Conran is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
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Alexis Conran, British actor
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Alys Conran
Alys Conran is a Welsh writer. Her debut novel ''Pigeon'' won the Wales Book of the Year in 2017.
Early life
Alys Conran was born in north-west Wales, and is the daughter of the poet and translator Tony Conran. She studied literature in Edin ...
, Welsh poet
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H. L. Conran (1861–1924), Australian pastoralist and stockbroker
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Jasper Conran (born 1959), fashion designer
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John Conran
John Conran (born 1957 in Rathnure, County Wexford, Ireland) is an Irish former hurling manager and player. He played hurling for his local club Rathnure
Rathnure () is a small village on the R731 regional road about from the town of Enn ...
(born 1958), Irish hurling player and manager
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Kerry Conran
Kerry Scott Conran is an American film director and screenwriter, best known for creating and directing the 2004 pulp science fiction film ''Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow''.
Early life and influences
Conran was born in Flint, Michigan. ...
(born 1964), costume designer, writer, director
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Shirley Conran (born 1932), British novelist
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Conran of Orkney
Saint Conran of Orkney was a 7th-century Bishop of Orkney.
His feast day is 14 February.
Monks of Ramsgate account
The monks of St Augustine's Abbey, Ramsgate wrote in their ''Book of Saints'' (1921),
Butler's account
The hagiographer Alban ...
, 7th-century Bishop of the Orkneys.
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Sebastian Conran
Sebastian Orby Conran (born 5 April 1956) is a British designer, entrepreneur and inventor.
Early life
Sebastian Conran was born in London, the son of British designer, restaurateur and retailer Terence Conran and Superwoman author Shirley Co ...
(born c. 1950), product designer, son of Terence and Shirley
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Sophie Conran
Henrietta Sophia Conran, known as Sophie Conran (born October 1965) is a designer, retailer, cook and author. She is the founder and director of the Sophie Conran Shop.
Early life
Conran is the daughter of designer and restaurateur Sir Terence Co ...
, designer, sister of Sebastian
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Terence Conran (1931–2020), designer and writer
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Tony Conran
Tony Conran (7 April 1931 – 14 January 2013) was an Anglo-Wales, Welsh poet and Translation, translator of Welsh language, Welsh poetry. His own poetry was mostly written in English and Modernist in style but was very much influenced by Wel ...
(1931–2013), Welsh poet
See also
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Conran, Missouri Conran is an unincorporated community in eastern New Madrid County, Missouri, United States. It is located approximately ten miles southwest of New Madrid on U.S. Route 61
U.S. Route 61 or U.S. Highway 61 (U.S. 61) is a major United States ...
, USA
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Conran Octopus
Conran Octopus is a division of Octopus Publishing Group, a cross-platform illustrated book publisher. Including architecture, design and gardening. It was founded in 1984 by Sir Terence Conran and Paul Hamlyn, and publishes about eight titles ...
, British book publisher
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