Wyn is a Welsh surname and given name. Notable people with the name include: people with the surname: *

A. A. Wyn A. A. Wyn (born Aaron Abraham Weinstein, May 22, 1898 – November 3, 1967) was an American publisher. Biography Wyn was born as Aaron Abraham Weinstein in New York City. Wyn's father was Jacob Weinstein, born in 1864 in Russia. His mother, Rebe ...

(1898–1967), American magazine publisher *

Aled Wyn Davies Aled Wyn Davies (born 3 August 1974) is a classical tenor from Llanbrynmair, in Powys, Mid Wales. He is a member of the Three Welsh Tenors with Rhys Meirion and Aled Hall. Early life Davies's family were evicted from the farm run by Davies's ...

(born 1974), classical tenor from Powys, Wales * Alun Wyn Davies, Welsh rugby union footballer *

Alun Wyn Jones Alun Wyn Jones (born 19 September 1985) is a Welsh former rugby union player who played as a lock. He played most of his career for Ospreys and for the Wales national team. He is the world's most-capped rugby union player, with 158 caps f ...

(born 1985), Welsh rugby union player *

Cerith Wyn Evans Cerith Wyn Evans (born 1958 in Llanelli) is a Welsh conceptual artist, sculptor and film-maker. In 2018 he won the £30,000 Hepworth Prize for Sculpture. Early life and education The son of Sulwyn and Myfanwy Evans, Evans was born in Llanelli. ...

(born 1958), conceptual artist, sculptor and film maker *

Dyfed Wyn-Evans Dyfed Wyn Evans (born 1969 in Cardiff) is a Welsh baritone opera singer who grew up in Dinas Powis, Glamorgan, Wales. He attended Ysgol Gyfun Gymraeg Glantaf and went on to study at the Royal Northern College of Music and the Vienna Conservatoire. ...

(born 1969), baritone opera singer who grew up in Wales *

Owain Wyn Evans Owain Wyn Evans (born 9 March 1984) is a Welsh broadcaster and drummer. He hosts BBC Radio 2's early breakfast show and previously presented weather bulletins on ''BBC Look North'', ''North West Tonight'' and ''BBC Breakfast''. Evans is also a ...

(born 1984), Welsh meteorologist, and drummer; weather presenter for the BBC *

Eirug Wyn Eirug Wyn (11 December 1950 – 25 April 2004) was a Welsh satirical novelist who wrote in the Welsh language. He was born Eirug Price Wynne, in Llanbrynmair in Mid Wales, and educated at Brynrefail School and Trinity College, Carmarthen. He su ...

(1950–2004), Welsh satirical novelist who wrote in Welsh *

Eliseus Williams (Eifion Wyn) Eliseus Williams (2 May 1867 – 13 October 1926), better known by his bardic name "Eifion Wyn", was a Welsh language poet, born at Porthmadog in Caernarfonshire, Wales Wales ( ) is a Countries of the United Kingdom, country that is part ...

(1867–1926), Welsh language poet *

Elizabeth Wyn Wood Elizabeth Winnifred Wood (October 8, 1903 – January 27, 1966), known as Elizabeth Wyn Wood, was a Canadian sculptor and advocate of art education. A notable figure in Canadian sculpture, she is primarily known for her modernist interpretation ...

(1903–1966), Canadian sculptor, born in Orillia * Emyr Wyn Lewis (born 1982), Welsh rugby union footballer *

Eurig Wyn Eurig Wyn (10 October 1944 – 25 June 2019) was a Welsh politician and reporter. He was a Plaid Cymru Member of the European Parliament for Wales from 1999 to 2004, when he lost his seat, in part due to a reduction of the number of seats allo ...

(1944–2019), Welsh politician *

Geraint Wyn Davies Geraint Wyn Davies ( , ; born 20 April 1957) is a British-American stage, film and television actor. Born in Wales and educated in Canada, he became a citizen of the United States on 13 June 2006, having been sworn in by then Associate Suprem ...

