surname
In some cultures, a surname, family name, or last name is the portion of one's personal name that indicates one's family, tribe or community.
Practices vary by culture. The family name may be placed at either the start of a person's full name ...
of Irish origin. The original form Ó hÍceadha, which is still used in Ireland, was one of the Irish medical families in Gaelic times. Notable people with the surname include:
Cheryl Hickey
Cheryl Hickey (born January 8, 1976) is host of ''ET Canada'', an entertainment news magazine for Global Television Network which launched on September 12, 2005.
Early life
Born in Owen Sound, Ontario, to John Patrick Hickey (1942 - January 13, 2 ...
(born 1976), Canadian entertainment reporter for the Global Television Network
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Chris Hickey (singer-songwriter)
Chris Hickey is an American singer-songwriter from Los Angeles. He was a member of the punk-pop band The Spoilers, the folky trio Show of Hands (one of the first American bands to perform in China), and the alt folk rock band, Uma. He has six s ...
, American singer-songwriter
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Dale Hickey
Dale Hickey (born 1937) is an Australian artist.
Born in Melbourne, Hickey studied art at Swinburne College of Technology and then held various teaching positions including Senior Lecturer in painting at Phillip Institute of Technology (now Roya ...
(born 1937), Australian artist
* Dave Hickey (1938–2021), American art critic, author of ''Air Guitar: Essays on Art & Democracy'' (1998)
* Eddie Hickey (1902–1980), American sportsman
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Emily Henrietta Hickey
Emily Henrietta Hickey (1845–1924) was an Irish author, narrative poet and translator.
Biography
She was born in Macmine Castle, near Enniscorthy in County Wexford, daughter of the Rev. J. S. Hickey, Protestant rector of Goresbridge and gra ...
Kirsty Hickey
Kirsty Nicole Hickey (born 17 January 1996) is an English actress.
Personal life
Kirsty was born in London. In 2006 she attended Sylvia Young Theatre School.
Television career
In 2004, Hickey appeared on the BBC soap opera ''EastEnders'' in ...
(born 1996), English actress
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Michael Hickey
Michael Hickey, originally of Manhasset, New York, is a screenwriter best known for the screenplay of the horror film ''Silent Night, Deadly Night''. Hickey's controversial screenplay focused on a serial killer who, disguised as Santa Claus, ta ...
, American screenwriter
* Rich Hickey, American computer programmer, creator of the Clojure programming language
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Steve Hickey (footballer)
Steve Hickey (born 28 October 1965) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with North Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
Hickey was captain / coach of Benalla All Blacks Football Club in 1995 in the Tungamah F ...
(born 1965), Australian rules footballer
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Tamara Hickey
Tamara Hickey is a Canadian film and television actress."'Hon, just take off your shirt'". ''The Globe and Mail'', February 24, 2001.
Early life and education
Born in Halifax, Nova Scotia,"Television: Three to Watch". ''The Globe and Mail'', D ...
William Hickey (columnist)
"William Hickey" is the pseudonymous byline of a gossip column published in the '' Daily Express'', a British newspaper. It was named after the 18th-century diarist William Hickey.
The column was first established by Tom Driberg in May 1933. An e ...
, pseudonymous byline of a gossip column published in the Daily Express
* May Wynn, actress, born Donna Lee Hickey before taking the stage name "May Wynn," after playing a character by that name in ''The Caine Mutiny''
History and current affairs
* Colonel
James Hickey (soldier)
James B. Hickey (born October 1, 1960) is a retired U.S. Army colonel. On December 13, 2003, he led Operation Red Dawn, the U.S. military effort that captured Saddam Hussein near Tikrit, Iraq. Military career
Hickey attended St. Laurence High Sc ...
, in charge of the US special forces team which captured Saddam Hussein
* Elizabeth Hickey (1917–1999), Scottish-born Irish historian and writer
* Jim Hickey (broadcaster), New Zealand television presenter
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Thomas Hickey (soldier)
Thomas Hickey (died June 28, 1776) was a Continental Army soldier in the American Revolutionary War, and the first person to be executed by the Continental Army for "mutiny, sedition, and treachery".
