Colvin (surname)

Colvin is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

Addison B. Colvin (1858–1939), American banker and politician
Andrew Colvin, Commissioner of the Australian Federal Police
Andrew J. Colvin (1808–1889), New York lawyer and politician
Bobby Colvin (1876–1940), Scottish footballer (Liverpool FC)
Brock Colvin (~1995-), member of the Alabama House of Representatives
Clare Colvin, British writer, daughter of Ian Colvin
Claudette Colvin (born 1939), American activist for African American rights
D. Leigh Colvin (1880–1959), American politician, active in the temperance movement
Dora Colvin, American trucker, pioneering woman in the occupation
Douglas Glenn Colvin (1951–2002), real name of American musician Dee Dee Ramone
Edwin A. Colvin, American politician
Elliott Colvin (died 1883), Meerut's Commissioner in the early 1880s
Elliot Colvin (died 1940) (1861–1940), British civil servant
Elliot James Dowell Colvin (1885–1950), British Indian Army officer
Fred H. Colvin (1867–1965), American machinist and writer
Harvey Doolittle Colvin (1815–1892), American politician
Holly Colvin (born 1989), English cricketer
Howard Colvin (1919–2007), British architectural historian and writer
Hugh Colvin (1887–1962), British soldier
Ian Colvin (1877–1938), British journalist
Jack Colvin (1934–2005), American actor
James Colvin (1844–1919), New Zealand MP
James Colvin (pseudonym), pseudonym used by Michael Moorcock
James Morris Colquhoun Colvin (1870–1945), British Army officer
John Colvin (diplomat) (1922–2003), British diplomat and spy
John Colvin (engineer) (1794–1871), built canals in northern India
John Colvin (politician), Speaker of the South Dakota House of Representatives
John O. Colvin (born 1946), American judge
John Russell Colvin (1807–1857), British administrator in India, and his sons:

Sir Auckland Colvin (1838–1908), British civil servant; founder of Colvin Taluqdars' College
Walter Mytton Colvin (1847–1908), British colonial administrator

Kathryn Colvin (born 1945), British diplomat
Marie Colvin (1957–2012), American journalist
Mark Colvin (1952–2017), Australian broadcaster
Mary Colvin (1907–1988), director of the British Women's Royal Army Corps
Michael Colvin (1932–2000), British MP
Monty Colvin, American musician in the band Galactic Cowboys
Sir Ragnar Colvin (1882–1954), British and Australian admiral
Richard Colvin (UK MP) (1856–1936), British MP
Richard Colvin (diplomat) (born 1969), Canadian diplomat of British birth
Rosevelt Colvin (born 1977), American football player
Sarah Colvin (born 1967), British scholar of German, literary theory, and gender studies
Sarah Tarleton Colvin (1865–1949), American nurse and activist
Shawn Colvin (born 1956), American musician
Sir Sidney Colvin (1845–1927), British critic, curator, and friend of Robert Louis Stevenson
Verplanck Colvin (1847–1920), American surveyor and champion of the Adirondacks

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