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Conn is a surname and a masculine given name
meaning "chief" in Irish. As a given name it is also used as a short form of Connor
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Given name
A given name, in Western contexts often referred to as a first name, is a personal name that specifies and differentiates between members of a group of individuals, especially in a family, all of whose members usually share the same family name...
meaning "chief" in Irish. As a given name it is also used as a short form of Connor
Connor
Connor , sometimes spelled Conor when used as a first name, may refer to:-Living persons:* Connor Wickham, English footballer* Connor Paolo, American Actor...
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American
- Billy ConnBilly ConnWilliam David Conn , better known as Billy Conn, was an American Light-Heavyweight boxing champion famed for his fights with Joe Louis. He had a professional boxing record of 63 wins, 11 losses and 1 draw, with 14 wins by knockout...
(1917 – 1993) was a Light-Heavyweight boxing champion famed for his fights with Joe Louis. - Bobby ConnBobby ConnBobby Conn is an American musician based in Chicago, Illinois, known for his pop-rock. He often collaborates with other artists such as musicians Colby Starck and Jim O'Rourke, and film-maker Usama Alshaibi. In 2003, Conn produced a session for UK punk band The Cribs, whom he met when they were a...
is a musician from Chicago, Illinois.Conn was born as Jeffrey Stafford in New York - Charles Paul ConnCharles Paul ConnCharles Paul Conn is President of Lee University in Cleveland, Tennessee.Paul Conn became president of Lee University in 1986. During his presidency the university has seen significant growth in the form of increased enrollment, from 1,214 to just over 4,000 in the fall of 2006...
is an American non-fiction author and university president. - Charles Gerard Conn was the founder of C. G. ConnC. G. ConnC.G. Conn Ltd., sometimes called Conn Instruments or commonly just Conn, was a United States manufacturer of musical instruments, especially brass instruments. In 1985 their Strobotuner division was bought by Peterson Electro-Musical Products, who continue to service their line of products.Assets...
Ltd. in the 1800s. - Charles W. Conn (1920 - 2008) was an American author and former General Overseer of the Church of God.
- Conn FindlayConn FindlayConn Francis Findlay is a four-time Olympic medalist, and is one of the few to medal in two distinct sports.In college, Findlay rowed for the University of Southern California....
is a four-time Olympic medalist, one of the few to medal in two distinct sports. - Conn JacksonConn JacksonConn Jackson is host and executive producer of the Conn Jackson Show, formerly known as Cafe Central TV. Jackson left investment banking after the September 11 attacks to return to his entertainment roots....
is a TV host. Presently hosting the Conn Jackson Show and Cafe Central TV. - Didi ConnDidi ConnDidi Conn is an American film, stage and television actress.-Personal life:Conn was born in Brooklyn, New York, the daughter of a clinical psychologist. "Didi" was her childhood nickname...
is an American film, stage and television actress. - J. Stephen Conn is a North American religious figure, published writer and entrepreneur.
- Jerome W. ConnJerome W. ConnJerome W. Conn was an American endocrinologist best known for his description of Conn syndrome or primary hyperaldosteronism.-Biography:...
, M.D. (1907-1994), was the endocrinologist who first described Conn's syndromeConn's syndromePrimary aldosteronism, also known as primary hyperaldosteronism, is characterized by the overproduction of the mineralocorticoid hormone aldosterone by the adrenal glands., when not a result of excessive renin secretion. Aldosterone causes increase in sodium and water retention and potassium...
in 1955. - Nicole ConnNicole ConnNicole Conn , is a film director, producer, and screenwriter most famous for her debut feature, the lesbian love story, Claire of the Moon ....
is a film director, producer, and screenwriter most famous for her debut feature, the lesbian love story, Claire of the Moon (1992). - Phoebe ConnPhoebe ConnPhoebe Conn is the maiden name and pseudonym of Phoebe Jane Conn, a best-selling American author of over thirty romance novels. She has also published one novel under the pseudonym Cinammon Burke.-Biography:...
is a best-selling American author of over thirty romance novels. - Roe ConnRoe ConnRoe B. Conn is an American talk radio host of The Roe Conn Show with Richard Roeper, which airs on WLS-AM 890 in Chicago live from 2 to 6 p.m. , Monday through Friday. Three hours of the radio show are also simulcast on NBC Chicago Digital 5.2 television between 3 and 6 p.m. weekdays...
is an American radio talk show host on The Roe Conn Show which airs on WLS-AM 890 in Chicago, Illinois. - Junior Conn is an educator and great humanitarian in San Francisco.
Australian
- Daniel ConnDaniel ConnDaniel William Conn is an Australian model and rugby league player for the Sydney Roosters club in the National Rugby League...
is an Australian rugby league player. - Neil Raymond ConnNeil Raymond ConnNeil Raymond Conn AO is an Australian economist, who was Administrator of the Northern Territory from 17 February 1997 to 30 October 2000....
is a former Administrator of the Northern Territory in Australia from the 17th February 1997 to the 30th October 2000.
English
- Conn IgguldenConn IgguldenConn Iggulden is a British author who mainly writes historical fiction. He also co-authored The Dangerous Book for Boys.-Background:...
is a British writer of historical novels. - David ConnDavid ConnDavid Conn is a sports journalist and writer who focuses predominantly on football. He writes for The Guardian.He has written two books, The Football Business: Fair Game in the '90s? and The Beautiful Game?: Searching the Soul of Football...
is a sports journalist focusing on football (soccer) for The Guardian a British newspaper. - Gideon ConnGideon ConnGideon Conn is a singer-songwriter. He is based in Manchester, but tours extensively around the UK, and has played at UK festivals, including Glastonbury Festival....
is a singer-songwriter from Manchester. - John ConnJohn ConnCaptain John Conn R.N. was a senior captain in the Royal Navy, whose shining career, which included service at the battles of the Saintes, the Glorious First of June, Copenhagen and Trafalgar, ended in a shipboard accident before he could reap the rewards of his long service...
