Quentin

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Quentin is a french male given name from Latin first name Quintinus, diminutive form of Quintus, that means "the fifth".^[1]

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People

• Saint Quentin (died c. 287)
• Quentin Anderson (1912–2003), American literary critic and cultural historian
• Quentin Blake (born 1932), illustrator, famous for his work in Roald Dahl books
• Quentin Bryce (born 1942), the 25th Governor-General of Australia
• Quentin N. Burdick (1908-1992), American lawyer and senator from North Dakota
• Quentin Leo Cook (a.k.a. Fatboy Slim), British musician
• Quentin Cooper (born 1961) a science journalist, and broadcaster.
• Quentin Crisp (1908-1999), openly gay author and social critic
• Quentin Davies, Baron Davies of Stamford (born 1944), British politician
• Quentin Dean (1944-2003), American actress
• Quentin Dupieux (a.k.a. Mr. Oizo), French musician, music producer and film director
• Quentin Elias, French singer and gay pornographic actor
• Quentin Hubbard (1954-1976), son of the founder of the Church of Scientology
• Quentin Hughes (cricketer) (born 1974), English cricketer
• Quentin Jackson (1909-1976), American jazz trombonist
• Quentin Jammer (born 1979), American National Football League football player
• Quentin Kawānanakoa (born 1961), American politician
• Quentin Keynes (1921-2003), British explorer and bibliophile
• Quentin Lee, Chinese-Canadian film director
• Quentin Matsys (1466–1529), Flemish painter
• Quentin Metsys the Younger (c. 1543–1589), Flemish Renaissance painter; grandson of the above
• Quentin Meillassoux (born 1967), French philosopher
• Quentin Moses (born 1983), American football player
• Quentin Mosimann (born 1988), French-Swiss singer-DJ
• Quentin Neujahr (born 1971), American football player
• Quentin Reynolds (1902-1965), American journalist and war correspondent
• Quentin Richardson (born 1980), American National Basketball Association player
• Quentin Roosevelt (1897-1918), son of US President Theodore Roosevelt
• Quentin Skinner (born 1940), English professor and historian
• Quentin Smith, American philosopher
• Quentin Tarantino, American film director, screenwriter, producer, cinematographer and actor
• Quentin Willson (born 1957), British TV presenter and motoring journalist

Fictional characters

• Quentin "Q" Jacobsen, main character in John Green's novel Paper Towns
• Quentin Beck, a.k.a. Mysterio, a supervillain, enemy of Spider-Man
• Quentin Coldwater, the main character in Lev Grossman's book The Magicians
• Quentin Collins, a main character on the ABC soap opera Dark Shadows
• Quentin Compson, a main character in William Faulkner's The Sound and the Fury and Absalom, Absalom!; also the name of that character's niece
• Quentin Costa, on the television show Nip/Tuck
• the title character of the Sir Walter Scott novel Quentin Durward and the film adaptation
• Quentin Kirrin, from Enid Blyton's The Famous Five (series)
• Quentin Quire, Marvel Comics character
• Quentin Travers, on the television program Buffy the Vampire Slayer
• Quentin, in Edward Gorey's poem, "Q is for Quentin who sunk in a mire"
• Quentin, a cog in the Conker video game series also known as Carl
• Quentin, in Diary of a Wimpy Kid

References

1. ↑ Albert Dauzat, Noms et prénoms de France, Librairie Larousse 1980, édition revue et commentée par Marie-Thérèse Morlet. p. 502b and 503a.