Flynn
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Flynn is a surname of Irish descent specifically meaning 'ruddy' or in general reddish.
Some people with the name are:
- Flynn Adam Atkins (also known as FLYNN), rapper and member of hip hop group LA Symphony.
- Dan Flynn, a conservative American author
- Edmund James Flynn a lawyer in Canada
- Errol Flynn, an Australian-American movie actor
- James R. Flynn, an intelligence researcher in New Zealand
- Jimmy Flynn, an American actor
- John Flynn, (various)
- Kevin Flynn is a character in the movie Tron (film) played by Jeff Bridges
- Michael Flynn, an American scientist and inventor of Flynn's taxonomy
- Mike Flynn, (various)
- Neil Flynn, an American actor known for his role on the American TV series Scrubs
- Nick Flynn, a poet and writer
- Padraig Flynn, an Irish politician between 1977 and 1999
- Patrick Flynn, (various)
- Raymond Flynn, a former mayor of Boston, Massachusetts
- Robert Flynn, guitarist for the Metal band Machine Head
- William J. Flynn - (1867-1928) was the director of the Bureau of Investigation from 1919-1921.
- William Smith Flynn - (1885-1966) of Providence, Rhode Island was the Governor of Rhode Island from 1923 to 1925.
- Flynn Taggart a fictional character in a series of novels written for the Doom Franchise.
It may also refer to:
- Flynn's Taxonomy, a system for classifying computer architectures.
- The Flynn Effect, the gradual rise in IQ test scores.
- Flynn (film) a 1996 Australian film
- Flynn, Australian Capital Territory a suburb in the Canberra district of Belconnen