Owain

Owain is a name of Welsh origin, and may refer to:

• Owain mab Urien (d. circa 595), son of Urien, king of Rheged c. 590 AD, and fought with his father against the Angles of Bernicia. He is remembered as Sir Ywain in Arthurian legend
• Owain Gwynedd (c. 1100 – 1170), aka "Owain ap Gruffydd", considered most successful of all the north Welsh princes prior to his grandson, Llywelyn the Great
• Owain Cyfeiliog (c. 1130 - 1197), prince of part of Powys and a notable poet
• Owain Goch ap Gruffydd (in English, "Owain the Red") (died c. 1280), brother of Llywelyn the Last of Gwynedd
• Owain Owain, one of the founders of The Welsh Language Society; poet, writer, philosopher
• Owain Lawgoch (in English "Owain of the Red Hand", full name Owain ap Thomas ap Rhodri) (c.1330 - 1378), great-nephew of Llywelyn the Last and claimant to the throne of Wales
• Owain Glyndŵr, sometimes anglicised as Owen Glendower (1359–c. 1416), last Welshman to hold the title Prince of Wales, and descendant of the princes of Powys
• Owain Ddantgwyn, Prince of North Wales, proposed as possible candidate for the "real" King Arthur
• Owain of Strathclyde (disambiguation), the name of several kings of Strathclyde
• Owain Yeoman, Welsh actor, currently Starring on The Mentalist

See also

• Owen (anglicised form of the name)

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