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Glyn [ˈɡlɪn] means "Valley" in Welsh, and may refer to:
As a surname
- Alan Glyn (1918–1998), Conservative Party (UK) Member of Parliament
- Andrew Glyn (1943–2007), UK-based economist and lecturer at the University of Oxford
- Elinor Glyn (1864–1943), British novelist and scriptwriter
- Frederick Glyn, 4th Baron Wolverton (1864–1932), British banker and Conservative politician
- Gareth Glyn (born 1951), Welsh composer and radio broadcaster
- George Glyn, 1st Baron Wolverton (1797–1873), banker with interests in the railways
- George Grenfell Glyn, 2nd Baron Wolverton, PC (1824–1887), a British Liberal politician
- Guto'r Glyn (1435–1493), Welsh language poet
- Gwyneth Glyn (born 1979), Welsh language poet and musician
- Isabella Glyn (1823–1889), Victorian-era Shakespearean actress
- John Plumptre Carr Glyn (1837–1912), KCB, a British general
- Pascoe Glyn (1833–1904), British businessman and Liberal politician
- Ralph Glyn, 1st Baron Glyn (1884–1960), MC DL, a soldier and Conservative Party politician in the UK
- Sidney Glyn (1835–1916), British politician
- Sir Richard Glyn, 1st Baronet, of Ewell (1711–1773), British banker and politician
- Sir Richard Glyn, 1st Baronet, of Gaunt's House (1755–1838), British banker and politician
- Sir Richard Glyn, 9th Baronet OBE (1907–1980), TD, DL, a British army officer and Conservative politician
- William Glyn, American male tennis player
- William Glyn (bishop) (or Glynn or Glynne, 1504–1558), Bishop of Bangor
As a given name
- Dafydd Glyn Jones (born 1941), Welsh scholar and lexicographer
- Edmund John Glyn Hooper (1818–1889), Canadian businessman and political figure
- Glyn Angell, a British actor
- Glyn Barnett (born 1970), British international rifleman
- Glyn Berry (1946–2006), Canadian diplomat killed in a car bomb attack in Afghanistan
- Glyn Cannon (born 1976), British playwright
- Glyn Daniel (1914–1986), Welsh scientist who specialised in the European Neolithic
- Glyn Davidge (1933–2006), Welsh international rugby player
- Glyn Davies (economist) (1919–2003), Welsh economist
- Glyn Davies (British politician) (born 1944), Welsh Conservative Party candidate for Montgomeryshire
- Glyn Davis AC (born 1959), Australian academic and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Melbourne
- Glyn Dearman (1939–1997), former child actor
- Glyn Dix (born 1955), a British murderer
- Glyn Ford (born 1950), Labour member of the European Parliament
- Glyn Garner (born 1976), Welsh professional footballer
- Glyn Gilbert (1920–2003), CB MC was the highest-ranking Bermudian soldier
- Glyn Harman (born 1956), British mathematician working in analytic number theory
- Glyn Hodges (born 1963), Welsh football manager and former player
- Glyn Houston (born 1925), actor best known for his television work
- Glyn James (commonly known as Glyn James, born 1941), Welsh former professional footballer
- Glyn Johns (born 1942), musician, recording engineer and record producer
- Glyn Jones (South African writer) (1931–2014), South African actor, writer and director
- Glyn Jones (footballer) (born 1958), former Welsh professional footballer
- Glyn Jones (Welsh writer) (1905–1995), 20th-century Welsh author
- Glyn Mason, 2nd Baron Blackford CBE, DSO (1887–1972), UK Conservative Party politician
- Glyn Maxwell (born 1962), British poet
- Glyn Milburn (born 1971), American football player
- Glyn Moody, technology writer
- Glyn O'Malley (1951–2006), American playwright
- Glyn Owen (1928–2004), British stage and television actor
- Glyn Pardoe (born 1946), English footballer
- Glyn Phillips, an English Health and Safety Officer, responsible for the Port of Harwich
- Glyn Philpot (1884–1937), English artist
- Glyn Prosser (1907–1972), Welsh international rugby union flanker
- Glyn Smallwood Jones (1908–1992), British colonial administrator in Southern Africa
- Glyn Stephens (1891–1965), Welsh international rugby union prop
- Glyn Stone, Professor of International History at the University of the West of England
- Glyn Styler, New Orleans-based vocalist
- Glyn Thomas (1882–1967), musician
- Glyn Thompson (born 1981), English footballer
- Glyn Williams (footballer) (1918–2011), former Welsh professional footballer
- Glyn Worsnip (1938–1996), British radio and television presenter
- Lewys Glyn Cothi (1420–1490), Welsh poet
- Martin Glyn Murray (born 1966), Welsh actor
- Rhodri Glyn Thomas AM (born 1953), Welsh politician
- Thomas Glyn Watkin (born 1952), first person to be appointed as First Welsh Legislative Counsel
- William Glyn Hughes Simon (1903–1972), Archbishop of Wales from 1968 to 1971
Other uses
- Baron Glyn, a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
- Glyn baronets, created for members of the Glyn family
- Glyn Ceiriog, a former slate mining village in Wrexham County Borough, in Wales
- Glyn Technology School, an English boys' school in Epsom and Ewell
- Glyn Valley Tramway, a narrow gauge railway between Chirk and Glyn Ceiriog in Denbighshire, Wales
- Mynydd y Glyn, a mountain in South Wales, between the towns of Pontypridd and Tonyrefail
- An electoral ward in the community of Llanelli Rural in Carmarthenshire, Wales
- An electoral ward in the community of Colwyn Bay in Conwy, Wales
- Glyn-nedd
- Glyndwr
- Glyn Ebbwy
See also
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