# 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