Crowley (surname)
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The name Crowley may derive from the Irish
or the English
. The Irish Crowleys are more numerous and are known in Irish as "O Cruadhlaoich" or "Ua Cruadhlaoich", a Gaelic
name meaning "descendant of the hard hero" or "descendant of the hardy warrior", and which was anglicised to "Crowley" or "O'Crowley". The English "Crowley" means "wood of crows".
Variants include Crawley (disambiguation)
and Croley.
Irish language
Irish , also known as Irish Gaelic, is a Goidelic language of the Indo-European language family, originating in Ireland and historically spoken by the Irish people. Irish is now spoken as a first language by a minority of Irish people, as well as being a second language of a larger proportion of...
or the English
English language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
. The Irish Crowleys are more numerous and are known in Irish as "O Cruadhlaoich" or "Ua Cruadhlaoich", a Gaelic
Gaels
The Gaels or Goidels are speakers of one of the Goidelic Celtic languages: Irish, Scottish Gaelic, and Manx. Goidelic speech originated in Ireland and subsequently spread to western and northern Scotland and the Isle of Man....
name meaning "descendant of the hard hero" or "descendant of the hardy warrior", and which was anglicised to "Crowley" or "O'Crowley". The English "Crowley" means "wood of crows".
Variants include Crawley (disambiguation)
Crawley (disambiguation)
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and Croley.
People with this name
- Aleister CrowleyAleister CrowleyAleister Crowley , born Edward Alexander Crowley, and also known as both Frater Perdurabo and The Great Beast, was an influential English occultist, astrologer, mystic and ceremonial magician, responsible for founding the religious philosophy of Thelema. He was also successful in various other...
, English Occultist - Ambrose CrowleyAmbrose CrowleySir Ambrose Crowley III was a 17th century English ironmonger.-Early years:He was the son of Ambrose Crowley II , a Quaker Blacksmith in Stourbridge but rose Dick Whittington-style to become Sheriff of London .-Career:...
, English industrialist of the late 16th and early 17th century - Benjamin CrowleyBenjamin CrowleyBenjamin Crowley II was an early settler of Arkansas.Crowley was born in Halifax County, Virginia. He was the son of Benjamin Crowley I and Sarah Strong. By 1787, he was living in Oglethorpe County, Georgia where the Crowley and Strong families had migrated. On December 15, 1795, he married...
, namesake of Crowley's RidgeCrowley's RidgeCrowley's Ridge is an unusual geological formation that rises 250 to above the alluvial plain of the Mississippi embayment in a line from southeastern Missouri to the Mississippi River near Helena, Arkansas. It is the most prominent feature in the Mississippi Alluvial Plain between Cape...
in Mississippi - Bill Crowley, an American baseball player
- Bob CrowleyBob CrowleyBob Crowley is a theatre director, scenic and costume designer.Born in Cork, Ireland, he is the brother of director John Crowley...
, Irish theatre director - Brian CrowleyBrian CrowleyBrian Crowley is an Irish Fianna Fáil politician and a Member of the European Parliament for the South constituency. He was co-president of the Union for Europe of the Nations group in the European Parliament in which Fianna Fáil sat until it joined the ELDR and, by extension, ALDE...
, Irish MEP - Brian Lee CrowleyBrian Lee CrowleyBrian Lee Crowley, is Managing Director of the Macdonald-Laurier Institute, a national public policy think tank based in Ottawa...
, Canadian politician - Candy CrowleyCandy CrowleyCandy Alt Crowley is a CNN anchor and Chief Political Correspondent, specializing in U.S. presidential, gubernatorial, and Senate elections. She is based in CNN's Washington bureau, and hosted Inside Politics in place of Judy Woodruff before the show was replaced with The Situation Room. Crowley...
, political correspondent for the CNN television network - Carrie CrowleyCarrie CrowleyCarrie Crowley is an Irish actress, Gaeilgeoir and former radio and television presenter. She has been described both as a "gay icon" and "RTÉ's Miriam O'Callaghan for the late 1990s". She appeared on television shows such as The Morbegs and Echo Island for Raidió Teilifís Éireann...
, an Irish actress - Dan CrowleyDan CrowleyDan Crowley is an Australian rugby union footballer who played for the Wallabies 38 times and earned over 100 caps for the Queensland Reds during his rugby career...
