Hannan (surname)
Hannan is a popular Irish surname coming from the Irish Ó hAnnáin or Ó hAnáin, most prevalently found in County Cork in the south-eastern portion of Ireland.
Spelling variations of this family name include: Hannon, O'Hannon, Hannen, O'Hannen, Haneen, Hannon, Hanan 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 or Hannon include:
- Albert James Hannan, South Australian Crown Solicitor
- Daniel Hannan, Member of the European Parliament (MEP), British Conservative Party politician
- Dave Hannan, Canadian former professional hockey player
- Edward J. Hannan, Australian statistician
- Fiona Hannan aka Fiona Robinson, retired Australian basketball and handball player
- Geoff Hannan, British composer and musician
- George Hannan, Australian politician
- Jerome Daniel Hannan, American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church
- Jim Hannan, former American baseball player
- Jim Hannan (rugby player), Welsh international rugby player
- Jimmy Hannan, Australian, singer and TV personality
- Kevin Hannan, American ethnolinguist and Slavicist
- Joseph Hannan, an Australian politician and trade unionist
- M. A. Hannan, Bangladeshi politician
- Mary Josephine Hannan, first Irishwoman to graduate LRCPI & SI and LM
- Melissa Hannan, Australian, Pageant winner and TV personality
- Michael Hannan, a Roman Catholic priest and archbishop
- Monica Hannan, anchorwoman in North Dakota
- Paddy Hannon, gold prospector
- Pat Hannan (1884–1957), New Zealand rower
- Peter Hannan (producer), television producer, writer, and singer-songwriter
- Peter Hannan (composer), Canadian composer and recorder player
- Philip Hannan, archbishop of the Archdiocese of New Orleans (1965–1988).
- Scott Hannan, professional hockey player in the NHL
- Thomas Hannan, American settler
- Tommy Hannan, American swimmer
- Tina Hannan, United Kingdom writer
- William Hannan, former Labour Member of Parliament in the United Kingdom
- Hannah Hannan, former classical pianist in the philharmonic Orchestra.