# Llywelyn

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'''Llywelyn''', '''Llewelyn''' or '''Llewellyn''' is a name of [Welsh language](/source/Welsh_language) origins. See [Llywelyn (name)](/source/Llywelyn_(name)) for the name's etymology, history and other details.
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==As a surname==
* [Llywelyn (surname)](/source/Llywelyn_(surname))
* [Llewellyn (surname)](/source/Llewellyn_(surname))
* [Royce R. Lewellen](/source/Royce_R._Lewellen), California Superior Court judge
* [John Dillwyn Llewelyn](/source/John_Dillwyn_Llewelyn) (1810–1882), Welsh botanist and photographer
* [Doug Llewelyn](/source/Doug_Llewelyn) (born 1938), original host of ''[The People's Court](/source/The_People's_Court)''
* [Margaret Llewelyn Davies](/source/Margaret_Llewelyn_Davies) (1861–1944), British social activist
* [Theodora Llewelyn Davies](/source/Theodora_Llewelyn_Davies) (1898–1988), British barrister and penal reform campaigner

==As a given name==

===Middle Ages===
:''Ordered chronologically''
* [Llywelyn ap Merfyn](/source/Llywelyn_ap_Merfyn) (died 942), king of Powys
* [Llywelyn Aurdorchog](/source/Llywelyn_Aurdorchog) (c. 1005–1065), Welsh war-chief, lord of Ial
* [Llywelyn ap Seisyll](/source/Llywelyn_ap_Seisyll) (died 1023), king of Gwynedd and Deheubarth
* [Llywelyn the Great](/source/Llywelyn_the_Great) (Llywelyn Fawr; Llywelyn ab Iorwerth; c. 1173–1240), Prince of Gwynedd and ruler of most of Wales
* [Llywelyn Fawr ap Maredudd](/source/Llywelyn_Fawr_ap_Maredudd), early 13th century lord of Meirionnydd
* [Llywelyn ap Gruffudd](/source/Llywelyn_ap_Gruffudd) (c. 1228–1282), last crowned Welsh Prince of Wales
* [Llywelyn ap Maredudd ap Llywelyn ap Maredudd ap Cynan](/source/Llywelyn_ap_Maredudd_ap_Llywelyn_ap_Maredudd_ap_Cynan) (died 1263), minor Welsh prince, last vassal lord of Meirionnydd
* [Llywelyn ap Dafydd](/source/Llywelyn_ap_Dafydd) (c. 1260–1288), heir to the Welsh crown imprisoned in 1283
* [Llywelyn Bren](/source/Llywelyn_Bren) (died 1317), nobleman who led a Welsh rebellion in 1316
* [Llywelyn ap Gruffydd Fychan](/source/Llywelyn_ap_Gruffydd_Fychan) (1341–1401), Welsh landowner executed for assisting Owain Glyndŵr's escape from English forces

===Arts===
* [Llywelyn Goch ap Meurig Hen](/source/Llywelyn_Goch_ap_Meurig_Hen) (c. 1350–1390), Welsh-language court poet
* [Llywelyn ab y Moel](/source/Llywelyn_ab_y_Moel) (died 1440), Welsh-language poet and rebel
* [Llewelyn Wyn Griffith](/source/Llewelyn_Wyn_Griffith) (1890–1977), Welsh novelist
* [Llewelyn Powys](/source/Llewelyn_Powys) (1884–1939), British writer
* [Llywelyn Siôn](/source/Llywelyn_Si%C3%B4n) (c. 1540–1615), Welsh-language poet
* [Llewellyn Xavier](/source/Llewellyn_Xavier) (born 1945), Saint Lucian artist

===Military===
* [Llewellyn Chilson](/source/Llewellyn_Chilson) (1920–1981), highly decorated United States Army master sergeant
* [Llewellyn Garrish Estes](/source/Llewellyn_Garrish_Estes) (1843–1905), American Civil War soldier awarded the Medal of Honor
* [Llewellyn F. Haskell](/source/Llewellyn_F._Haskell) (1842–1929), Union Army officer
* [Llewelyn Alberic Emilius Price-Davies](/source/Llewelyn_Alberic_Emilius_Price-Davies) (1878–1965), British soldier and recipient of the Victoria Cross