, Australian rugby player - Darren CrowleyDarren CrowleyDarren Crowley is an Irish sportsperson. He plays hurling with his local club Bandon and has been a member of the Cork senior inter-county team since 2009 when he was called up due to the 2008-2009 Cork players strike....
, Irish hurler - David CrowleyDavid CrowleyDavid Crowley was a politician from Cincinnati, Ohio who served on the Cincinnati City Council and as Vice-Mayor of the city. Crowley was elected in his first political candidacy in 2001 and was re-elected in 2003. In 2001, he came in seventh place; and in 2003, he finished ninth...
, member of the Cincinnati City Council, 2001-current - Dennis CrowleyDennis CrowleyDennis Crowley is an American internet entrepreneur best known for co-founding the popular social networking sites Dodgeball and Foursquare.-Education:...
internet entrepreneur - Evin CrowleyEvin CrowleyEvin Crowley is a Northern Irish actress. She was born in Bangor, Northern Ireland.Crowley started acting as an amateur at a small theatre, later to become the Lyric Theatre, in Belfast, before later being chosen to play the role of Maureen in David Lean's Ryan's Daughter...
, Northern Irish actress - Flor CrowleyFlor CrowleyFlorence "Flor" Crowley was a Fianna Fáil politician from West Cork in Ireland. He was a Teachta Dála for thirteen years, and a senator for five years.- Family :...
, former Teachta Dala from West Cork - Frank CrowleyFrank CrowleyFrank Crowley is a retired IrishFine Gael party politician and Teachta Dála for Cork North West.Crowley first stood for election in the Cork Mid constituency at the 1977 general election...
, former Teachta Dala from Cork North West - Frederick CrowleyFrederick CrowleyFrederick Hugh Crowley was an Irish Fianna Fáil party politician and Teachta Dála for Kerry South.Crowley was first elected to the 6th Dáil in the September 1927 general election and was re-elected at the next seven general elections, and died in 1945 while still a TD.After his death, the...
, former Teachta Dala for Kerry South - Gary CrowleyGary CrowleyGary Crowley is an English broadcaster and DJ.When he was at school in the late Seventies Crowley started a punk fanzine titled The Modern World, interviewing some of the most important bands of the day including the Sex Pistols, the Clash and the Jam.After leaving school he took up a junior...
, a London broadcaster and DJ - Grace CrowleyGrace CrowleyGrace Crowley was an Australian artist and modernist painter.-Early life:She was born Grace Adela Williams Crowley in 1890 on May 28, at Forrest Lodge, Cobbadah, in North-Western New South Wales. She was the fourth child of Henry, a grazier, and Elizabeth...
, Australian artist - Honor Crowley, former Teachta Dala for Kerry South
- J.C. Crowley, an American musician
- James Crowley (athlete)James Crowley (athlete)James F. "Jim" Crowley was an American athlete, distance runner, and a member of the Irish American Athletic Club. In 1910, he was known as "King of the Marathoners" for having competed in and won more marathons than any of the athletes of his day....
, Irish American Athletic Club distance runner. - James Crowley (police officer), a police officer in Cambridge, MassachusettsCambridge, MassachusettsCambridge is a city in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States, in the Greater Boston area. It was named in honor of the University of Cambridge in England, an important center of the Puritan theology embraced by the town's founders. Cambridge is home to two of the world's most prominent...
- James Crowley (Irish politician), Irish Nationalist and former politician
- Jeananne CrowleyJeananne CrowleyJeananne Crowley is an Irish actress and writer, remembered for her collaborations in British film and television. She appeared in the film Educating Rita and is possibly best known for her role as Nellie Keene in the BBC drama series Tenko.-Screen:Recently, Crowley has appeared in The Clinic and...
, an Irish-born actress and write - Jim CrowleyJim CrowleyJames Harold "Jim" Crowley was an American football player and coach. He gained fame as one-fourth of the University of Notre Dame's legendary "Four Horsemen" backfield where he played halfback from 1922 to 1924. After a brief career as a professional football player, Crowley turned to coaching...
