# Cairns (disambiguation)

Cairns is a city in Queensland, Australia.
Cairns may also refer to:

## Places
### Australia

* Cairns Region, a local government area in Queensland, Australia, established in 2008
* Cairns City, Queensland, a suburb at the centre of Cairns in Queensland, Australia
* City of Cairns, a local government area in Queensland, Australia, from 1985 to 1995
* Electoral district of Cairns, a district in the Legislative Assembly of Queensland

### Elsewhere

* Cairns (Martian crater), on Mars
* Cairns, an area of Halfway, South Lanarkshire, Scotland
* The Cairns, a mixed-use district under development in Sandy, Utah, U.S.
* Cairns of Coll, a region of rocky outcrops on the island of Coll, Inner Hebrides, Scotland

## People

* Aiden Cairns (1917–1992), Australian Rugby League player
* Alan Cairns (1930–2018), Canadian retired political science professor
* Alun Cairns (born 1970), Welsh politician
* Andy Cairns (born 1965), Northern Irish musician
* Buster Cairns (1925–2010), Canadian soccer player
* Chris Cairns (born 1970), New Zealand cricketer
* David Cairns, 5th Earl Cairns (1909–1989)
* David Cairns (musician) (born 1958), English musician
* David Cairns (politician) (1966–2011), Scottish politician
* David Cairns (writer), British writer and music critic
* Don Cairns (born 1955), ice hockey player
* Eric Cairns (born 1974), ice hockey player
* Fred Cairns (1857–1896), British entertainer
* George Albert Cairns (1913–1944), British recipient of the Victoria Cross
* Graeme Cairns, New Zealand musician
* Holly Cairns (born 1989), Irish Social Democrat politician
* Hugh Cairns, 1st Earl Cairns (1819–1885)
* Hugh Cairns (surgeon) (1896–1952), British surgeon
* Hugh Cairns (VC) (1896–1918), Canadian recipient of the Victoria Cross
* Ian Cairns (born 1952), former World Champion surfer
* Imogen Cairns (born 1989), British gymnast
* Jim Cairns (1914–2003), Australian politician
* John Cairns (biochemist) (1922–2018), British biochemist
* John Cairns (Presbyterian) (1818–1892), 19th century Scottish divine and writer
* John B. Cairns (born 1942), former Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland
* Kevin Cairns (footballer) (1937–2017), English footballer
* Kevin Cairns (politician) (1929–1984)
* Lance Cairns (born 1949), cricketer
* Leah Cairns (born 1974), Canadian actress
* Mark Cairns (footballer) (born 1969), Scottish football goalkeeper
* Mark Cairns (squash player) (born 1967), English squash player
* Matt Cairns (born 1979), English rugby union player
* Rachael Cairns (born 1988), British actress
* Ronnie Cairns, English footballer
* Ryan Cairns (born 1984), Zimbabwean golfer
* Sally Cairns (1919–1965), American film actress
* Scott Cairns (born 1954), American poet
* Stephen D. Cairns [fr; species; sv] (born 1949), U.S. zoologist
* Tommy Cairns (1890–1967), Scottish footballer
* Warwick Cairns (born 1962), British author
* Wilfred Cairns, 4th Earl Cairns (1865–1946)
* William Cairns (1828–1888), British colonial administrator

## Other

* Cairn, a type of stack of stones
* Cairns (sculpture), a 2008 work by Christine Bourdette in Portland, Oregon, US
* Clan Cairns, a Scottish clan
* Cairns Group, an interest group of 19 nations
* HMAS Cairns, a ship, and a shore establishment, of the Royal Australian Navy