Hannan
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Hannan is a popular Irish
surname coming from the Gaelic
Ó hAnnáin or Ó hAnáin, most prevalently found in County Cork in the south-eastern portion of Éire
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Spelling variations of this family name include: Hannon, O'Hannon, Hannen, O'Hannen, Haneen, Hannon and many more.
First found in county Roscommon where they were seated from very ancient times and were descended from the Kings of Ireland.
Some of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: Bridget, James, and John Hannen who landed in Canada in 1847; Bridget Hannon landed in Boston Mass. in 1849; Charles, James, John, Michael, Thomas and William Hannon, who all settled in Philadelphia Pa. between 1765 and 1856. In Newfoundland, Edmond Hannon from Tintern Parish, county Wexford, was married at St. John's in 1802. Moses Hanen, his wife Elizabeth, and their 5 children settled in Washington County, PA between 1785 & 1789.
People with the surname Hannan include:
Irish people
The Irish people are an ethnic group who originate in Ireland, an island in northwestern Europe. Ireland has been populated for around 9,000 years , with the Irish people's earliest ancestors recorded having legends of being descended from groups such as the Nemedians, Fomorians, Fir Bolg, Tuatha...
surname coming from the Gaelic
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...
Ó hAnnáin or Ó hAnáin, most prevalently found in County Cork in the south-eastern portion of Éire
Éire
is the Irish name for the island of Ireland and the sovereign state of the same name.- Etymology :The modern Irish Éire evolved from the Old Irish word Ériu, which was the name of a Gaelic goddess. Ériu is generally believed to have been the matron goddess of Ireland, a goddess of sovereignty, or...
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Spelling variations of this family name include: Hannon, O'Hannon, Hannen, O'Hannen, Haneen, Hannon and many more.
First found in county Roscommon where they were seated from very ancient times and were descended from the Kings of Ireland.
Some of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: Bridget, James, and John Hannen who landed in Canada in 1847; Bridget Hannon landed in Boston Mass. in 1849; Charles, James, John, Michael, Thomas and William Hannon, who all settled in Philadelphia Pa. between 1765 and 1856. In Newfoundland, Edmond Hannon from Tintern Parish, county Wexford, was married at St. John's in 1802. Moses Hanen, his wife Elizabeth, and their 5 children settled in Washington County, PA between 1785 & 1789.
People with the surname Hannan include:
- Daniel HannanDaniel HannanDaniel John Hannan is a British journalist, author and politician who is currently a Member of the European Parliament, representing South East England for the Conservative Party and the European Conservatives and Reformists political group...
, MEPMember of the European ParliamentA Member of the European Parliament is a person who has been elected to the European Parliament. The name of MEPs differ in different languages, with terms such as europarliamentarian or eurodeputy being common in Romance language-speaking areas.When the European Parliament was first established,...
, British Conservative Party politician - Dave HannanDave HannanDavid Patrick Hannan is a Canadian former professional hockey left winger who played 16 seasons in the National Hockey League with the Pittsburgh Penguins, Edmonton Oilers, Toronto Maple Leafs, Buffalo Sabres, Colorado Avalanche and Ottawa Senators...
, Canadian former professional hockey player - Edward J. HannanEdward J. HannanEdward James Hannan FAA was an Australian statistician who is the co-discoverer of the Hannan–Quinn information criterion. He studied at the University of Melbourne under the supervision of Patrick A. P. Moran. For the majority of his working life, he was attached the Australian National University...
, Australian statistician - Fiona HannanFiona RobinsonFiona Mary Robinson-Hannan is a retired female basketball player from Australia, who played for the Perth Breakers....
, retired Australian basketball and handball player - Geoff HannanGeoff HannanGeoff Hannan is a British composer and musician born in London on 25 April 1972 to Irish parents. A music scholarship to Winchester College enabled him to study privately with Michael Finnissy from 1987 to 1990 before reading Music at the University of Manchester...
, British composer and musician - George HannanGeorge HannanGeorge Conrad Hannan was an Australian politician.Born in Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, he was educated at Catholic schools and then the University of Melbourne. He became a barrister in 1934, and served in the military from 1942 to 1946...
, Australian politician - Gerry HannanGerry HannanGerry Hannan is a Limerick-based broadcaster and author. Best known for his criticism of fellow Limerick author, Frank McCourt, on The Late Late Show. Hannan claimed McCourt's Angela's Ashes was riddled with no less than 117 inaccuracies...
, radio broadcaster and author - Jerome Daniel HannanJerome Daniel HannanJerome Daniel Hannan was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Bishop of Scranton from 1954 until his death.-Biography:...
