Morin is a surname of different Romance origins. In northern

Italy Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. It is located in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, and its territory largely coincides with the homonymous geographical ...

it derives from the

Ladin Ladin may refer to: * Ladin language, a language in northern Italy, often classified as a Rhaeto-Romance language *Ladin people, the inhabitants of the Dolomite Alps region of northern Italy See also *Laden (disambiguation) * Ladino (disambigua ...

term for «

mill Mill may refer to: Science and technology * * Mill (grinding) * Milling (machining) * Millwork * Textile mill * Steel mill, a factory for the manufacture of steel * List of types of mill * Mill, the arithmetic unit of the Analytical Engine early ...

» (''molina'' in Latin). In French it derives from the ancient

Celtic Celtic, Celtics or Keltic may refer to: Language and ethnicity *pertaining to Celts, a collection of Indo-European peoples in Europe and Anatolia **Celts (modern) *Celtic languages **Proto-Celtic language * Celtic music *Celtic nations Sports Fo ...

tribe of

Morini The Morini (Gaulish: "sea folk, sailors") were a Belgic coastal tribe dwelling in the modern Pas de Calais region, around present-day Boulogne-sur-Mer, during the Iron Age and the Roman period. Name They are mentioned as ''Morini'' by Caesar ( ...

who once inhabited the coast of modern day

Belgium Belgium, ; french: Belgique ; german: Belgien officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a country in Northwestern Europe. The country is bordered by the Netherlands to the north, Germany to the east, Luxembourg to the southeast, France to th ...

. The

Gaulish Gaulish was an ancient Celtic language spoken in parts of Continental Europe before and during the period of the Roman Empire. In the narrow sense, Gaulish was the language of the Celts of Gaul (now France, Luxembourg, Belgium, most of Switze ...

ethnonym ''Morini'' (sing. ''Morinos'') literally means 'those of the sea', that is to say the 'sea people' or the 'sailors'. It stems from

Proto-Celtic Proto-Celtic, or Common Celtic, is the ancestral proto-language of all known Celtic languages, and a descendant of Proto-Indo-European. It is not attested in writing but has been partly reconstructed through the comparative method. Proto-Celti ...

''*mori'' 'sea'. It may also refer to:

People

Canada

Albertine Morin-Labrecque Albertine Morin-Labrecque (sometimes Labrecque-Morin) (8 June 1886 – 22 or 25 September 1957) was a Canadian pianist, soprano, composer, and music educator. Her compositional output includes 4 ballets, 2 comic operas, the Chinese Opera ' ...

(1886–1957) Canadian pianist *

Augustin-Norbert Morin Augustin-Norbert Morin (October 13, 1803 – July 27, 1865) was a Canadien lawyer and judge. Born in Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Lower Canada, into a large Roman Catholic farming family, Morin was identified by the parish priest at a young ...

(1803–1865), lawyer, judge and politician, joint Premier of the Province of Canada *

Blain Morin Blain Kevin Morin (born September 30, 1960) is a former politician in Ontario, Canada. He was a New Democratic member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1998 to 1999 who was elected in a by-election. He represented the riding of Nickel ...

, Canadian politician and labour union organizer *

Claude Morin (ADQ politician) Claude Morin (born August 10, 1953 in Saint-Gédéon-de-Beauce, Quebec) is a politician from Quebec, Canada. He was elected as mayor of Saint-Georges, Quebec in the 2013 Quebec municipal elections. Previously, he was an Action démocratique ...

(born 1953), Canadian politician *

Claude Morin (PQ politician) Claude Morin (born May 16, 1929) is a former politician from Quebec, Canada and was the Parti Québécois Member of the National Assembly for the electoral district of Louis-Hébert, from 1976 to 1981. He became embroiled in controversy in 199 ...

(born 1929), Canadian politician *

Gilles Morin Gilles Morin (born July 20, 1931) is a retired politician in Ontario, Canada. He served as a Liberal member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1985 to 1999, and was briefly a cabinet minister in Ontario. Background Morin was educated a ...

(born 1931), Canadian politician in Ontario *

Guy Paul Morin Guy Paul Morin is a Canadian who was wrongly convicted of the October 1984 rape and murder of his nine-year-old next-door neighbour, Christine Jessop of Queensville, north of Toronto, Ontario. DNA testing led to a subsequent overturning of t ...

