A name particularly associated with Carmarthenshire, one of the thirteen historic counties of Wales, ‘John’ features prominently in the historical record of not only Wales by also much further afield.
• From religious and social activism to the creative worlds of art, music and sport, many of its bearers have achieved international fame, honours and distinction.
• In the world of contemporary music, Reginald Kenneth Dwight is the award-winning English singer, songwriter, composer and pianist better known as Elton John and more formally as Sir Elton John, while Olivia Newton-John is the British-born Australian singer and actress who co-starred with John Travolta in the 1978 film adaptation of the Broadway musical Grease.