, American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church - Jerry HannanJerry HannanGerald Joseph "Jerry" Hannan is an Irish-American singer-songwriter and actor.-Early career:Raised on jigs and ballads in San Francisco's Irish community, Jerry Hannan grew up listening to the music of his Irish-born parents , as well as Cat Stevens...
, Irish-American, singer-songwriter - Jim HannanJim HannanJames John Hannan is an American retired professional baseball player who pitched in Major League Baseball from 1962-71. He played for the Milwaukee Brewers, Detroit Tigers, and Washington Senators....
, former American baseball player - Jim HannanJim Hannan (rugby player)Jim Hannan was a Welsh international rugby union player who played club rugby for Newport. A strong tactical forward his scrummaging work was excellent and could pivot the whole scrum around him....
, Welsh international rugby player - Jimmy HannanJimmy HannanJimmy Hannan is a retired Australian variety show host, singer and entertainer. Hannan won the 1965 Gold Logie award.One of his daughters is Melissa Hannan who won the Miss Australia title in 1981 and was also in the Miss World competition held in London.-Filmography:*The Sentimental Bloke *Jimmy...
, Australian, singer and TV personality - Kevin HannanKevin HannanKevin J. Hannan was American ethnolinguist and slavicist.- Personal life :He was born in the family of Silesian-Irish background...
, American ethnolinguist and slavicist - Joseph HannanJoseph HannanJoseph Francis Hannan was an Australian politician and trade unionist. Hannan was probably born in Yorkshire, England and emigrated with his family in 1888. He soon became involved in the union movement and was a member of the committee of the Melbourne Trades Hall Council that established the...
, an Australian politician and trade unionist - Kyle HannanKyle HannanKyle Hannan is a UK broadcast radio and social audio professional originally from South Africa. An alumnus of Rhodes University, he is generally associated with culturally or socially innovative community media initiatives...
, UK-based radio broadcast professional - Melissa HannanMelissa HannanMelissa Hannan was Miss Australia in 1981. She was also in the Miss World 1981 held in London where she won Miss Oceania and by the Worlds Press.-After Miss World:...
, Australian, Pageant winner and TV personality - Michael HannanMichael HannanMichael Hannan was a Roman Catholic priest and archbishop.Born in County Limerick, Republic of Ireland, Hanna came to Halifax in 1840 to teach and finish his studies for the priesthood. Hannan was ordained by Archbishop William Walsh in 1845 and became a parish priest in Bermuda which was part of...
, a Roman Catholic priest and archbishop - Monica HannanMonica HannanMonica Hannan is the news director of KFYR-TV in Bismarck, North Dakota and anchors The Evening Report and First News at Five.-Career:...
, anchorwoman in North DakotaNorth DakotaNorth Dakota is a state located in the Midwestern region of the United States of America, along the Canadian border. The state is bordered by Canada to the north, Minnesota to the east, South Dakota to the south and Montana to the west. North Dakota is the 19th-largest state by area in the U.S.... - Paddy Hannon, gold prospector
- Peter Hannan (producer), television producer, writer, and singer-songwriter
- Peter Hannan (composer)Peter Hannan (composer)Peter Hannan is a Canadian composer and recorder player. He was born in Montréal.Hannan studied initially at the University of British Columbia, where he received a B. Mus. in 1975. He pursued advanced studies in recorder performance at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, London, who awarded...
, Canadian composer and recorder player - Philip HannanPhilip HannanPhilip Matthew Hannan was an American Roman Catholic Archbishop. Archbishop Hannan, in his episcopal career, served as Auxiliary Bishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Washington and later as the Eleventh Archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New Orleans from September 29, 1965 to...
, archbishop of the Archdiocese of New Orleans (1965–1988). - Scott HannanScott Hannan-External links:...
, professional hockey player in the NHL. - Thomas Hannan, American swimmer
- Tina HannanTina HannanTina Hannan is a London-based writer and photographer, noted for the book Nanny Ogg's Cookbook, co-written with fantasy author Terry Pratchett in association with Stephen Briggs and Paul Kidby as a companion to the Discworld series...
, United Kingdom writer - William HannanWilliam HannanWilliam Hannan was a Labour Member of Parliament in the United Kingdom. He represented Glasgow Maryhill from 1945 until his retirement at the February 1974 general election. He was a Lord of the Treasury from 1946 to 1951....
, former Labour Member of Parliament in the United Kingdom - Enda Hannan, Prominent member of "The Dicks" and general misanthrope