Horan
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Horan is a surname
Surname
A surname is a name added to a given name and is part of a personal name. In many cases, a surname is a family name. Many dictionaries define "surname" as a synonym of "family name"...

 that originated in County Galway, Ireland, and from there spread into County Mayo
County Mayo
County Mayo is a county in Ireland. It is located in the West Region and is also part of the province of Connacht. It is named after the village of Mayo, which is now generally known as Mayo Abbey. Mayo County Council is the local authority for the county. The population of the county is 130,552...

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Notable people with the name Horan include:
  • Allan Horan
    Allan Horan
    Allan Horan is a former rower who competed at the 1984 Summer Olympics as a representative of New Zealand.-Life:Allan's family left their native home in Te Awamutu for Tauranga. During attendance at Otumoetai College; he began his rowing career. He had his first win in the springbok four, at the...

     (born 1961), New Zealand rower
  • Arthur Horan
    Arthur Horan
    Arthur Horan was an Irish rugby union scrum-half who won two caps for the Ireland national rugby team in 1920. He made his debut on 14 February 1920 against England , with his final appearance for the side coming on 13 March 1920 against Wales. He was born in Hackney, London and died in...

     (1886-1970), Irish rugby union player
  • Brendan Horan
    Brendan Horan
    Brendan Horan was a weather presenter for Television New Zealand's ONE News, running on a regular cycle with Karen Olsen and Natalie Crook....

     (born 1961), New Zealand weather presenter
  • Claude Horan
    Claude Horan
    Claude Horan is an American sculptor who was born in Long Beach, California. He received a BA from San Jose State University in 1942 BA and an MA degree in art from Ohio State University in 1946. His wife Suzi Pleyte Horan collaborated on many of the larger projects.He started the ceramics...

     (born 1917), an American sculptor
  • Hume Horan
    Hume Horan
    Hume Alexander Horan was an American diplomat and ambassador to five countries, who has been described as "perhaps the most accomplished Arabic linguist to serve in the U.S. Foreign Service."-Early life:...

     (1934-2004), American diplomat
  • James Horan
    James Horan (Monsignor)
    James Horan born in Partry, County Mayo, Ireland, was a parish priest of Knock, County Mayo. He is most widely known for his successful campaign to bring an airport to Knock, his work on Knock Basilica, and is also credited for inviting Pope John Paul II to visit Knock Shrine in...

     (1911-1986), Irish monsignor
  • James Horan
    James Horan (actor)
    James Horan is an American character actor who has appeared in many television programs and films. He has starred in several soap operas, including Guiding Light as Det...

     (born 1954), American character actor
  • John Horan
    John Horan
    Patrick J. Horan was a Major League Baseball pitcher and outfielder during part of the 1884 season. Horan made 13 appearances as a pitcher and 10 as an outfielder in a total of 20 games for the Chicago Browns of the Union Association...

     (c. 1800s), Irish baseball player
  • Kate Horan
    Kate Horan
    Kate Horan is a New Zealand paralympics runner, who secured a silver medal for the Women's 200m at the 2008 Summer Paralympics for her country after two runners ahead of her tripped.-Footnotes:...

     (born 1975), New Zealand paralympics runner
  • Marcus Horan
    Marcus Horan
    Marcus Horan is an Irish rugby union player who plays loose-head-prop for Munster and Ireland.Horan was educated at St. Munchin's College and Limerick Institute of Technology...

     (1977), Irish rugby union player
  • Mike Horan
    Mike Horan
    Michael James "Mike" Horan is an Australian politician representing the seat of Toowoomba South in the Queensland Legislative Assembly since 18 May 1991. He was the Shadow Minister for Primary Industries and Fisheries and now serves as Opposition Whip...

     (born 1944), Australian politician
  • Monica Horan
    Monica Horan
    Monica Horan is an American actress from Darby, Pennsylvania.-Biography:Horan graduated from Archbishop Prendergast Catholic High School for Girls in Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania in 1980. She attended Hofstra University in Hempstead, New York, graduating with a degree in Theater Performance in 1984...

     (born 1963), American actress
  • Neil Horan
    Neil Horan
    Cornelius "Neil" Horan, sometimes referred to as The Grand Prix Priest or The Dancing Priest , is a laicized Irish Roman Catholic clergyman who is noted for his interference with the running of the 2003 British Grand Prix and the 2004 Summer Olympics men's marathon in order to promote his religious...

     (born 1947), defrocked Irish Roman Catholic clergyman
  • Peter Horan
    Peter Horan
    Peter Horan is an Irish flute and fiddle player who is known for having developed a unique style influenced by the local irish fiddling tradition. He was called "one of the country's best known flute and fiddle players" when he died.For nearly 30 years performed as a duet with the famous fiddler...

     (born 1926) Irish flute & fiddle player
  • Tim Horan
    Tim Horan
    Tim Horan AM is a former Australian rugby union footballer. He played for the Queensland Reds in the Super 12, and represented Australia, he was one of the best centres in the world throughout the 1990s due to his attacking prowess, formidable defence and playmaking ability.As well as inside...

     (born 1970), Australian rugby union footballer
  • Tom Horan
    Tom Horan
    Thomas Patrick Horan was an Australian cricketer who played for Victoria and Australia, and later became an esteemed cricket journalist under the pen name "Felix". The first of only two Irish-born players to play Test cricket for Australia, Horan was the leading batsman in the colony of Victoria...

     (1854-1916), Australian cricketer & journalist.
  • Walt Horan
    Walt Horan
    Walter Franklin Horan , American politician, was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives for ten terms from January 3, 1943 to January 3, 1965, representing the Fifth Congressional District of Washington....

     (born 1898), American politician
  • Tom Horan
    Tom Horan
    Thomas Patrick Horan was an Australian cricketer who played for Victoria and Australia, and later became an esteemed cricket journalist under the pen name "Felix". The first of only two Irish-born players to play Test cricket for Australia, Horan was the leading batsman in the colony of Victoria...

     (born 1945), Restaurateur & Food Critic
  • Horan Choi, stage name of Soo Jin Choi of Clazziquai
    Clazziquai
    Clazziquai , also known as Clazziquai Project, is a South Korean experimental band that combines several genres including electronic music, acid jazz and house. The group's first short unofficial albums were released online in 2001, spreading its music through words of "netizens," who positively...

  • Frank Horan (born 1973), American Radiochemist
  • David Horan (1972), South African educationalist
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