Baldwin (name)
Baldwin or Balduin is an Old German and Anglo-Saxon surname. It may either derive from Bealdwine, or the Old German equivalent Baldavin, meaning "brave, bold friend".
It is found in many other modern European languages: French Beaudoin or Baudouin, Italian Baldovino, Dutch Boudewijn, Icelandic Baldvin, Spanish and Esperanto Balduino.
Surname
- A. Michael Baldwin, American actor
- Abraham Baldwin, American politician
- Adam Baldwin, American actor
- Agnes Baldwin, several people
- Alec Baldwin, American actor, oldest and best known of the "Baldwin brothers"
- Alfred Baldwin, several people
- Andrew Baldwin, United States Navy officer, participant on The Bachelor television series
- Arthur Baldwin, 3rd Earl Baldwin of Bewdley, British businessman
- Augustus C. Baldwin, U.S. Representative from Michigan
- Augustus Warren Baldwin, politician in Upper Canada
- Bill Baldwin, United States science fiction writer
- Bob Baldwin, Australian politician
- Bobby Baldwin, United States poker player
- Brooke Baldwin, CNN Newsroom anchor
- Cecil Baldwin, voice actor for the podcast Welcome to Night Vale
- Charles Baldwin, several people
- Charlotte Fowler Baldwin, American missionary
- Christopher Baldwin, Illustrator and author of webcomics
- Chuck Baldwin, 2008 Constitution Party nominee for President of the United States
- Clare Baldwin, American journalist
- Cliff Baldwin, American football player
- Craig Baldwin, American filmmaker
- Cyrus G. Baldwin American minister, college professor, and college president
- Daniel Baldwin, American actor, producer, and director, one of the "Baldwin brothers"
- Daryl Baldwin, Miami researcher and cultural activist
- Dave Baldwin, several people
- Dick Baldwin, American actor
- Donny Baldwin, American rock drummer
- Doug Baldwin, American football player
- Doug Baldwin , Canadian ice hockey player
- Dwight Baldwin, several people
- Edith Ella Baldwin, American artist
- Edward Baldwin, 4th Earl Baldwin of Bewdley, British educator
- Ephraim Francis Baldwin, American architect
- Esther E. Baldwin, American missionary, teacher, translator, writer, editor
- Faith Baldwin, U.S. author of romance and fiction
- Frank Baldwin, one of only 19 servicemen to receive the Medal of Honor twice
- Frank Stephen Baldwin, American who invented a pinwheel calculator
- Frederick W. Baldwin, hydrofoil and aviation pioneer
- Furman Stewart Baldwin, American photographer
- Ged Baldwin, Canadian politician
- George Baldwin, several people
- Greg Baldwin, American voice actor
- Harry Baldwin , English cricketer
- Harry Streett Baldwin, U.S. Congressman
- Henry Baldwin, several people
- Howard Baldwin, American businessman
- Howard S. Baldwin, American politician and businessman
- Ira Baldwin, founder and director emeritus of the Wisconsin Academy Foundation
- J. Baldwin, American industrial designer, author, and educator
- Jack Baldwin, several people
- James Baldwin, several people
- Jason Baldwin, one of the West Memphis Three
- Jerry Baldwin, American businessman
- John Baldwin, several people
- Joseph Baldwin, several people
- Kathleen Baldwin, American writer of comic romance novels
- Karen Dianne Baldwin, Canadian actress
- Keith Baldwin, American football player
- Lewis V. Baldwin, historian, author, and professor specializing in the history of the black churches in the United States
- Loammi Baldwin, American engineer, politician, and a soldier in the American Revolutionary War
- Loammi Baldwin, Jr., American civil engineer
- Mark Baldwin, several people
- Mary Briscoe Baldwin, American missionary educator
- Matthias W. Baldwin, American steam locomotive builder, founder of Baldwin Locomotive Works