, former American college football player - John Crowley (baseball), a 19th century baseball player
- John F. CrowleyJohn Crowley (biotech executive)John Francis Crowley is an American biotechnology executive and entrepreneur. He is best known as the founder of several biotech companies devoted to curing genetic diseases.-Life and career:...
, CEO of Amicus Therapeutics - John CrowleyJohn CrowleyJohn Crowley is an American author of fantasy, science fiction and mainstream fiction. He studied at Indiana University and has a second career as a documentary film writer...
, US author of science fiction - John Crowley (director)John Crowley (director)John Crowley is an Irish television, theatre and film director. He is perhaps best known for his feature film debut Intermission .-Education:Crowley earned a B.A. in philosophy from University College Cork.-Career:...
, Irish theatre and film director - John Crowley (Irish politician)John Crowley (Irish politician)John Crowley was an Irish Sinn Féin politician and medical practitioner.-Education and medical career:Crowley received his early education in his home town of Cork. He attended the University of Glasgow and the Royal University of Edinburgh in Scotland where he obtained a medical degree...
, former Teachta Dála for Mayo North - John Patrick CrowleyJohn Patrick CrowleyThe Most Reverend John Patrick Crowley is a retired Roman Catholic Bishop of Diocese of Middlesbrough, England, who carries the honorary title of Bishop Emeritus....
, former Bishop of Middlesbrough - John Powers CrowleyJohn Powers CrowleyJohn Powers Crowley is a former United States federal judge.Born in Chicago, Illinois, Crowley received an LL.B. from De Paul University College of Law in 1960 and an LL.M. from New York University School of Law in 1961. He was an assistant U.S. Attorney of the Northern District of Illinois from...
, former US federal judge - Johnny CrowleyJohnny CrowleyJohnny Crowley is an Irish retired sportsperson. He played hurling with his local club Bishopstown and was a member of the Cork senior inter-county team from 1976 until 1987.-Club:...
, Irish Hurling player - Johnny Crowley (Kerry GAA)Johnny Crowley (Kerry GAA)John Crowley is a former Irish Gaelic football forward with the Glenflesk and Bishopstown clubs, East Kerry divisional side and Kerry county team.- Playing career :...
, Irish footballer - Joseph CrowleyJoseph CrowleyJoseph Crowley is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 1999. He is the Chairman of the New Democrat Coalition and the Queens County Democratic Party. He is a member of the Democratic Party....
, US politician, representative for New York's 7th congressional district, 1999-current - Kacy CrowleyKacy CrowleyKacy Crowley is an American musician and singer-songwriter. A New England native, she currently resides in Austin, Texas.-Early life:Born in Northampton, Massachusetts, her mother was a piano teacher and her father was a construction worker. Her family soon relocated to Connecticut, where Kacy...
, US musician - Kathleen CrowleyKathleen CrowleyBetty Jane Kathleen Crowley is an American actress and was Miss New Jersey in 1949 and a contestant for Miss America in the same year . After the pageants, she became an actress who specialized in being phenomenally seductive in TV series and movies...
, Miss America contestant and actress - Kieran CrowleyKieran CrowleyKieran James Crowley is the current coach of the Canadian men's rugby team and a former member of the New Zealand All Blacks where he played as a fullback...
, New Zealand Rugby player - Leo CrowleyLeo CrowleyLeo Thomas Crowley was a member of the cabinet of President Franklin D. Roosevelt as the head of the Foreign Economic Administration. Previously he had served as Alien Property Custodian and as chief of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation...
, a cabinet member of American President Franklin D. Roosevelt - Margaret Crowley (speed skater), US Speed Skater
- Margaret Crowley (athlete)Margaret Crowley (athlete)Margaret Crowley is a retired Australian runner who specialized in the 1500 metres.She finished fifth at the 1996 Olympic Games. She also competed at the 1997 World Championships and the 2000 Olympic Games without reaching the final....
, Australian runner - Mart CrowleyMart CrowleyMart Crowley is an American playwright.Crowley was born in Vicksburg, Mississippi. After graduating from The Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C. in 1957, Crowley headed west to Hollywood, where he worked for a number of television production companies before meeting Natalie Wood on...
, US playwright - Michael CrowleyMichael CrowleyMichael Crowley is a senior correspondent and deputy Washington bureau chief for . From 2000 to 2010 he was a writer for The New Republic. His work has also been published in The New York Times, The Atlantic, GQ, New York and Slate. Michael Crichton allegedly based a minor character on him in his...
