Perrin may refer to:

Places in the United States

Perrin, Missouri Perrin is an unincorporated community in Clinton County, in the U.S. state of Missouri. History A post office called Perrin was established in 1873, and remained in operation until 1953. Besides the post office, Perrin had a railroad depot an ...

, an unincorporated community *

Perrin, Texas Perrin is a census-designated place (CDP) and unincorporated community in southeastern Jack County, Texas, United States. As of the 2010 census it had a population of 398. It is located at the intersection of US Highway 281 and FM 2210. It wa ...

, an unincorporated community in southeastern Jack County, Texas

Other

* Famille Perrin, French winery owners * Perrin friction factors, in hydrodynamics *

Perrin number In mathematics, the Perrin numbers are defined by the recurrence relation : for , with initial values :. The sequence of Perrin numbers starts with :3 (number), 3, 0 (number), 0, 2 (number), 2, 3, 2, 5 (number), 5, 5, 7 (number), 7, 10 (number), ...

, in mathematics *

Éditions Perrin Editis is a French group of publishing companies, subsidiary of French group Vivendi. It is the second-largest French publishing group, after Hachette Livre. History Editis was created in January 2004 by the regrouping of approximately 60% of t ...

, a publishing house (est. 1827) * Perrin's beaked whale, a recently described species of whale *

Perrin's cave beetle Perrin's cave beetle, ''Siettitia balsetensis'', is an extinct freshwater beetle from France. Listed as Extinct (EX) It and '' Siettitia ayenionensis'' are the only two species in the genus ''Siettitia''. This subterranean species was discoloure ...

, an extinct freshwater beetle from France *

Towers Perrin Towers Perrin was a professional services firm specializing in human resources and financial services consulting, which merged in January 2010 with Watson Wyatt to form Towers Watson. The firm was a provider of reinsurance intermediary services ...

, a global professional services firm

People

Surname

Abner Monroe Perrin Brigadier-General Abner Monroe Perrin (February 2, 1827 – May 12, 1864) was an American lawyer who served as a senior officer of the Confederate States Army in the American Civil War until killed in action at the Battle of Spotsylvania Court H ...

(1827–1864), Confederate States Army general * Alain Perrin (born 1956), French association football coach, former manager of China national team * Ami Perrin (died 1561), Swiss opponent of Calvinism reform *

Benjamin Perrin Benjamin Perrin is a professor at the Peter A. Allard School of Law at the University of British Columbia. He lives in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Human trafficking opponent Perrin is involved with human trafficking research and activism ...

, Canadian professor *

Benny Perrin Jesse Bennett Perrin (October 20, 1959 – February 3, 2017) was a professional American football safety who played four seasons for the St. Louis Cardinals in the National Football League. Perrin played for the legendary University of Alabama ...

(1959–2017), American football safety *

Bernadette Perrin-Riou Bernadette Perrin-Riou (born 1 August 1955) is a French number theorist. Early life Perrin-Riou was born on 1 August 1955 in Les Vans, Ardèche, France. Her parents had both had a scientific education; her mother and father were a physicist and che ...

(born 1955), French number theorist *

Carmen Perrin Carmen Perrin (born 1953) is a Bolivian-born Swiss visual artist, designer, and educator. She has worked as a sculptor, site-specific artist, and printmaker, as well as worked in the design public garden spaces and public art in collaborate with a ...

(born 1953), Bolivian-born Swiss artist and educator *

Cédric Perrin Cédric Perrin (born 20 January 1974) is a French politician who has represented the Territoire de Belfort in the Senate (France), Senate since 2014 French Senate elections, 2014. He is a member of The Republicans (France), The Republicans (LR) ...

(born 1974), French politician * Christopher Perrin (born 1961), American publisher, educator, and writer *

Claude Victor-Perrin, duc de Belluno Claude-Victor Perrin, 1st Duke of Belluno (7 December 1764 – 1 March 1841) was a French soldier and military commander who served during both the French Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic Wars. He was made a Marshal of the Empire ...

(1764–1841), marshal of France during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars *

Conny Perrin Conny Perrin (born 25 December 1990) is a Swiss tennis player. Perrin has won 13 singles titles and 23 doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. On 22 October 2018, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 134. On 21 November 2016, s ...

(born 1990), Swiss tennis player *

Daniel Perrin Daniel Perrin (1642–1719) was one of the first permanent European inhabitants of Staten Island, New York. Known as " The Huguenot", he arrived in New York Harbor from the Isle of Jersey on July 29, 1665, aboard the ship ''Philip'', under the ...

(1642–1719), one of the first permanent European inhabitants of Staten Island, New York *

Don Perrin Don Perrin (born 1 October 1964) is a Canadian writer and former military officer. Early life and education Born in Iserlohn, Germany, Perrin grew up in Kingston, ON, Canada, McMasterville, QC, Canada, Bromley, Kent, England, and Ottawa, ON, Can ...

