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Colmán or Colman is both a given name and a surname. Notable people with the name include:
Medieval Irish people
[edit | edit source]- Colmán Bec (died c. 585), Irish dynast
- Colmán mac Cobthaig (died c. 622), Irish king
- Colmán mac Lénéni (died c. 606), Irish poet
- Colmán Már (died c. 557), Irish dynast
- Colmán Rímid (died c. 612), Irish king
- Colman nepos Cracavist (fl. c. 800), Hiberno-Latin poet
Saints
[edit | edit source]- Colman of Templeshambo (died 595), Abbot of Templeshambo
- Colmán Elo (died 611) of the moccu Béognae
- Colman of Cloyne, 6th-century Bishop of Cloyne
- Colman of Dromore, 6th-century Bishop of Dromore
- Colman of Ardboe, 6th-century Founder of Ardboe Monastery
- Colman of Kilmacduagh, 7th-century Bishop of Kilmacduagh
- Colmán of Kilroot, contemporary of St. Ailbe
- Colmán of Lindisfarne (died 676), bishop of Lindisfarne
- Colmán of Lann, patron saint of Lann
- St. Colman (martyr) (7th century), companion of St Kilian and St Totnan
- Coloman of Stockerau (Colmán) (died 1012), Irish pilgrim martyred in Austria
- Columbanus (died 615), Irish missionary
Given name
[edit | edit source]- Colman Domingo (born 1969), American actor, writer, director
- Colman O'Donovan (1927–2025), Irish hurler
Surname
[edit | edit source]Other
[edit | edit source]- Colman's, a British mustard manufacturer
- Colman, South Dakota, city in Moody County, South Dakota, United States
- Arthurstown, County Wexford, Ireland, a village
- St Colman's College, Claremorris, County Mayo
- St Colman's College, Newry, County Down
- Colman, the sequel to the late Monica Furlong's Wise Child novel
See also
[edit | edit source]- Colm
- Kolman, a Slavic name sometimes transliterated as Colman
- Coleman (surname)
- Coloman, an ancient Germanic name
- Kálmán, a Hungarian surname and given name
- List of Irish-language given names
