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