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 1980), 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 (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

See also

• Quincy political family, including members of the family