Gwilym is a Welsh given name and surname, related to

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Guillaume Guillaume may refer to: People * Guillaume (given name), the French equivalent of William * Guillaume (surname), the French equivalent of Williams Places * Guillaume (crater), Moon, Earth-Moon System, Solar System * Guillaumes, Vence, Nice, Alpes ...

, and others in a number of other languages.

Given name

* Gwilym ab Ieuan Hen (1440–1480), Welsh language poet * Gwilym Davies (minister) CBE (1879–1955), Welsh Baptist minister * Gwilym Edwards (1881–1963), Welsh Presbyterian minister * Gwilym Ellis Lane Owen (1922–1982), Welsh philosopher * Gwil Owen (born 1960), American singer/songwriter * Gwilym Gibbons (born 1971), British arts leader *

Gwilym Gwent Gwilym Gwent (born William Aubrey Williams on November 28, 1834) was a Welsh-born composer who immigrated in mid-life to the United States. He died on July 3, 1891. Early life William Aubrey Williams was born at Tredegar in 1834, where as a boy h ...

(1834–1891), Welsh-born composer in the United States * Gwilym Jenkins (1933–1982), British statistician and systems engineer *

Gwilym Jones Gwilym Haydn Jones (born 20 September 1947) is a British Conservative politician who served as Under Secretary of State in the Welsh Office. Early life Gwilym Jones was born in Chiswick, London, on 20 September 1947 and moved to Cardiff in ...

(born 1947), British Conservative politician * Gwilym Kessey (1919–1986), Australian cricketer *

Gwilym Lee Gwilym Lee (born 24 November 1983) is a British actor. He is best known for his roles in ''Midsomer Murders'' (2013–2016), '' A Song for Jenny'' (2015), '' Jamestown'' (2017), '' Top End Wedding'' (2019), '' The Great'' (2020–2023), and for ...

(born 1983), British actor * Gwilym Lloyd George, 1st Viscount Tenby (1894–1967), politician and UK cabinet minister * Gwilym Thomas Mainwaring (1941–2019), Welsh rugby player * Gwilym Owen Williams (1913–1990), Anglican Archbishop of Wales from 1971 to 1982 * Gwilym Prys Davies, Baron Prys-Davies (1923–2017), Welsh politician *

Gwilym Puw Captain Gwilym Puw (sometimes anglicised as William Pugh) (c. 1618 – c. 1689) was a Welsh Catholic and Cavalier poet The cavalier poets was a school of English poets of the 17th century, that came from the classes that supported King Charles ...

(William Pugh) (1618–1689), Welsh Catholic poet and Royalist officer * Gwilym R. Jones (1903–1993), awarded three literary awards at the National Eisteddfod of Wales * Gwilym Rhyfel (

fl. ''Floruit'' ( ; usually abbreviated fl. or occasionally flor.; from Latin for 'flourished') denotes a date or period during which a person was known to have been alive or active. In English, the unabbreviated word may also be used as a noun indic ...

12th century), Welsh language poet and warrior *

Gwilym Roberts Gwilym Edffrwd Roberts (7 August 1928 – 15 March 2018) was a British Labour Party politician, who was Member of Parliament for South Bedfordshire from 1966 to 1970, and for Cannock from February 1974 to 1983. Early life Roberts was educate ...

(1928–2018), British Labour Party politician * Gwilym Simcock (born 1981), British pianist and composer *

Gwilym Tew Gwilym Tew (floruit, fl. 1460 – 1480) was a Welsh language, Welsh-language poet and manuscript copyist from Tir Iarll, Glamorgan. It is probable that his father was the poet Rhys Brydydd and that another poet of the same family, Rhisiart ap Rhy ...

(1460–1480), Welsh language poet and manuscript copyist * Gwilym Tilsley (1911–1997), Welsh poet * Gwilym Went (1914–2005), Welsh cricketer * William Rees (Gwilym Hiraethog) (1802–1883), Welsh poet and author * William Thomas (Gwilym Marles) (1834–1878), Welsh minister and poet

Surname

Dafydd ap Gwilym Dafydd ap Gwilym ( 1315/1320 – 1350/1370) is regarded as one of the leading Welsh poets and among the great poets of Europe in the Middle Ages. Dafydd’s poetry also offers a unique window into the transcultural movement of cultural pract ...

(1315–1350), Welsh poet * Eurfyl ap Gwilym (born 1944), Welsh Plaid Cymru politician * Gwynn ap Gwilym (1950–2016), Welsh language poet, novelist, editor and translator * Lisa Gwilym (born 1975), Welsh broadcaster * Lowri Gwilym (1955–2010), Welsh television and radio producer *

Meinir Gwilym Meinir Elin Gwilym (born 31 March 1983) is a Welsh-language pop and folk singer. Raised in Llangristiolus, Anglesey, she released her first EP, "Smôcs, Coffi a Fodca Rhad" in 2002. Her website claims that she is amongst the best-selling Wel ...

(born 1983), Welsh-language pop and folk singer *

Mike Gwilym Mike Gwilym (born 5 March 1949) is a Welsh actor. Early life Born in Neath, Gwilym is the brother of actor Robert Gwilym, son of Arthur Aubrey Remington Gwilym and Renée Mathilde Eugénie Léonce Dupont. His parents were the proprietors of a ...

(born 1949), Welsh actor *

Robert Gwilym Robert Gwilym (born 2 December 1956), sometimes known as Bob Gwilym, is a Welsh actor. Robert Gwilym was born in Neath, Glamorgan, Wales, where his family owned a chain of lingerie shops. His brother, Mike Gwilym, also made his name as an actor ...

(born 1956), Welsh actor * Tich Gwilym (1951–2005), Welsh guitarist {{given name, type=both Welsh-language surnames Welsh masculine given names Welsh given names