, Canadian wrongfully convicted of a 1984 murder *

Jacques-Yvan Morin Jacques-Yvan Morin, (born July 15, 1931 in Quebec City, Quebec) is a former professor of law and a politician in Quebec, Canada. Morin graduated from the McGill University Faculty of Law with a BCL in 1953, where he was the founder of the '' McG ...

(1931–2023), Canadian politician in Quebec *

Jean-Baptiste Morin (politician) Jean-Baptiste Morin (September 22, 1840 – February 20, 1911) was a Canadian politician. Born in Sainte-Hénédine, Quebec, Sainte-Hénédine, Dorchester County, Quebec, Dorchester County, Lower Canada, Morin moved to the United States in 1 ...

(1840–1911), Canadian politician *

Karl Morin-Strom Karl Arvid Morin-Strom (born June 27, 1952) is a former politician in Ontario, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1985 to 1990 as a member of the New Democratic Party. Background Strom was born in Sault Ste. Marie, Ont ...

(also Karl Strom) (born 1952), Canadian politician in Ontario *

Marie-Eve Morin Marie-Eve Morin is a Canadian philosopher and Professor of Philosophy at the University of Alberta. From 2012 to 2018 she was the editor-in-chief of ''Symposium: Canadian Journal of Continental Philosophy''. Morin is known for her work on post-s ...

, Canadian philosopher *

Marie-Lucie Morin Marie-Lucie Morin is a Canadian public official, lawyer, and former diplomat and a former Committee member of the National Security and Intelligence Review Agency of Canada, and was also the same for its predecessor the Security Intelligence Revi ...

, Canadian public official and diplomat *

Pat Morin Patrick Ryan Morin is a Canadian computer scientist specializing in computational geometry and data structures. He is a professor in the School of Computer Science at Carleton University. Education and career Morin was educated at Carleton Univers ...

, Canadian computer scientist * Pete Morin (1915–2000), Canadian hockey player *

Randy Charles Morin Randy Charles Morin is a Canadian web publisher and the former chairman of the RSS Advisory Board, a group that publishes the RSS 2.0 specification. Randy authored thRSS autodiscovery specificationand contributed to thRSS profile He also runs the ...

(born 1969), Canadian author and blogger * René Morin (1883–1955), head of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation during World War II *

Robert Morin Robert Morin (born May 20, 1949) is a Canadian film director, screenwriter, and cinematographer. In 2009, he received Governor General's Award in Visual and Media Arts. Biography Robert Morin is known for his very personal, dark, and pessimi ...

(born 1949), Canadian film director *

Samuel Morin Samuel Morin (born July 12, 1995) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey defenceman who played for the Philadelphia Flyers of the National Hockey League (NHL). He was selected by the Flyers in the first round, 11th overall, of the 2013 NHL ...

(born 1995), Canadian ice hockey player * Victor Morin, inventor of the Morin code, a parliamentary authority used mainly in Quebec

France

* Arthur Morin (1795–1880), French physicist *

Bernard Morin Bernard Morin (; 3 March 1931 in Shanghai, China – 12 March 2018) was a French mathematician, specifically a topologist. Early life and education Morin lost his sight at the age of six due to glaucoma, but his blindness did not prevent him ...

(1931–2018), French mathematician, especially a topologist *

Edgar Morin Edgar Morin (; ; born Edgar Nahoum; 8 July 1921) is a French philosopher and sociologist of the theory of information who has been recognized for his work on complexity and "complex thought" ( pensée complexe), and for his scholarly contributio ...

(also Edgar Nahoum) (born 1921), French philosopher and sociobiologist * Émilienne Morin (1901–1991) French

anarcho-syndicalist Anarcho-syndicalism is a political philosophy and anarchist school of thought that views revolutionary industrial unionism or syndicalism as a method for workers in capitalist society to gain control of an economy and thus control influence i ...

, shorthand typist, partner of

Buenaventura Durruti José Buenaventura Durruti Dumange (14 July 1896 – 20 November 1936) was a Spanish insurrectionary, anarcho-syndicalist militant involved with the CNT and FAI in the periods before and during the Spanish Civil War. Durruti played an in ...

