Quentin
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{{Infobox Given Name Revised
| name = Quentin
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| gender = Male
| meaning = the fifth
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| origin = [[Latin]]
| related names = see below
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| derived = Quintinus
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'''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]]
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