Boylan is an Irish surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Andrew Boylan (disambiguation), multiple people, including: ** Andrew Boylan (bishop) (1842–1910), Irish prelate of the Roman Catholic Church ** Andrew Boylan (politician) (born 1939), Irish Fine Gael politician *

Barbara Boylan Barbara Boylan (born in Long Beach, California) is an American dancer and former television personality who was featured on ''The Lawrence Welk Show'' from 1961 to 1967, and briefly for a few months in 1979. She was the first of Bobby Burgess's ...

(born 1942), American dancer and television personality *

Brett Boylan Brett Boylan (born 26 January 1971) is an Australian Paralympic wheelchair rugby player. He was born in Sydney, New South Wales. He participated in the Australian Stealers at the 1996, 2000 Sydney, and 2004 Athens The 2004 Summer Olym ...

(born 1971), Australian Paralympic wheelchair rugby player *

Cathal Boylan Cathal Boylan (Irish name: ''Cathal Ó Baoighealláin, ''born 30 April 1964) MLA has been a councillor on Armagh City and District Council since 2005. In March 2007 Cathal was elected as an MLA to the Northern Ireland Assembly to represent the ...

(born 1964), Northern Irish politician *

Christine Boylan Christine Ann Boylan (born July 25, 1977) is an American television writer and producer. She is known for her work on the ABC crime series '' Castle''. Life and career Christine attended Hofstra University. Since 2010, she has been married to ...

(born 1977), American television writer and producer * Clare Boylan (1948–2006), Irish author, journalist and critic * Dean Boylan (born 1951), American ice hockey defenseman * Donal Boylan ( fl. 2001), Irish Gaelic footballer and Australian rules footballer *

Eileen April Boylan Eileen April Boylan (born May 10, 1987) is an American film and television actress. She stands and is of Filipino and Irish descent. Biography Boylan was born in Acton, California, the daughter of Merlie Baris and Frank Boylan. She has one b ...

(born 1987), American film and television actress *

Grace Duffie Boylan Grace Duffie Boylan (February 9, 1861 – March 24, 1935) was an American writer. She wrote many children's books, often dealing with diverse races and cultures, like ''Uncle Tom's Cabin'' (not to be confounded with the same title by Harriet Bee ...

(1861–1935), American writer *

Ian Boylan Ian Dale Boylan (born May 6, 1983) is an American professional basketball player who last played for Kapfenberg Bulls. He spent most of his career in Austria, playing for several teams. In August 2013, Boylan signed with Kapfenberg Bulls. Honour ...

(born 1983), American basketball player *

Jennifer Finney Boylan Jennifer Finney Boylan (born June 22, 1958) is a bestselling author, transgender activist, professor at Barnard College, and a contributing opinion writer for the ''New York Times''. Early life and education Boylan was born in Valley Forge, Pen ...

(born 1958), American author and transgender activist *

Jim Boylan Jim Boylan (born April 28, 1955) is an American basketball coach. He served as the interim head coach for the Chicago Bulls for part of the 2007–08 NBA season. He also served as an interim coach for the Milwaukee Bucks for part of the 2012– ...

(born 1955), American basketball coach * John Boylan (disambiguation), multiple people, including: **

John Boylan (American actor) John J. Boylan (January 31, 1912 – November 16, 1994) was an American film, television, and theatrical actor. One of three children born in Canton, Ohio to an Irish-American immigrant family, he began acting in 1932 when he helped found the P ...

(1912–1994), American film, television and stage actor **

John Boylan (Canadian actor) John Boylan is a Canadian film and television actor, recently best known for his supporting roles as Gary Strange in ''Being Erica'', Deputy Police Chief Talbot in '' Blue Murder'' and Bishop Richard Cushing in '' The Kennedys''. Early life Boyla ...

, Canadian film and television actor **

John Boylan (record producer) John Patrick Boylan II (born March 21, 1941) is an American record producer and songwriter. Career Boylan grew up in Buffalo, New York. Upon graduating from Bard College, he and his brother Terence Boylan worked with music publisher Charles Ko ...

(born 1941), American music producer and songwriter ** John H. Boylan (1907–1981), Vermont politician ** John J. Boylan (1878–1938), US Congressman **

John Joseph Boylan (bishop) John Joseph Boylan (October 7, 1889 – July 19, 1953) was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as bishop of the Diocese of Rockford in Illinois from 1943 until his death in 1953. Biography Early life John Boylan was bo ...

