ca.1495 – 1574), founder of [[Jesus College, Oxford]]
* [[William Wynter|Admiral Sir William Wynter]] (ca.1521 – 1589), principal officer of the [[Council of the Marine]]
* [[Henry Vaughan]] (1621–1695), physician and author, a major [[Metaphysical poets|Metaphysical poet]].<ref>{{Cite EB1911|wstitle= Vaughan, Henry | volume= 27 | page = 955 |short= 1}}</ref>
* [[John Jeffreys (died 1689)|John Jeffreys]] (ca.1623 - 1689), landowner and politician, first master of the [[Royal Hospital Kilmainham]] 
* Captain Thomas Phillips<ref>{{cite book |last1=Caldicott |first1=Rosemary L |title=Voyage of Despair. The Hannibal, its captain and all who sailed in her, 1693-1695 |date=1 March 2024 |publisher=Bristol Radical History Group |location=Bristol |isbn=978-1-911522-63-8 |pages=250 |edition=1st |url=https://www.brh.org.uk/site/pamphleteer/voyage-of-despair/ |access-date=20 March 2024 |language=en}}</ref> (late 17th century), commander of the ''[[Hannibal (slave ship)|Hannibal]]'' slave ship
* [[Thomas Coke (bishop)|Thomas Coke]] (1747–1814), Mayor of Brecon in 1772 and the first [[Methodist]] [[bishop]].<ref>{{Cite EB1911|wstitle= Coke, Thomas | volume= 6 | page = 655 |short= 1}}</ref>
* [[Sarah Siddons]] (1755–1831), [[Tragedy|tragedienne]] actress.<ref>{{Cite EB1911|wstitle= Siddons, Sarah | volume= 25 | pages = 37&ndash;38 |short= 1}}</ref>
* [[David Price (East India Company officer)|David Price]] (1762–1835), orientalist and officer in the [[East India Company]].
* [[Charles Kemble]] (1775–1854), actor, younger brother of [[Sarah Siddons]].<ref>{{Cite EB1911|wstitle= Kemble | volume= 5 | pages = 723&ndash;724; see page 724 |quote= Charles Kemble (1775–1854), a younger brother of.... |short= 1}}</ref>
* [[John Evan Thomas]] (1810–1873), a Welsh sculptor
* [[Mordecai Jones]] (1813-1880), businessman, pioneered the South Wales coalfield, Mayor of Brecon in 1854.
* [[Frances Hoggan]] (1843–1927), first British woman to receive a doctorate in medicine
* [[Ernest Howard Griffiths]] (1851–1932), physicist and academic
* [[Gwenllian Morgan]] (1852–1939), the first woman in Wales to hold the office of Mayor. 
* [[Llewela Davies]] (1871–1952), pianist and composer
* [[Olive Wheeler|Dame Olive Wheeler]] (1886–1963), educationist, psychologist and university lecturer
* [[Richard Maybery|Captain Richard Mayberry]] (1895–1917), World War I flying ace
* Lt Col [[S. F. Newcombe]] (1878–1956), Army Officer and associate of [[T. E. Lawrence]].
* [[Tudor Watkins, Baron Watkins]] (1903–1983), politician and MP
* [[John Fullard]] (1907–1973), tenor singer with the [[Covent Garden Opera]]
* [[George Melly]] (1926–2007), [[trad jazz]] singer, art critic and writer, retreat at Brecon between 1971 and 1999
* [[Gareth Gwenlan]] (1937–2016), TV producer, director and executive
* [[Roger Glover]] (born 1945), bassist and songwriter with the band [[Deep Purple]]
* [[Jeb Loy Nichols]] (born ca.1965), musician
* [[Nia Roberts (actress)|Nia Roberts]] (born 1972), actress
* [[Gerard Cousins]] (born 1974), guitarist, composer and arranger.
* [[Natasha Marsh]] (born 1975), soprano singer. 
* [[Sian Reese-Williams]] (born 1981), actress

=== Sport ===
* [[Frederick Bowley (cricketer, born 1873)|Frederick Bowley]] (1873–1943), a first-class cricketer for Worcestershire
* [[Walley Barnes]] (1920–1975), footballer with 299 club caps and 22 for [[Wales national football team|Wales]] and a broadcaster.
* [[Andy Powell (rugby)|Andy Powell]] (born 1981), [[Welsh Rugby Union]] international [[Number eight (rugby union)|number eight]]
* [[Sam Hobbs (rugby union)|Sam Hobbs]] (born 1988), rugby union player with [[Cardiff Blues]]
* [[Jessica Allen]] (born 1989), a Welsh racing cyclist.
* [[Emma Plewa]] (born 1990), footballer with 20 caps with [[Wales women's national football team|Wales women]]