Dafydd
Dafydd is a Welsh masculine given name, related to David, and more rarely a surname. People so named include:
Given name
Medieval era
- Dafydd ab Edmwnd (fl. c. 1450–97), Welsh poet
- Dafydd ab Ieuan or David Holbache (died 1422/3), Welsh politician
- Dafydd ab Owain Gwynedd (c. 1145-1203), Prince of Gwynedd
- Dafydd ap Gruffydd (1238–1283), Prince of Wales
- Dafydd Goch, said to be the illegitimate son of Dafydd ap Gruffydd
- Dafydd ap Gwilym (c. 1315/1320–c. 1350/1370), Welsh poet
- Dafydd ap Llywelyn (1215–1246), Prince of Gwynedd and first Prince of Wales
- Dafydd ap Dafydd ap Llywelyn (born between 1240 and 1246-?), illegitimate son of Dafydd ap Llywelyn
- Dafydd Bach ap Madog Wladaidd (fl. 1340-1390), Welsh poet
- Dafydd Benfras (fl. 1230-1260), Welsh court poet
- Dafydd Ddu o Hiraddug (died 1371), Welsh poet, grammarian and cleric
- Dafydd Gam (1380-1415), Welsh soldier and nobleman who died at the Battle of Agincourt
- Dafydd Gorlech (c. 1410-c. 1490), Welsh poet
- Dafydd Llwyd ap Llywelyn ap Gruffudd (Dafydd Llwyd o Fathafarn) (fl. c.1400–c.1490), Welsh poet
- Dafydd Nanmor (fl. 1450–1490), Welsh poet
Modern era
- Dafydd Trystan Davies (born 1974), Welsh academic and politician
- Dafydd Elis-Thomas (born 1946), Welsh politician
- Dafydd Hellard (born 1985), Welsh rugby league footballer and coach
- Dafydd Hewitt (born 1985), Welsh retired rugby union player
- Dafydd Howells (born 1995), Wales rugby union player
- Dafydd ab Hugh (born 1960), American science fiction author born David Friedman
- Dafydd Ieuan (born 1969), Welsh musician and producer
- Dafydd Ifans (born 1949), Welsh novelist and translator
- Dafydd James (born 1975), Wales retired rugby union player
- David Richards (Dafydd Ionawr) (1751-1827), Welsh poet
- Dafydd Iwan (born 1943), Welsh folk singer and politician
- Dafydd Jones (disambiguation)
- David Edward Lewis (1866–1941), Welsh businessman and philanthropist
- Dafydd Llywelyn (1939–2013), Welsh composer, pianist, conductor and teacher
- Dafydd Elystan Morgan, Baron Elystan-Morgan (born 1932), Welsh politician
- Dafydd Rogers (born 1969), West End and Broadway theatre producer
- Dafydd Rowlands (1931–2001), Welsh Congregational minister, lecturer, writer and poet
- Dafydd Stephens (1942-2012), Welsh audiological physician and professor
- Dafydd Wigley (born 1943), Welsh politician
- Dafydd Williams (born 1954), Canadian physician and retired astronaut
Surname
- Einir Dafydd, Welsh singer who won the third series of the television talent show Wawffactor and the 2007 Cân i Gymru competition
- Fflur Dafydd (born 1978), Welsh novelist, singer-songwriter and musician
- Myrddin ap Dafydd (born 1956), Welsh editor and prifardd (Chief Bard)
See also
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