Mangan (surname) explained
Mangan (Irish name: Ó Mongàin) |
Meaning: | "grandson (or descendant) of long-haired" |
Language: | Irish Gaelic |
Variant: | Mongan, Mangham, Mangam, Mangin, Mangum, Mangon, Mingame, Mongain, Mongin, Mungan, Mungane, Mungin |
Mangan is an Irish surname anglicised from the Gaelic Ó Mongáin ‘descendant of Mongan’, originally a byname for someone with a luxuriant head of hair (from mongach ‘hair’, ‘mane’).
Notable people include:
- Alan Mangan, Irish Gaelic footballer
- Albert Mangan (1915–1993), American Olympic racewalker
- Andrew Mangan (writer), creator of Arsenal blog, Arseblog
- Andy Mangan (born 1986), English footballer
- Colm Mangan, Irish General
- Cyrille Mangan (born 1976), Cameroonian footballer
- Dan Mangan (born 1983), Canadian musician
- Jim Mangan (1929–2007), American baseball player
- Jack Mangan (1927–2013), Irish Gaelic footballer
- James Clarence Mangan (1803–1849), Irish poet
- James T. Mangan (1896–1970), author and eccentric
- Joseph Mangan, American aerospace engineer
- Josh Mangan (born 1986), Australian cricketer
- Kate Mangan (1904–1977), British artist, actress and journalist.
- Lou Mangan (1922–2015), Australian rules footballer
- Lucy Mangan (born 1974), British journalist
- Luke Mangan (born 1970), Australian chef
- Mike Mangan (rugby union) (born 1975), American rugby union lock
- Mike Mangan (musician), American keyboard player
- Patricia Mangan (born 1997), American Olympic alpine skier
- Sherry Mangan (1904–1961), American writer, journalist, translator, editor, and book designer
- Simon Mangan (died 1906), Lord Lieutenant of Meath (1894–1906)
- Stephen Mangan (born 1968), English actor
- Tom Mangan (1926-1998), American politician and educator
- Tony Mangan (born 1957), Irish ultra distance runner