Galvin (surname)

Galvin (Gallivan) is a name of Irish extraction which originated as a Clare sept of the Dál Cais dynasty. According to historian C. Thomas Cairney, the O'Galvins were one of the chiefly families of the Dal gCais or Dalcassians who were a tribe of the Erainn who were the second wave of Celts to settle in Ireland between about 500 and 100 BC.

Notable people with the surname include:


 * Bob Galvin (1922–2011), Chairman and CEO of Motorola
 * Connor Galvin (born 2000), American football player
 * Elliot Galvin, British musician
 * Fred Galvin, American mathematician
 * John Galvin (soldier), American general and academic administrator
 * John Galvin (Irish politician), Irish Fianna Fáil politician
 * Keith Galvin, Gaelic footballer
 * Kevin Galvin, business activist
 * Martin Galvin, Irish-American lawyer and political activist
 * Mick Galvin Irish footballer
 * Noah Galvin, American actor
 * Pat Galvin (1911–1980), Australian politician
 * Pat Galvin (public servant) (born 1933), Australian public servant
 * Patrick Galvin, Irish writer and poet
 * Patrick Galvin (footballer) (1882–1918), English footballer
 * Paul Galvin (businessman), founder of Galvin Manufacturing Corporation, later renamed Motorola
 * Paul Galvin (Gaelic footballer), Irish footballer
 * Pud Galvin, American baseball player
 * Sheila Galvin Irish politician
 * Tony Galvin, Irish soccer player
 * William Francis Galvin (b. 1950), Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth