Mangan is an
Irish surname
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anglicised
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from the
Gaelic
Gaelic is an adjective that means "pertaining to the Gaels". As a noun it refers to the group of languages spoken by the Gaels, or to any one of the languages individually. Gaelic languages are spoken in Ireland, Scotland, the Isle of Man, and Ca ...
Ó Mongáin ‘descendant of Mongan’, originally a byname for someone with a luxuriant head of hair (from mongach ‘hair’, ‘mane’).
Notable people include:
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Alan Mangan
Alan Mangan (born June 1979) is a dual player of Gaelic games, a hurling coach, manager, selector and former Gaelic footballer. He played football and hurling for Westmeath.
Playing career Club
Mangan first played hurling for Castletown Geogh ...
, Irish Gaelic footballer
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Albert Mangan (1915–1993), American Olympic racewalker
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Andrew Mangan (writer), creator of Arsenal blog, Arseblog
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Andy Mangan
Andrew Francis Mangan (born 30 August 1986) is an English former footballer who played as a striker. He is currently a first-team coach at Bristol Rovers.
Career Blackpool
Born in Liverpool, Mangan began his career with Blackpool at the age o ...
(born 1986), English footballer
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Colm Mangan
Lieutenant General Colm Mangan was Chief of Staff of the Defence Forces from September 2000 until February 2004.
Mangan joined the Defence Forces as a cadet in 1960 and is cited as having ''"overseen major strategic initiatives in the key are ...
, Irish General
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Cyrille Mangan
Cyrille Mangan (born 13 September 1976) is a Cameroonian former professional footballer who played as a midfielder.
Mangan played for Skoda Xanthi F.C. in the Greek Alpha Ethniki from 1996 to 1999. He suffered a serious knee injury at the age ...
(born 1976), Cameroonian footballer
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Dan Mangan (born 1983), Canadian musician
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Jim Mangan
James Daniel Mangan (September 24, 1929 – July 19, 2007) was an American professional baseball player. He was a backup catcher in Major League Baseball who played for the Pittsburgh Pirates and New York Giants between and . Listed at and ...
(1929–2007), American baseball player
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Jack Mangan
Jack Mangan (6 May 1927 – 17 September 2013) was an Irish former Gaelic footballer who played as a goalkeeper for the Galway senior team.
Mangan is regarded as one of Galway's greatest-ever goalkeepers. He made his debut for the team during ...
(1927–2013), Irish Gaelic footballer
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James Clarence Mangan
James Clarence Mangan, born James Mangan ( ga, Séamus Ó Mangáin; 1 May 1803, Dublin – 20 June 1849), was an Irish poet.
He freely translated works from German, Turkish, Persian, Arabic, and Irish, with his translations of Goethe gaining sp ...
(1803–1849), Irish poet
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James T. Mangan
James T. Mangan (1896–1970) was an eccentric, public relations man and writer on self-help topics who publicly claimed ownership of outer space in 1948.
Mangan founded what he called the ''Nation of Celestial Space'' and registered it with the R ...
(1896–1970), author and eccentric
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Joseph Mangan, American aerospace engineer
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Josh Mangan (born 1986), Australian cricketer
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Kate Mangan
Kate Mangan (, Foster; also subsequently known as Kate Kurzke) was a British artist, actress and journalist.
Early life and career
Katharine Prideaux Foster was born in Sedgely, Staffordshire, in 1904.
After leaving school, Kate attended the S ...
(1904–1977), British artist, actress and journalist.
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Lou Mangan (1922–2015), Australian rules footballer
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Lucy Mangan (born 1974), British journalist
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Luke Mangan
Luke William Mangan (born 6 May 1970) is an Australian chef and restaurateur.
Mangan owns and operates restaurants in Sydney Australia, at sea on P&O cruise ships, recently partnered with Mater Private Hospital Brisbane to bring health, quality ...
(born 1970), Australian chef
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Mike Mangan (rugby union) (born 1975), American rugby union lock
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Mike Mangan (musician), American keyboard player
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Patricia Mangan (born 1997), American Olympic alpine skier
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Sherry Mangan
Sherry Mangan (27 June 1904, Lynn, Massachusetts, USA – 24 June 1961, Rome, Italy) was an American writer, journalist, translator, editor, and book designer. He was a Marxist political activist in the Trotskyist movement from 1935 to 1961. Durin ...
(1904–1961), American writer, journalist, translator, editor, and book designer
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Simon Mangan
Simon Mangan (died 1906) was a landowner and Lord Lieutenant of Meath from 1894 to 1906. A JP, he was also in business with his son-in-law Patrick Leonard
Patrick Ray Leonard (born March 14, 1956) is an American songwriter, keyboardist, fi ...
(died 1906), Lord Lieutenant of Meath (1894–1906)
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Stephen Mangan (born 1968), English actor
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Tom Mangan Thomas J. Mangan (March 12, 1926 – October 28, 1998) was an American politician and educator.
Mangan was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He served in the United States Navy Reserve during World War II. Mangan graduated from University of Wiscon ...
(1926-1998), American politician and educator
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Tony Mangan (born 1957), Irish ultra distance runner
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Surnames of Irish origin