Wales (surname) explained

Wales is an English and Scottish surname. Notable people with the surname include:

• B. Roger Wales (1879–1929), American politician
• Julia Grace Wales (1881–1957), Canadian pacifist
• Gary Wales (born 1979), Scottish footballer
• Howard Wales (1943–2020), American musician
• Jane Wales (born 1948), American businesswoman
• Jimmy Wales (born 1966), American-British entrepreneur, co-founder of Wikipedia
• Josey Wales, Jamaican musician
• Joseph Howe Wales (1907–2002), American ichthyologist
• Mary T. Wales (1874–1952), American university founder
• Nathaniel B. Wales (1883–1974), American physicist and inventor
• Peter Wales (1928–2008), English cricketer
• Thomas C. Wales (1952–2001), American federal prosecutor and murder victim
• Wally Wales (1895–1980), American film actor born as Floyd Taliaferro Alderson
• William Wales (1734–1798), English astronomer
• William Wales (optician) (1838?–1907), English-American inventor

Fictional characters

• Josey Wales (character), a fictional character played by Clint Eastwood

See also

• William, Prince of Wales and Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex (formerly Prince Henry of Wales) for some purposes have used Wales as surname, especially during their military service
• Wales (disambiguation)