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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[edit]

Surname[edit]

  • 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[1]
  • 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[edit]

  • 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 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[edit]

  • 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

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