Quincy (name)
Quincy, formerly de Quincy, is usually an English toponymic surname of Norman origin, but may also be a given name.
Notable people with the name include:
Surname
- Dorothy Quincy, wife of John Hancock
- Edmund Quincy (1602-1636), settled Mount Wollaston area of Quincy, Massachusetts around 1628
- Edmund Quincy (1628-1698), colonist, Massachusetts representative, son of Edmund (1602–1636)
- Edmund Quincy (1681-1737), colonist, Massachusetts Supreme Court judge, son of Edmund (1627–1698)
- Edmund Quincy (1703-1788), son of Edmund (1681–1737)
- Edmund Quincy (1808-1877), diarist, lecturer, author, abolitionist, son of Josiah Quincy III
- Colonel John Quincy, for whom Quincy, Massachusetts and John Quincy Adams were named
- John Quincy Adams, the 6th president of the United States, who was named after his mother's grandfather
- John Quincy Adams II, grandson of President John Quincy Adams
- Colonel Josiah Quincy I (1709–1784), Revolutionary War soldier who built the Josiah Quincy House
- Josiah Quincy II, attorney, "the Patriot", newspaper propagandist, son of Josiah Quincy I
- Josiah Quincy III, president of Harvard University, US representative, mayor of Boston, son of Josiah Quincy II
- Josiah Quincy, Jr., mayor of Boston, built Josiah Quincy Mansion, son of Josiah Quincy III
- Josiah Quincy (1859–1919), General Court representative, assistant secretary of the Navy, mayor of Boston, son of Josiah Phillips Quincy
- Roger de Quincy, 2nd Earl of Winchester, Norman nobleman
- Saer de Quincy, 1st Earl of Winchester, Norman nobleman
- Samuel Miller Quincy, Civil War soldier, wartime mayor of New Orleans, lawyer and legal historian
Given name
- Quincy Adeboyejo (born 1995), American football player
- Quincy Acy (born 1990), American basketball player
- Quincy Alexander (born 1993), Trinidad and Tobago track cyclist
- Quincy Allen (born 1979), American serial killer
- Quincy Antipas (born 1984), Zimbabwean footballer
- Quincy Bent (1879–1955), American businessman
- Quincy Black (born 1984), American football player
- Quincy Breell (born 1992), Aruban long jumper
- Quincy Brown (born 1991), American actor and singer
- Quincy Boogers (born 1995), Dutch footballer
- Quincy Butler (American football) (born 1981), American football player
- Quincy Butler (soccer) (born 2001), American soccer player
- Quincy Carter (born 1977), American football player
- Quincy Coleman (born 1975), American football player
- Quincy Coleman (singer) (born 1972), American singer and musician
- Quincy Davis (basketball) (born 1983), American-born Taiwanese basketball player
- Quincy Davis (musician) (born 1977), American jazz drummer
- Quincy Davis (surfer) (born 1995), American surfer
- Quincy Detenamo (born 1979), Nauruan Olympic weightlifter and convicted manslaughterer
- Quincy Diggs (born 1990), American basketball player
- Quincy Douby (born 1984), American-born Montenegrin basketball player
- Quincy Enunwa (born 1992), American football player
- Quincy Adams Gillmore (1825–1888), American civil engineer and Union Army general
- Quincy Jones (born 1933), American music impresario, conductor, record producer, musical arranger, film composer and trumpeter
- Quincy Jones III (born 1968), Swedish-American music and film producer
- Quincy Matthew Hanley (born 1986), better known by his stage name Schoolboy Q, American rapper and songwriter
- Quincy Mauger (born 1995), American football player
- Quincy McDuffie (born 1990), American football player
- Quincy Mumford (born 1991), American singer and musician
- Quincy D. Newell (born 1976), American historian
- Quincy Owusu-Abeyie (born 1986), Ghanaian footballer commonly known simply as Quincy
- Quincy Promes (born 1992), Dutch footballer
- Quincy Adams Shaw (1825–1908), American businessman and investor
- Quincy Williams (born 1996), American football player
- Quincy Wilson (cornerback) (born 1996), American football player
Fictional characters
- Dr. R. Quincy, M.E.; titular character of the TV show Quincy, M.E.
- Quincy, titular character of the eponymous comic strip Quincy (comic strip)
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