Colin
Colin is a male given name and family name .
Origin and meaning
As a first name, Colin occurs mainly in the English- speaking world as a short form of Nicholas ; Spelling variants are Collin and Colín . The family name is often found in the French-speaking world.
Name bearer
First name
- Colin Angus (* 1971), Canadian adventure traveler
- Colin Archer (1832-1921), Norwegian ship designer
- Colin Austin (1941-2010), British classical philologist and papyrologist
- Colin Bailey (born 1934), British-American drummer
- Colin Baiocchi (* 200 *), American actor
- Colin Baker (born 1943), English actor
- Colin Barnett (born 1950), Australian politician
- Colin Barrett (born 1952), English football player
- Colin Bateman (* 1962), Northern Irish writer
- Colin Beacom (* around 1940), English badminton player
- Colin Beardsmore (* 1978), German-Canadian ice hockey player
- Colin Beattie (* 1951), Scottish politician
- Colin Beavan , American author and blogger
- Colin Bell (soccer player, 1946) (born 1946), English soccer player
- Colin Bell (badminton) (born around 1950), Irish badminton player
- Colin Bell (soccer player, 1961) (born 1961), English soccer player and coach
- Colin Bennetts (1940-2013), British theologian, Bishop of Coventry
- Colin Blackburn, Baron Blackburn (1813-1896), British lawyer
- Colin Blakely (1930–1987), British actor
- Colin Blunstone (* 1945), British musician
- Colin Braun (* 1988), American racing driver
- Colin Bucksey (* 1946), British-American film director, film producer and cameraman
- Colin Burgess (born 1946), Australian musician
- Colin Chapman (1928–1982), British racing car designer
- Colin Cooper (musician) (1939-2008), British singer and musician
- Colin Cooper (soccer player) (born 1967), English soccer player and coach
- Colin Davis (1927-2013), British conductor
- Colin Dexter (1930-2017), British writer
- Colin Edwards (* 1974), American motorcycle racer
- Colin Eglin (1925-2013), South African politician
- Colin Farrell (born 1976), Irish actor
- Colin Firth (born 1960), British actor
- Colin Gibson (production designer) (born 1948), Australian production designer
- Colin Gibson (soccer player) (born 1960), English soccer player
- Colin WG Gibson (1891–1974), Canadian officer, lawyer and politician
- Colin Gieg (1942–2013), American jazz musician
- Colin Hanks (born 1977), American actor
- Colin Hay (born 1953), Australian rock singer
- Colin Higgins (screenwriter) (1941–1988), Australian writer
- Colin Hodgkinson (* 1945), British musician
- Colin Jackson (* 1967), British hurdler
- Colin Kaepernick (* 1987), American football player
- Colin Kâzım-Richards (* 1986), English-Turkish soccer player
- Colin Lewis (* 1942), British cyclist
- Colin Lloyd (* 1973), British darts player
- Colin Low (1926-2016), Canadian film director, film producer and animator
- Colin McDonald (soccer player, 1930) (born 1930), English soccer player
- Colin McDonald (ice hockey player) (born 1984), American ice hockey player
- Colin McRae (1968–2007), Scottish rally driver
- Colin M. Miskelly (* 1962), New Zealand ornithologist
- Colin Mochrie (* 1957), Canadian actor and comedian
- Colin Montgomerie (* 1963), Scottish golfer
- Colin Morgan (born 1986), British actor
- Colin Nish (* 1981), Scottish football player
- Colin Nutley (born 1944), British film director
- Colin O'Brady (* 1985), American extreme athlete
- Colin O'Donoghue (born 1981), Irish actor
- Colin Powell (* 1937), American politician
- Colin Räbiger (* 1994), German handball player
- Colin Roscoe (born 1945), Welsh snooker player
- Colin Ross (1885–1945), Austrian journalist
- Colin A. Ross (born 1952), Canadian psychiatrist
- Colin Slee (1945-2010), British theologian
- Colin Stetson (* 1975), American jazz musician
- Colin Ward (1924-2010), British writer
- Colin St. John Wilson (1922–2007), British architect and author
- Colin Wilson (1931-2013), British writer
stage name
- Sir Colin (* 1979), Swiss DJ
family name
- Alexander Colin (1527 / 1529–1612), Flemish sculptor
- Alexandre Marie Colin (1798–1873), French painter
- Anthony Colin (* 1985), French cyclist
- Charles Colin (musician, 1832) ( Charles-Joseph Colin ; 1832–1881), French oboist, organist, music teacher and composer
- Charles Colin (musician, 1913) (1913–2000), American jazz trumpeter and music teacher
- David Colin junior (born 1970), American child actor
- Denis Colin (* 1956), French jazz musician and composer
- Fabrice Colin (* 1972), French writer
- François Colin de Blamont (1690–1760), French composer
- Friedrich Colin (* 1844–?), German merchant and officer
- Gérard Colin (* 1958), French ski jumper
- Grégoire Colin (* 1975), French actor
- Gustave Colin (1828-1910) French painter
- James-Victor Colin (1807–1886), Swiss architect
- Jean-Claude Colin (1790–1875), French priest
- Johann Wilhelm Colin (1790–1870), member of the state parliament of Hesse
- Jurgen Colin (* 1981), Dutch football player
- Marcel Colin-Reval (1905–2004), French film journalist and cinema director
- Margaret Colin (born 1958), American actress
- Maxime Colin (* 1991), French football player
- Nathalie Colin-Oesterlé (* 1965), French politician (conservative)
- Patrick Lynn Colin (* 1946), Puerto Rican marine biologist
- Paul Colin (artist) (1892–1985), French printmaker and painter
- Paul Colin (writer) (1920–2018), French writer
- Ralph F. Colin (1900–1985), American lawyer, art collector and patron
- Richarno Colin (* 1987), Mauritian boxer
- Vincent Colin (mathematician) (* 1971), French mathematician
- Vincent Colin (chess player) (born 1980), French chess player
- Vladimir Colin (1921–1991), Romanian writer
- Yves Colin de Verdière , French mathematician