Morin
Morin is a common French surname[1] meaning "The dark skinned or dark haired one". It may refer to:
People
- Canada
- Augustin-Norbert Morin (1803–1865), lawyer, judge and politician, joint Premier of the Province of Canada
- Blain Morin, Canadian politician and labour union organizer
- Claude Morin (ADQ politician) (born 1953), Canadian politician
- Claude Morin (PQ politician) (born 1929), Canadian politician
- Gilles Morin (born 1931), Canadian retired politician in Ontario
- Guy Paul Morin, Canadian who was wrongfully convicted of a 1984 murder
- Jacques-Yvan Morin (born 1931), Canadian former politician in Quebec
- Jean-Baptiste Morin (politician) (1840–1911), Canadian politician
- Joseph Pierre Marius "Pete, Pit" Morin, Canadian professional hockey player
- Karl Morin-Strom (also Karl Strom) (born 1952), Canadian former politician in Ontario
- Randy Charles Morin (born 1969), Canadian author and blogger
- René Morin (1883–1955), head of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation during World War II
- France
- Arthur Morin (1795-1880), French physicist
- Bernard Morin (1931-), French mathematician, especially a topologist
- Edgar Morin (also Edgar Nahoum) (born 1921), French philosopher and sociobiologist
- Hervé Morin (born 1961), Minister of Defence of France
- Jean Morin (theologian) (also Joannes Morinus) (1591–1659), French theologian and biblical scholar
- Jean-Baptiste Morin (composer) (1677–1745), French composer
- Jean-Baptiste Morin (mathematician) (also Morinus) (1583–1656), French mathematician, astrologer and astronomer
- United Kingdom
- Charles Morin, nom de plume used by Winston Churchill
- United States
- Brent Morin, American comedian, stand-up comic and actor
- Charles H. Morin, American lawyer
- James C. Morin, Pulitzer Prize-winning editorial cartoonist
- Jeremy Morin, American professional ice hockey player
- John M. Morin (1868–1942), American congressman from Pennsylvania
- Lee Morin (born 1952), American NASA astronaut
- William H. Morin, American military awarded American Medal of Honor
Places
- Morin-Heights, Quebec, a town in the Laurentian Mountains region of Quebec, Canada
- Morin Lake, a small lake northwest of Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, Canada
- Morinville, a town within Sturgeon County in Alberta, Canada
- Grand Morin, a 118 km long river in France, left tributary of the Marne
- Petit Morin, an 86 km long river in France, left tributary of the Marne
- Quartier-Morin, a municipality in the Cap-Haïtien Arrondissement, in the Nord Department of Haiti
- Val-Morin, Quebec, a municipality in the Laurentides region of Quebec, Canada
- Morin Dawa Daur Autonomous Banner, a banner of Hulunbuir, Inner Mongolia, China
Other uses
- Morin (flavonol), a molecule
- Morin khuur, a Mongolian bowed stringed instrument (within whose name the word morin translates as "horse")
- That Pig Of A Morin in a short story by Guy de Maupassant
Notes and references
See also
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