Colin Campbell may refer to:

Scottish history

Cailean Mór Cailean Mór Caimbeul (also known as Sir Colin Campbell; died after 1296) is one of the earliest attested members of Clan Campbell and an important ancestor figure of the later medieval Earls of Argyll. Cailean was the son of Gilleasbaig, a kni ...

(died after 1296), also known as Sir Colin Campbell, or "Colin the Great" *

Sir Colin Og Campbell of Lochawe Sir Colin Og Campbell of Lochawe (died 1340 at Locale Argyle), also known as Cailean Óg Caimbeul, Sir Colyn Cambel, Colin the Young, and Coline Oig Campbell, was an early member of Clan Campbell and patrilineal ancestor of the Earls of Ar ...

(died before 1343), Lord of Lochawe *

Colin Campbell (Swedish East India Company) Colin Campbell (1November 16869May 1757) was a Scottish merchant and entrepreneur who co-founded the Swedish East India Company and was Swedish King Fredrik I's first envoy to the Emperor of China. Early life He was born in November 1686 to ...

(1686–1757), Scottish merchant and founder of the Swedish East India Company *Colin Roy Campbell of Glenure (c. 1708–1752), also known as the "Red Fox", killed in the

Appin Murder The Appin Murder () was the assassination by a concealed marksman of Colin Roy Campbell, the Clan Campbell tacksman of Glenure and factor for the Forfeited Estates Commission, on 14 May 1752. The murder, which took place on the confiscated e ...

, subject of ''Kidnapped'' by Robert Louis Stevenson *Sir

Colin Campbell, 1st Baron Clyde Field Marshal Colin Campbell, 1st Baron Clyde, (20 October 1792– 14 August 1863) was a British Army officer. After serving in the Peninsular War and the War of 1812, he commanded the 98th Regiment of Foot during the First Opium War and then ...

(1792–1863), Scottish soldier

Scottish nobility

Colin Campbell, 1st Earl of Argyll Colin Campbell, 1st Earl of Argyll (c. 1433 – 10 May 1493) was a medieval Scottish nobleman, peer, and politician. He was the son of Archibald Campbell, Master of Campbell and Elizabeth Somerville, daughter of John Somerville, 3rd Lord ...

(c. 1433–1493), Scottish nobleman * Colin Campbell, 3rd Earl of Argyll (c. 1486–1535), Scottish nobleman and soldier *

Colin Campbell, 6th Earl of Argyll Colin Campbell, 6th Earl of Argyll (c. 1542– October 1584) was a Scottish nobleman and politician. He was appointed to the Lord Chancellorship of Scotland. Biography He was the eldest son of Archibald Campbell, 4th Earl of Argyll and his seco ...

(1541/46–1584), Scottish nobleman and politician * Sir Colin Campbell, 2nd Baronet (1577–1640), Scottish nobleman *

Sir Colin Campbell, 1st Baronet, of Lundie Sir Colin Campbell of Lundie, 1st Baronet (died c. 1650) was a Scottish noble. He was the son of Colin Campbell of Lundie, who was youngest son of Colin Campbell, 6th Earl of Argyll. Sir Colin was created a baronet in 1627. On 26 June 1599 he mar ...

(died c. 1650), Scottish noble * Colin Campbell, 7th Earl Cawdor (born 1962), Scottish earl and architect *

Lord Colin Campbell Lord Colin Campbell (9 March 1853 – 18 June 1895) was a Scottish Liberal Party (UK), Liberal politician who sat in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, House of Commons from 1878 to 1885. Biography Campbell was the fifth son of George C ...

(1853–1895), MP, younger son of eighth Duke of Argyll

Politics and law

* Colin Campbell (probate judge) (1752–1834), lawyer, probate judge, customs official in Nova Scotia *Sir

Colin Campbell (British Army officer, born 1776) Lieutenant-General Sir Colin Campbell (18 April 1776 – 13 June 1847) was a British Army officer and colonial governor. Military career Campbell was the fifth son of Colonel John Campbell of Melfort and Colina, daughter of John Campbell of Ac ...

(1776–1847), Governor of Nova Scotia and Ceylon * Colin Campbell (Nova Scotia politician) (1822–1881), merchant and politician in Nova Scotia, American * Colin H. Campbell (1859–1914), provincial cabinet minister in Manitoba, Canada *

Colin Campbell (Ontario politician) Colin Alexander "Collie" Campbell (17 January 1901 – 25 December 1978) was a Canadian mining engineer, politician and curling administrator. Campbell was the president of the International Curling Federation from 1968 to 1978 and served as ...

