Llywelyn

Llywelyn is a name of Welsh origin, with many spelling variations (see Llywelyn (name)).

Personal names: Historical

Historically the name may refer to any of several Welshmen:

• Llywelyn ap Merfyn (died 942) early 10th century King of Powys
• Llywelyn ap Seisyll (died 1023), king of Gwynedd and Deheubarth
• Llywelyn the Great (Llywelyn ab Iorwerth) (c. 1173 – 1240), Prince of Gwynedd and ruler of most of Wales
• Llywelyn ap Maredudd ap Llywelyn ap Maredudd ap Cynan (died 1263), minor Welsh prince, last vassal Lord of Meirionydd
• Llywelyn the Last (c. 1228 – 1282), the last crowned Welsh Prince of Wales
• Llywelyn ap Dafydd (c. 1260 – 1288), the heir to the Welsh crown imprisoned in 1283
• Llywelyn Bren (died 1318), nobleman who led a Welsh rebellion in 1316
• Llywelyn ap Gruffydd Fychan (1341–1401), Welsh landowner executed for assisting Owain Glyndŵr's escape from English forces

• A number of Welsh language poets:
  • Llywelyn Goch ap Meurig Hen (c. 1350 – 1390), Welsh poet
  • Llywelyn ab Y Moel (died 1440), Welsh poet
  • Llywelyn Siôn (c. 1540 – 1615), Welsh poet

As a last name

More recent bearers of the surname include:

Arts

• Carmen Llywelyn, American actress and photographer
• David Llewellyn, Welsh author (born 1978) of Eleven
• Desmond Llewelyn (1914–1999), Welsh actor who played Q in several James Bond films
• Grace Llewellyn, American author of several books on homeschooling
• Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen (born 1965), interior designer and television personality
• Morgan Llywelyn (born 1937), U.S.-born Irish historical author
• Richard Llewellyn (1906–1983), English author of Welsh descent
• Robert Llewellyn (born 1956), English actor, presenter, and writer
• Roddy Llewellyn (born 1947), British landscape gardener, author, and television presenter
• Roger Llewellyn, British actor
• Sylvia Llewelyn Davies (1866–1910), and her children (the "Llewelyn Davies boys"), namesakes of the characters in Peter Pan
• Sir William Llewellyn (1858–1941), English painter and President of the Royal Academy

Politics

• Evan Henry Llewellyn (1847–1914), British politician
• W. Llewelyn Williams (1867–1922), Welsh journalist, lawyer and politician
• Karl N. Llewellyn (1893–1962), American jurisprudential scholar associated with the school of legal realism
• Royce R. Lewellen (Judge), California Superior Court judge

Sports

• Charles Llewellyn (1876–1964), first non-white South African Test cricketer
• Willie Llewellyn, (1878–1973) Welsh international rugby captain
• Harry Llewellyn (1911–1999), British equestrian champion
• Steve Llewellyn (1924–2002), Welsh rugby league footballer
• Gareth Llewellyn (born 1969), Welsh rugby union footballer
• Chris Llewellyn (born 1979), Welsh footballer

Other

• John Dillwyn Llewelyn (1810–1882), Welsh botanist and photographer
• Edward Llewellyn-Thomas (1917–1984), Canadian professor
• Peter Rodney Llewellyn (born 1947), English businessman and alleged fraudster
• Doug Llewelyn (born December 1, 1938), original host of The People's Court
• David Llewellyn (disambiguation) (multiple persons)
• Dafydd ap Llewelyn (disambiguation) (multiple persons)
• Fluellen, Shakespeare's stage Welshman

As a first name

Bearers of the given name include:

Arts

• Llewelyn Powys (1884–1939), British writer
• Llewellyn Woodward (1890–1971), British historian
• Llewelyn Wyn Griffith (1890–1977), Welsh novelist
• Llewellyn Xavier (born 1945), Saint Lucian artist

Politics

• Llewellyn Turner (1823-?), Welsh politician
• Llewellyn Powers (1836–1908), member of the US House of Representatives from Maine
• Llewellyn Atherley-Jones (1851–1929), British politician and judge
• Llewellyn Thompson (1904–1972), American diplomat
• Llewellyn Edwards (born 1935), Australian politician and chancellor of the University of Queensland
• Llewellyn Thomas Smith (Llew Smith) (born 1944), Welsh politician
• Llywelyn Williams (1911–1965), Welsh politician
• Llewellyn H. Rockwell, Jr. (born 1944), American libertarian political commentator

Sports

• Llewelyn "Alan" Curbishley (born 1957), English football manager for West Ham United
• Llewelyn Kenrick (1847–1933), Welsh international footballer
• Llewellyn Herbert (born 1977), South African athlete
• Llewellyn Starks (born 1967), American long jumper

Other Names

• Llewelyn Lewellin (1798–1878), British cleric and university educator
• Llewellyn John Montfort Bebb (1862–1915), British academic
• Llewellyn Henry Gwynne (1863–1957), first Bishop of Egypt and Sudan
• Llewelyn Alberic Emilius Price-Davies (1878–1965), British soldier and recipient of the Victoria Cross
• Llewellyn Price (1905–1980), Brazilian paleontologist
• Llewellyn Morris Chilson (1920–1981), United States Army career soldier who served heroically in the European Theater of Operations
• Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee (born 1953), British Sufi mystic and author
• Sir Christopher Llewellyn Smith, British physicist
• Llewellyn Thomas, British physicist and applied mathematician
• Llewelyn Williams (disambiguation) (multiple persons)

Fictional characters

• Llewelyn Moss, a character in Cormac McCarthy's No Country for Old Men
• Llewelyn, a young archer in Valkyrie Profile
• Officer Francis Llewellyn 'Ponch' Poncherello, fictional character on the U.S. television series CHiPs

See also

• Llewellyn Baronets
• Fluellen, Shakespeare's stage Welshman

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