Hywel

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

Monarchs

 * Hywel the Great, late fifth- and early sixth-century noble in Brittany, saint and king of Brittany in the Arthurian legend.
 * Hywel ap Rhodri Molwynog, 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, 10th-century Welsh king, possibly identical to Hywel Dda

Other people

 * Hywel ab Owain Gwynedd (died 1170), Welsh poet and military leader
 * Syr Hywel y Fwyall or Sir Hywel ap Gruffudd (fl. 1356–died 1381), Welsh knight
 * Hywel Bennett (1944–2017), Welsh actor
 * Hywel David Evans (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, BBC Wales news correspondent
 * Hywel Harris (1714–1773), Welsh Methodist preacher
 * Hywel Williams (born 1953), Welsh politician; MP for Arfon
 * Dyddgu Hywel (born 1989), Welsh rugby union player