(born 1964), Canadian writer and former military officer *

Edwin O. Perrin Edwin Oscar Perrin (December 3, 1822 Springfield, Ohio – December 19, 1889 New York City) was an American lawyer and politician. Life He was the son of Joseph Perrin, a judge and Whig politician. He was educated at the Springfield Academy, and ...

(1822–1889), New York lawyer *

Elula Perrin Elula Perrin (1929, Hanoi – 22 May 2003, Paris) was a French-Vietnamese writer. In 1969, she and Aimée Mori founded the Katmandou, the first nightclub for women in Paris. It was closed in 1989. Works *''Les femmes préfèrent les femmes' ...

(1929–2004), French-Vietnamese writer *

Elzéar Abeille de Perrin Elzéar Emmanuel Arène Abeille de Perrin (3 January 1843, Marseille – 9 October 1910, Marseille) was a French entomologist. Abeille de Perrin was a lawyer in Marseille. He gave all his free time to entomology and was a member of the Sociét� ...

(1843–1910), French entomologist *

Émile Perrin Émile-César-Victor Perrin was a French painter, mainly known as a theatre director and impresario, born in Rouen on 9 January 1814, died 8 October 1885.Dean W. ''Bizet.'' London, JM Dent & Sons, 1978. His son-in-law was Camille du Locle. Biogr ...

(1814–1885), French painter, theatre director and impresario *

Éric Perrin Éric Perrin (born November 1, 1975) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey centre that last played for JYP Jyväskylä in the Finnish Liiga. As of December 2017, he is the highest scoring foreign player in the history of Liiga. Pl ...

(born 1975), NHL center for the Atlanta Thrashers *

Francis Perrin (actor) Francis Pierre Horton Perrin (born 10 October 1947) is a French actor, screenwriter and director. Career He enter the Comédie-Française in 1972, but left the following year. He headed the Théâtre Montansier in his birthplace from 1992 t ...

(born 1947), French actor, screenwriter and director * Francis Perrin (physicist) (1901–1992), French physicist *

Gaëtan Perrin Gaëtan Perrin (born 7 June 1996) is a French professional footballer who plays as a right midfielder for club Auxerre. Career Perrin is a youth exponent from Lyon. He made his Ligue 1 debut at 14 February 2016 against Stade Malherbe Caen r ...

(born 1996), French professional footballer * Gillian Perrin (born 1950), English former badminton player *

Frederick Perrin Frederick Perrin (5 December 1815 – 27 January 1889) was an American chess master. Perrin was born in London, Great Britain and was descended from a Swiss family. He went to the United States in 1845. He played twice in the American Chess Congre ...

, American chess master *

Harold Perrin Lieutenant-Commander Harold Ernest Perrin CBE (''c.''1878–9 April 1948) was a British aviation pioneer. He was secretary of the Royal Aero Club from 1903 to 1945, and in this capacity signed more than 20,000 private pilots' licences. Perr ...

(c. 1878–1948), British aviation pioneer *

Hélène Perrin Hélène Perrin (born 1972) is a French physicist working on quantum gas at Laser Physics Laboratory of Université Sorbonne Paris Nord and CNRS, where she is a research director and leads the Bose-Einstein Condensate group. Education and caree ...

(born 1972), French physicist * Jack Perrin (1896–1967), American actor specializing in westerns *

Jacques Perrin Jacques Perrin (born Jacques André Simonet; 13 July 1941 – 21 April 2022) was a French actor and film producer. He was occasionally credited as Jacques Simonet. Early life Jacques André Simonet was born on the Boulevard Port-Royal in P ...

(born 1941), French actor and film maker * Jean-Baptiste Perrin (1870–1942), French physicist (Nobel prize 1926) *

Jean Georges Perrin Jean-Georges Perrin (born 1971) is an IT serial-entrepreneur from Alsace, France. He was the longest standing elected board member of IIUG after Stuart Litel, the first non-US citizen elected to this board, and the first French IBM Champion. II ...

(born 1971), French IT expert and serial entrepreneur *

Jim Perrin Jim Perrin (born 30 March 1947), is an English rock climber and travel writer. Biography Jim Perrin was born Ernest James Perrin in Manchester, England, to a family of Huguenot descent. His father played rugby league for Salford in the lat ...

, British rock climber and travel writer * John Draper Perrin (1890–1967), Canadian mining executive and civic leader *

Joseph Perrin Joseph Perrin (28 February 1754 – 9 June 1800 in Genoa, Italy) was a French general of the French Revolutionary Wars, Revolutionary Wars. Career Perrin enlisted in the French army in 1770 as a soldier in the . He became sergeant major in 178 ...

(1754–1800), French army general *

L. Timothy Perrin Larry Timothy Perrin is an American legal scholar and academic administrator who was the sixth president of Lubbock Christian University from 2012 to 2019. He currently serves as senior vice president of Pepperdine University. Early career Perrin ...

, American academic *

Loïc Perrin Loïc Bruno Perrin (; born 7 August 1985) is a French former professional footballer who played as a centre-back. He spent all of his professional career with his hometown club Saint-Étienne. Club career Perrin made his debut for Saint-Etienne ...

