Quin (name)

Quin is a shortened form of the Irish surname and male given name Quinlan.

Notable people with the name include:

Surname

• Andy Quin (born 1960), composer and jazz pianist
• Ann Quin (1936–1973), British writer
• Barry Quin (21st century), British-born actor
• Betty Quin (21st century), Australian script writer
• Edward Quin (journalist) (died 1823), Irish journalist
• Edward Quin (cartographer) (1794–1828), his son, cartographer
• Edward Quin (pastoralist) (died 1922), New South Wales politician
• Edwin Wyndham-Quin, 3rd Earl of Dunraven and Mount-Earl (1812–1871), 1st Baron Kenry, politician
• Frederic Hervey Foster Quin (1799–1878), the first homeopathic physician in England
• Huston Quin (1876–1938), mayor of Louisville, Kentucky
• James Quin (1693–1766), English actor
• Jesse Quin (born 1981), English musician
• Joyce Quin, Baroness Quin (born 1944), Labour Party politician in the United Kingdom
• Liza Quin (born 1982), Cuban-American artist
• Mary Quin, American businesswoman
• Michael Joseph Quin (1796–1843), Irish author, journalist and editor
• Percy Quin (1872–1932), American politician
• Rebecca Quin (born 1987), Irish professional wrestler currently signed to WWE under the ring name Becky Lynch
• Sara Quin (born 1980), Canadian musician
• Tegan Quin (born 1980), Canadian musician
• Valentine Quin, 1st Earl of Dunraven and Mount-Earl (1752–1824), Earl in the Peerage of Ireland
• Vanessa Quin (born 1976), world champion BMX and downhill rider from New Zealand
• Walter Quin (1575?–1634?), poet and royal tutor of Charles I of England
• William Quin (c. 1836–1880), plasterer and politician in South Australia
• Windham Quin, 2nd Earl of Dunraven and Mount-Earl (1782–1850), member of the United Kingdom Parliament

Given name

• Quin Blanding (born 1996), American football player
• Quin Epperly (1913–2001), American racing car constructor
• Quin Hillyer (born 1964), American newspaper columnist and writer
• Quin Houff (born 1997), American professional racing driver
• Quin Ivy (born 1937), American former disc jockey
• Quin Kruijsen (born 1990), Dutch footballer
• Quin Monson (born 1969), American associate professor of social science at Brigham Young University
• Quin Snyder (born 1966), American basketball coach

Fictional characters

• Dugall Quin, a character in the folk ballad Dugall Quin
• Mr. Quin, a character in the short story collection The Mysterious Mr. Quin

See also

• Qin (surname)
• Quinn (disambiguation)
• Quinn (given name)
• Quinn (surname)