Olin (name)

This article is about people named Olin. For other uses, see Olin.

Olin is both a surname and a given name.

Notable people named Olin

Surname

• Abram B. Olin (1808–1879), U.S. Representative from New York
• Antero Olin (born 1948), Finnish artist
• Bob Olin (1908–1956), American boxer
• Bob Olin (born 1966) American actor, director, producer
• Charles H. Olin (1867–1914), Canadian politician from the Northwest Territories and Alberta
• Dave Olin (born 1947), Democratic Farmer Labor Party, Minnesota House of Representatives
• Elisabeth Olin (1740–1828), Swedish opera singer
• Elizabeth Olin (born 1988), American actress
• Ferris Olin (born 1948), American feminist scholar
• Franklin W. Olin (1860–1951), American industrialist, founder of the Olin Corporation and creator of the F. W. Olin Foundation
• Gideon Olin (1743–1823), American politician from Vermont
• Henry Olin (1768–1837), American politician from Vermont
• Jim Olin (1920–2006), American politician from Virginia
• Johan Olin (1883–1928), Finnish Olympic wrestler
• John Olin (1886-1920), American professional wrestler
• John M. Olin (1892–1982), Chairman of the Olin Corporation, son of Franklin W. Olin
• Julia Lynch Olin (1882–1961), American author
• Ken Olin (born 1954), American television actor, director and producer
• Kristina Axén Olin (born 1962), Swedish Moderate Party politician
• Laurie Olin (born 1938), American landscape architect
• Lena Olin (born 1955), Swedish actress
• Milo H. Olin (1842–1907), American businessman and politician from new York
• Milton Olin, Jr. (1948–2013), American businessman and former Napster COO
• Mathea Olin (born 2003), Canadian surfer
• Margreth Olin (born 1970), Norwegian film director
• Nahum Olin (born 1957), Mexican race car driver and team owner
• Nelly Olin (1941–2017), French Minister of Environment
• Ralf Olin (1925–2007), American speed skater
• Spencer Truman Olin (1900–1995), American industrialist and philanthropist
• Stephen Olin (1797–1851), American educator and minister
• Stephen Henry Olin (1847–1925), American lawyer and acting president of Wesleyan University
• Steve Olin (1965–1993), American professional baseball player
• Stig Olin (1920–2008), Swedish actor
• Thomas F. Olin (1928–1996), American businessman, Chairman of Archway Cookies
• Thomas F. Olin, Jr. (born before 1990), American businessman, also of Archway Cookies
• Tommy Olin (born 1962), Swedish curler
• William M. Olin (1845–1911), Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth

Given name

• Olin G. Blackwell (1915–1986), American prison warden
• Olin Branstetter (1929–2011), American businessman and politician
• Olin Browne (born 1959), American professional golfer
• Olin Hatfield Chilson (1903–1991), United states federal judge
• Olin Downes (1886–1955), American music critic
• Olin Dows (1904–1981), US Army artist
• Olin Dutra (1901–1983), American professional golfer
• Olin J. Eggen (1919–1998), American astronomer
• Olin Francis (1891-1952), American actor
• Olin Howland (1886–1959), American character actor
• Olin M. Jeffords (1890–1964), American lawyer from Vermont
• Olin W. Joerg (born 1956), German lawyer from Augsburg
• Olin D. Johnston (1896–1965), South Carolina politician
• Olin Kreutz (born 1977), professional football player for the Chicago Bears
• Olin B. Lewis (1861-1936), American politician and educator
• Olin Mott (1921–2013), American businessman
• Olin R. Moyle (1887–1966), American lawyer
• Olin T. Nye (1872–1943), American lawyer, judge, and politician from New York
• Olin Stephen Pace (1891–1970), American politician from Georgia
• Olin Sewall Pettingill Jr. (1907–2001), American ornithologist
• Olin Clyde Robison (1936–2018), president of Middlebury College
• Olin Smith (1900-1966), American football player
• Olin Stephens (1908–2008), American yacht designer
• Olin E. Teague (1910–1981), American politician from Texas
• Olin Levi Warner (1844–1896), American sculptor
• Olin Dunbar Wheeler (1852–1925), American historian and author
• Olin Chaddock Wilson (1909–1994), American astronomer
• Olin Wellborn (1843–1921), American politician from Texas

Middle name

• Alvin Olin King (1890–1958), American politician from Louisiana
• C. Olin Ball (1893–1970), American food scientist
• Deb Olin Unferth (born 1968), American writer
• Erik Olin Wright (1947–2019)), American sociologist
• Floyd Olin Smith (1885–1961), American physician
• Scott Olin Wright (1923–2016), United States federal judge
• H. Olin Young (1850–1917), American politician from Michigan
• Lawrence Olin Brockway (1907-1979), American chemist
• Lindsey Olin Graham (born 1955), American politician
• Philip Olin Keeney (1891–1962), American librarian accused of being a spy for the Soviet Union
• Topliff Olin Paine (1893–1922), US Army Air Corps pilot
• Vaughn Olin Lang (1927–2014), US Army lieutenant general
• Wilbur Olin Atwater (1844–1907), American chemist
• Wilbur Olin Hedrick (1868–1954), American economist
• William Olin Burgin (1877–1946), American politician from North Carolina
• William Olin Stillman (1856-1924), American physician and medical writer

See also

• W. E. D. Ross (1912-1995), Canadian author who used the pen name "Olin Ross"
• Carmen Mondragón (1893–1978), Mexican artist known as "Nahui Olin"
• Ohlin, a similar Swedish surname