union, born 1980), Welsh rugby player R. H. Williams (rugby union) (1930–1993), Welsh rugby player People with the middle name or compound last name Samaire Rhys Armstrong, (born 1980), American actress Griff Rhys Jones (born 1953), Welsh comedian and presenter T. Rhys Thomas, Wales international rugby union player John Rhys-Davies (born 1944), Welsh actor Tim Rhys-Evans (born 1972), Welsh musician Brandon Rhys-Williams (1927–1988), British Conservative Party politician Rhys Rhys-Williams (1865–1955), British Liberal Party politician Jonathan Rhys Meyers (born 1977), Irish actor John Rhys Plumlee (born 2001), American football quarterback for the University of Central Florida Knights Sophie, Countess of Wessex (born Sophie Rhys-Jones; 1965) Welsh member of the Commonwealth Royal Family People with the surname Beti Rhys, (1907–2003), Welsh bookstore owner and author Elen Rhys, (born 1983), Welsh actress Ernest Rhys (1859–1946), English writer Gruff Rhys (born 1970), vocalist and guitarist Jean Rhys (1890–1979), Caribbean writer Sir John Rhŷs (1840–1915), Celtic scholar at Oxford John Llewellyn Rhys, an airman memorialised by John Llewellyn Rhys prize Keidrych Rhys (1915–1987), Welsh literary journalist and editor Matthew Rhys (born 1974), Welsh actor Morgan John Rhys (1760–1804), Baptist minister Paul Rhys (born 1963), Welsh television, film and theatre actor Phillip Rhys (born 1974), English actor Siôn Dafydd Rhys (1534 – c. 1609), Welsh physician and grammarian Fictional characters Lt Cmdr Gen Rhys, from Star Trek Discovery, portrayed by Patrick Kwok-Choon. Rhys (Rhysand), from the series A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas Knight Rhys, a member of the Brotherhood of steel in Fallout 4 Rhys Winterborne from Marrying Winterborne, by Lisa Kleypas Rhys, in the Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance video game Rhys, in the Merry Gentry book series by Laurell K. Hamilton Rhys, the central character of the first generation of Phantasy Star III Rhys Strongfork, a main player-character from the Tales from the Borderlands video game, CEO of the Atlas corporation in Borderlands 3 video game Rhys, in The Two Princesses of Bamarre by Gail Carson Levine Rhys Ashworth, on the British soap Hollyoaks Rhys Dahl, in Switched by Amanda Hlcking Rhys Dallows, from the video game Star Wars: Starfighter Rhys Lawson, from the Australian soap opera Neighbours Rhys Lewis, the eponymous subject of the 1885 novel by Daniel Owen Rhys Maelwaedd, a character of the Deverry Cycle book series Rhys Rhysson, the Low King of the dwarfs in Terry Pratchett's Discworld books Rhys Williams, in the BBC science