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Infobox given name| name = Quentin| image =| imagesize =| caption =| pronunciation = IPA-en|'kw?ntn|lang IPA-fr|k?~t?~|lang| gender = Male| meaning = "fifth"| region =| language = French language|French , English language|English | languageorigin = Latin | origin = Quintinus| alternative spelling =| nickname =| shortform = Q, Quent, Quin, Quinn, Quint| petname =| variant forms = Quintin| related names = see below| cognate =| anglicisation =| name day = October 31| derived =| derivative =| derivation = quintus| seealso =| popularity =| footnotes = Quentin ( Latin Quintinus , from Quintus (praenomen)|Quintus ) is a Latin-derived male (and occasionally, female) given name meaning "the fifth".
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People
People commonly known solely as Quentin include:
Saint Quentin
Quentin Blake , illustrator, famous for illustrating for Roald Dahl books
Quentin Bryce , Australia's first female Governor-General
Quentin Chong (a.k.a. Quentin 'Dragon' Chong), Chinese South African martial artist, two-time World Muay Thai Champion
Quentin Leo Cook (a.k.a. Fatboy Slim ), British musician
Quentin Crisp , openly gay author and social critic
Quentin Dean , American actress
Quentin Dupieux (a.k.a. Mr. Oizo ), French musician, music producer and film director
Quentin Elias , French singer and gay pornographic actor
Quentin Hubbard , son of the founder of the Church of Scientology
Quentin Jammer , American professional National Football League football player
Quentin Keynes , British explorer and bibliophile
Maurice Quentin de La Tour , French portraitist
Quentin Lee , Chinese-Canadian film director
Quentin Meillassoux , French philosopher
Quentin Moses , American football player
Quentin Mosimann , French-Swiss singer-DJ
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 Selva , French handball player, currently in BM Alcobendas (Spain) in first division
Quentin Shih (zh|s=???|p=Shí? Xiaofán?), Chinese photographer
Quentin Smith , American philosopher
Quentin Tarantino , American film director, screenwriter, producer, cinematographer and actor
Quentin Willson , British TV presenter and motoring journalist
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! ; also the name of that character's niece.
Quentin Costa , a character in Nip/Tuck
Quentin Durward , a Scottish archer in the service of the French King Louis XI
Quentin Kirrin, Uncle Quentin from Enid Blyton's The Famous Five (series)| The Famous Five (series)
Quentin Travers , leader of the Watchers' Council on the television program Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Quentin, a character in Edward Gorey 's poem, "Q is for Quentin who sunk in a mire"
List of characters in the Conker series#Carl/Quentin|Quentin , a cog in the Conker series also known as Carl
Quentin, a character in Diary of a Wimpy Kid
Places
Places commonly known as Quentin include:
Quentin, Pennsylvania
San Quentin, California
Many France|French towns are called Saint-Quentin
Other
HMS Quentin (G78)|HMS Quentin (G78)
See also
lookfrom|Quentin
Battle of St. Quentin (disambiguation)
Saint Quentin
San Quentin State Prison
San Quintin (disambiguation)
Quintino
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