Hywel (), sometimes

anglicised Anglicisation is the process by which a place or person becomes influenced by English culture or British culture, or a process of cultural and/or linguistic change in which something non-English becomes English. It can also refer to the influen ...

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

Saint Hywel In religious belief, a saint is a person who is recognized as having an exceptional degree of holiness, likeness, or closeness to God. However, the use of the term ''saint'' depends on the context and denomination. In Catholic, Eastern Ortho ...

, a sixth-century disciple of Saint Teilo and the king of Brittany in the Arthurian legend. *

Hywel ap Rhodri Molwynog Hywel ap Rhodri Molwynog as he was improperly called due to lack of knowledge of the genealogies by men like John Edward Lloyd, but in fact was Hywel ap Caradog ( en, Hywel, son of Caradog ap Meirion) was King of Gwynedd (reigned 816–825). He ros ...

, 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 Huwal was a Brittonic monarch of the early to mid-10th century whose name appears in the ''Anglo-Saxon Chronicle'' as the ruler of the "West Welsh". His identity is a matter of debate: " West Welsh" in medieval English sources usually refers to the ...

, 10th-century Welsh king, possibly identical to Hywel Dda * Hywel ab Owain Gwynedd (died 1170), Welsh poet and military leader *

Syr Hywel y Fwyall Syr Hywel y Fwyall ( fl. 1356 – died c. 1381), or 'Hywel of the Battleaxe', was a Welsh knight and hero. He is also referred to as Sir Hywel ap Gruffydd. According to Philip Yorke's ''The Royal Tribes of Wales'', his father was Gruffydd ab How ...

or Sir Hywel ap Gruffudd (fl. 1356–died 1381), Welsh knight * Hywel Bennett (1944–2017), Welsh actor *

Hywel David Evans Hywel David Evans AM (20 December 1924 – 3 September 2019) was an Australian politician who was a Labor Party member of the Legislative Assembly of Western Australia from 1968 to 1989, representing the seat of Warren. He was a deputy leade ...

(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 Hywel Griffith is a Welsh television news correspondent with the BBC Wales. Personal life Griffith was born and raised in Wales. He read history at Bristol University, graduating in 1999, before taking a master's degree in medieval history at Q ...

, BBC Wales news correspondent * Hywel Harris (1714–1773), Welsh Methodist preacher * Hywel Williams (born 1953), Welsh politician; MP for Arfon With the spelling Howel: * Howel Brown (1856–1928), Glasgow cathedral provost * Howel Davies (c. 1716–1770), Welsh Methodist minister * Frank Howel Evans (1867–1931), Welsh author * Edward Howel Francis (1924–2014), British geologist and emeritus professor * Howel Gwyn (1806–1888), British politician * Howel Harris Hughes (1873–1956), Welsh theologian and clergyman * Howel Samuel (1881–1953), British politician * Howel Williams (1898–1980), American geologist and volcanologist

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