# Lincoln (name)

Lincoln is a surname and masculine given name of Old English origin. The surname originates from the city of Lincoln, England, whose name means "lake/pool colony", combining the Brythonic word lynn with the Latin word colonia. This translates to 'town by the pool' or 'settler by the lake'. As a result of its use to honor Abraham Lincoln, it has become a somewhat prominent first name for males in the United States (#781 out of 1220, Top 6 2018).

## Family of President Abraham Lincoln

* Abraham Lincoln (1809–1865), the 16th United States president
* Samuel Lincoln (c. 1622 – 1690), immigrant ancestor of the president
* Abraham Lincoln (captain) (1744–1786), grandfather of the president
* Thomas Lincoln (1778–1851), father of the president
* Nancy Lincoln (1784–1818), mother of the president
* Mary Todd Lincoln (1818–1882), wife of the president
* Robert Todd Lincoln (1843–1926), son of the president
* Edward Baker Lincoln (1846–1850), son of the president
* William Wallace Lincoln (1850–1862), son of the president
* Tad Lincoln (1853–1871), son of the president
* Mary Harlan Lincoln (1846–1937), daughter-in-law of the president
* Gatewood Lincoln (1875–1957), first cousin once removed of the president and two-time governor of American Samoa

## People with the surname Lincoln

* Abbey Lincoln (born Anna Marie Wooldridge) (1930–2010), American jazz vocalist, songwriter, and actress
* Andrew Lincoln (born Clutterbuck) (born 1973), English actor
* Benjamin Lincoln (1733–1810), American Revolutionary War general
* Blanche Lincoln (born 1960), Arkansas senator
* Brad Lincoln (born 1985), American baseball pitcher
* Elmo Lincoln (1889–1952), American film actor
* Frederic Lincoln (disambiguation)
* Georgianna Lincoln (born 1943), American politician
* G. Gould Lincoln (1880–1974), American journalist
* Harry J. Lincoln (1878–1937), American composer
* Henry Lincoln (1930-2022), British author and actor
* Holly Lincoln (born 1985), Canadian soccer forward
* James Sullivan Lincoln (1811–1888), American portrait painter
* J. Virginia Lincoln (1915–2003), American physicist
* Joseph C. Lincoln (1870–1944), American author
* Kaliya Lincoln (born 2006), American artistic gymnast
* Keith Lincoln (1939–2019), American football player
* Lar Park Lincoln (born 1961), American actor
* Martha D. Lincoln (1838–?), American author and journalist
* Tribich Lincoln (1879–1943), Hungarian adventurer and con artist

## People with the given name Lincoln

* Lincoln Almond (1936-2023), American politician and attorney
* Lincoln Bancroft (1877–1942), American politician
* Lincoln J. Beachey (1887–1915), American aviator
* Lincoln Brewster (born 1971), Christian recording artist
* Lincoln Cássio de Souza Soares (born 1979), Brazilian footballer
* Lincoln Corrêa dos Santos (born 2000), Brazilian footballer
* Lincoln Chafee (born 1953), American politician
* Lincoln Davis (born 1943), American politician
* Lincoln Díaz-Balart (born 1954), American politician
* Lincoln Ellsworth (1880–1951), American explorer
* Lincoln Henrique Oliveira dos Santos (born 1998), Brazilian footballer
* Lincoln Kennedy (born 1971), American footballer and broadcaster
* Lincoln Kirstein (1907–1996), American artist
* Lincoln Moses (1921–2006), American biostatistician
* Lincoln Peirce (born 1963), American cartoonist and creator of Big Nate
* Lincoln Perera (died 2010), Sri Lankan Sinhala civil servant
* Lincoln Perry (1902–1985), American comedian and actor
* Lincoln Ragsdale (1926–1995), American civil rights activist
* Lincoln Fernando Rocha da Silva (born 1996), Brazilian footballer
* Lincoln Steffens (1866–1936), American investigative journalist
* Lincoln Victor (born 2001), American football player
* Lincoln Wallen, British-American computer scientist
* Lincoln Walsh (1903–1971), American inventor
* Lincoln Williams (born 1993), Australian volleyball player
* Lincoln Withers (born 1981), Australian rugby player
* Lincoln Wolfenstein (1923–2015), American physicist

## Fictional characters named Lincoln

* Lincoln Blake, a character in A Visit from the Goon Squad
* Lincoln Burrows, a character in Prison Break
* Lincoln Campbell, one of the Inhuman agents in Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
* Lincoln Clay, the main protagonist in the video game Mafia III
* Lincoln Loud, the main protagonist in The Loud House
* Lincoln Rice, DDS, a character in Broad City