Hugh Selwyn Mauberley, 1920 poem by Ezra Pound

Selwyn Dewdney (1909-1979), Canadian author, illustrator, artist and activist

Selwyn College, Cambridge, one of the University of Cambridge colleges, UK

George Augustus Selwyn (1809-1878), Bishop of New Zealand

Selwyn (district), New Zealand, rural district in central Canterbury, New Zealand

Selwyn Lloyd (1904-1978), British Conservative politician

Tim Selwyn (born 1974), New Zealand political activist and convicted fraudster

Selwyn School, a private school in Denton, Texas, USA

Selwyn College Boat Club

Zach Selwyn (born 1975), American TV personality.

Alfred Richard Cecil Selwyn (1824-1902), British geologist who surveyed parts of Australia and Canada

Selwyn Edge (1868-1940), Australian businessman and racing car driver

Selwyn Jepson (1899-1989), British author

Selwyn House School, private independent boys' school in Westmount, Quebec, Canada

George Augustus Selwyn (MP) (1719–1791), English politician and wit

Selwyn County, New South Wales, one of the 141 Cadastral divisions of New South Wales, Australia

Selwyn College, Otago, hall of residence at the University of Otago, New Zealand

Selwyn College JCRS

Oh No, It's Selwyn Froggitt!, 1976-1978 situation comedy on British television

Selwyn Hughes (1928-2006), British Christian minister

Stephen Selwyn Harding (1808-1891), Governor of the Utah Territory, chief justice of the Colorado Supreme Court, and ardent abolitionist.

Selwyn Ward (born 1977), American actor

Selwyn Range (Canada), range of mountains in the Canadian Rockies

Harris and Selwyn Theaters, twin theatres in Chicago, Illinois, USA

Selwyn River, New Zealand and the nearby settlement of Selwyn

Selwyn Pretorius (born 1982), Australian R&B singer of South African origin

Selwyn George (Bill) Lane (1922-2000), Australian ornithologist

Selwyn Z. Bowman (1840-1928), U.S. Representative from Massachusetts

Selwyn Maister (born 1946), New Zealand field hockey player

Selwyn by-election 1994

Sir Percy Selwyn Selwyn-Clarke (1893-1976), Director of Medical Services, Hong Kong, 1937–1943, and Governor of the Seychelles, 1947–1951

Selwyn Snowfields, ski resort in New South Wales, Australia

Selwyn Range (Australia), range of highlands in north-west Queensland, Australia

Selwyn Toogood (1916-2001), New Zealand television personality

Selwyn Image (1849-1930), British academic

Don Selwyn (c.1936-2007), Maori actor and film director from New Zealand

Selwyn's Rock, glaciated pavement in the Inman Valley south of Adelaide, South Australia

Live at Selwyn Hall, 1996 album by Shooglenifty

Selwyn College, Auckland, is a multicultural, co-educational High School in Auckland, New Zealand

Selwyn Brown (born 1958), British musician

Selwyn Walford Young (1899-1977), Belizean musician and composer

Selwyn Blackmore (born 1972), New Zealand cricketer

Victor Selwyn (1917-2005), British journalist

Selwyn is originally an Anglo-Saxon name, also occasionally spelt Selwin, deriving from 'Sel' (castle/house) & 'wyn/win' (friend), roughly meaning "friend in the house" or "friend in the castle". The name Selwyn later became an English surname as well after the Norman Conquest of 1066 introduced the concept of family surnames to England. Its renewed popularity as a Christian-name in England in the 19th century was largely due to the fame of the eminent Bishop George Augustus Selwyn. Selwyn is quite uncommon as both a first name and family name. Selwyn may refer to: Places