Australia edit

• 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 edit

• 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

• Aiden Cairns (1917–1992), Australian Rugby League player
• Alan Cairns (1930–2018), Canadian retired 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
• David Cairns, 5th Earl Cairns (1909–1989)
• David Cairns (musician) (born 1958), English musician
• 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
• Holly Cairns (born 1989), Irish Social Democrat politician
• 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) (1922–2018), British biochemist
• John Cairns (Presbyterian) (1818–1892), 19th century Scottish divine and writer
• John B. Cairns (born 1942), former Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland
• Kevin Cairns (footballer) (1937–2017), English footballer
• Kevin Cairns (politician) (1929–1984)
• Lance Cairns (born 1949), cricketer
• 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
• Stephen D. Cairns [fr; species; sv] (born 1949), U.S. zoologist
• 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

• Cairn, a type of stack of stones
• Cairns (sculpture), a 2008 work by Christine Bourdette in Portland, Oregon, US
• Clan Cairns, a Scottish clan
• Cairns Group, an interest group of 19 nations
• HMAS Cairns, a ship, and a shore establishment, of the Royal Australian Navy

• Cairn (disambiguation)
• McCairns