Quentin is a French male given name from the

Latin Latin (, or , ) is a classical language belonging to the Italic branch of the Indo-European languages. Latin was originally a dialect spoken in the lower Tiber area (then known as Latium) around present-day Rome, but through the power of the ...

first name ''Quintinus'', diminutive form of ''

Quintus Quintus is a male given name derived from '' Quintus'', a common Latin forename (''praenomen'') found in the culture of ancient Rome. Quintus derives from Latin word ''quintus'', meaning "fifth". Quintus is an English masculine given name and ...

'', that means "the fifth".

Albert Dauzat Albert Dauzat (; 4 July 1877 – 31 October 1955) was a French linguist specializing in toponymy and onomastics. Dauzat, a student of Jules Gilliéron, was a director of studies at the École des hautes études. Works * ''L'argot des poilus; di ...

, ''Noms et prénoms de France'', Librairie Larousse 1980, édition revue et commentée par

Marie-Thérèse Morlet Marie-Thérèse Morlet (Guise, Aisne, November 18, 1913 - July 9, 2005) was a French scholar (specialist in onomastics) and honorary director of research at CNRS. Her publications include ''Dictionnaire étymologique des noms de famille'' (''Et ...

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People

* Saint Quentin (died c. 287) *

Quentin Anderson Quentin Anderson (July 21, 1912 – February 18, 2003) was an American literary critic and cultural historian at Columbia University. His research focused on 19th-century American authors, especially Henry James, Ralph Waldo Emerson, and Walt Wh ...

(1912–2003), American literary critic and cultural historian * Quentin Bajac (born 1965), French curator and historian of photography *

Quentin Bataillon Quentin Bataillon (born 9 September 1993) is a French politician from La République En Marche! and a member of the National Assembly In politics, a national assembly is either a unicameral legislature, the lower house of a bicameral legisla ...

(born 1993), French politician *

Quentin Blake Sir Quentin Saxby Blake, (born 16 December 1932) is an English cartoonist, caricaturist, illustrator and children's writer. He has illustrated over 300 books, including 18 written by Roald Dahl, which are among his most popular works. For his ...

(born 1932), illustrator, famous for his work in Roald Dahl books * Quentin Bryce (born 1942), the 25th Governor-General of Australia *

Quentin N. Burdick Quentin Northrup Burdick (June 19, 1908 – September 8, 1992) was an American lawyer and politician. A member of the North Dakota Democratic-NPL Party, he represented North Dakota in the U.S. House of Representatives (1959–1960) and the U.S ...

(1908-1992), American lawyer and senator from North Dakota *Quentin Leo Cook, a.k.a.

Fatboy Slim Norman Quentin Cook (born Quentin Leo Cook, 31 July 1963), also known by his stage name Fatboy Slim, is an English musician, DJ, and record producer who helped to popularise the big beat genre in the 1990s. In the 1980s, Cook was the bassist f ...

, British musician *

Quentin Cooper Quentin Cooper (born 1961, Grimsby) is a science journalist and facilitator, who presented BBC Radio 4's '' Material World'' from 2000 to 2013. He speaks at science festivals and lectures, and works regularly with science and educational organ ...

(born 1961) a science journalist, and broadcaster. * Quentin Crisp (1908-1999), author and social critic *

Quentin Davies, Baron Davies of Stamford John Quentin Davies, Baron Davies of Stamford (born 29 May 1944) is a British Labour politician and life peer who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Grantham and Stamford from 1987 to 2010. He served as a junior defence minister in ...

(born 1944), British politician *

Quentin Dean Quentin Dean (July 27, 1944 – May 7, 2003) was an American actress of the 1960s. Born Quintin Corinne Margolin (some sources cite Corinne Ida Margolin), she was introduced as the 16-year-old temptress Delores Purdy in Norman Jewison Norma ...

(1944-2003), American actress *Quentin Dupieux, a.k.a.

Mr. Oizo Quentin Dupieux (, born 14 April 1974), also known by his musical stage name Mr. Oizo (), is a French filmmaker, electronic musician, and DJ. Dupieux is credited with his legal name for his films, while the name "Mr. Oizo" is used for his musica ...

, French musician, music producer and film director *

Quentin Elias Quentin Elias (10 May 1974 – 25 February 2014) was a French singer, actor and model. Of Algerian heritage, he was the original lead singer of the French boy band Alliage with Steven Gunnell, Roman Lata Ares and Brian Torres from 1996 to 2000. ...

, French singer and gay pornographic actor *

Quentin Fillon Maillet Quentin Fillon Maillet (born 16 August 1992) is a French biathlete. He is the Olympic champion in the 20 km individual and the 12.5 km pursuit at the 2022 Beijing Games and is the first French athlete and the first biathlete to win five medals ...

(born 1992), French biathlete *

Quentin Gause Quentin Gause (born October 30, 1992) is an American football linebacker who is a free agent. He played college football at Rutgers and signed with the Philadelphia Eagles as an undrafted free agent in 2016. Professional career Philadelphia Eag ...

(born 1992), American football player *

Quentin Grimes Quentin Marshall Grimes (born May 8, 2000) is an American professional basketball player for the New York Knicks of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the Kansas Jayhawks and the Houston Cougars. High sc ...

(born 2000), American basketball player *

Quentin Hubbard Geoffrey Quentin McCaully Hubbard (January 6, 1954 – November 12, 1976), was the son of Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard and his third wife, Mary Sue Hubbard. He died at the age of 22 in an apparent suicide. After Ron's eldest son Ron ...

(1954-1976), son of the founder of the Church of Scientology *

Quentin Hughes (cricketer) Quentin John Hughes (born 17 October 1974) is an English cricketer. Hughes is a left-handed batsman who bowls right-arm off break. He was born in Durham, County Durham. Hughes attended Durham Johnston Comprehensive School and St Edmund's Colle ...

(born 1974), English cricketer *

Quentin Jackson Quentin "Butter" Jackson

(1909-1976), American jazz trombonist * Quentin Jammer (born 1979), American National Football League football player *

Quentin Kawānanakoa Quentin Kūhiō Kawānanakoa (born September 28, 1961) is an American politician and member of the House of Kawānanakoa. Kawānanakoa is an organizer of the Republican Party of Hawaii. He is also an heir to the James Campbell estate. Early ye ...

(born 1961), American politician *

Quentin Kenihan Quentin Kenihan (27 February 1975 – 6 October 2018) was an Australian disability advocate, writer and actor. He was born with osteogenesis imperfecta, a rare bone disease. Kenihan was born in Box Hill, Victoria, in 1975 and first came to the ...

(1975–2018), Australian disability advocate, comedian and actor *

Quentin Keynes Quentin George Keynes ( ; 17 June 1921 – 26 February 2003) was an explorer, writer, filmmaker, and bibliophile. Keynes was born in London, the second son of Geoffrey Keynes and his wife Margaret, the daughter of George Howard Darwin who in turn ...

(1921-2003), British explorer and bibliophile *

Quentin Lafargue Quentin Lafargue (born 17 November 1990) is a French professional Track cycling, track cyclist. He rode at the 2015 UCI Track Cycling World Championships. References External links

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(born 1990), French racing cyclist *

Quentin Lake Quentin James Lake (born January 29, 1999) is an American football safety for the Los Angeles Rams of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at UCLA. Lake is the son of former NFL player Carnell Lake. Professional career ...

(born 1999), American football player * Quentin Lee, Chinese-Canadian film director *

Quentin Oliver Lee Quentin Oliver Lee (January 28, 1988 – December 1, 2022) was an American stage actor and operatic baritone. He was widely known for his portrayal of the title role in Andrew Lloyd Webber's ''The Phantom of the Opera''. He was part of the team ...

(1988-2022), American actor * Quentin Letts (born 1963), British journalist * Quentin Matsys (1466–1529), Flemish painter *

Quentin McCord John Quentin McCord (June 26, 1978 – August 13, 2020) was an American professional football player who was a wide receiver in the National Football League (NFL) and Canadian Football League (CFL). He was drafted in the seventh round of the 200 ...

(1978-2020), American football player *

Quentin Metsys the Younger Quentin Metsys the Younger (Quinten or Massys; c. 1543 – 1589) was a Flemish Renaissance painter, one of several of his countrymen active as artists of the Tudor court in the reign of Elizabeth I of England. He was the son of Flemish paint ...

(c. 1543–1589), Flemish Renaissance painter; grandson of the above *

Quentin Meillassoux Quentin Meillassoux (; ; born 26 October 1967) is a French philosopher. He teaches at the Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne. Biography Quentin Meillassoux is the son of the anthropologist Claude Meillassoux. He is a former student of th ...

(born 1967), French philosopher * Quentin Moses (born 1983), American football player * Quentin Mosimann (born 1988), French-Swiss singer-DJ *

Quentin Neujahr Quentin Troy Neujahr ( ; born January 30, 1971) is a former American football center who played five seasons in the National Football League with the Baltimore Ravens and Jacksonville Jaguars. He played college football at Kansas State Universit ...

(born 1971), American football player * Quentin Poling (born 1994), American football player *

Quentin Pryor Quentin Vinlay Pryor (born September 26, 1983) is an American former basketball player. Standing at 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m), Pryor mainly played at the shooting guard and point guard position. Career Pryor signed with GasTerra Flames from Gron ...

(born 1983), American basketball player * Quentin Reynolds (1902-1965), American journalist and war correspondent *

Quentin Richardson Quentin Lamar Richardson (born April 13, 1980) is an American former professional basketball player who was formerly the director of player development for the Detroit Pistons of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Nicknamed "Q-Rich", he p ...

(born 1980), American National Basketball Association player *

Quentin Riggins Quentin P. Riggins (born April 14, 1968) is a former American football linebacker who played one season with the Winnipeg Blue Bombers of the Canadian Football League (CFL). He played college football at Auburn University and attended Robert E. ...

(born 1966), American player of gridiron football * Quentin Roosevelt (1897-1918), son of US President Theodore Roosevelt *

Quentin Skinner Quentin Robert Duthie Skinner (born 26 November 1940) is a British intellectual historian. He is regarded as one of the founders of the Cambridge School of the history of political thought. He has won numerous prizes for his work, including th ...

(born 1940), English professor and historian *

Quentin Smith Quentin Persifor Smith (August 27, 1952, Rhinebeck, New York – November 12, 2020, Kalamazoo, Michigan) was an American philosopher. He was professor emeritus of philosophy at Western Michigan University in Kalamazoo, Michigan. He worked ...

, American philosopher * Quentin Smythe (1916–1997), South African recipient of the Victoria Cross *

Quentin Tarantino Quentin Jerome Tarantino (; born March 27, 1963) is an American film director, writer, producer, and actor. His films are characterized by stylized violence, extended dialogue, profanity, Black comedy, dark humor, Nonlinear narrative, non-lin ...

, American film director, screenwriter, producer, cinematographer and actor * Quentin Willson (born 1957), British TV presenter and motoring journalist *

Quentin Young Quentin David Young (September 5, 1923 – March 7, 2016) was an American physician who was recognized for his efforts in advocating for single-payer health care in the United States. An activist who opposed the Vietnam War and worked on th ...

(1923–2016), American physician and social justice activist, primarily relating to healthcare *

Quentin Westberg Quentin Oyamo Westberg (born April 25, 1986) is a soccer player who plays as a goalkeeper for Atlanta United. Born in France, Westberg opted to represent the United States on the international level and is a former youth international having r ...

, French-Canadian Americans Footballer

Fictional characters

Quentin Beck Mysterio (Quentin Beck) is a supervillain appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko, the character first appeared in ''The Amazing Spider-Man'' #13 (June 1964). He is primarily depicted a ...

, a.k.a. Mysterio, a supervillain, enemy of Spider-Man *Quentin "Q" Coldwater, the main character in Lev Grossman's book '' The Magicians'' and its TV adaptation *

Quentin Collins Quentin Collins is the name of several characters featured in the 1966–1971 ABC cult TV Gothic horror-soap opera ''Dark Shadows''. Variations of the character have been played by actor David Selby. Quentin I The first Quentin Collins is ac ...

, a main character on the ABC soap opera ''

Dark Shadows ''Dark Shadows'' is an American gothic soap opera that aired weekdays on the ABC television network, from June 27, 1966, to April 2, 1971. The show depicted the lives, loves, trials, and tribulations of the wealthy Collins family of Collinsport ...

'' * Quentin Compson, a main character in William Faulkner's ''

The Sound and the Fury ''The Sound and the Fury'' is a novel by the American author William Faulkner. It employs several narrative styles, including stream of consciousness. Published in 1929, ''The Sound and the Fury'' was Faulkner's fourth novel, and was not immedi ...

'' and '' Absalom, Absalom!''; also the name of that character's niece * Quentin Costa, on the television show '' Nip/Tuck'' *the title character of the Sir Walter Scott novel ''

Quentin Durward ''Quentin Durward'' is a historical novel by Sir Walter Scott, first published in 1823. The story concerns a Scottish archer in the service of the French King Louis XI (1423–1483) who plays a prominent part in the narrative. Composit ...

'' and the film adaptation *Quentin Fleming, on the TV show '' American Horror Story: Coven'' *Quentin Glass, in the film ''

The Punisher The Punisher (Francis "Frank" Castle, born Castiglione) is an antihero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character was created by writer Gerry Conway and artists John Romita Sr. and Ross Andru. The Punisher made ...

'' * Quentin "Q" Jacobsen, main character in John Green's novel ''Paper Towns'' *Quentin Kelly, on the sitcom ''

Grace Under Fire ''Grace Under Fire'' is an American sitcom that aired on ABC from September 29, 1993, to February 17, 1998. The show starred Brett Butler as a single mother learning how to cope with raising her three children alone after finally divorcing her ...

'' *Quentin Kirrin, from Enid Blyton's ''

The Famous Five ''The Famous Five'' is a series of children's Adventure fiction, adventure novels and short stories written by English author Enid Blyton. The first book, ''Five on a Treasure Island'', was published in 1942. The novels feature the adventures ...

'' series *

Quentin Larry Lance ''Arrow'' is an American superhero television series developed by Greg Berlanti, Marc Guggenheim, and Andrew Kreisberg based on the DC Comics character Green Arrow, a costumed crime-fighter created by Mort Weisinger and George Papp, and is se ...

, on the TV show ''

Arrow An arrow is a fin-stabilized projectile launched by a bow. A typical arrow usually consists of a long, stiff, straight shaft with a weighty (and usually sharp and pointed) arrowhead attached to the front end, multiple fin-like stabilizers c ...

'' *

Quentyn Martell George R. R. Martin's ''A Song of Ice and Fire'' saga features a large cast of characters. The series follows three interwoven plotlines: a dynastic war for control of Westeros by several families; the rising threat of the superhuman Others (A So ...

, in the books ''

A Song of Ice and Fire ''A Song of Ice and Fire'' is a series of epic fantasy novels by the American novelist and screenwriter George R. R. Martin. He began the first volume of the series, ''A Game of Thrones'', in 1991, and it was published in 1996. Martin, who init ...

'' * Quentin Quire, Marvel Comics character *Quentin Sainz, on the TV show '' Suits'' *Quentin Smith, character in '' A Nightmare on Elm Street (2010 film)'' * Quentin Travers, on the television program ''

Buffy the Vampire Slayer ''Buffy the Vampire Slayer'' is an American supernatural fiction, supernatural drama television series created by writer and director Joss Whedon. It is based on the Buffy the Vampire Slayer (film), 1992 film of the same name, also written by W ...

'' *Quentin, the seventeenth child in Edward Gorey's book ''

The Gashlycrumb Tinies ''The Gashlycrumb Tinies: or, After the Outing'' is an alphabet book written by Edward Gorey that was first published in 1963 as the first of a collection of short stories called '' The Vinegar Works'', the eleventh work by Gorey. The book tells t ...

'' * Quentin, a cog in the ''Conker'' video game series, also known as Carl

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