Quentin 2155177 216068847 2008-05-30T23:01:19Z 70.51.52.92 {{Infobox Given Name Revised | name = Quentin | image= | imagesize= | caption= | pronunciation= | gender = Male | meaning = the fifth | region = | origin = [[Latin]] | related names = see below | footnotes = | derived = Quintinus }} '''Quentin''' ([[Latin]] ''Quintinus'', from ''[[Quintus]]'') is a Latin-derived male given name meaning "the fifth". ==People== People commonly known solely as '''Quentin''' include: *[[Saint Quentin]] *[[Quentin Blake]] - illustrator, famous for illustrating for Roald Dahl books *[[Fatboy Slim|Quentin Leo Cook]] (a.k.a. Fatboy Slim) - British musician *[[Quentin Chong]] - Chinese-South African martial artist, two times world muay thai champion *[[Quentin Crisp]] - openly gay author and social critic *[[Quentin Hubbard]] - son of the founder of the Church of Scientology *[[Quentin Jammer]] - American professional National Football League football player *[[Quentin Meillassoux]] - French philosopher *[[Quentin Richardson]] - American professional National Basketball Association basketball player *[[Quentin Roosevelt]] - son of 26th President Theodore Roosevelt, Lieutenant in the United States Army Air Corps, killed in action during World War I in 1918 *[[Quentin Roosevelt II]] - son of Theodore Roosevelt, Jr., Major in the United States Army and vice president of China National Aviation Corp, killed in a plane crash in 1948 *[[Quentin Shih]] (时晓凡 Shi Xiaofan), Chinese photographer *[[Quentin Smith]] *[[Quentin Tarantino]] - film director ==Fiction== *[[Quentin Beck]], a.k.a. Mysterio, a supervillain, enemy of Spider-Man *[[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! *[[Quentin Costa]], a character in Nip/Tuck *[[Quentin Durward]], a Scottish archer in the service of the French King Louis XI *[[Quentin Kelly]], a main character on the sitcom [[Grace Under Fire]] *[[Quentin Travers]], leader of the Watchers' Council on the television program Buffy the Vampire Slayer Quentin, a character in Edward Goreys poem. 'Q is for Quentin who sunk in a mire' ==Places== Places commonly known as '''Quentin''' include: * [[Quentin, Pennsylvania]] * [[San Quentin, California]] * Many [[France|French]] towns are called ''Saint-Quentin'' ==Other== * [[HMS Quentin (G78)]] ==See also== * [[Saint Quentin]] * [[Battle of St. Quentin]] * [[San Quintin]] * [[San Quentin State Prison]] {{disambig}} [[Category:Given names]] [[Category:English given names]] [[de:Quentin]] [[fr:Quentin]] [[it:Quintino]] [[nl:Quentin]] [[pl:Kwintyn]] [[pt:Quintino]]