Mahon (name)

Mahon is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *

Alan Mahon Alan Joseph Mahon (born 4 April 1978) is an Irish former professional footballer who played a midfielder and was capped by the Republic of Ireland. Playing career Club career Early career Dublin-born Mahon, who was educated at St. James Str ...

(b. 1951), Judge of the (Irish)

Court of Appeal A court of appeals, also called a court of appeal, appellate court, appeal court, court of second instance or second instance court, is any court of law that is empowered to hear an appeal of a trial court or other lower tribunal. In much of t ...

, formerly Chair of the

Mahon Tribunal The Tribunal of Inquiry into Certain Planning Matters and Payments commonly known as the Mahon Tribunal after the name of its last chairman, was a public inquiry in Ireland established by Dáil Éireann in 1997 to investigate allegations of cor ...

(b. 1978), Irish footballer *

Alex Mahon Alexandra Rose Mahon (born October 1973) is a British businesswoman. She has been the chief executive of Channel 4 since October 2017, succeeding David Abraham as the first female CEO of the channel. Early life Alexandra Rose Mahon was born i ...

(b. 1973), British broadcaster, CEO of Channel 4 *

Alice Mahon Alice Mahon (born 28 September 1937) is a former British Member of Parliament for the Labour Party. She was also an active trade unionist during her working life. Mahon represented Halifax in the House of Commons from 1987 until 2005. She is ...

(b. 1937), English trade unionist and Labour Party politician *

Brendan Mahon Robert Brendan Mahon (born January 17, 1995) is a former American football guard. He played college football at Penn State. Early life & high school Mahon was born in Livingston, New Jersey and grew up in nearby Randolph, where he attended R ...

(b. 1995), American football player * Major

Denis Mahon (British Army officer) Major Denis Mahon was the Irish Landlord of Strokestown in County Roscommon who was shot and killed during the Great Famine of Ireland. His death is considered the first murder of a Landlord during the Great Famine and to this day there is debate ...

, assassinated in 1847 on or near his estate in County Roscommon, Ireland *Sir

Denis Mahon Sir John Denis Mahon, (8 November 1910 – 24 April 2011) was a British collector and historian of Italian art. Considered to be one of the few art collectors who was also a respected scholar, he is generally credited, alongside Sacheverel ...

(1910–2011), British collector and historian of Italian art *

Derek Mahon Derek Mahon (23 November 1941 – 1 October 2020) was an Irish poet. He was born in Belfast, Northern Ireland but lived in a number of cities around the world. At his death it was noted that his, "influence in the Irish poetry community, lite ...

(1941–2020), Northern Irish poet *

Gavin Mahon Gavin Andrew Mahon (born 2 January 1977) is an English former professional footballer who played as a defensive midfielder. Mahon started his career as a trainee at Wolverhampton Wanderers, although he did not make any first-team appearances f ...

(b. 1977), professional English football player *

George H. Mahon George Herman Mahon (September 22, 1900 – November 19, 1985) was a Texas politician who served twenty-two consecutive terms (1935–1979) as a member of the United States House of Representatives from the Lubbock-based 19th congressional distri ...

(1900–1985), American politician *

Hugh Mahon Hugh may refer to: *Hugh (given name) Noblemen and clergy French * Hugh the Great (died 956), Duke of the Franks * Hugh Magnus of France (1007–1025), co-King of France under his father, Robert II * Hugh, Duke of Alsace (died 895), modern-day ...

(1857–1931), Irish-born Australian politician *

James Patrick Mahon Charles James Patrick Mahon (17 March 1800 – 15 June 1891), known as the O'Gorman Mahon or James Patrick Mahon, was an Irish nationalist journalist, barrister, parliamentarian and international mercenary. Personal life Mahon, the eldest of ...

(1800–1891), Irish nationalist journalist, barrister, parliamentarian and international mercenary *

Mark Mahon (director) Mark Mahon (born 1 April 1973) is an Irish film director, writer and producer from Cork city, Ireland. At the age of 22, Mahon was severely injured in an accident and spent several months in hospital recovering. During this time, he started wri ...

(born 1973), Irish film director *

Mark Mahon (ice hockey coach) Mark Mahon (born November 11, 1965 in Vankleek Hill, Ontario) is a Canadian-German former ice hockey player, who has been serving as a coach and Director of Sport since the end of his playing career. Mahon was most recently the Director of Sport at ...

(born 1965) Canadian ice hockey coach * Mark Mahon (politician) (born 1957), American politician and judge * Mark P. Mahon (1930-2017), American politician *Patrick Mahon, convicted of the 1924

Crumbles murders The Crumbles Murders are two separate and unrelated crimes which occurred on a shingle beach located between Eastbourne and Pevensey Bay, England—locally referred to as "the Crumbles"—in the 1920s. The first of these two murders is the 1920 bl ...

* Pete Mahon (b. 1947), Irish football manager *

Peter Mahon (lawyer) Peter Thomas Mahon (1 November 1923 – 11 August 1986) was a New Zealand High Court judge. He led a Commission of Inquiry into the 1979 crash of Air New Zealand Flight 901 into Mount Erebus. His assessment of the airline's witnesses having eng ...

(1923–1986), New Zealand barrister *

Peter Mahon (UK politician) Peter Mahon (4 May 1909 – 29 September 1980) was a British Labour Party politician. Peter Mahon was born into an Irish Roman Catholic family in Bootle which was immersed in Liverpool Labour politics. He joined the Labour Party in 1924, at the ...

(1909–1980), British Labour Party Member of Parliament *

Simon Mahon Simon Mahon (4 April 1914 – 19 October 1986) was a British Labour Party politician. Biography Simon Mahon was born into a prominent Roman Catholic family of Irish descent in Bootle. His father, Alderman Simon Mahon (1886–1961), was a ma ...

(1914–1986), British Labour Party politician *

Thomas J. Mahon Thomas J. Mahon (1884 – September 24, 1927) was an American politician and jurist. He was a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly from 1911 to 1913 and judge of the Milwaukee County Civil Court from 1924 to his death in 1927. Early life ...

(1882–1927) American politician and jurist {{surname, Mahon Surnames of Irish origin