Turpin

Turpin may refer to:

People

Given name

• Tilpin, a name later corrupted as Turpin, Roman Catholic bishop in 8th-century France
• Turpin of Brechin, 12th-century bishop of Brechin, Scotland
• Turpin Bannister (1904–1982), American architectural historian and academic

Surname

• Barbara Turpin, American atmospheric scientist
• Ben Turpin (1869–1940), American comedian
• Charles Murray Turpin (1878–1946), member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania
• Clément Turpin (born 1982), French football referee
• David and Louise Turpin, an American couple arrested in 2018 for child abuse
• David H. Turpin (born 1956), Canadian academic
• Dick Turpin (died 1739), English highwayman
• Dick Turpin (boxer) (1920–1990), English boxer
• Dominique Turpin (born 1957); French/Swiss academic
• Edmund Hart Turpin (1835–1907), British organist, composer and choir leader
• Eugène Turpin (1848–1927), French chemist
• François Henri Turpin (1709–1799), French writer
• Franck Turpin (born 1977), French footballer
• George Turpin (born 1952), English boxer and 1972 Olympic bronze medalist
• J. Clifford Turpin (1886–1966), early American aviator
• James Turpin (organist) (1840–1896), British organist, composer and teacher
• James H. Turpin (1846–1893), U.S. Army first sergeant and Medal of Honor recipient
• James Wesley Turpin (born 1928), founder of Project Concern International, advocate for wrongful life tort law
• Joe Turpin, Canadian soccer player
• John Henry Turpin (1876–1962), one of the first African-American chief petty officers in the U.S. Navy
• KaVontae Turpin (born 1996), American football player
• Kenneth Turpin (1915–2005), English historian, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Oxford
• Louis Washington Turpin (1849–1903), United States congressman from Alabama
• Ludovic Turpin (born 1975), French professional road racing cyclist
• Melvin Turpin (1960–2010), American basketball player
• Miles Turpin, National Football League player
• Najai Turpin (1981–2005), American boxer
• Pierre Jean François Turpin (1775–1840), French botanist
• Randy Turpin (1928–1966), English boxer
• Tom Turpin (1871–1922), American ragtime composer
• Waters Edward Turpin (1910–1968), American novelist, professor

Fictional characters

• Turpin, in the novel The Three Hostages by Scottish author John Buchan
• Betty Turpin (later Williams), fictional character in the British soap opera Coronation Street
• Cyril Turpin, fictional character in the British soap opera Coronation Street
• Dan Turpin, DC Comics police inspector
• Jane Turpin, character in children's literature created by Evadne Price
• Judge Turpin, chief antagonist in Sweeney Todd (musical)
• Ruby Turpin, protagonist in "Revelation" by Flannery O'Connor

Places

• Turpin, Oklahoma, an unincorporated community
• Turpin, Virginia, an unincorporated community
• Turpin site, an archaeological site in Ohio
• Turpin's Cave, a location in Epping Forest, Essex, attributed as a hiding place of the highwayman Dick Turpin

Other uses

• HMS Turpin (P354), a Royal Navy submarine
• Turtles (video game), a 1981 arcade game by Konami also known as Turpin
• Turpin High School (Hamilton County, Ohio)
• Turpin case, a case of abuse against minors by their parents that took place in 2018

See also

• Historia Caroli Magni, sometimes called the Turpin Chronicle, a 12th-century forgery