# Quirk

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**Quirk** or **Quirks** is having [unconventional](/source/Unconventional) beliefs or manner, for example mispronouncing, [in-jokes](/source/In-jokes), clumsy and ditsy, and may refer to:

- *[The Quirk](/source/The_Quirk)*, a literary magazine
- "Quirks", a song by Ultravox! from the album *[Ha!-Ha!-Ha!](/source/Ha!-Ha!-Ha!)*
- [18376 Quirk](/source/18376_Quirk), an asteroid
- [Quirk Books](/source/Quirk_Books), a Pennsylvania-based publishing company
- [Quirks mode](/source/Quirks_mode), a web browser technique for maintaining backwards compatibility
- [*Quirks* (board game)](/source/Quirks_(board_game))
- Quirks, the superpower system in the anime and manga *[My Hero Academia](/source/My_Hero_Academia)*

## People with the surname

- [John Quirk (disambiguation)](/source/John_Quirk_(disambiguation))
- [Billy Quirk](/source/Billy_Quirk) (1873–1926), American silent film actor
- [Mary Quirk](/source/Mary_Quirk) (1880–1952), Australian politician
- [Robert E. Quirk](/source/Robert_E._Quirk) (1918–2009), American historian
- [Randolph Quirk](/source/Randolph_Quirk) (1920–2017), British linguist and life peer
- [Lawrence J. Quirk](/source/Lawrence_J._Quirk) (1923–2014), American author, reporter, and film historian
- [Ed Quirk (American football)](/source/Ed_Quirk_(American_football)) (1925–1962), American football fullback in the National Football League
- [John Shirley-Quirk](/source/John_Shirley-Quirk) (1931–2014), British bass-baritone singer
- [Art Quirk](/source/Art_Quirk) (1938–2014), American Major League Baseball player
- [Bryan Quirk](/source/Bryan_Quirk) (born 1946), Australian rules footballer
- [Jamie Quirk](/source/Jamie_Quirk) (born 1954), American Major League Baseball player
- [Margaret Quirk](/source/Margaret_Quirk) (born 1957), Minister for Corrective Services for the Australian Labor Party
- [Wendy Quirk](/source/Wendy_Quirk) (born 1959), Canadian Olympic swimmer
- [Les Quirk](/source/Les_Quirk) (born 1965), British Rugby League player
- [Brian Quirk](/source/Brian_Quirk) (born 1968), Democratic member of the Iowa House of Representatives
- [Moira Quirk](/source/Moira_Quirk) (born 1968), English actress, voice actress, comedian and referee of *Nickelodeon GUTS*
- [Daniel Quirk](/source/Daniel_Quirk) (1982–2005), American professional wrestler
- [Graham Quirk](/source/Graham_Quirk) (b. 1958), Australian politician
- [Jim Quirk](/source/Jim_Quirk) (born 1940s), American football official in the National Football League
- [Sharon Quirk-Silva](/source/Sharon_Quirk-Silva) (born 1962), American politician
- [David Quirk](/source/David_Quirk) (born 1981), Australian comedian and actor

## Other uses

- [Cool (aesthetic)](/source/Cool_(aesthetic))
- [Eccentricity (behavior)](/source/Eccentricity_(behavior))
- [Goofball comedy](/source/Goofball_comedy)

## See also

- [Quirke (disambiguation)](/source/Quirke_(disambiguation)), Irish surname
- *[Quirks & Quarks](/source/Quirks_%26_Quarks)*, a Canadian weekly science news program
- [Quark (disambiguation)](/source/Quark_(disambiguation))

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