, American journalist - Mike CrowleyMike CrowleyMichael Ryan Crowley , is a retired American professional ice hockey player. Beginning his hockey career with the University of Minnesota, Crowley was drafted 140th overall by the Philadelphia Flyers in the 1993 NHL Entry Draft, while still playing in college his NHL rights were traded to the...
, US ice hockey player - Miles CrowleyMiles CrowleyMiles Crowley was a U.S. Representative from Texas.Born in Boston, Massachusetts, Crowley attended the common schools.He was employed as a longshoreman.He moved to Galveston in the 1870s....
, a member of the US Congress (March 4, 1879-March 3, 1883) from Texas - Monica CrowleyMonica CrowleyMonica Crowley is an American conservative radio and television commentator, and author based in New York City. She has her own radio show and is a regular commentator on The McLaughlin Group, a Fox News contributor, and Washington Times columnist.-Education:Crowley holds a B.A. in Political...
, US radio commentator - Noel CrowleyNoel CrowleyNoel 'Noelie' Crowley is a retired Irish sportsperson. He played hurling with his local club Roanmore and with the Waterford senior inter-county team....
, Irish hurling player - Paddy CrowleyPaddy CrowleyPaddy Crowley was an Irish soccer player who was born in Dublin.Crowley played his youth football with Home Farm F.C. and was a league winner at Under 16, Under 17 and Under 18 levels. When he graduated to senior level, he captained Home Farm's second team to league success before leading the...
, Irish footballer - Pádraig CrowleyPádraig CrowleyPádraig Crowley is a retired Irish sportsperson. He played hurling with his local club Bandon and was a member of the Cork senior inter-county team from 1982 until 1983.-References:...
, Irish hurling player - Pat CrowleyPat CrowleyPatricia "Pat" Crowley is an American film and television actress.Crowley was often confused with her acting contemporary Kathleen Crowley, who appeared as guest leading lady in different episodes of many of the same television series and is not related.Pat Crowley appeared in The Untouchables...
, US actress - Paul Crowley (footballer)Paul Crowley (footballer)Paul Crowley, is an Irish footballer, currently playing with League of Ireland side St Patrick's Athletic F.C.. His previous clubs include Rangers A.F.C., Shamrock Rovers, Dublin City, Waterford United, UCD and Drogheda United....
, Irish footballer - Philip J. CrowleyPhilip J. CrowleyPhilip J. “P.J.” Crowley is the former United States Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs, having been sworn into office on May 26, 2009. He resigned on March 13, 2011, following comments he made about the treatment of Bradley Manning. Crowley was named the 2011-2012 recipient of the...
, United States Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs (2009-2011) - Richard CrowleyRichard CrowleyRichard Crowley was a United States Representative from New York. He was born in Pendleton, New York. He attended the public schools and Lockport Union School. Later, he studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1860 and commenced practice in Lockport, New York.Crowley was the city attorney of...
, a member of the US Congress (March 4, 1895-March 3, 1897) from New York - Robert Crowley (CIA)Robert Crowley (CIA)Robert Trumbull Crowley was an officer in the Central Intelligence Agency since 1947, achieving the rank of assistant deputy director for operations, second in command of the CIA's Directorate of Operations, which was in charge of covert operations.A native of Chicago, Illinois and graduate of the...
(d. 2000), Assistant Deputy Director of Clandestine Operations of the CIA - Robert Crowley (printer)Robert Crowley (printer)Robert Crowley also Robertus Croleus, Roberto Croleo, Robart Crowleye, Robarte Crole, and Crule , was a stationer, poet, polemicist and Protestant clergyman who was among the Marian exiles at Frankfurt...
(c.1517–1588), English Protestant printer, editor, chronicler, social critic, poet, polemicist, and clergyman - Rodney R. CrowleyRodney R. CrowleyRodney Rufus Crowley was an American lawyer and politician from New York. He was a New York Inspector of State Prisons from 1876 to 1877.-Life:...
(1836-1913), New York lawyer and politician - Rosemary CrowleyRosemary CrowleyRosemary Anne Crowley was a Labor Senator for South Australia from 1983 to 2002.Before entering politics Crowley was a medical practitioner and tutor at Flinders University...