(1901–1978), Canadian politician, Member of Parliament, president of the International Curling Federation *

Colin Campbell (Scottish politician) Colin McIver Campbell (born 31 August 1938) is a Scottish politician and military historian. He was a Scottish National Party (SNP) Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for West of Scotland region from 1999 to 2003. Campbell is a former hist ...

(born 1938), former Member of the Scottish Parliament *

Colin Campbell, Lord Malcolm Colin Malcolm Campbell, Lord Malcolm (born 1953) is a Scottish lawyer, and a Senator of the College of Justice, a judge of the country's Supreme Courts. Early life Campbell was educated at Grove Academy, a state school in Broughty Ferry, Dun ...

(born 1953), Scottish judge *

Colin Minton Campbell Colin Minton Campbell (1827-1885), of Woodseat in Staffordshire, was a British businessman and Member of Parliament. On his death of his uncle Herbert Minton in 1858, Colin Minton Campbell took over leadership of the family company Mintons, a l ...

(1827–1885), British Member of Parliament for North Staffordshire * Colin P. Campbell (1877–1956), former Speaker of the Michigan House of Representatives *

Colin Campbell (Australian politician) Colin Campbell (21 January 1817 – 28 November 1903) was a pastoralist and politician in colonial Victoria, a member of the Victorian Legislative Council, and later, the Victorian Legislative Assembly. Early life Campbell was born in Glasgow, ...

(1817–1903), pastoralist and politician in colonial Victoria

Education and academia

Colin Campbell (legal scholar) Sir Colin Murray Campbell (26 December 1944 – 20 May 2022) was a British academic lawyer who was vice-chancellor of the University of Nottingham from 1988 to 2008.Colin G. Campbell (1935–2024), American educator, president of Wesleyan University * T. Colin Campbell (born 1934), American biochemist and nutritionist

Science

Colin Campbell (geologist) Colin J. Campbell (24 July 1931 – 13 November 2022) was a British petroleum geologist who predicted that oil production would peak by 2007. He claimed the consequences of this are uncertain but drastic, due to the world's dependency on fossi ...

(1931–2022), British petroleum geologist *

Colin Campbell (astronomer) Colin Campbell (died 26 January 1752) was a Scottish astronomer. He grew up in Jamaica and died there in Kingston in 1752. He matriculated at Glasgow University, in 1720. He was invested as a fellow of the Royal Society (FRS) in 1733. He studi ...

(died 1752), Scottish astronomer *

Colin Campbell (sociologist) Colin Campbell (born 1940) is a British sociologist known for his work on cultural change, consumerism, religion, and Weberian action theory. Career Colin Campbell was born in 1940 in Sutton Coldfield, England. He is a member of Birming ...

(born 1940), British sociologist

Sport

Colin Campbell (sportsman, born 1872) Colin Mansfield Campbell (13 August 1872 – 3 April 1907) was an Australian rules footballer who played for Essendon Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL) and a first-class cricketer, representing Tasmania. Family The youngest ...

(1872–1907), Australian footballer and cricketer *

Colin Campbell (footballer, born 1883) Colin Campbell Lazonby (20 February 1883 – 23 May 1972) was a footballer who played international football for both Argentina and Chile. Campbell played club football for Santiago National and was a Chilean squad member at the Copa Centenario R ...

(active in 1907–1910), footballer for both Argentina and Chile *

Colin Campbell (footballer, born 1918) Colin Campbell (2 January 1918 – 18 October 2003) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Collingwood in the Victorian Football League The Victorian Football League (VFL) is an Australian rules football competition in Austra ...

(1918–2003), Australian footballer for Collingwood *

Colin Campbell (footballer, born 1956) Colin Campbell (born 1 December 1956) is a Scottish retired Association football, footballer who played as a midfielder. He played in the Scottish Football League for Hibernian F.C., Hibernian, Dundee United F.C., Dundee United, Airdrieonians F. ...

, Scottish association football player * Colin Campbell (cricketer, born 1977), English cricketer * Colin Campbell (cricketer, born 1884) (1884–1966), Scottish-born New Zealand cricketer *

Colin Campbell (field hockey) Colin Herbert Campbell (4 November 1887 – 25 August 1955) was a British field hockey player who competed in the 1920 Summer Olympics The 1920 Summer Olympics (; ; ), officially known as the Games of the VII Olympiad (; ; ) and commo ...

