Turpin

Turpin may refer to:

Given name

 * Tilpin, a name later corrupted as Turpin, Roman Catholic bishop in 8th-century France
 * Turpin of Brechin, 12th-century bishop of Brechin, Scotland
 * Turpin Bannister (1904–1982), American architectural historian and academic

Surname

 * Barbara Turpin, American atmospheric scientist
 * Ben Turpin (1869–1940), American comedian
 * Charles Murray Turpin (1878–1946), member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania
 * Clément Turpin (born 1982), French football referee
 * David and Louise Turpin, an American couple arrested in 2018 for child abuse
 * David H. Turpin (born 1956), Canadian academic
 * Dick Turpin (died 1739), English highwayman
 * Dick Turpin (boxer) (1920–1990), English boxer
 * Dominique Turpin (born 1957); French/Swiss academic
 * Edmund Hart Turpin (1835–1907), British organist, composer and choir leader
 * Eugène Turpin (1848–1927), French chemist
 * François Henri Turpin (1709–1799), French writer
 * Franck Turpin (born 1977), French footballer
 * George Turpin (born 1952), English boxer and 1972 Olympic bronze medalist
 * J. Clifford Turpin (1886–1966), early American aviator
 * James Turpin (organist) (1840–1896), British organist, composer and teacher
 * James H. Turpin (1846–1893), U.S. Army first sergeant and Medal of Honor recipient
 * James Wesley Turpin (born 1928), founder of Project Concern International, advocate for wrongful life tort law
 * Joe Turpin, Canadian soccer player
 * John Henry Turpin (1876–1962), one of the first African-American chief petty officers in the U.S. Navy
 * KaVontae Turpin (born 1996), American football player
 * Kenneth Turpin (1915–2005), English historian, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Oxford
 * Louis Washington Turpin (1849–1903), United States congressman from Alabama
 * Ludovic Turpin (born 1975), French professional road racing cyclist
 * Melvin Turpin (1960–2010), American basketball player
 * Miles Turpin, National Football League player
 * Najai Turpin (1981–2005), American boxer
 * Pierre Jean François Turpin (1775–1840), French botanist
 * Randy Turpin (1928–1966), English boxer
 * Tom Turpin (1871–1922), American ragtime composer
 * Waters Edward Turpin (1910–1968), American novelist, professor

Fictional characters

 * Turpin, in the novel The Three Hostages by Scottish author John Buchan
 * Betty Turpin (later Williams), fictional character in the British soap opera Coronation Street
 * Cyril Turpin, fictional character in the British soap opera Coronation Street
 * Dan Turpin, DC Comics police inspector
 * Jane Turpin, character in children's literature created by Evadne Price
 * Judge Turpin, chief antagonist in Sweeney Todd (musical)
 * Ruby Turpin, protagonist in "Revelation" by Flannery O'Connor

Places

 * Turpin, Oklahoma, an unincorporated community
 * Turpin, Virginia, an unincorporated community
 * Turpin site, an archaeological site in Ohio
 * Turpin's Cave, a location in Epping Forest, Essex, attributed as a hiding place of the highwayman Dick Turpin

Other uses

 * HMS Turpin (P354), a Royal Navy submarine
 * Turtles (video game), a 1981 arcade game by Konami also known as Turpin
 * Turpin High School (Hamilton County, Ohio)
 * Turpin case, a case of abuse against minors by their parents that took place in 2018