Hywel (), sometimes

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as Howel or Howell, is a Welsh masculine given name. It may refer to:

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Hywel the Great King Hoel (, "Hoel the Great"; ), also known as Sir Howel, Saint Hywel and Hywel the Great, was a late 5th- and early 6th-centuryFord, David Nashat ''Early British Kingdoms''. 2001. Retrieved 1 December 2014. member of the ruling dynasty o ...

, late fifth- and early sixth-century noble in Brittany, saint and king of Brittany in the Arthurian legend. *

Hywel ap Rhodri Molwynog was King of Gwynedd (reigned c. 816 – c. 825). He rose to power following a destructive dynastic struggle in which he deposed King Cynan Dindaethwy (reigned c. 798 – c. 816). During Hywel's reign, Gwynedd's power was largely confined to A ...

, 9th-century king of Gwynedd *

Hywel Dda Hywel ap Cadell, commonly known as Hywel Dda, which translates to Howel the Good in English, was a Welsh king who ruled the southern Welsh kingdom of Deheubarth and eventually came to rule most of Wales. He became the sole king of Seisyllw ...

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

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Hywel ab Owain Gwynedd Hywel ab Owain Gwynedd (c. 1120–1170), King of Gwynedd in 1170, was a Welsh poet and military leader. Hywel was the son of Owain Gwynedd, king of Gwynedd and an Irishwoman named Pyfog. In recognition of this, he was also known as ''Hywel ...

(died 1170), Welsh poet and military leader * Syr Hywel y Fwyall or Sir Hywel ap Gruffudd (fl. 1356–died 1381), Welsh knight *

Hywel Bennett Hywel Thomas Bennett (8 April 1944 – 24 July 2017) was a Welsh film and television actor. He had a lead role in '' The Family Way'' (1966) and played the titular "thinking man's layabout" James Shelley in the television sitcom '' Shelley'' ( ...

(1944–2017), Welsh actor * Hywel David Evans (1924–2019), Australian politician * Hywel Evans (figure skater) (born 1945), Welsh figure skater * Hywel Francis (1946–2021), Welsh historian and politician; MP for Aberavon * Hywel Griffith, BBC Wales news correspondent * Hywel Gwynfryn (1942–), Welsh actor and radio personality * Hywel Harris (1714–1773), Welsh Methodist preacher *

Hywel Williams Hywel Williams (born 14 May 1953) is a Welsh Plaid Cymru politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Arfon, previously Caernarfon, from 2001 to 2024. Early life Hywel Williams was born in Pwllheli in 1953, and went to school at ...

(born 1953), Welsh politician; MP for Arfon * Dyddgu Hywel (born 1989), Welsh rugby union player

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