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 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, son of Lance Cairns
  • David Cairns (disambiguation)
  • Davie Cairns (born 1951), Scottish footballer
  • Don Cairns (born 1955), Canadian ice hockey player
  • Douglas Cairns (born 1961), Scottish classical scholar
  • Eric Cairns (born 1974), Canadian former ice hockey player and director of player development for the New York Islanders
  • Fred Cairns (1857–1896), British entertainer
  • George Albert Cairns (1913–1944), British recipient of the Victoria Cross
  • Graeme Cairns (born c. 1957), New Zealand musician
  • Holly Cairns (born 1989), Irish Social Democrat politician
  • Hugh Cairns, 1st Earl Cairns (1819–1885), Lord Chancellor of Great Britain
  • 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 (disambiguation)
  • Kevin Cairns (footballer) (1937–2017), English footballer
  • Kevin Cairns (politician) (1929–1984)
  • Lance Cairns (born 1949), New Zealand cricketer, father of Chris Cairns
  • 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
  • (born 1949), American zoologist
  • Tommy Cairns (1892–1967), Scottish footballer
  • Warwick Cairns (born 1962), British author
  • Wilfred Cairns, 4th Earl Cairns (1865–1946)
  • William Cairns (1828–1888), British colonial administrator
  • Clan Cairns, a Scottish clan

Other uses

  • Cairns (sculpture), a 2008 work by Christine Bourdette in Portland, Oregon, US
  • HMAS Cairns, a ship, and a shore establishment, of the Royal Australian Navy

See also

  • Cairns Group, an interest group of 19 nations
  • Cairn (disambiguation)
  • Cairnes (surname)
  • McCairns