O'Shea is a surname and, less often, a given name. It is an anglicized form of the Irish patronymic name Ó Séaghdha or Ó Sé, originating in the Kingdom of

Corcu Duibne The Corcu Duibne, which means "seed or tribe of Duibhne" (the name of a goddess), was a notable kingdom in prehistoric and medieval County Kerry, Ireland which included the Dingle Peninsula, the Iveragh Peninsula and connecting lands. The tribe ...

County Kerry County Kerry ( gle, Contae Chiarraí) is a county in Ireland. It is located in the South-West Region and forms part of the province of Munster. It is named after the Ciarraige who lived in part of the present county. The population of the co ...

. Notable people with the name include:

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* Alicia O'Shea Petersen (1862–1923), Australian suffragist *

Brian O'Shea (boxer) Brian O'Shea (born in Chicago, Illinois) is an American former boxer, referee, and judge. Personal O'Shea is one of the fighting O'Shea brothers along with Rory O'Shea, Mike O'Shea and Tom O'Shea. Amateur career O'Shea had an outstanding amateu ...

, American boxer *

Brian O'Shea (politician) Brian O'Shea (born 9 December 1944) is a former Irish Labour Party (Ireland), Labour Party politician. He served as a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Waterford (Dáil constituency), Waterford constituency from 1989 to 2011. O'Shea was born in Waterf ...

(born 1944), Irish politician *

Clarrie O'Shea Clarence Lyell O'Shea, more commonly known as Clarrie O'Shea (1906–1988), was the Victorian State Secretary of the Australian Tramway and Motor Omnibus Employees' Association who was jailed in 1969 by Sir John Kerr for contempt of the Industr ...

(1906–1988), Australian labour union secretary *

Conor O'Shea Conor O'Shea ( ga, Conchúir Ó Sé) (born 21 October 1970) is an Irish rugby union coach and former player. He was the head coach of the Italy national team from 2016 to 2019. He played as a full back and occasionally at out-half and centre ...

(b 1970) Irish Rugby player and coach *

Donal O'Shea Donal O'Shea is a Canadian mathematician, who is also noted for his bestselling books. He served as the fifth president of New College of Florida in Sarasota, from July 1, 2012, until June 30, 2021. He was succeeded by Patricia Okker on July 1, 2 ...

, Canadian mathematician *

Franc O'Shea Franc O'Shea is a bassist born in Swaziland. He has worked with artists including Steve Howe ( Yes), Lisa Moorish, Mike Lindup (Level 42), Bah Samba, members of Jamiroquai and Beverley Martyn. His playing covers a variety of styles including ...

, Swazi musician * Greg O'Shea, Australian record producer, audio engineer, mix engineer and musician *

Greg O'Shea (rugby union) Gregory O'Shea (born 23 March 1995) is an Irish people, Irish rugby union player. He played for the Ireland national rugby sevens team, usually as a Rugby union positions#Fly-half, fly-half. In July 2019, O'Shea partnered with Amber Gill won the ...

, Irish rugby union player * Iñaki O'Shea Basque leftist and independentist politician, jailed in early XXIth century. *

Jack O'Shea Jack O'Shea (born 19 November 1957 in Cahersiveen, County Kerry) is an Irish former sportsperson. He played Gaelic football at various times with his local clubs St Mary's in Kerry and Leixlip in Kildare. He was a member of the Kerry senior foo ...

(born 1957), All-Ireland winning Gaelic footballer from County Kerry * James O'Shea and

John O'Shea John Francis O'Shea (; born 30 April 1981) is an Irish professional football coach and former player. He was known for his versatility in playing several positions on either side of the pitch or the centre. Born in Waterford, O'Shea joined Man ...

, Victorian stone carvers associated with

John Ruskin John Ruskin (8 February 1819 20 January 1900) was an English writer, philosopher, art critic and polymath of the Victorian era. He wrote on subjects as varied as geology, architecture, myth, ornithology, literature, education, botany and politi ...

Jay O'Shea James O'Shea (born 10 August 1988) is an Irish professional footballer who plays for A-League club Brisbane Roar. He is primarily an attacking midfielder, but can also operate as a winger and striker. O'Shea began his career with St Joseph's ...

(born 1988), Irish footballer *

(born 1981), Irish international footballer who has won the Premier League, the FA Cup and the UEFA Champions League *

John O'Shea (director) John Dempsey O'Shea (20 June 1920 – 8 July 2001) was a New Zealand independent filmmaker; he was a director, producer, writer and actor. He produced the only three feature films that were made in New Zealand between 1940 and 1970. Early l ...