(born 1957), Welsh-Canadian actor *

Hedd Wyn Hedd Wyn (born Ellis Humphrey Evans, 13 January 188731 July 1917) was a Welsh-language poet who was killed on the first day of the Battle of Passchendaele during World War I. He was posthumously awarded the bard's chair at the 1917 National ...

(1887–1917), Merionethshire farmer and Welsh language poet of World War I *

Ieuan Wyn Jones Ieuan Wyn Jones (born 22 May 1949) is a Welsh politician who was the Deputy First Minister in the Welsh Government from 2007 to 2011. He was the Member of the National Assembly for Wales for the Ynys Môn constituency from 1999 to 2013, and ...

, AM (born 1949), leader of Plaid Cymru, Deputy First Minister *

Llewelyn Wyn Griffith Llewelyn Wyn Griffith CBE (30 August 1890 – 27 September 1977) was a Welsh novelist, born in Llandrillo yn Rhos, Clwyd. He is known for his memoir, ''Up to Mametz'', based on his service during World War I. Educated at Dolgellau Grammar School ...

(1890–1977), Welsh novelist *

Nesta Wyn Ellis Nesta Myfanwy Wyn Ellis is a journalist and author of Welsh origin whose books include a biography of the former prime minister Sir John Major. She was also a radical Liberal politician who stood a number of times for Parliament. Background Ne ...

, Welsh politician and writer *

Owen Wyn Owen Owen Wyn Owen (1925 – 13 March 2012) was a Welsh automobile restorer and mechanic. He lived in Capel Curig, Snowdonia. His working life was spent as a lecturer in engineering at Caernarfonshire Technical College in Bangor, but he is kno ...

(1925–2012), automobile restorer and mechanic *

Percy Wyn-Harris Sir Percy Wyn-Harris KCMG MBE KStJ (24 August 1903 – 25 February 1979) was an English mountaineer, colonial administrator, and yachtsman. He worked in the Colonial Service in Africa and served as Governor of the Gambia from 1949 to 1958. ...

(1903–1979), English mountaineer, political administrator, and yachtsman * Watcyn Wyn (1844–1905), Welsh schoolmaster and poet people with the given name: *

Wyn Belotte Wyn Belotte (born May 6, 1984) is a Canadian former professional soccer player who played as a striker. Career At age 14 Belotte left Canada to train at Rennes and with the FC Nantes Atlantique youth system. He was signed by IFK Norrköping in 2 ...

(born 1984), Canadian soccer player *

Wyn Calvin Wyn Calvin MBE OStJ (born Joseph Wyndham Calvin-Thomas; 28 August 1925 – 25 January 2022), known affectionately as "The Clown Prince of Wales" and "The Welsh Prince of Laughter", was a Welsh comedian, pantomime dame, television and theatre a ...

(1925–2022), veteran Welsh comedian and entertainer *

Wyn Cooper Wyn Cooper (born January 2, 1957) is an American poet. He is best known for his 1987 poem "Fun", which was adapted by Sheryl Crow and Bill Bottrell into the lyrics of Crow's 1994 breakthrough single " All I Wanna Do". Early life Cooper was born i ...

(born 1957), American poet *

Wyn Davies Ronald Wyn Davies (born 20 March 1942) is a Welsh former professional footballer who made over 550 Football League appearances in the 1960s and 1970s, and who was also capped by Wales. Domestic career Although he began his career with Wrexham, ...

(born 1942), former professional Welsh football player * Wyn Davies (conductor) (born 1952), a Welsh conductor *

(born 1949), Welsh politician, Plaid Cymru member *

Wyn Morris Wyn Morris (14 February 192923 February 2010) was a Welsh conductor. Biography Morris was born in Trellech, Monmouthshire, Wales, the son of composer Haydn Morris (1891-1965). His musical education included spells at the Royal Academy of Music ...

(1929–2010), Welsh conductor *

Wyn Roberts, Baron Roberts of Conwy Ieuan Wyn Pritchard Roberts, Baron Roberts of Conwy, PC (10 July 1930 – 13 December 2013) was a Welsh Conservative politician. His father was a Minister in a chapel in Llansadwrn, Anglesey, and they lived in the schoolhouse. He was Membe ...

(1930–2013), Welsh Conservative politician

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