# Olin (name)

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