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'''Quinn''' or '''O'Quinn''' is a surname of [[Irish language|Irish]] origin. It comes from the original [[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]], American Adult Actress
*[[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 Quinn (disambiguation)|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''
*[[Quinn the Eskimo (The Mighty Quinn)|The Mighty Quinn]], Eskimo character in a popular '60s song
*[[Zoey 101#Quinn Pensky|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 Blackwood|Tarquin Anthony "Quinn" Blackwood]], a character in The Vampire Chronicles series by Anne Rice
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