Callahan (surname) explained

Callahan is an Irish surname, anglicized from Ó Ceallacháin.^[1] Those bearing it include:

In military

• John H. Callahan, Civil War soldier and Medal of Honor recipient

In sports

• Ben Callahan, baseball player
• Bill Callahan (football coach), American football coach
• Bryce Callahan, American football player
• Gerry Callahan, sports writer
• Henry Callahan, ultimate (frisbee) player
• Jamie Callahan, American baseball player
• Joe Callahan, American football player
• Nixey Callahan, baseball player and manager
• Ryan Callahan, hockey player

In politics and law

• Bob Callahan (politician), Canadian politician
• Consuelo Callahan, American judge
• Deb Callahan, former president of the League of Conservation Voters
• Dennis Callahan, ran in the 2006 Maryland county executive elections
• Donald A. Callahan, 1938 Republican nominee for the U.S. Senate seat in Idaho
• Ed Callahan, former Chairman of the National Credit Union Administration (NCUA)
• James Yancy Callahan, former Delegate from the Oklahoma Territory to the U.S. House of Representatives
• John B. Callahan, mayor of Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
• Joseph R. Callahan (1892 - 1977), American politician, farmer, and businessman
• Michael J. Callahan (New York politician) (1858–1902), American saloonkeeper and politician
• Laura Callahan, former senior director at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security
• Sonny Callahan, former member of the U.S. House of Representatives for Mobile, Alabama
• Victor Callahan, American politician

In music

• Bill Callahan (musician), US-American singer-songwriter
• Mat Callahan, US-American musician, author, songwriter, activist, music producer and engineer
• Sam Callahan, English singer

In show business

• Bill Callahan (producer), producer and writer of Scrubs
• John Callahan (actor), actor in All My Children
• Noel Callahan, actor in Romeo!
• Dennis Callahan, choreographer
• Mars Callahan, actor, director, producer and writer
• E. J. Callahan, actor, known for his roles in Wild Wild West (1999) and Friends

Others

• Americus Callahan, American inventor
• Daniel Callahan, American philosopher
• David Callahan, American writer
• Gene Callahan
• Harry Callahan (photographer), American photographer
• Jason Callahan, former unidentified decedent
• John Callahan (disambiguation)
• John Ross Callahan, American dental researcher
• Kenneth Callahan, American artist
• North Callahan, American historian
• William P. Callahan, American Roman Catholic bishop

As a given name

• Callahan Bright, American football player
• Callahan Walsh, son of television personality John Walsh

Calahan

• Cody Calahan, Canadian filmmaker
• Edward A. Calahan, American inventor
• Harold Augustin Calahan, American Navy Lieutenant Commander
• Sharon Calahan, American cinematographer

As a given name

• Cal O'Reilly, Canadian ice hockey player
• Calahan Skogman, American actor and athlete

See also

• Ó Ceallacháin
• Callaghan (disambiguation)
• Callihan
• Callahan Genealogy and History website

Notes and References

1. https://www.libraryireland.com/names/oc/o-ceallachain.php libraryireland.com: Rev Patrick Woulfe. Irish Names and Surnames. 1923