Gwyn (name)

For other uses, see Gwyn.

Gwyn, Gwynn or Gwynne, are given names and surnames meaning "white" or/and "blessed" in Welsh and Cornish. Notable people with the name include:

Given name

• Gwyn Jay Allen, British musician
• Gwyn Ashton (born 1961), Welsh musician
• Gwyn Cready (born 1962), American author
• Gwyn Davies (rugby) (1908–1992), Welsh rugby player
• Gwyn Davies (1919–1995), Welsh cricketer
• Gwynne Dyer (born 1943), Canadian journalist
• Gwyn Evans (footballer) (1935–2000), Welsh footballer
• Gwyn Evans (born 1957), Welsh rugby player
• Gwynn Evans (1915–2001), Welsh cricketer
• Gwynne Evans (1880–1965), American swimmer
• Gwynne Owen Evans (1940–1964), English murderer (real name: John Robson Walby), one of the last two men to be executed in the United Kingdom.
• Gwyn Francis (1896–1987), Welsh rugby player
• Gwynne Geyer, American opera singer
• Gwynne Gilford (born 1946), American actress
• Gwyn Griffin (1922–1967), English novelist
• J. Gwyn Griffiths (1911–2004), Welsh poet
• Gwynn ap Gwilym (born 1955), Welsh poet
• Gwyn Headley (born 1946), British businessman
• Gwynne Herbert, British actress
• Gwynne Howell (born 1938), Welsh opera singer
• Gwyn Hughes (disambiguation)
• Gwyn Jones (disambiguation)
• Gwynne Jones (born 1945), Zimbabwe-born English cricketer
• Gwynn Parry Jones (1891–1963), Welsh opera singer
• T. Gwynn Jones (1871–1949), Welsh poet
• Gwyn Martin (1921–2001), Welsh photographer and pharmacist
• Gwyn Manning (1915–2003), Welsh footballer
• Gwyn Morgan, Canadian businessman
• Gwyn Morgan (writer) (born 1954), Welsh author
• Gwyn Nicholls (1874–1939), Welsh rugby union player
• Gwyn Hanssen Pigott (1935–2013), Australian ceramic artist
• Gwyn R Price, Welsh politician
• Gwyn Prosser (born 1943), British politician
• Gwynne Pugh, Welsh-born American architect
• Gwyn Richards (1905–1985), Welsh rugby player
• Gwyn Richards (cricketer) (born 1951), Welsh cricketer
• Gwyn Roberts, American musician
• Gwyn Rowlands (1928–2010), English rugby player
• Gwyn Hyman Rubio (born 1949), American author
• Gwyn Shea (born 1937), American politician
• Gwynne Shipman (1909–2005), American actress
• Gwynne Shotwell (born 1963), American businesswoman
• Gwyn Staley (1927–1958), American race car driver
• Gwyn Thomas (disambiguation)
• Gwyn R. Tompkins (1861–1938), American horse trainer
• Gwyn Williams (disambiguation)
• Gwyn A. Williams (1925–1995), Welsh historian
• Gwynn Williams (disambiguation)
• W. S. Gwynn Williams (1896–1978), British musician

