Colvin is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Addison B. Colvin (1858–1939), American businessman, banker and politician Andrew Colvin, Australian police commissioner Andrew J. Colvin (1808–1889), American lawyer and politician from New York Bobby Colvin (1876–1940), Scottish footballer Brock Colvin (born ), American politician from Alabama Clare Colvin, British writer, daughter of Ian Colvin Claudette Colvin (1939–2026), American activist for African American rights D. Leigh Colvin (1880–1959), American politician, active in the temperance movement Dora Colvin, American trucker Douglas Glenn Colvin (1951–2002), real name of American musician Dee Dee Ramone Edwin A. Colvin (1927–2015), American politician Elliott Colvin (died 1883) (1836–1883), British Commissioner in Meerut Elliot Colvin (died 1940) (1861–1940), British civil servant Elliot James Dowell Colvin (1885–1950), British Indian Army officer Fred H. Colvin (1867–1965), American machinist and writer Harvey Doolittle Colvin (1815–1892), American politician Holly Colvin (born 1989), English cricketer Howard Colvin (1919–2007), British architectural historian and writer Hugh Colvin (1887–1962), British soldier Ian Colvin (1877–1938), British journalist Irene Colvin Corbett (1881–1912), American nurse and musician who died on the Titanic Jack Colvin (1934–2005), American actor James Colvin (1844–1919), New Zealand politician James Colvin (pseudonym), pseudonym used by Michael Moorcock James Morris Colquhoun Colvin (1870–1945), British Army officer Jim Colvin (1937–2019), American football player John Colvin (diplomat) (1922–2003), British diplomat and spy John Colvin (engineer) (1794–1871), built canals in northern India John O. Colvin (1946–2024), American judge John Russell Colvin (1807–1857), British administrator in India, and his sons: Sir Auckland Colvin (1838–1908), British civil servant; founder of Colvin Taluqdars' College Walter Mytton Colvin (1847–1908), British colonial administrator Kathryn Colvin (born 1945), British diplomat Marie Colvin (1957–2012), American journalist Mark Colvin (1952–2017), Australian broadcaster Mary Colvin (1907–1988), director of the British Women's Royal Army Corps Michael Colvin (1932–2000), British politician Mike Colvin, American politician Monty Colvin, American musician in the band Galactic Cowboys Sir Ragnar Colvin (1882–1954), British and Australian admiral Richard Colvin (UK MP) (1856–1936), British politician Richard Colvin (diplomat) (born 1969), British-born Canadian diplomat Rosevelt Colvin (born 1977), American football player Ruth Johnson Colvin (1916–2024), American philanthropist Sarah Colvin (born 1967), British scholar of German, literary theory, and gender studies Sarah Tarleton Colvin (1865–1949), American nurse and activist Shawn Colvin (born 1956), American musician Sir Sidney Colvin (1845–1927), British critic, curator, and friend of Robert Louis Stevenson Verplanck Colvin (1847–1920), American surveyor and champion of the Adirondacks
See also Colvin G. Butler (1872–1961), American farmer, Presbyterian clergyman, and politician Colvin family, Anglo-Indian administrators and soldiers