Turpin
Turpin may refer to:
People
Given name
- Turpin (archbishop of Reims), 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Dominique Turpin (born 1957); French/Swiss academic
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
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