===Politics===
* [Llewellyn Atherley-Jones](/source/Llewellyn_Atherley-Jones) (1851–1929), British politician and judge
* [Llewellyn L. Callaway](/source/Llewellyn_L._Callaway) (1868–1951), chief justice of the Montana Supreme Court
* [Llewellyn Edwards](/source/Llewellyn_Edwards) (born 1935), Australian politician and chancellor of the University of Queensland
* [Llewellyn Powers](/source/Llewellyn_Powers) (1836–1908), member of the US House of Representatives from Maine
* [Llewellyn H. Rockwell, Jr.](/source/Llewellyn_H._Rockwell%2C_Jr.) (born 1944), American libertarian political commentator
* [Llewellyn Thomas Smith](/source/Llewellyn_Thomas_Smith) (Llew Smith) (born 1944), Welsh politician
* [Llewellyn Thompson](/source/Llewellyn_Thompson) (1904–1972), American diplomat
* [Llewellyn Turner](/source/Llewellyn_Turner) (1823–1903), Welsh politician
* [Llywelyn Williams](/source/Llywelyn_Williams) (1911–1965), Welsh politician

===Sports===
* Llewelyn [Alan Curbishley](/source/Alan_Curbishley) (born 1957), English football manager
* {{anbl|Llewelyn Griffiths}}
* [Llewellyn Herbert](/source/Llewellyn_Herbert) (born 1977), South African athlete
* [Llewelyn Kenrick](/source/Llewelyn_Kenrick) (1847–1933), Welsh international footballer
* [Llewellyn Starks](/source/Llewellyn_Starks) (born 1967), American long jumper

===Other===
* [Llewellyn John Montfort Bebb](/source/Llewellyn_John_Montfort_Bebb) (1862–1915), British academic
* [Llewellyn Henry Gwynne](/source/Llewellyn_Henry_Gwynne) (1863–1957), first Bishop of Egypt and Sudan
* [Llewelyn Lewellin](/source/Llewelyn_Lewellin) (1798–1878), British cleric and university educator
* [Llewellyn Ivor Price](/source/Llewellyn_Ivor_Price) (1905–1980), Brazilian paleontologist
* [Llewellyn Thomas](/source/Llewellyn_Thomas), British physicist and applied mathematician
* [Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee](/source/Llewellyn_Vaughan-Lee) (born 1953), British [Sufi](/source/Sufi) mystic and author
* [Llewelyn Williams (disambiguation)](/source/Llewelyn_Williams_(disambiguation))
* [Llewellyn Woodward](/source/Llewellyn_Woodward) (1890–1971), British historian

==As a patronymic==
* [Dafydd ap Llewelyn (disambiguation)](/source/Dafydd_ap_Llewelyn_(disambiguation))

==Fictional characters==
* [Louie Duck](/source/Louie_Duck), full name Llewellyn Louis Duck, a Disney cartoon character, one of Donald Duck's nephews
* Llewelyn Moss, from [Cormac McCarthy](/source/Cormac_McCarthy)'s novel ''[No Country for Old Men](/source/No_Country_for_Old_Men_(novel))'' and its [film adaption of the same name](/source/No_Country_for_Old_Men)
* Llewelyn, a young archer in the video game ''[Valkyrie Profile](/source/Valkyrie_Profile)''
* Llewellyn, an anthropomorphic dragon from the webcomic ''[Ozy and Millie](/source/Ozy_and_Millie)''
* Bronwen "Stormy" Llewellyn, in the novel ''[Odd Thomas](/source/Odd_Thomas_(novel))''
* Llewellyn Watts, a detective in the TV series '' [Murdoch Mysteries](/source/Murdoch_Mysteries) '' played by [Daniel Maslany](/source/Daniel_Maslany)
* Olive Llewellyn, from [Emily St. John Mandel](/source/Emily_St._John_Mandel)'s novel ''[Sea of Tranquility](/source/Sea_of_Tranquility_(novel))''
* Bliss Llewellyn, from [Melissa De La Cruz](/source/Melissa_De_La_Cruz)'s novel ''[Blue Bloods](/source/Blue_Bloods_(novel))''

==See also==
* [W. Llewelyn Williams](/source/W._Llewelyn_Williams) (1867–1922), Welsh journalist, lawyer and politician
* Lewellyn [Lew Christensen](/source/Lew_Christensen) (1909–1984), American ballet dancer, choreographer and director
* [Llewellin](/source/Llewellin), a surname
* [Fluellen](/source/Fluellen), a Welshman from Shakespeare's history ''[Henry V](/source/Henry_V_(play))''

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