Editing Neath (section)

==Notable people==
:''See [[:Category:People from Neath]]''

*[[Roger Blake]] (1957– ), actor, entertainer and impressionist;
*[[Mark Bowen (footballer)|Mark Bowen]] (1963–, b. Briton Ferry), Former manager of [[Reading FC]], and played for [[Tottenham Hotspur F.C.|Spurs]] and [[Norwich City FC|Norwich City]];
*[[Hugh Dalton]] (1887–1962, b. Gnoll), [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]] politician, [[Chancellor of the Exchequer]], 1945–1947;
*[[Ben Davies (footballer, born 1993)|Ben Davies]] (1993– ), Tottenham Hotspur, and Wales footballer;
*[[David Harris Davies|David Davies]], (1877–1944), Welsh international rugby union forward;
*[[D. J. Davies (archdeacon)|David John Davies]] (1879–1935), Australian archdeacon;
*[[Ivor Emmanuel]] (1927–2007), singer and actor;
*[[Hugh Evan-Thomas]] (1862–1928), vice-admiral;
*[[Craig Evans (Welsh cricketer)|Craig Evans]] (born 1971), cricketer;
*[[Rebecca Evans (singer)|Rebecca Evans]] (1963–, b. Pontrhydyfen), soprano;
*[[Samuel Thomas Evans|Sir Samuel Thomas Evans]] (1859–1918, b. Skewen), politician and judge;
*[[George Grant Francis]] (1814–1882, b. Swansea) historian who wrote ''Original Charters and Materials for a History of Neath'' (1845);
*[[Julie Gardner]] (1969– ), television producer previously responsible for ''[[Doctor Who]]'' and its spin-off ''[[Torchwood]]'', former executive producer of Scripted Projects at [[BBC Worldwide]] and co-founder of [[Bad Wolf (production company)|Bad Wolf Productions]];
*[[Richard Grant (cricketer)|Richard Grant]] (born 1984), cricketer;
*[[Cecil Griffiths]] (1900–1945), winner of an [[Olympic gold medal]] in the [[4x400m relay]] at the [[1920 Summer Olympics|1920 Antwerp Olympics]];
*[[Howel Gwyn]] (1806–1888), Conservative politician;
*[[Thomas Haffield]] (1988– ), Great Britain Olympic swimmer;
*[[Carl Harris (footballer)|Carl Harris]] (1956– ), the former [[Leeds United]] and Wales international;
*[[Richard Hibbard]] (1983– ), rugby player for the [[Dragons (rugby union)|Dragons]] of the [[Pro14]];
*[[T. G. H. James]] (1923–2009), Egyptologist and former Keeper of Egyptian Antiquities at the [[British Museum]];
*[[William Jenkins (Labour politician)|Sir William Jenkins]] (1871–1944), former Neath MP;
*[[Katherine Jenkins]] (1980– ), popular classical mezzo-soprano;
*[[Margaret Townsend Jenkins]] (1843–1923), Canadian clubwoman
*[[Della Jones]] (1946, b. Tonna), mezzo-soprano;
*[[Kristian Lavercombe]] (1976–), actor and singer
*[[Geraint F. Lewis]] (1969– ), leading astrophysicist;
*[[Andy Legg]] (1966– ), former professional footballer and Wales international;
*[[Tony Lewis]] (1938–, b. Swansea), first Welshman to Captain an England cricket tour abroad, (India, Pakistan, 1972–73). Led Glamorgan to 2nd County Championship, 1969.  Writer and broadcaster.
*[[Michael Locke (stuntman)|Michael Locke]] (1979–), skateboarder and stuntman known for the TV series ''[[Dirty Sanchez (TV series)|Dirty Sanchez]]''
*[[Andrew Matthews-Owen]], pianist;
*[[Ray Milland]] (1907–1986), Oscar-winning Hollywood actor;
*[[Craig Mitchell (rugby union)|Craig Mitchell]] (1986– ), Welsh international rugby union forward;
*[[David Watts Morgan]] (1867–1933), miners' leader and politician;
*[[William Nott (British general)|Sir William Nott]] (1782–1845), British General in India;
*[[Harry Parr-Davies]] (1914–1955), composer;
*[[Jessie Penn-Lewis]] (1861–1927), missioner and revivalist;
*[[Gary Pickford-Hopkins]] (1948–2013) singer, composer and guitarist; 
*[[Sir Arthur Pugh]] (1870–1955, b. [[Ross-on-Wye]], [[Herefordshire]]), trade unionist, moved to his father's birthplace, Neath, 1894;<ref>[http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/articleHL/35629?docPos=59&anchor=match Oxford DNB article: Pugh, Sir Arthur]</ref>
*[[Henry Habberley Price]] (1899–1984), philosopher;
*[[Walter E. Rees|Walter Enoch Rees]] (1863–1949), rugby administrator;
*[[Andrew Rhodes]] (1977– ), civil servant, Registrar and Chief Operating Officer of Swansea University
*[[Paul Rhys]] (1963– ), actor;
*[[Craig Richards (footballer)|Craig Richards]] (1959– ), former professional footballer
*[[Connor Roberts (footballer, born 1995)|Connor Roberts]] (1995– ), Welsh international footballer;
*[[Will Roberts]] (1907–2000, b. [[Ruabon]], [[Denbighshire]]), artist, moved to Neath 1918;
*[[Peter Shreeves]] (1940– ), former [[Tottenham Hotspur F.C.|Spurs]] and [[Sheffield Wednesday]] manager;
*[[Samuel Charles Silkin]], Baron Silkin of Dulwich (1918–1988), barrister and politician, [[Attorney-General]], 1974–1979;
*[[Tony Skuse]] (1956–), darts player
*[[Jonathan Spratt]] (1986– ), Welsh rugby player
*[[William Squire]] (1917–1989), actor;
*[[David Thaxton]] (1982– ), West End performer
*[[Brian Thomas (rugby union)|Brian Thomas]] (1940–2012), Wales rugby union lock who also played and managed Neath RFC;
*[[Bonnie Tyler]] (1951–, b. Skewen), pop star;
*[[Andrew Vicari]] (1938–2016), artist;
*[[Ron Waldron]] (1933– ), Welsh rugby coach;
*[[Alfred Russel Wallace]] (1823, b. [[Monmouthshire]]), evolutionary theorist, lived in Neath during 1841/2 and attended lectures given by the area's scientific societies;<ref>[http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/articleHL/36700?docPos=82&anchor=match Oxford DNB article: Wallace, Alfred Russel]</ref>
*[[Cyril Walters]] (1905–1992), Glamorgan cricketer and Captain of the England cricket team;
*[[Anna Laetitia Waring|Anna Letitia Waring]] (1823–1910), poet and hymn writer;
*[[Elijah Waring]] (1788–1857), writer; and
*[[Maria Jane Williams|Jane Williams]] [called Llinos] (1795–1873), singer and compiler of traditional Welsh music.