(1764 - 1810) was a senior captain in the Royal Navy during the American Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars. - Shelley ConnShelley Conn-Early life and education:Conn was born in Barnet, Greater London of British and Sri Lankan descent. The great niece of actress Merle Oberon , Conn trained at Bretton Hall...
is an English actress of Anglo-Indian descent. - Leslie Conn ran Doris Day's music publishing company and wrote and produced "Liza Jane", the first recording to be released as a single by David BowieDavid BowieDavid Bowie is an English musician, actor, record producer and arranger. A major figure for over four decades in the world of popular music, Bowie is widely regarded as an innovator, particularly for his work in the 1970s...
(under the name Davie Jones and the King Bees.)
Canadian
- Conn SmytheConn SmytheConstantine Falkland Cary Smythe MC was a Canadian businessman, soldier and sportsman in ice hockey and horse racing. He is best known as the principal owner of the Toronto Maple Leafs of the National Hockey League from 1927 to 1961 and as the builder of Maple Leaf Gardens...
(1895 – 1980), was a Canadian builder in the National Hockey League best known as the principal owner of the Toronto Maple Leafs from 1927 to 1961 and as the builder of Maple Leaf Gardens. - Craig ConnCraig ConnCraig Conn is a Canadian lacrosse player who plays for the Washington Stealth in the National Lacrosse League.-High school career:...
, is a lacrosse player for the Arizona Sting in the National Lacrosse League and the New Westminster Salmonbellies of the Western Lacrosse Association. - Jan ConnJan ConnJan E. Conn is a Canadian geneticist and poet. She resides in Great Barrington, Massachusetts where she does research on mosquito genetics at the Wadsworth Center, Division of Infectious Diseases, New York State Department of Health in Albany, New York. She has also written six books of...
, is a Canadian poet and mosquito genetic researcher. - Michelle ConnMichelle ConnMichelle Conn is a former field hockey player from Canada, who represented her native country at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. There she ended up in seventh place with the Canadian National Team, after having finished in sixth position four years earlier in Seoul, South...
, is a Canadian field hockey player. - Ty ConnTy ConnTyrone Williams "Ty" Conn was a Canadian bank robber. He was the only person in the last half century to escape over the wall from the Kingston Penitentiary, one of Canada's most secure prisons....
(1967 – 1999), born Tyrone Williams Conn, was a Canadian bank robber and is best known for his escape over the wall from the Kingston Penitentiary, one of Canada's most secure and notorious prisons.
Irish
- Conn of the Hundred BattlesConn of the Hundred BattlesConn Cétchathach , son of Fedlimid Rechtmar, was, according to medieval Irish legend and historical tradition, a High King of Ireland, and the ancestor of the Connachta, and, through his descendant Niall Noígiallach, the Uí Néill dynasties, which dominated Ireland in the early middle ages, and...
, former High King of IrelandHigh King of IrelandThe High Kings of Ireland were sometimes historical and sometimes legendary figures who had, or who are claimed to have had, lordship over the whole of Ireland. Medieval and early modern Irish literature portrays an almost unbroken sequence of High Kings, ruling from Tara over a hierarchy of...
and the ancestor of the ConnachtaConnachtaThe Connachta are a group of medieval Irish dynasties who claimed descent from the legendary High King Conn Cétchathach... - Conn O'Neill (1480 - 1559), was the 1st Earl of Tyrone in Ireland during the 16th century.
- Conn WardConn WardFrancis Constantine Ward was an Irish Fianna Fáil party politician and medical doctor. He was born in County Monaghan in 1890. He fought with the Irish Republican Army in his native county in the Irish War of Independence and on the Republican side in the Irish Civil War, having opposed the...
(1890 – 1966), born Francis Constantine Ward, was an Irish Fianna Fáil party politician. - Hugh Conn McCall (1940 - 2002), was an Irish cricketer.
Scottish
- Alfie Conn, Sr.Alfie Conn, Sr.Alfred "Alfie" Conn was a Scottish professional footballer, most commonly remembered as part of the Terrible Trio of the Heart of Midlothian side of the 1950s, along with Willie Bauld and Jimmy Wardhaugh...
, was a Scottish professional footballer (soccer), most commonly remembered as part of the Terrible Trio of the Heart of Midlothian side of the 1950s, along with Willie Bauld and Jimmy Wardhaugh. - Alfie Conn, Jr.Alfie Conn, Jr.Alfred James "Alfie" Conn is a Scottish former professional footballer who was the first post-World War II player to play for both Rangers and Celtic.- Life and career :...
, is a former professional footballer, who was the first post-war player to play for both Celtic and Rangers. - Iain ConnIain ConnIn his role as an executive director of the BP Group, Iain Conn has regional responsibility for Europe, including the UK, together with Russia, the Middle East, the Caspian and Africa...
, an executive director of the BP Group. - Stewart ConnStewart ConnStewart Conn is a Scottish poet and playwright, born in Hillhead, Glasgow . His father was a minister Kelvinside Church but the family moved to Kilmarnock, Ayrshire in 1941 when he was five. During the 60s and 70s he worked for the BBC at their offices off Queen Margaret Drive and moved to...
, is a Scottish poet and playwright.