Surname

• Aaron Gwyn (born 1972), American novelist
• Alice Claypoole Gwynne (1845–1934), American philanthropist and socialite
• Alice Gwynne, birth name of Kiki Preston (1898–1946), American socialite
• Andrew Gwynne (born 1974), British politician
• Anisha Nicole Gwynn (born 1985), American singer better known as Anisha Nicole or Nee-Nee Gwynn (daughter of Tony Sr.)
• Anne Gwynne (1918–2003), American actress
• Arthur Gwynn (1874–1898), Irish cricketer and rugby player
• Aubrey Gwynn (1892–1983), Irish historian
• Bill Gwynne (1913–1991), New Zealand cricket umpire
• Charles Gwynn (1870–1962), Irish-born British Army officer
• Chris Gwynn (born 1964), American baseball player
• Darbi Gwynn, American actress
• David Gwynn (1861–1910), Welsh rugby player
• David Gwynne (1904–1934), Welsh cricketer
• Denis Rolleston Gwynn (1893–1973), Irish journalist
• Edward Gwynn (1868–1941), Irish literary scholar
• Edward Castres Gwynne (1811–1888), Australian lawyer
• Emlyn Gwynne (1898–1962), Welsh rugby player
• Francis Gwyn (1648–1734), Welsh politician
• Fred Gwynne (1926–1993), American actor
• Gareth Gwynn, Welsh entertainer
• George Gwynne (c. 1623–1673), Welsh politician
• Glen Gwynne (born 1972), Australian soccer player
• Haydn Gwynne (born 1957), English actress
• Herbert Britton Gwyn (1873–1934), American newspaper editor
• Horace Gwynne (1912–2001), Canadian boxer
• Howel Gwyn (1806–1888), British politician
• Howell Gwynne (disambiguation)
• Howell Arthur Gwynne (1865–1950), British author and newspaper editor
• Jack Gwynne (1895–1969), American illusionist
• James Gwyn (1828–1906), American Civil War soldier
• Jason Gwynne, British journalist
• John Gwynne (disambiguation)
• John David Gwynn (1907–1998), Irish cricketer
• John Tudor Gwynn (1881–1956), Irish circketer
• John Wellington Gwynne (1814–1902), puisne justice of the Supreme Court of Canada
• John W. Gwynne (1889–1972), seven-term Republican U.S. Representative
• Julia Gwynne (1856–1954), English opera singer
• Letitia Gwynne (born 1962), Northern Irish journalist
• Llewellyn Gwynne (1863–1957), the first Anglican Bishop of Egypt and Sudan
• Lucius Gwynn (1873–1902), Irish rugby player
• Lucy Gwynn (1866-1947), first Lady Registrar in Dublin
• Marcus Gwyn (born 1977), American baseball player
• Mark Gwyn, American law enforcement officer
• Marmaduke Gwynne (1691–1769), influential Welsh Methodist
• Michael Gwynn (1916–1976), British actor
• Michael C. Gwynne (born 1942), American actor
• Nathaniel Gwynne (1849–1883), American Civil War soldier
• Nell Gwynne (1650–1687), long-time mistress of King Charles II
• Nevile Gwynne, British grammarian
• Owen Gwyn (died 1633), Welsh priest
• Patrick Gwynne (1913–2003), British architect
• Peter Gwynne (1929–2011), New Zealand-born Australian actor
• Phillip Gwynne (born 1958), Australian author
• R. S. Gwynn (born 1948), American poet
• Rebecca Gwynne, American television producer
• Richard Gwyn (disambiguation)
• Robert Gwynn (1877–1962), Irish cricketer
• Roland Gwynne (1882–1971), mayor of Eastbourne and lover of suspected serial killer John Bodkin Adams
• Rowland Gwynne (c. 1658–1726), Welsh politician
• Rupert Gwynne (1873–1924), British politician
• S. C. Gwynne, American writer
• Sam Gwynne (born 1987), English footballer
• Sandra Gwyn (1935–2000), Canadian journalist
• Sarah Gwynne, birth name of Sarah Wesley (1726–1822), influential Welsh Methodist
• Stephen Gwynn (1864–1950), Irish journalist
• Tony Gwynn (1960–2014), American baseball player and Hall of Fame member
• Tony Gwynn, Jr. (born 1982), American baseball player and son of Tony (Sr.)
• Walter Gwynn (1802–1882), American engineer
• William Gwynn (1856–1897), Welsh rugby player
• Woody Gwyn (born 1944), American artist

See also

• James O'Gwynn (1928–2011), American musician
• Peter Gwynn-Jones (1940–2010), English officer of arms
• Allan Gwynne-Jones (1892–1982), English painter
• Helen Gwynne-Vaughan (1879–1967), English botanist
• Carol Bishop-Gwyn, Canadian writer