Quinn

Quinn

Quinn or O'Quinn is a surname of Irish origin. It comes from the original and 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, Canadian porn star
*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
*Tarquin Anthony "Quinn" Blackwood, a character in The Vampire Chronicles series by Anne Rice


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