Malcolm (given name)
Malcolm, Malcom, Máel Coluim, or Maol Choluim is a Scottish Gaelic given name meaning "devotee of Saint Columba". Maol "shavenhead" is Scottish Gaelic for monk.
Literature
- Malcolm Azania, Canadian teacher, writer, community activist, radio host, and political aspirant
- Malcolm Bradbury, British author and academic
- Malcolm Cowley, American novelist, poet, literary critic, and journalist
- Malcolm Forbes, American publisher of Forbes magazine
- Malcolm Lowry, English poet and novelist
- Malcolm Muir (publisher), American magazine industrialist
- Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson, American pulp magazine writer and entrepreneur
Music
- Malcolm Archer, English organist, conductor, and composer
- Malcolm Arnold, British composer
- Malcolm Bilson, American pianist
- Malcolm Burn, Canadian musician
- Malcom Catto, English drummer and musician
- Malcolm Clarke (composer), British composer
- Malcolm Forsyth, Canadian musician
- Malcolm Goldstein, American violinist
- Malcolm David Kelley, American rapper mostly known for MKTO, and actor
- Malcolm McCormick, birth name of Mac Miller, American rapper, singer and songwriter
- Malcolm McLaren, English musician and producer of the Sex Pistols
- Malcolm Middleton, Scottish musician
- Malcolm Mooney, African-American rock music singer, poet, and artist
- Malcolm Peyton, American composer, concert director, conductor, and teacher
- Malcolm Rebennack, birth name of Dr. John, American singer and songwriter
- Malcolm Sargent, British conductor, organist, and composer
- Malcolm Todd, American singer-songwriter, musician
- Malcolm Williamson, Australian composer
- Malcolm Young, Australian rhythm guitarist for AC/DC
Politics
- Malcolm Baldrige Jr., American politician and 26th United States Secretary of Commerce
- Malcolm Bruce, Scottish politician
- Malcolm Caldwell, British academic and communist intellectual and a strong supporter of Pol Pot's rule in Democratic Kampuchea
- Lord Malcolm Douglas-Hamilton, Scottish politician and aviator
- Malcolm Fraser, 22nd Prime Minister of Australia
- Malcolm H. Kerr, American political scientist and teacher who was an expert on Middle East politics
- Malcolm MacDonald, British politician and diplomat
- Malcolm Mackerras, Australian psephologist and commentator and lecturer on Australian and American politics
- Malcolm MacInnis, Canadian politician
- Malcolm Offord, Scottish financier and politician
- Malcolm Rifkind, Scottish Conservative and Unionist politician
- Malcolm Shepherd, 2nd Baron Shepherd, British politician, leader of the Labour Party in the House of Lords, 1974 to 1976
- Malcolm Sinclair, 20th Earl of Caithness, British Conservative politician and member of the House of Lords
- Malcolm Turnbull, Prime Minister of Australia
- Malcolm Wallop, American politician and United States Senator
- Malcolm Wicks, English politician
- Malcolm X, Afro-American civil rights leader and Nation of Islam minister
Religion
- Malcolm Muggeridge, British journalist, author, satirist, media personality, soldier, spy, and Christian scholar
- Malcolm Ranjith, 11th Archbishop of Colombo
Sports
- Malcolm Allen (swimmer), Australian freestyle swimmer
- Malcolm Allison, English footballer and football manager
- Malcolm Bunche, American football player
- Malcolm Butler, American football player
- Malcolm Cameron, Miami Dolphins head coach
- Malcom Chalmers, Australian Paralympic swimmer
- Malcolm Campbell, English racing motorist and motoring journalist
- Malcolm Champion, New Zealand swimmer, that country's first Olympic gold medallist
- Malcolm Elliott, English professional cyclist
- Malcom Floyd, American football wide receiver
- Malcolm Glazer, American businessman and sports-team owner
- Malcolm Hill (basketball), American in the Israel Basketball Premier League
- Malcolm Hunter, Canadian cross-country skier
- Malcolm Jenkins, American football player
