Minchin

Minchin is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

• A. Keith Minchin (1899–1963), founder of Koala Farm, Adelaide
• Alfred Minchin (1917–1998), British Free Corps collaborator
• Alice Minchin (1889–1966), New Zealand teacher and librarian
• Devon Minchin (1919–2014), Australian businessman and author
• Edward Alfred Minchin (1866–1915), British zoologist
• Elizabeth Minchin, Australian classicist
• Frederick F. Minchin (1890–1927?), English aviator
• George Minchin (1845–1914), Irish mathematician and physicist
• Humphrey Minchin (1727–1796), British politician
• James Minchin (1858–1919), Australian cricketer
• John Minchin (c. 1741–1793), English cricketer
• Louise Minchin (born 1968), British television presenter
• Nel Minchin (born 1984/85), Australian film director
• Nick Minchin (born 1953), Australian politician, senator for South Australia
• R. E. Minchin (1831–1893), first director, Adelaide Zoo, South Australia

• A. C. Minchin (1857–1934), director, Adelaide Zoo 1893 to 1934
• R. R. Minchin (grandson), director, Adelaide Zoo 1935 to 1940

• Tim Minchin (born 1975), Australian comedian, actor and musician
• William Minchin (1774–1821), Irish-born British army officer

Fictional characters:

• Miss Minchin, headmistress in A Little Princess

Places

• Minchin Abad, a city in Punjab, Pakistan

• Minchinabad Tehsil, a tehsil in Punjab, Pakistan

• Minchinhampton, a town in Stroud District, England

See also

• Edward Minchen (1852–1913), an Australian botanical artist
• Zhou Ming-Zhen (1918–1996), aka Minchen M. Chow, a Chinese paleomammalogist
• John Minshull (1741–1793), aka Minchin, an English cricketer
• Lake Minchin, a former lake on the Altiplano of South America
• Minna Herzlieb nicknamed Minchin (1789–1865), a German female publisher