Gwyn

Gwyn

Gwyn (or Gwynn) meaning "white" in Welsh, may refer to the following:

People

As given name

*Gwyn ap Nudd, a mythical ruler of Annwn.
*Gwyn Prosser, a British politician.
*Gwyn Nicholls, a Welsh rugby union player.
*Cynthia Gwyn Brown, an American model and actress.
*Thomas Gwyn Elger, the first director of the Lunar Section of the British Astronomical Association.

As family name

*Nell Gwynne, a long-time mistress of King Charles II.
*Saint Richard Gwyn, a Welsh martyr.
*Richard Gwyn, a Canadian civil servant, journalist and author.
*Sandra Gwyn, a Canadian journalist and writer.
*Fred Gwynne, an American actor
*Roland Gwynne, Mayor of Eastbourne 1929-1931 and lover of the suspected serial killer John Bodkin Adams.
*Tony Gwynn, Baseball Hall of Fame member

chools

*St Richard Gwyn High School, Flint
*St Richard Gwyn High School, Barry

Fiction

*Gwynn, a witch from Sluggy Freelance
*Nell Gwynne (operetta), an 1884 operetta by Robert Planquette and H. B. Farnie


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