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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 ...

O'Loughlin is an

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Irish Irish may refer to: Common meanings * Someone or something of, from, or related to: ** Ireland, an island situated off the north-western coast of continental Europe ***Éire, Irish language name for the isle ** Northern Ireland, a constituent unit ...

Ó Lochlainn Ó Lochlainn and Ua Lochlainn are Irish surnames. They are patronymic forms of the personal name ''Lochlann''. The surnames have been borne by several Irish families, such as the Uí Lochlainn, and the Meic Lochlainn. A variant form of ''Ó Lochla ...

'' meaning "descendant of ''

Lochlann In the modern Gaelic languages, () signifies Scandinavia or, more specifically, Norway. As such it is cognate with the Welsh name for Scandinavia, (). In both old Gaelic and old Welsh, such names literally mean 'land of lakes' or 'land of sw ...

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People with the surname

Alex O'Loughlin Alex O'Loughlin (born 24 August 1976) is an Australian actor, writer, director, and producer, who played Lieutenant Commander Steve McGarrett on CBS' remake of the TV series ''Hawaii Five-0'' (2010–2020). He had starring roles in the films ...

(born 1976), Australia-born actor * Charlie O'Loughlin, English football defender *

Chris O'Loughlin (fencer) Christopher Stuart O'Loughlin (born December 13, 1967) is an American Olympic épée fencer. Early life O'Loughlin was born in Los Angeles, California. His father was actor Gerald S. O'Loughlin, known for the 1970s ABC television drama police ...

(born 1967), American Olympic fencer *

David O'Loughlin David O'Loughlin (born 29 April 1978 in County Mayo, Ireland) is an Irish former professional cyclist, who rode at the World Championship (in both Road and Track disciplines) and Olympic levels, and won Ireland's first UCI World Cup Track med ...

, Irish cyclist *

Gerald S. O'Loughlin Gerald Stuart O'Loughlin Jr. (December 23, 1921 – July 31, 2015) was an American television, stage, and film actor and director who was primarily known for playing tough-talking and rough-looking characters. He is best known for Ed Ryker on ''T ...

(1921–2015), American actor * Harold J. O'Loughlin (1900-1968), American lawyer, businessman, and politician * Jack O'Loughlin (Australian footballer) (1873–1960) *

Laurence O'Loughlin Laurence O'Loughlin (21 February 1854 – 25 January 1927) was an Australian politician who represented the South Australian House of Assembly seats of Frome from 1890 to 1902 and Burra Burra from 1902 to 1918. He represented the Liberal Union ...

(1854–1927), South Australian politician *

Marina O'Loughlin Marina O'Loughlin is a British journalist, writer and restaurant critic. She was the regular weekly restaurant reviewer in the London ''Metro (British newspaper), Metro'' from 2006 to 2012, before moving to ''The Guardian'', where she took over ...

, British journalist, writer and restaurant critic *

Michael O'Loughlin Michael Kevin O'Loughlin (born 20 February 1977) is a former professional Australian rules footballer, who played his entire Australian Football League career with the Sydney Swans. O'Loughlin was named a member of the Indigenous Team of t ...

(born 1977), Australian rules footballer *

Sean O'Loughlin Sean O'Loughlin (born 24 November 1982) is an English former professional rugby league footballer who played as a loose forward for and captained the Wigan Warriors in the Super League, and has also played for Great Britain and England at int ...

(born 1982), English professional rugby league footballer *

Silk O'Loughlin Francis H. "Silk" O'Loughlin (August 15, 1872 – December 20, 1918) was an American umpire in Major League Baseball who worked in the American League from 1902 to 1918. He umpired in the World Series in 1906, 1909, 1912, 1915 and 1917, serving a ...

(1872–1918), American baseball umpire *

Thomas O'Loughlin Thomas O'Loughlin (born 1958, Dublin) is Professor of Historical Theology at the University of Nottingham. He earned a BA, MPhil, PhD (NUI), STB (Maynooth) and DD hon.c (Bangor). Tom studied for his BA in Philosophy and Medieval History at Unive ...

, Professor of Historical Theology *

Vanessa O'Loughlin Vanessa Fox O'Loughlin is an Irish literary scout, agent and coach. She is also, as ''Sam Blake'' and ''Vanessa Fox'', a published author. Career Vanessa Fox hails from St. Albans, Herts., UK. She moved to Ireland with her fiancé, a member of ...

, British-born writer and literary agent

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