. *

Hervé Morin Hervé Morin (born 17 August 1961) is a French politician of the Centrists who has been serving as the first President of the Regional Council of Normandy since January 2016. Under President Nicolas Sarkozy, he was the Minister of Defence. Po ...

(born 1961), Minister of Defence of France * Jean Morin (artist) (c.1595 or 1605–1650), French baroque artist *

Jean Morin (theologian) Jean Morin (Latin: ''Joannes Morinus'') (1591 – 28 February 1659) was a French theologian and biblical scholar. Life He was born in Blois, to Calvinist parents. He learned Latin and Greek at La Rochelle, and continued his studies in Leiden, s ...

(also Joannes Morinus) (1591–1659), French theologian and biblical scholar * Jean-Baptiste Morin (composer) (1677–1745), French composer *

Jean-Baptiste Morin (mathematician) Jean-Baptiste Morin (February 23, 1583 – November 6, 1656), also known by the Latinized name as Morinus, was a French mathematician, astrologer, and astronomer. Life and work Born in Villefranche-sur-Saône, in the Beaujolais, he began stud ...

(also Morinus) (1583–1656), French mathematician, astrologer and astronomer

Italy

* Enrico Morin (1841–1910), Italian admiral and politician

Sweden

Linus Morin Linus Morin (born January 30, 1987 in Uppsala) is a Swedish ice hockey player. He is currently playing with the IK Oskarshamn in the HockeyAllsvenskan. He has played with the Brynäs IF Brynäs IF is a Swedish ice hockey team from Gävle. Th ...

(born 1987), Swedish ice hockey player

United Kingdom

* Charles Morin, ''nom de plume'' used by

Winston Churchill Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill (30 November 187424 January 1965) was a British statesman, soldier, and writer who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom twice, from 1940 to 1945 during the Second World War, and again from ...

* Nea Morin (1905–1986), British rock climber

United States

Brent Morin Brent Morin (born August 31, 1986) is an American stand-up comedian, actor, musician and writer. He was a panelist in the sixth season of ''Chelsea Lately'' and played Justin Kearney on the NBC sitcom ''Undateable'' and the agent Hobbs on the sc ...

, American comedian, stand-up comic and actor * Henry Louis Morin (1899-1949), American farmer, labor union activist, and politician *

Jeremy Morin Jeremy Morin (born April 16, 1991) is an American former professional ice hockey left winger. Morin played major junior hockey for the Kitchener Rangers of the Ontario Hockey League (OHL), the team he was drafted from in the second round, 45th ...

, American ice hockey player *

John M. Morin John Mary Morin (April 18, 1868 – March 3, 1942) was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives for Pennsylvania. Biography Morin was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, but moved with his parents to Pittsburgh. He began ...

(1868–1942), American congressman from Pennsylvania *

Lee Morin Lee may refer to: Name Given name * Lee (given name), a given name in English Surname * Chinese surnames romanized as Li or Lee: ** Li (surname 李) or Lee (Hanzi ), a common Chinese surname ** Li (surname 利) or Lee (Hanzi ), a Chinese ...

(born 1952), American NASA astronaut * Mike Morin (born 1991), American baseball player *

Parker Morin Parker M. Morin (born July 2, 1991) is an American professional baseball catcher and bullpen catcher for the Kansas City Royals of Major League Baseball. Morin grew up in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex, before his family moved to Utah when he ...

(born 1991), American baseball coach *

Robert E. Morin Robert E. Morin (born January 9, 1953) is an American lawyer and a former Chief Judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia. Early life and education Morin was born on January 9, 1953, in Boston, Massachusetts. In 1974, Morin grad ...

, chief judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia *

Roger Morin Roger Paul Morin (March 7, 1941 – October 31, 2019) was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He was the third Bishop of Biloxi. Pope Francis accepted his resignation on December 16, 2016. Early life and education Roger Morin w ...

(1941–2019), American Roman Catholic bishop * William H. Morin, American soldier awarded Medal of Honor

Notes and references

Morin-Heights Morin-Heights is a town in the Laurentian Mountains region of Quebec, Canada. It is west of Saint-Sauveur and north of Lachute; municipally, it is within the Regional County Municipality of Les Pays-d'en-Haut. It is primarily a tourist town, ...