Quinn
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Quinn or O'Quinn is a surname of Irish origin. It comes from the original Irish name Ó Cuinn, ie descendants of Conn. It means wisdom or chief.
People commonly known by their family name Quinn include:
- Aidan Quinn, American actor
- Alex Quinn, son of Anthony Quinn
- Alexandra Quinn, American Adult Actress
- Anthony Quinn, Irish-Mexican actor
- Anthony Tyler Quinn
- Brady Quinn, American football quarterback
- Chris Quinn, American basketball player
- Colin Quinn, American actor and comedian
- Daniel Quinn, writer
- D. Michael Quinn, Mormon historian
- Several people named David Quinn
- Edward Quinn, Irish photographer
- Francesco Quinn, American actor
- Feargal Quinn, Irish senator and businessperson
- Freddy Quinn, Austrian singer and actor
- Glenn Quinn, Irish actor
- Several people named James or Jimmy Quinn
- Several people named John Quinn
- Kimberly Quinn, American journalist
- Lawrie Quinn, UK politician
- Marc Quinn, English artist
- Micky Quinn, English footballer
- Niall Quinn, Irish footballer
- Padraig Quinn, former Irish Republican Army officer
- Pat Quinn, Canadian hockey coach
- Pat Quinn (politician), American politician
- Patrick Quinn, American actor
- Rob Quinn, an Irish footballer
- Robert E. Quinn, an American politician and a former governor of Rhode Island
- Ruairi Quinn, Irish politician
- San Quinn, American rapper
- Sean Francis Quinn, Anti-Treaty IRA office
- Susan Quinn, American non-fiction writer
- Terry Quinn, American actor
- William F. Quinn, American politician
People commonly known by their given name Quinn include:
- Quinn Cummings, child actress
- Quinn Allman, American musician
- Quinn Jacobson, American artist/photographer
Other entities known as Quinn include:
- Quinn (computer game), a Tetris implementation for Mac OS X
- University College Dublin Quinn School of Business
Fictional people with the name Quinn include:
- Quinn (Sookie Stackhouse novels character), a character in the book series beginning with Dead Until Dark by Charlaine Harris
- Quinn (Prison Break character), a character on the U.S. television series Prison Break
- Quinn Mallory, a character on Sliders
- Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman, character on American television series of the same name
- Quinn Morgendorffer, a character on the TV show Daria
- The Mighty Quinn, Eskimo character in a popular '60s song
- Quinn Pensky, a character on the Nickelodeon live-action sitcom Zoey 101
- Jonas Quinn, a character in the sci-fi series Stargate SG-1
- Tom Quinn, the lead character in the British spy-thriller series Spooks
- Daniel Quinn, the main character in Paul Auster's City of Glass, the first of three novels in The New York Trilogy
- Doctor Quentin Q. Quinn, a character on Sealab 2021
- Principal Quinn, from the book Half Moon investigators by Eion Colfer