(1889–1953), third Roman Catholic Bishop of Rockford, Illinois * Kieran Boylan, Irish drug dealer *

Krew Boylan Krew Boylan (born 1982 or 1983) is an Australian actress. Boylan has appeared in different television programmes in her career, while she has appeared in many theatre productions. After initially filming only guest roles in ongoing series, Boyl ...

(born c. 1982), Australian television actress * Larry Boylan (1908–1997), American educator * Laura Boylan (born 1991), Irish cricketer *

Lee Boylan Lee Martin Boylan (born 2 September 1978) is a former footballer who played as a striker. Boylan began his career with West Ham United in 1995, and progressed through the club's youth academy. He played one game for West Ham in the Premier Lea ...

(born 1978), English football striker *

Lydia Boylan Lydia Boylan (born 19 July 1987) is an Irish racing cyclist, who competes in the track and road disciplines of the sport. Boylan won the Irish National Road Race Championships in 2015, 2016 and 2017. She competed for Northern Ireland at the 20 ...

(born 1987), Irish racing cyclist *

Lynn Boylan Lynn Boylan ( ga, Lynn Ní Bhaoighealláin; born 29 November 1976) is an Irish Sinn Féin politician who has served as a Senator for the Agricultural Panel since April 2020. She previously served as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for ...

(born 1976), Irish politician and Member of the European Parliament *

Malcolm Stuart Boylan Malcolm Stuart Boylan (April 13, 1897 – April 3, 1967) was an American screenwriter, writer, and founder of the U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary. Screenwriting Boylan entered the entertainment industry as a stage actor while working as a newspa ...

(1897–1967), American screenwriter, writer, and founder of the U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary *

Peter J. Boylan Peter James Boylan Jr. (May 18, 1936 – November 12, 2023) was a major general of the United States Army. Early life and education Boylan was born in Portage, Wisconsin, on May 18, 1936. He was a 1954 graduate of Portage High School and was i ...

, U.S. Army Major General and college president *

Roger Boylan Roger Boylan is an American writer (b. 1951) who was raised in Ireland, France, and Switzerland. His Irish novel ''Killoyle, ''called "a virtuoso performance" by ''Publishers Weekly'', is published by Dalkey Archive Press. His second Irish nove ...

(born 1951), American writer *

Seán Boylan Seán Boylan (born 12 December 1949) is an Irish former Gaelic football manager from Dunboyne, County Meath. He retired from his position as manager of the senior Meath county team on the evening of 31 August 2005 after twenty-three years in ch ...

(born 1949), Gaelic football manager * Steven A. Boylan (born 1965), U.S. military spokesman *

Terence Boylan Terence Curtin Boylan (born 1946) is an American singer-songwriter. Brought up in Buffalo, New York, Terence Boylan first appeared on local radio in the late 1950s performing a song he had written at the age of 11. While still in his mid teens, ...

, American singer/songwriter * Terence Boylan (politician) (1910–1991), Irish Fianna Fáil politician and businessman *

William Boylan William Aloysius Boylan (January 6, 1869 – July 8, 1940) was the first President of Brooklyn College. Career Boylan was born in New York City, to Arthur and Anne Boylan. He attended St. Francis Xavier College (B.A. and M.A.), New York Universi ...

(1869–1940), American first President of

Brooklyn College Brooklyn College is a public university in Brooklyn, Brooklyn, New York. It is part of the City University of New York system and enrolls about 15,000 undergraduate and 2,800 graduate students on a 35-acre campus. Being New York City's first publ ...

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Blazes Boylan This is a list of characters from '' Ulysses'' by James Joyce. Principal characters * Leopold Bloom is a protagonist and hero in Joyce's '' Ulysses''. His peregrinations and encounters in Dublin on 16 June 1904 mirror, on a more mundane and i ...

, fictional character in James Joyce's novel ''Ulysses'' *

Iola Boylan The following is a list of the characters appearing on the television show ''Mama's Family'' (1983–1990) and '' The Family'' (1974–1978) sketches on ''The Carol Burnett Show'' which preceded it. Thelma Harper (Mama) See Thelma Harper Eunice ...

, fictional character on the television series Mama's Family

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