The surname Palin is a name of British origin, either English or Welsh. Possible derivations include an anglicization of the Welsh patronymic ''ap Heilyn'' ("son of Heilyn") or a reference to the English placenames Poling, West Sussex or

Sea Palling Sea Palling is a village and civil parish covering in the English county of Norfolk. The village is south-east of Cromer, north-east of Norwich and north-east of London. The village lies east of the A149 road, A149 between Kings Lynn and G ...

, Norfolk. Independently of this, Palin also is a Swedish language surname that occurs in Sweden and Finland. People with this name include: *

Brett Palin Brett Palin (born June 23, 1984 in Nanaimo, British Columbia) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey defenceman. Playing career Palin played junior hockey with the Kelowna Rockets of the Western Hockey League (WHL), winning the league cham ...

(born 1984), Canadian hockey player *

Christian Palin Christian Palin (born 1 February 1978) is the lead singer of the metal bands Random Eyes and Panorama. He is also the former lead singer of the neoclassical metal band Adagio, among others. The son of a Finnish father and Uruguayan mother, Palin ...

(born 1978), Uruguayan singer * Harold Palin (1916–1990), British rugby league footballer *

John Palin (politician) John Henry Palin (1870 – 22 May 1934) was a British trades unionist and Labour Party politician. By the early twentieth century, he was active in the trade union movement in Bradford, Yorkshire. He was a member of the executive of the Amalga ...

(1870–1934), British politician *

John Palin (sport shooter) John Palin (born 16 July 1934) is a British former sports shooter. He competed at the 1968 Summer Olympics and the 1972 Summer Olympics The 1972 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XX Olympiad () and commonly known as M ...

(born 1934), British former sports shooter *

Leigh Palin Leigh Granville Palin (born 12 September 1965) is an English former footballer who played in the Football League for Bradford City, Burnley, Hull City, Rochdale, Shrewsbury Town and Stoke City. His father, Granville, was also a professional f ...

(born 1965), English footballer * Leo Palin (born 1956), Finnish tennis player * Michael Palin (born 1943), British actor, comedian (member of Monty Python) and writer *

Robert Palin Robert Thomas Palin (c.1835 – 6 July 1861) was a convict transported to Western Australia. His execution in 1861 was the only time in the convict era of Western Australia that Ordinance 17 Victoria Number 7 was used to secure the capital punis ...

(1835–1861), Australian criminal *

Sarah Palin Sarah Louise Palin (; Heath; born February 11, 1964) is an American politician, commentator, author, and reality television personality who served as the ninth governor of Alaska from 2006 until her resignation in 2009. She was the 2008 R ...

(born 1964), former governor of Alaska and 2008 U.S. Republican vice-presidential nominee ** Todd Palin (born 1964), American snowmobile racer and former husband of Sarah Palin ** Bristol Palin (born 1990), daughter of Todd and Sarah Palin *

Tom Palin Tom Palin is a British painter. Education Palin grew up in Birkenhead, Merseyside, England. He graduated from Liverpool John Moores University with a BA (Hons) in Fine Art, and from the University of Manchester with an MA in Art History. He co ...

(born 1974), English painter, writer and educator

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