Born in Ireland, Hickey came to America as a ...
, executed for mutiny during the American Revolutionary War
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Michael O'Hickey
Michael Patrick O'Hickey ( ga, Micheál Pádraig Ó hIcí; 12 March 1860 – 19 November 1916) was an Irish Catholic priest and held the chair of Irish at Maynooth College and an Irish language campaigner.
Biography
Michael O'Hickey was born in ...
(1860–1916), vice president of the Gaelic League and Chair of Irish at Maynooth
Eileen Hickey (New York politician)
Eileen Hickey (July 7, 1945 – March 5, 1999) was an American politician from New York (state), New York.
Life
She was born Eileen McKenna on July 7, 1945, in Poughkeepsie, New York, Poughkeepsie, Dutchess County, New York, the daughter of Peter ...
(1945–1999), New York politician
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Eileen M. Hickey
Eileen M. Hickey (1886 – 3 February 1960) was a politician in Northern Ireland.
Hickey studied at Queen's University Belfast, where she received a BSc, MD and DPH, before working as a civil servant at the Mater Hospital in Belfast. She bec ...
(1886–1960), Northern Irish politician
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Huhana Hickey Susan Jane Huhana Hickey is a New Zealand Māori lawyer and disability advocate.
Biography
Hickey grew up in Taranaki, in New Zealand's North Island. She left high school after three years' study and initially trained to be a nurse aide, howeve ...
Vivian Hickey
Vivian Ellen (née Veach) Hickey (March 25, 1916 – April 28, 2016) was an American educator and politician.
Born in Clayton, Illinois, Hickey received her bachelor's degree from Rockford University, in 1937 and her master's degree from the U ...
(1916–2016), American politician and educator
* William J. Hickey, New York politician and judge
David Francis Hickey
David Francis Hickey, S.J. (December 3, 1882 – August 24, 1973) was an American-born bishop of the Catholic Church. He served as the Vicar Apostolic and then the first Bishop of Belize, from 1948 to 1957.
Early life
Born in St. Louis, Missouri ...
(1882–1973), American-born Catholic bishop in Belize
* Steve Hickey (born 1967), American pastor and politician
* Rev. William Hickey (1787–1875), Irish priest, writer and philanthropist
Raymond Hickey
Raymond Hickey (born 3 June 1954, Dublin) is an Irish linguist specialising in the Hiberno-English, English language in Ireland, especially in the capital Dublin, working within the sociolinguistic paradigm of Variation (linguistics), language va ...
, Irish linguist
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Timothy J. Hickey
Timothy J. Hickey (born July 24, 1955) is a professor of computer science and former Chair of the Computer Science and Internet Studies Program (INET) at Brandeis University.
Hickey's specialties include analysis of algorithms, logic programming ...
, a professor of computer science
Sports
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Ambrose Hickey
Ambrose Hickey (1945 – 10 June 2016) was an Irish Gaelic footballer who played as a midfielder and centre-forward for the Offaly senior team.
Born in Daingean, County Offaly, Hickey first played competitive Gaelic football in his youth. He c ...
(1945–2016), Irish Gaelic footballer
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Anthony Hickey
Anthony Hickey (born November 22, 1992) is an American professional basketball player for Hapoel Haifa from the Israeli Basketball Premier League.
High school career
In high school, Hickey was named the 2011 Kentucky Mr. Basketball winner whi ...
(born 1992), American basketball player, the
Israeli Basketball Premier League
Ligat HaAl ( he, ליגת העל, lit., ''Supreme League or Premier League''), or the Israeli Basketball Premier League, is the top-tier level league of professional sports, professional competition in Israeli sports club, club basketball, making ...
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Charles Hickey (cricketer)
Charles Ernest Henry Hickey (10 April 1880 – 9 June 1919) was a New Zealand cricketer who played first-class cricket for Wellington from 1903 to 1910.
