Quimby (surname)

Quimby is an English surname derived from a toponym such as Quenby. Notable people with the surname include:

• Althea G. Quimby (1858-1942), American temperance leader
• Art Quimby (1933–2010), American college basketball player
• Bill Quimby (1936–2018), American author, columnist, editor and publisher
• Constance Quimby, American politician, member of the Vermont House of Representatives from 2013 to 2021
• Darius Quimby (died 1791), first American law enforcement officer killed in line of duty
• Edith Quimby (1891–1982), American medical researcher and physicist
• George Irving Quimby (1913-2003), anthropologist, author of books on colonization of America
• Fred Quimby (1886–1965), American cartoon producer, a producer of Tom and Jerry cartoons
• Harriet Quimby (1875–1912), American aviator and journalist, first woman in the United States to receive a pilot certificate and first woman to fly across the English Channel
• Hosea Quimby (1804–1878), American pastor, author and seminary president
• John Quimby (1935–2012), American politician
• John B. Quimby (1823–1904), American politician
• Margaret Quimby (1904–1965), American stage and film actress
• Phineas Parkhurst Quimby (1802–1866), American clockmaker, mentalist and mesmerist
• Robert Quimby (born 1976), American astronomer
• Roxanne Quimby (born 1950), American businesswoman and philanthropist
• Shirley Leon Quimby (1893–1986), American physicist
• William R. "Bill" Quimby (1936–2018), American author

Fictional characters

• Ramona Quimby, Beezus Quimby, Roberta Quimby and Mrs. Dorothy Quimby, in a series of children's books by Beverly Cleary
• Mayor Quimby, in the animated TV series The Simpsons
• Police Chief Quimby, in the Inspector Gadget series
• Fletcher Quimby, in the Disney Channel Original series A.N.T. Farm