Hywel
Hywel or Huwel (Welsh pronunciation: [ˈhəuɛl]), sometimes anglicized as Howel, is a Welsh masculine given name. It may refer to:
- Hoel Mawr (6th century), a figure of Breton history and Welsh and Arthurian legend
- Saint Hywel, a sixth-century disciple of Saint Teilo
- Hywel ap Rhodri Molwynog, 9th-century king of Gwynedd
- Hywel Dda or Hywel the Good (died 950), king of Deheubarth and much of the rest of Wales, famed as a lawgiver
- Huwal of the West Welsh, 10th-century Welsh king, possibly identical to Hywel Dda
- Hywel ab Owain Gwynedd (died 1170), Welsh poet and military leader
- Hywel Bennett (born 1944), Welsh actor
- Hywel Harris (1714–1773), Welsh Methodist preacher
- Hywel Evans (born 1945), Welsh figure skater
- Hywel David Evans (born 1928), Australian politician
See also
- Hoel (disambiguation), the Breton form of this name
- Howell, a surname derived from this name
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