Who are the 100 Welsh Heroes?
The 100 Welsh Heroes on this site are here as a result of Wales' largest ever online poll. Between 8th September 2003 and 23rd of February 2004, Culturenet Cymru received over 80,000 nominations and votes in their quest to find the greatest Welsh men and women of all time.
The heroes featured here showcase the extraordinary talents of Welsh men and women through the ages, in almost all fields of human endeavour. Using this site you can study the achievements of all 100 heroes.
Today's Hero
36 - John Frost (187 votes)
Prosperous citizen turned rebel who led the Newport Rising.
John Frost was a former magistrate and Mayor of Newport who led thousands of men attempting to free Chartist prisoners being held in the town. It remains –along with the Merthyr Rising of 1831- the most serious confrontation between a British government and its mainland people since the English Civil War. The political aims of the Chartists were achieved in democratic reforms enacted over the subsequent decades.
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