, former Labor Senator for South Australia - Ryan CrowleyRyan CrowleyRyan Crowley is an Australian rules footballer. He plays as a midfielder, half forward flanker or small forward and began his football career at Calder Cannons Football Club in the TAC Cup.-Fremantle career:...
, Australian footballer - Steve CrowleySteve CrowleySergeant Steven J. Crowley was a Marine Security Guard killed during the siege of the U.S. Embassy in Islamabad, Pakistan, on November 21, 1979.-Life:...
, an American Marine killed during the siege of the U.S. Embassy in Pakistan - Tadhg CrowleyTadhg CrowleyTadhg Crowley was an Irish politician. He was first elected to Dáil Éireann as a Fianna Fáil Teachta Dála for the Limerick constituency at the June 1927 general election....
, former Irish Politician from Limerick - Tadhgo CrowleyTadhgo CrowleyTadhgo Crowley was an Irish sportsperson. He played Gaelic football with his local club Clonakilty and was a member of the Cork senior inter-county team from 1943 until 1949. Crowley captained Cork to the All-Ireland title in 1945.-References:-Teams:...
, former Gaelic football player - Ted CrowleyTed CrowleyTed Crowley is a retired professional ice hockey player.-Playing career:He was drafted in 1988 by the Toronto Maple Leafs in the 4th round, 69th overall. He played 21 games for the Hartford Whalers in 1993–94. He was signed as a free agent by the Colorado Avalanche in August 1998 and played 7...
, US ice hockey player - Terry CrowleyTerry CrowleyTerrence Michael Crowley is a former Major League Baseball player who now serves as the interim bullpen coach for the Baltimore Orioles.-Player career:...
, US baseball coach - Terry Crowley (linguist)Terry Crowley (linguist)Terry Crowley was a linguist specializing in Oceanic languages as well as Bislama, the English-lexified Creole recognized as a national language in Vanuatu. From 1991 till his death he was a professor at the University of Waikato in New Zealand...
, linguist specializing in Oceanic languages - Tim CrowleyTim CrowleyTim Crowley is a former Irish sportsperson. He played hurling with Newcestown and Cork in the 1970s and 1980s.-Playing career:...
, Irish sportsperson - Walt CrowleyWalt CrowleyWalter Charles Crowley was a Washington political celebrity. He first became a public figure in Seattle through his involvement with the social and political movements of the 1960s, especially the underground press...
, a Washington State community leader - Irene Craigmile BolamIrene Craigmile BolamIrene Craigmile Bolam was a New York banker and resident of Monroe Township, Middlesex County, New Jersey. In 1970, a book which was soon widely discredited set forth an allegation that she was Amelia Earhart...
née O'Crowley, falsely accused of being Amelia Earhart
Fictional characters
- Anthony Crowley, a fictional demon in the novel Good Omens and a cult icon amongst fans.
- Father Crowley, fictional catholic priest on Desperate Housewives
- Fran CrowleyFran CrowleyFrances Marie Crowley, commonly known as "Fran Crowley", is a fictional character on the television series, Mama's Family. She was portrayed by Rue McClanahan during the show's first two seasons.-Character history:...
, a character in TV sitcom Mama's family - Mister Crowley, a character in Fallout 3Fallout 3Fallout 3 is an action role-playing game released by Bethesda Game Studios, and the third major installment in the Fallout series. The game was released in North America, Europe and Australia in October 2008, and in Japan in December 2008 for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360...
- Terry Crowley (The Shield), a character in the TV drama The Shield
- Victor CrowleyHatchet (film)Hatchet is a 2006 American slasher film written, produced, and directed by Adam Green.-Plot:Set in the Louisiana bayou, it is the story of the legend of Victor Crowley...
, deformed boy who comes back from dead to kill people in 2007 film Hatchet - Shirley Crowley, a character in the Guitar HeroGuitar HeroGuitar Hero is a music video game developed by Harmonix Music Systems and published by RedOctane for the PlayStation 2 video game console. It is the first entry in the Guitar Hero series. Guitar Hero was released on November 8, 2005 in North America, April 7, 2006 in Europe and June 15, 2006 in...
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