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

A. A. Wyn Aaron A. Wyn (May 22, 1898 – November 3, 1967), born Aaron Weinstein, was an American publisher. Wyn's father was Jacob Weinstein, born in 1864 in Russia. His mother, Rebecca Weinstein, was born in 1865 in Russia. The Weinsteins married in 188 ...

(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 g ...

(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 professional rugby union player who plays as a lock for the Ospreys and the Wales national team. He is the world's most-capped rugby union player. Jones also holds the records for the most ...

(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 (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 is a radio DJ and TV presenter, and previously a weather presenter on ''North West Tonight'' and ''BBC Breakfast''. Evans is also a regular item presenter for the telev ...

(born 1984), Welsh meteorologist, and drummer; weather presenter for the BBC * Eirug Wyn (1950–2004), Welsh satirical novelist who wrote in Welsh * Eliseus Williams (Eifion Wyn) (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 Emyr Wyn Lewis (born 3 October 1982)Newport RFC playing profile
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(born 1982), Welsh rugby union footballer * Eurig Wyn (1944–2019), Welsh politician *

Geraint Wyn Davies Geraint Wyn Davies (, 20 April 1957) is a Welsh-American stage, film and television actor-director. Educated in Canada, he has worked in the United Kingdom, Canada and the United States. His most famous role as the vampire-turned police detec ...

(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 Senedd for the Ynys Môn constituency from 1999 to 2013, and he was also leader of P ...

, 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. A captain in the 15th Royal Welch Fusiliers, part of the 38th (Welsh) Division during the First World War, he is known for ...

(1890–1977), Welsh novelist * Nesta Wyn Ellis, 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 known ...

, automobile restorer and mechanic *

Percy Wyn-Harris Sir Percy Wyn-Harris Order of St Michael and St George, KCMG Order of the British Empire, MBE Venerable Order of Saint John, KStJ (24 August 1903 – 25 February 1979) was an English Mountaineering, mountaineer, colonial administrator, and yacht ...

(1903–1979), English mountaineer, political administrator, and yachtsman people with the given name: * Wyn Belotte (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 ac ...

(born 1926), veteran Welsh comedian and entertainer *

Wyn Cooper Wyn Cooper (born 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 Wyn Cooper was born 2 Januar ...

, 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) Wyn Davies (born 8 May 1952 in Gowerton, Wales) is a Welsh conductor. After graduating from Christ Church, Oxford, Davies joined the Welsh National Opera as a Staff Conductor in 1974. From 1987, Davies spent two years as assistant conductor a ...

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. His musical education included spells at the Royal Academy of Music and the Sal ...

(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 Member of ...

(born 1930), Welsh Conservative politician

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