(born 1985), French association football player *

Lonnie Perrin Lonnie Perrin (February 3, 1952 – January 7, 2021) was an American football running back in the National Football League for the Denver Broncos, the Chicago Bears, and the Washington Redskins. He played college football at the University of Ill ...

(1952–2021), American football running back *

Lucas Perrin Lucas Perrin (born 19 November 1998) is a French professional footballer who plays as a defender for Ligue 1 side Strasbourg Club career Marseille Perrin made his professional debut on 24 September 2019 in a Ligue 1 game against Dijon. He ...

(born 1998), French professional footballer * Mark Perrin Lowrey (1828–1885), American Southern Baptist preacher *

Maurice Perrin (bishop) Paul-Marie-Maurice Perrin (30 June 1904 – 3 October 1994) was a French prelate of the Catholic Church who worked in Tunisia, including more than a decade as Archbishop of Carthage. He oversaw the dismantling of the Church's presence there with th ...

(1904–1994), French bishop in Tunisia, diplomat *

Maurice Perrin (cyclist) Maurice Perrin (26 October 1911 – 2 January 1992) was a French cyclist. He won a gold medal in the tandem event at the 1932 Summer Olympics The 1932 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the X Olympiad and also known as Los Angele ...

(1911–1992), French Olympic cyclist *

Maurice Perrin (physician) Maurice Perrin (21 May 1875 – 18 October 1956) was a French physician and professor of medicine at Nancy. He earned a bachelor of arts in philosophy at 19, began employment for a hospital in 1898 and earned his MD in 1901 with a thesis on poly ...

(1875–1956), French physician *

Nat Perrin Nat Perrin (March 15, 1905 – May 9, 1998) was an American comedy film, television, and radio screenwriter, producer, and director, who contributed gags and storylines to several Marx Brothers films and co-wrote the script for the film '' Hellz ...

(1905–1998), a comedy writer * Nicholas Perrin, American academic administrator and religious scholar * Noel Perrin (1927–2004), American essayist and a professor at Dartmouth College *

Patricia Charlotte Perrin Patricia Charlotte Perrin (11 July 1921 – 12 November 1988) was a New Zealand potter. She was born in Auckland, New Zealand on 11 July 1921 and died at Auckland Hospital on 12 November 1988. Perrin began to learn pottery by taking night clas ...

(1921–1988), New Zealand potter *

Percy Perrin Percival Albert Perrin (26 May 1876 – 20 November 1945), known as either "Percy" or "Peter", was an English cricketer, who played for Essex as a right-handed middle-order batsman for more than thirty years from 1896. Perrin was a Tottenham ...

(1876-1945), English cricketer, played for Essex * Philippe Perrin (born 1963), test pilot and former CNES and European Space Agency astronaut * Pierre Perrin (1620?–1675), French poet and librettist * Henry Perrin Coon (1822–1884), American, 10th Mayor of San Francisco * Ronald Edward Perrin (1931–1997), British cathedral organist * Sam Perrin (1901–1998), American screenwriter *

Stephen Perrin Stephen Michael Perrin (born 27 October 1970) is a former English cricketer. Perrin was a right-handed batsman. He also played football at semi-professional level for Forest Green Rovers and Melksham Town, Chippenham Town and Bath City. Very t ...

(born 1970) English cricketer and footballer *

Steve Perrin Stephen Herbert Perrin (January 22, 1946 – August 13, 2021) was an American game designer and technical writer/editor, best known for creating the tabletop role-playing game ''RuneQuest'' for Chaosium. Early life and education Perrin earned a ...

(born 1946), American game designer and technical writer/editor *

(born 1952) English footballer (Crystal Palace, Plymouth Argyle and Portsmouth) *

Vic Perrin Victor Herbert Perrin (April 26, 1916 – July 4, 1989)Cox, Jim (2007). ''Radio Speakers: Narrators, News Junkies, Sports Jockeys, Tattletales, Tipsters, Toastmasters and Coffee Klatch Couples Who Verbalized the Jargon of the Aural Ether fr ...

(1916–1989), American actor and voice artist * William Perrin (convict) (1831–1903), convict transported to Western Australia, later becoming a school teacher * William Gordon Perrin (1874–1931), R.A.F. and Navy officer, and the Admiralty librarian 1908 to 1931, author of ''British Flags''

Given name

* Perrin Beatty (born 1950), corporate executive and former Canadian politician *

Perrin Kaplan Perrin Kaplan is the former vice president of Marketing and Corporate Affairs for Nintendo of America Inc. In 2009, Kaplan joined former Nintendo colleagues Beth Llewelyn and Kelli Koenig Horner to form Zebra Partners, a Marketing and PR firm, b ...

, vice president of Marketing & Corporate Affairs for Nintendo of America Inc

Fiction

* Perrin (''Star Trek''), a fictional character in the ''Star Trek'' universe *

Perrin Aybara This article serves as an index of major characters in the fictional setting of Robert Jordan's ''The Wheel of Time'' series, with a description of their main roles or feats in the series. ''The Wheel of Time'' has 2787 distinct named characters. ...