Cairns (disambiguation)

Cairns may refer to:

Places

• Cairns, a town in Queensland, Australia
  • Cairns Region, the current local government area
  • City of Cairns, the former local government area
  • Cairns City, Queensland, the central suburb
  • Electoral district of Cairns, a district in the Legislative Assembly of Queensland
• Cairns, California, a ghost town in in Placer County, California
• Cairns of Coll, a region of rocky outcrops in shallow waters extending from the north end of the Island of Coll in the Inner Hebrides of Scotland

Ships

• HMAS Cairns, a ship, and a shore establishment, of the Royal Australian Navy

People

• Aiden Cairns, Australian Rugby League player
• Alan Cairns (born 1930), Canadian retired political science professor
• Alun Cairns (born 1970), Welsh politician
• Andy Cairns (born 1965), Northern Irish musician
• Buster Cairns (born 1925), Canadian footballer
• Chris Cairns (born 1970), New Zealand cricketer
• David Cairns (musician) (born 1958), English musician
• David Cairns, 5th Earl Cairns (1909–1989)
• 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
• 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) (born 1922), British biochemist
• John B. Cairns (born 1942), former Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland
• John Cairns (Presbyterian) (1818–1892), 19th century Scottish divine and writer
• Kevin Cairns (politician) (1929–1984)
• Kevin Cairns (footballer) (born 1937), English footballer
• Lance Cairns (born 1949), cricketer
• Leah Cairns (born 1974), Canadian actress
• Matt Cairns (born 1979), English rugby union player
• Mark Cairns (squash player) (born 1967), English squash player
• Mark Cairns (footballer) (born 1969), Scottish football goalkeeper
• Mark Cairns (magician) (born 1970), magician and mentalist
• Rachel Cairns (born 1988), British actress
• Ryan Cairns (born 1984), Zimbabwean golfer
• Sally Cairns (1919–1965), American film actress
• Scott Cairns (born 1954), American poet
• 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

• Clan Cairns, a Scottish clan.
• Cairns Group, an interest group of 19 nations.

See also

• Cairn (disambiguation)