(1887–1955), British Olympic field hockey player * Colin Campbell (ice hockey, born 1953), Canadian ice hockey player, coach and executive * Colin Campbell (ice hockey, born 1991), Canadian professional ice hockey player * Colin Campbell (sportsman, born 1946) (1946–2024), British runner and bobsledder

Arts

Colen Campbell Colen Campbell (15 June 1676 – 13 September 1729) was a pioneering Scottish architect and architectural writer who played an important part in the development of the Georgian style. For most of his career, he resided in Italy and England. As ...

(1676–1729), Scottish neo-Palladian architect *

Colin Campbell (director) James Colin Campbell (11 October 1859 – 26 August 1928) was a film director, actor and screenwriter. He directed more than 170 American films between 1911 and 1924; and wrote scripts for 60 films between 1911 and 1922. He was born in Scotl ...

(1859–1928), Scottish-born film director, writer, actor and producer *

Colin Campbell (artist) Colin Campbell (June 15, 1942 – October 31, 2001) was a Canadian video artist. Life Colin Campbell was born in Reston, Manitoba, 1942. He received his BFA from the University of Manitoba (gold medal) and his MFA from Claremont Graduate Sc ...

(1942–2001), Canadian artist *

Lady Colin Campbell Georgia Arianna Campbell, Lady Colin Campbell (née Ziadie; born 17 August 1949), also known as Lady C, is a White Jamaicans, British Jamaican author, socialite, and television personality who has published seven unauthorised books about the Br ...

(born 1949), Jamaican-born British writer and biographer *

Colin Campbell (actor) Colin Campbell (17 January 1937 – 1 March 2018) was an English actor. Life His best-known role was the lead in '' The Leather Boys'' in 1964, in which he plays a bored married man who starts hanging out with a biker friend—who, he belatedly ...

(1937–2018), English actor

Others

* Colin Campbell (murderer) (born 1946 or 1947), British double murderer, convicted of the cold case 1981 murder of Claire Woolterton in 2013 *

Colin Campbell, 1st Baron Colgrain Colin Frederick Campbell, 1st Baron Colgrain (13 June 1866 – 3 November 1954), was a Scottish banker. Early life Campbell was born on 13 June 1866. He was the son of George William Campbell and Florence Hogg. He was educated at Eton College. C ...

(1866–1954), British banker *

Colin "Caesar" Campbell Colin Francis "Caesar" Campbell (18 July 1946 – 19 October 2021) was an Australian outlaw biker, gangster, and author noted for his role in the Milperra massacre of 1984. From the Comancheros to the Bandidos Campbell was born in Newcastle, New ...

, (1946-2021), Australian outlaw biker and gangster. * Colin Campbell (Canadian bishop) (1931–2012), Catholic bishop of Antigonish * Colin Campbell (New Zealand bishop) (born 1941), Catholic bishop of Dunedin *

Colin Campbell (British Army officer, born 1754) Lieutenant-General (United Kingdom), Lieutenant General Colin Campbell (21 November 1754 – 2 April 1814) was Governor of Gibraltar, Lieutenant Governor of Gibraltar. Early life Campbell was born in Edinburgh on 21 November 1754. He was the son ...

(1754–1814), British Army general *

Colin Campbell (entrepreneur) Colin C. Campbell is a Canadian entrepreneur and author who has co-founded several Internet and technology startup companies, including Internet Direct, Tucows, Hostopia, Paw.com, GeeksforLess.com, .Club Domains LLC, the operator of .club, and St ...

, Canadian 21st century serial Internet entrepreneur *Colin Campbell, first Major-Commandant of the 100th Regiment of Foot * Colin Campbell (British priest) (1863–1916), Archdeacon of Wisbech * Colin Campbell (River City), fictional soap opera character

Fiction

*Colin Campbell, protagonist of ''

The Cat Who Walks Through Walls ''The Cat Who Walks Through Walls'' is a science fiction novel by American writer Robert A. Heinlein, published in 1985. Like many of his later novels, it features Lazarus Long and Jubal Harshaw as supporting characters. Plot summary A write ...

'', a 1985 novel by Robert A. Heinlein

Ships

*''Sir Colin Campell of Peterhead'', best known under her later name ''Danmark'' of Copenhagen {{hndis, Campbell, Colin