- Malcolm Koonce, American football player
- Malcolm Lee (basketball), American basketball player
- Malcolm Macdonald, English footballer and football manager
- Malcolm Marshall, Barbadian cricketer
- Malcolm McPhail, Scottish footballer
- Malcolm Poole, Australian field hockey player
- Malcolm Reilly, British rugby league player and coach
- Malcolm Roach, American football player
- Malcolm Sampson, English rugby league footballer who played in the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s
- Malcolm Simpson, New Zealand cyclist
- Malcolm Spence (ice hockey), Canadian ice hockey player
- Malcolm Thomas, American professional basketball player
- Malcom Adu Ares, Spanish footballer
- Malcom Filipe Silva de Oliveira, Brazilian footballer
- Malcolm Shaw (soccer), Canadian soccer player
- Malcolm Smith, American football player and MVP of Super Bowl XLVIII
- Malcolm Subban, Canadian hockey goaltender
Television and film
- Malcolm Lee Beggs, American actor
- Malcolm Danare, American actor, producer and writer
- Malcolm Gets, American actor
- Malcolm Hulke, English screenwriter
- Malcolm David Kelley, American rapper, singer, songwriter and actor
- Malcolm D. Lee, American director, producer and screenwriter
- Malcolm McDowell, English actor and producer
- Malcolm McFee, English actor
- Malcolm Spellman, American screenwriter and producer
- Malcolm-Jamal Warner, American actor, director, producer and singer
Other
- Malcolm I of Scotland
- Malcolm II of Scotland
- Malcolm III of Scotland
- Malcolm IV of Scotland
- Malcolm Barber, English historian
- Malcolm Bowie, British academic
- Malcolm Bricklin, American automotive entrepreneur
- Malcolm Browne, American journalist and photographer
- Malcolm Cole, Aboriginal dancer and teacher at NAISDA Dance College, Sydney
- Malcolm Fairley, British criminal and sex offender
- Malcolm Garrett, British graphic designer
- Malcolm Gladwell, Canadian journalist
- Malcom Glenn, American writer and journalist
- Malcolm Hardee, English comedian
- Malcolm Kendall-Smith, unit medical officer with the British Royal Air Force, court-martialled during the Iraq War
- Malcolm Kilduff, American journalist
- Malcolm Laycock, British radio presenter and producer
- Malcolm Longair, British physicist
- Malcolm McKeown, Ulster loyalist and career criminal
- Malcom McLean, American entrepreneur
- Malcolm Molyneux, British malaria researcher
- Malcolm B. Montgomery, Justice of the Supreme Court of Mississippi
- Malcolm Morley (artist), English-born artist now living in the United States
- Malcolm Perry (disambiguation), multiple people
- Malcolm Sayer, British automobile designer
- Sir Malcolm Stewart, 1st Baronet, British industrialist and philanthropist, founder of The London Brick Company
- Malcolm Wood, British-Chinese entrepreneur and restaurateur
Fictional
- Malcolm Wilkerson, prodigy son and title character of the early 2000s American television single-camera sitcom Malcolm in the Middle
- Malcolm, one of the two main characters in the American black-and-white romantic drama movie Malcolm & Marie
- Malcolm Bright, protagonist of Prodigal Son
- Malcolm Dresden, father of Harry Dresden in The Dresden Files
- Malcolm McDuck, a Disney character who is an ancestor of Scrooge McDuck and Donald Duck
- Malcolm Merlyn, a major villain in the superhero television series Arrow
- Malcolm Pace, demigod character from Percy Jackson and the Olympians by Rick Riordan
- Malcolm Reed, in the television series Star Trek: Enterprise
- Malcolm Reynolds, in the science fiction television series Firefly
- Malcolm "Mac" Scorpio, a character in the American daytime drama General Hospital
- Malcolm Tucker, in Armando Iannucci's The Thick of It and In the Loop
- Malcolm Fitzcarraldo, the secret identity of Monarch in Venture Bros
- Malcolm, human character in Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
- P.C. Malcolm Williams, police constable and supporting character in ''Fireman Sam''