William Cullen Bryant -Famous Poet William Bryant Cullen - co founder of Glendora, CA, Citrus College; and one of the main reasons California is known for its citrus fruits, as he helped cultivate most of the orchards.
The first time I heard the name Cullen was in Dragon Age (video game.) and I think it's a manly and strong name for a little boy as well as for a grown man.
It's the name of the vigilante character on the AMC show "Hell on Wheels". Hopefully this will help others forget the crap about glimmering vampires. It disgusts me that such filth could be considered literature but, I digress.
Cullen Jones is an Olympic swimmer who won a gold medal in 2008 beating the French in what was one of (if not the most) amazing relay in swimming history. Cullen is also the 2nd African American swimmer to medal at the games.
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"Cullen" is also a surname. The most recent usage of the name as such is seen in Twilight by Stephenie Meyer. A family, the Cullens, play a major role. I believe that as a surname it means, "down by the river". As a first name it's supposed to mean "handsome".
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Cullen_(mathematician)
The sequence of Cullen numbers (n*2^n+1) [first 5 terms are 3, 9, 25, 65, and 161] was named after him.