Galvin (surname)
Appearance
Galvin is a surname. It is prevalent throughout Great Britain, Ireland and Spain, with the variant Galvan being common in the Basque country and Catalonia. Notable people with the surname include:
- Bob Galvin (1922-2011), Chairman and CEO of Motorola
- Elliot Galvin, a British musician
- Fred Galvin, an American mathematician
- John Galvin (soldier), retired American General and Dean of the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University
- John Galvin (Irish politician), Irish Fianna Fáil politician, TD for Cork Borough constituency 1956–1963
- John Galvin, keyboardist for Molly Hatchet
- Keith Galvin, Gaelic footballer with Dublin GAA
- Kevin Galvin, business activist
- Martin Galvin, Irish-American lawyer and Irish republican political activist
- Mick Galvin Irish association footballer
- Pat Galvin, Australian politician (1911–1980)
- Pat Galvin (public servant), Australian public servant (b. 1933)
- Patrick Galvin, Irish writer and poet
- Paul Galvin (businessman), founder of the Galvin Manufacturing Corporation that later was renamed to Motorola
- Paul Galvin (footballer), Irish Gaelic footballer with Kerry GAA
- Pud Galvin, an early American baseball player
- Sheila Galvin Irish politician
- Tony Galvin, Irish soccer player
- William Francis Galvin (b. 1950), Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth