Quill or ''Quille'' is an anglicised version of the Irish surname " Ó Cuill" ''Coll'', ''Coill'', and ''O'Coill (Ó Coill)'', all of which mean

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forest A forest is an area of land dominated by trees. Hundreds of definitions of forest are used throughout the world, incorporating factors such as tree density, tree height, land use, legal standing, and ecological function. The United Nations' ...

or shrub Hazel Tree. The Coill clan are believed to be a bardic family from Munster, particularly

Kerry Kerry or Kerri may refer to: * Kerry (name), a given name and surname of Gaelic origin (including a list of people with the name) Places * Kerry, Queensland, Australia * County Kerry, Ireland ** Kerry Airport, an international airport in Count ...

and

Cork Cork or CORK may refer to: Materials * Cork (material), an impermeable buoyant plant product ** Cork (plug), a cylindrical or conical object used to seal a container ***Wine cork Places Ireland * Cork (city) ** Metropolitan Cork, also known as G ...

. The Irish surname has also been Anglicised as '' Woods''. Notable people with the surname include: * Alf Quill, Australian athlete *

Declan Quill Declan Quill is an Irish Gaelic footballer who played with the Kerry county team and continues to play with the Kerins O'Rahilly's club team in Tralee. A double All-Ireland Senior Football Championship winner, Quill is noted as a talented, skil ...

, Irish Gaelic footballer *

Eric Quill Eric Quill (born February 28, 1978 in Missouri City, Texas) is an American soccer coach and former player. Career College An outstanding youth soccer player, Quill was offered a contract by Ajax Amsterdam as a teenager, but declined the oppor ...

(b. 1978), American soccer player * Erin Quill, American actress *

Gene Quill Daniel Eugene Quill (December 15, 1927 – December 8, 1988) was an American jazz alto saxophonist who played often with Phil Woods in the duet Phil and Quill. Quill also worked as a sideman for Buddy DeFranco, Quincy Jones, Gene Krupa, Gerry M ...

(1927–1988), American musician *

Greg Quill Gregory Raymond Quill (18 April 19475 May 2013) was an Australian-born musician, singer-songwriter and journalist. He lived in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, and was an entertainment columnist at the ''Toronto Star'' newspaper from the mid-1980s unt ...

, Australian musician *

Jeffrey Quill Jeffrey Kindersley Quill, (1 February 1913 – 20 February 1996) was a British test pilot who served on secondment with the Royal Air Force and Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve during the Second World War. He was also the second man to fly the Sup ...

(1913–1996), British aviator and author *

John Quill John Quill (born March 10, 1990) is a retired Irish-born American rugby union player who played flanker for Rugby United New York (RUNY) in Major League Rugby (MLR) and the United States men's national team. Quill has previously played for ...

, Irish rugby player *John Quill, pseudonym of

Charles Heber Clark Charles Heber Clark (July 11, 1841 – August 10, 1915) was an American novelist and humorist. Most of his work was written under the pen name Max Adeler. Clark was also known by the pseudonym, John Quill. Biography Clark was born in Berlin, Ma ...

* Kid Quill, stage name of American musician Mitchell Quilleon Brown * Máirín Quill (b. 1936), Irish politician * Michael D. Quill Sr. (b. 1949), mayor of Auburn, NY * Mike Quill, one of the founders of the Transport Workers Union of America (TWU), a subway workers union * Peter Quill (footballer) (b. 1969), Australian athlete *

Timothy Quill Timothy Quill (9 May 1901 – 10 June 1960) was an Irish Labour Party politician, farmer and a figure in the history of the cooperative movement in Ireland. He was a founder of the City of Cork Co-operative Society (also serving as the societ ...

, Irish politician * Timothy E. Quill, American physician

Fictional characters

* Peter Quill, birth name of

Star-Lord Star-Lord (Peter Jason Quill) is a fictional character and superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character, created by Steve Englehart and Steve Gan, first appeared in '' Marvel Preview'' #4 (January 197 ...

, a superhero from Marvel Comics *

Quill A quill is a writing tool made from a moulted flight feather (preferably a primary wing-feather) of a large bird. Quills were used for writing with ink before the invention of the dip pen, the metal- nibbed pen, the fountain pen, and, eventual ...

, codename of Maxwell Jordan, a character from X-Men comics {{surname, Quill English-language surnames