Cairns (disambiguation)
Cairns stands for:
- Cairns , city in Queensland, Australia
Geographical:
- Cairns Cove , South Georgia Bay in the South Atlantic
- Cairns Glacier in Ellsworthland, Antarctica
- Cairns Hill , Ireland
- Cairns Shoal , shoal off South Georgia in the South Atlantic
Cairns is a family name for the following people:
- Alun Cairns (* 1970), British politician (Conservative Party), member of the House of Commons
- Christopher Cairns (* 1957), Australian sailor
- David Cairns, 5th Earl Cairns (1909–1989), British Rear Admiral
- David Cairns (1966-2011), British politician
- Douglas Cairns (* 1961), British Graecist
- Eric Cairns (* 1974), Canadian ice hockey player and official
- Francis Cairns (20th – 21st centuries), British classical philologist
- Gerda Cairns (* around 1945), Belgian badminton player
- Graham Cairns-Smith (1931–2016), Scottish chemist and molecular biologist
- Hugh Cairns, 1st Earl Cairns (1819–1885), Irish-British statesman
- Jim Cairns (actually James Ford Cairns ; 1914-2003), Australian politician
- John Cairns (theologian) (1818-1892), British theologian
- John Cairns (molecular biologist) (1922-2018) British medical doctor, virologist and molecular biologist
- John Cairns (ecologist) (1923-2017), American zoologist and ecologist
- John Cairns (cardiologist) , Canadian cardiologist
- Kirstin Cairns (* 1963), British ski racer
- Krysty Wilson-Cairns (* 1987), British screenwriter
- Leah Cairns (born 1974), Canadian actress
- Mark Cairns (* 1967), English squash player
- Mike Cairns (born 1942), Canadian hammer thrower
- Simon Cairns, 6th Earl Cairns (born 1939), British politician
- Theodore L. Cairns (1914-1994), American chemist
- Tom Cairns (* 1952), Irish director, production designer and screenwriter
- William Cairns ( William Wellington Cairns ; 1828–1888), British administrator
See also:
- Cairn
- Cairns of Camster , megalithic complex in Caithness, Highlands, Scotland
- Cairns by Cnoc Freiceadain , megalithic complex in the Caithness district, Highlands, Scotland
- Cairns Group , Interest Group of Agricultural Exporting Countries