Personal life
Hickey was born in Wellington, the son of a prominent local journalist and ed ...
(1880–1919), New Zealand cricketer
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Charlie Hickey (coach)
Charlie Hickey (born September 24, 1964) is an American college baseball coach. He has been the head coach of Central Connecticut since the 2000 season, leading the Blue Devils to six NCAA tournaments. Previously, he was the head coach at Pro ...
(born 1964), American college baseball coach
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Chris Hickey
Chris Hickey is a professional rugby union coach and the former coach of the NSW Waratahs in the Super Rugby tournament.
Early coaching career
Chris Hickey first started his coaching career in 1992 with the First Grade Ballina Seahorses rugby u ...
, Australian rugby union coach
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Colin Hickey
Colin Edward Hickey (3 July 1931 – 13 January 1999) was an Australian speed skater. He represented Australia at the 1952, 1956 and 1960 Winter Olympics. His seventh place in the 1956 Winter Olympics was Australia's best result until 1976.
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(1931–1999), Australian speed skater
* Denis Hickie, Irish international in Rugby union
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Jack Hickey (rugby)
Jack 'Darb' Hickey (4 January 1887 – 15 May 1950) was an Australian rugby union and pioneer professional rugby league footballer and represented his country at both sports. He was one of Australia's early dual-code rugby internationals. He co ...
(1887–1950), Australian dual internationalist in Rugby union and Rugby league
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Jarrad Hickey
Jarrad Hickey (born 7 May 1985) is a former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 2000s and 2010s for the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs and the Wakefield Trinity, Wakefield Trinity Wildcats.
Background
Hickey was born in Sydne ...
(born 1985), Australian rugby league player
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Jim Hickey (American football)
James Benton Hickey (January 22, 1920 – December 27, 1997) was an American football and basketball player, coach of football, and college athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at Hampden–Sydney College from 1951 to 195 ...
Jimmy Hickie
James Hickie (1915–1973) was a Scottish footballer who played as a left back. In a professional career badly affected by World War II, prior to the conflict he won the Scottish Cup with Clyde in 1939Joe Hickey (footballer) (1929–2021), Australian rules footballer
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Miriam Hickey
Miriam Hickey was the first head coach of the LSU women's soccer team. Hickey went 22-17-1 in two years at LSU
Louisiana State University (officially Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College, commonly referred to as L ...
, American soccer player
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Noah Hickey
Noah Hickey (born 9 June 1978) is a New Zealand former footballer who last played for Gisborne City in the Central Premier League and last played professionally for the New Zealand Knights in the Hyundai A-League. He plays as either a striker ...
(born 1978), New Zealand football player
* Noel Hickey, Irish sportsman
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Pat Hickey Patrick Hickey may refer to:
* Patrick Hickey (artist) (1927–1998), Irish visual artist
* Pat Hickey (ice hockey) (born 1953), Canadian ice hockey player
* Pat Hickey (footballer) (1871–1946), Australian rules footballer
* Pat Hickey (politicia ...
(born 1953), Canadian ice hockey player
* Pat Hickey (sports administrator) (born 1945), Irish sports administrator
* Red Hickey (1917–2006), American athlete, played American football
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Reg Hickey
Reginald Joseph Hickey (27 March 1906 – 13 December 1973) was an Australian rules footballer who was a player, the captain, the captain-coach, and the non-playing coach for the Geelong Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL) ...
(1906–1973), player and coach for Geelong in Australian rules football
* Thomas Hickey, Canadian ice hockey player, L.A. Kings
Fictional characters
* Buzz Hickey, in the NBC show '' Community''
* Cornelius Hickey, in Dan Simmons' book and its TV adaptation, both titled '' The Terror''
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Earl Hickey
The NBC sitcom television series ''My Name Is Earl'' created by Greg Garcia features a variety of characters, most of whom live in the fictional town of Camden and Camden County. The show centers on Earl Hickey, a small-time crook who after an e ...