- Melvin Baldwin, Representative from Minnesota
- Mike Baldwin , American professional motorcycle road racer
- Oliver Baldwin, 2nd Earl Baldwin of Bewdley, British socialist politician
- Percival G. Baldwin, American politician and businessman
- Peter Baldwin, several people
- Raymond E. Baldwin, United States Senator, the 72nd and 74th Governor of Connecticut
- Richard J. Baldwin, Pennsylvania State Representative, Pennsylvania State Senator, Speaker of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives
- Robert Baldwin, several people
- Roger Nash Baldwin, founder of ACLU
- Roger Sherman Baldwin, US lawyer and politician
- Ron Baldwin, American music business manager, producer and entrepreneur
- Roy E. Baldwin, member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives
- Roy Alvin Baldwin, member of the Texas House of Representatives
- Roy Baldwin , Australian rules footballer
- Ruth Baldwin, aka Ruth Bowyer, a convict sent to Australia on the First Fleet
- Sally Baldwin, University of York social sciences professor
- Shauna Singh Baldwin, Canadian-American novelist
- Simeon Baldwin, son-in-law of Roger Sherman
- Simeon Eben Baldwin, jurist, law professor and the 65th Governor of Connecticut
- Simon Baldwin, rugby league footballer
- Stanley Baldwin, three-time Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
- Stephen Baldwin, American actor, youngest of the "Baldwin brothers"
- Stephen Baldwin , American politician, West Virginia state Senator
- Sumner Baldwin, New York politician
- Tammy Baldwin, American politician, Senator from Wisconsin, first openly homosexual Senator
- Theodore Anderson Baldwin, U.S. military officer during the American Civil War and the Spanish–American War
- Thomas Scott Baldwin, U.S. Army Major and pioneer balloonist
- Tom Baldwin , NASCAR Modified race driver
- Tommy Baldwin, English footballer
- Tommy Baldwin Jr., team majority owner of Tommy Baldwin Racing in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series
- Walter Baldwin, American film and television actor
- Warren Baldwin, American theologian and author.
- William Baldwin, several people
Rulers and nobles
- Baldwin I of Jerusalem
- Baldwin II of Jerusalem
- Baldwin III of Jerusalem
- Baldwin IV of Jerusalem
- Baldwin V of Jerusalem
- Baldwin I of Ramla
- Baldwin of Ibelin
- Baldwin I of Flanders
- Baldwin II of Flanders
- Baldwin III of Flanders
- Baldwin IV of Flanders
- Baldwin V of Flanders
- Baldwin VI of Flanders
- Baldwin VII of Flanders
- Baldwin VIII of Flanders
- Baldwin I of Constantinople
- Baldwin II of Constantinople
- Baldwin II of Boulogne
- Baldwin II, Count of Hainaut
- Baldwin III, Count of Hainaut
- Baldwin IV, Count of Hainaut
- Baldwin V, Count of Hainaut
- Baudouin I of Belgium, called "Baldwin" in English
- Baldwin of Exeter, Archbishop of Canterbury
- Baldwin de Redvers, 1st Earl of Devon
- Baldwin de Redvers, 6th Earl of Devon
- British prime minister Stanley Baldwin, later ennobled to Earl Baldwin of Bewdley
- Baldwin of Biggar, Flemish/Scots magnate, Sheriff of Clydesdale
- Baldovin, Serbian noble
Others
- Baldwin
- Baldwin of Rieti, saint
- Baldwin of Forde Archbishop of Canterbury
- Baldwin of Luxembourg, Archbishop of Trier
- Baldwin
- Baldwin Domingo, American politician
Fictional characters
- Robbie Baldwin, a superhero in Marvel Comics
- In the soap opera Coronation Street:
- * Carol Baldwin
- * Danny Baldwin
- * Frankie Baldwin
- * Jamie Baldwin
- * Mike Baldwin
- * Viv Baldwin
- * Warren Baldwin
- In the soap opera The Young and the Restless:
- * Eden Baldwin
- * Lauren Fenmore Baldwin
- * Michael Baldwin
- * River Baldwin