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Machin

Machin is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

  • Alfred Machin (director) (1877–1929), French film director
  • Alfred Machin (writer) (born 1888), British writer on social evolution
  • Antonio Machin (1903–1977), Cuban singer and musician
  • Arnold Machin (1911–1999), British artist
  • Ernie Machin (1944–2012), English footballer
  • Henry Machin (1832–1918), Quebec bureaucrat
  • Janine Machin (born 1978), British radio presenter
  • John Machin (1680-1751), British mathematician
  • Mel Machin (born 1945), English footballer and manager
  • Pablo Machín (born 1975), Spanish footballer and manager
  • Tim N. Machin (died 1915), Lieutenant Governor of California from 1863 to 1867
  • W. H. Machin (fl. 1900-1905), English footballer

Fictional characters:

  • Henry "Denry" Machin, the main character in The Card, a 1911 novel by Arnold Bennett
  • Lonni Machin, the secret identity of Anarky, a DC Comics character

Places:

  • Machin, California, former town in Marin County
  • Machin, Ontario

Usage examples of "machin".

Arm and lath were lowered, and it was not until half an hour later that he thrashed the apprentice Hotten Scherwinski with his bare hands, because according to the machinest, Hotten Scherwinski had neglected to clean and oil the lathe, and moreover, the apprentice had allegedly made off with some door mountings and a couple of pounds of one-inch nails.