Tobin (surname)

Tóibín
Country	Ireland
Current head	Finnán Mícheál Tóibín

Tobin (Gaelic;Tóibín, from the Norman surname; de St. Aubyn) is an Irish surname, and may refer to:

Arts and entertainment

• Amon Tobin (born 1972), Brazilian musician
• Becca Tobin (born 1986), actress on the television series Glee
• Candida Tobin, (1926–2008), British music educator
• Christine Tobin, Irish singer
• Genevieve Tobin (1899–1995), American actress
• George Tobin, record producer
• George Tobin (American football) (1921–1999), American football player
• Jason Tobin, British-Chinese actor
• Jesse Tobin, Australian TV personality
• John Tobin (dramatist) (1770–1804), author of The Honeymoon
• Julia Tobin, British actress
• Orla Tobin (Rose of Tralee), winner of the 2003 Rose of Tralee contest and singer
• Orla Tobin (actress) (born 1982), Irish actress
• Colm Tóibín (born 1955), Irish novelist
• Niall Tóibín (born 1929), Irish comedian and actor
• Nioclás Tóibín (1928–1994), Irish traditional singer

Military

• E Q "Red" Tobin, American pilot who flew for the Royal Air Force during the Battle of Britain
• John Michael Tobin (1841–1898), American Civil War officer
• Liam Tobin (born 1890), Irish army officer
• Paul E. Tobin, Jr. (born c. 1941), rear admiral in the U.S. Navy
• Thomas Tate Tobin (1823–1904), American adventurer and US Army scout

Politics

• Brian Tobin (born 1954), Canadian Liberal politician
• Edmund William Tobin (1865–1938), Canadian politician
• James Tobin (political operative), George W. Bush's 2004 New England campaign chairman
• John Tobin (Boston City Councilor) (born 1969), American politician
• Maurice J. Tobin (1901–1953), U.S. governor and Secretary of Labor
• Robert T. Tobin (1910–2007), African-American educator and politician
• Stanley Tobin (1871–1948), Canadian farmer and politician
• Stephen Tobin (1836–1905), Canadian political figure
• Peadar Tóibín, Irish politician

Religion

• Joseph William Tobin (born 1952), American Roman Catholic archbishop
• Mary Luke Tobin (1908–2006), American Roman Catholic nun
• Nettie Tobin (1863–1944), American member of the Bahai community
• Thomas Joseph Tobin (born 1948), American Roman Catholic bishop

Sports

• Alex Tobin (born 1965), Australian soccer player
• Bill Tobin (baseball) (1854–1912), major-league baseball first baseman
• Bill Tobin (ice hockey) (1895–1963), Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• Charlie Tobin, Irish hurler
• Jack Tobin (1892–1969), major-league baseball right fielder
• Jim Tobin (1912–1969), baseball player
• John Tobin (rugby league), Australian rugby league player
• Johnny Tobin (1921–1982), baseball player
• JP Tobin, (born 1977), New Zealand windsurfer
• Kevin Tobin (born 1981), Irish hurler
• Pat Tobin (born 1982), Irish hurler
• Paul Tobin (1909–2003), American basketball player
• Robert Tobin (born 1983), British sprinter
• Vince Tobin, (born 1943) American football coach
• Brendan Toibin (born 1964), American football player

Other people

• Austin Joseph Tobin (1903–1978), executive director of the Port of New York Authority
• Ciarán Tobin, Irish citizen involved in a Hungarian legal case
• Daniel J. Tobin (1875–1955), American union leader
• James Tobin (1918–2002), Nobel Prize-winning economist
• Jonathan S. Tobin, American journalist
• Joseph Tobin (born 1950), American early childhood education specialist
• Laura Tobin (born 1981), British broadcast meteorologist
• Neil Tobin (born 1966), American magician
• Peter Tobin (born 1946), British serial killer
• Peter J. Tobin (born 1944), American businessman
• Thomas Tobin (1807–1881), British businessman
• Tony Tobin, celebrity chef
• William Tobin, (1927–2009), news editor