Callan Explained
Callan is a given name and surname of Irish and Scottish origin. It can derive from Ó Cathaláin, meaning descendant of Cathalán. Callan can also be an Anglicized form of the Gaelic Mac Allin or Mac Callin.[1] Notable people with the name include:
Surname
- Aela Callan, Australian news reporter
- Alan Callan (died 2014), U.S. businessman, musician, and filmmaker
- Clair Armstrong Callan (1920–2005), U.S. politician
- Colm Callan (born 1923), Irish rugby player
- Curtis Callan (born 1942), U.S. physicist
- Dave Callan (born 1975) Irish-Australian comedian
- David Callan, Australian standup comedian
- Dennis Callan (1932–2006), Welsh footballer
- H. G. Callan (1917–1993), British biologist
- Hughie Callan (1881–1917), Australian footballer
- James Callan, cofounder of Spiritus Christi Roman Catholic splinter group
- James L. Callan (1910–1991), U.S. businessman and politician
- John Callan O'Laughlin (1873–1949), U.S. military journalist
- John Fullarton Callan, Canadian politician
- K Callan (born 1942), U.S. actress
- Kevin Callan (born 1963), Canadian canoe enthusiast, teacher, and author
- Michael Callan (1935–2022), U.S. actor
- Michael Feeney Callan, Irish writer, filmmaker, and painter
- Nicholas Callan (1799–1864), Irish priest and physicist
- Oliver Callan, Irish radio satirist
- Paul Callan (born 1939), British print journalist
- Peter M. Callan (1894–1965), U.S. politicians
- Philip Callan (born 1837), Irish MP
- Ricky Callan (1961–2016), Scottish actor
- Robert Emmet Callan, United States Army Coast Artillery officer
- Thomas J. Callan (1853–1908), U.S. soldier at the Battle of Little Big Horn
- Tim Callan (born 1984), Australian footballer
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Notes and References
- Book: Hanks, Patrick. Dictionary of American Family Names. 8 May 2003. Oxford University Press. 978-0-19-977169-1. 272.
