Quill (surname)

Quill or Quille is an anglicised version of the Irish surname " Ó Cuill" Coll, Coill, and O'Coill (Ó Coill), all of which mean wood, forest or shrub hazel tree. The Coill clan are believed to be a bardic family from Munster, particularly counties Kerry and Cork. The Irish surname has also been anglicised as Woods. Notable people with the surname include:


 * Alf Quill, Australian athlete
 * Declan Quill, Irish Gaelic footballer
 * Eric Quill (b. 1978), American soccer player
 * Erin Quill, American actress
 * Gene Quill (1927–1988), American musician
 * Greg Quill, Australian musician
 * Jeffrey Quill (1913–1996), British aviator and author
 * John Quill, Irish rugby player
 * John Quill, pseudonym of Charles Heber Clark
 * Kid Quill, stage name of American musician Mitchell Quilleon Brown
 * Máirín Quill (b. 1936), Irish politician
 * Michael D. Quill Sr. (b. 1949), mayor of Auburn, NY
 * Mike Quill, one of the founders of the Transport Workers Union of America (TWU), a subway workers union
 * Peter Quill (footballer) (b. 1969), Australian athlete
 * Timothy Quill, Irish politician
 * Timothy E. Quill, American physician

Fictional characters

 * Peter Quill, birth name of Star-Lord, a superhero from Marvel Comics
 * Quill, codename of Maxwell Jordan, a character from X-Men comics