(1920–2001), New Zealand film director *

John O'Shea (humanitarian) John O'Shea (born 1944) is founder and former CEO of GOAL, an Irish non-governmental organization devoted to assisting the poorest of the poor. His first career was as a sports journalist and GOAL retains significant links to the sporting comm ...

(born 1944), Irish founder of

GOAL A goal is an idea of the future or desired result that a person or a group of people envision, plan and commit to achieve. People endeavour to reach goals within a finite time by setting deadlines. A goal is roughly similar to a purpose or ai ...

, international humanitarian organization based in Ireland *

John Augustus O'Shea John Augustus O'Shea (24 June 1839 – 13 March 1905) was an Irish soldier, journalist and novelist. Biography Born at Nenagh, Ireland, the son of journalist John O'Shea, in 1856 he was sent to study medicine at the Catholic University of Irela ...

(1839–1905), Irish soldier, journalist, and writer *

Katharine O'Shea Katharine Parnell (née Wood; 30 January 1846 – 5 February 1921), known before her second marriage as Katharine O'Shea, and usually called Katie O'Shea by friends and Kitty O'Shea by enemies, was an English woman of aristocratic background ...

(1846–1921), English wife of Irish politician,

Charles Stewart Parnell Charles Stewart Parnell (27 June 1846 – 6 October 1891) was an Irish nationalist politician who served as a Member of Parliament (MP) from 1875 to 1891, also acting as Leader of the Home Rule League from 1880 to 1882 and then Leader of the ...

Kel O'Shea Kelvin Joseph "Kel" O'Shea (13 July 1933 – 22 January 2015) was an Australian representative rugby league footballer, a second-rower from Queensland whose club career was played with the Western Suburbs Magpies in Sydney. He is rated am ...

(born 1933), Australian rugby league footballer * Kevin O'Shea (1925–2003) was an All-American college basketball player who later played professionally * Lucius Trant O'Shea (1858-1920), British chemist and mining engineer *

Mark O'Shea (herpetologist) Mark Timothy O'Shea (born 9 May 1956) is an English herpetologist, photographer, author, lecturer, and television personality. He is known internationally as the presenter of the Animal Planet/Discovery Channel series ''O'Shea's Big Adventure'' ...

(born 1956), English herpetologist * Mark O'Shea (musician) (born 16 February 1977), Australian singer-songwriter * Michael O'Shea (1906–1973), American actor * Mike O'Shea (Canadian football) (born 1970), Canadian football player *

Milo O'Shea Milo Donal O'Shea (2 June 1926 – 2 April 2013) was an Irish people, Irish actor. He was twice nominated for the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play for his performances in ''Staircase (play), Staircase'' (1968) and ''Mass Appeal (play), Mass A ...

(1926–2013), Irish actor *

Natalia O'Shea Natalia Andreyevna O'Shea (russian: Ната́лья Андре́евна О’Шей, née Nikolayeva, russian: link=no, Никола́ева, known as Hellawes, russian: link=no, Хелависа; born 3 September 1976) is a Russian harpist, si ...

(born 1976), Russian linguist and musician *

Rick O'Shea Paul Crossan (born 7 May 1973, also known as Rick O'Shea) is an Irish radio personality. He was born in Drimnagh, Dublin 12, grew up in Crumlin, and attended Drimnagh Castle Secondary School and later UCD. He has been a presenter on RTÉ 2fm ...

(born 1973), Irish radio DJ * Steve O'Shea, New Zealand marine biologist and environmentalist *

Tessie O'Shea Teresa Mary "Tessie" O'Shea (13 March 1913 – 21 April 1995) was a Wales, Welsh entertainer and actress. Early life O'Shea was born in Plantagenet Street in Riverside, Cardiff to newspaper wholesaler James Peter O'Shea, who had been a soldie ...

(1913–1995), Welsh entertainer and actress *

Timothy O'Shea Sir Timothy Michael Martin O'Shea (born 28 March 1949, Hamburg, Germany) is a British computer scientist and academic. He was the Vice-Chancellor and Principal of the University of Edinburgh from 2002 to 2018. Biography O'Shea grew up in L ...

(born 1949), vice-chancellor and principal of the University of Edinburgh *

Tony O'Shea Tony O'Shea (born 9 May 1961) is an English professional darts player. His squat figure has resulted in the nickname "Silverback". O'Shea has reached the finals of seven British Darts Organisation (BDO) major darts tournaments, but to date ...

(born 1961), English darts player *

William O'Shea Captain William Henry O'Shea (1840 – 22 April 1905) was an Irish soldier and Member of Parliament. He is best known for being the ex-husband of Katharine O'Shea, the long-time mistress of the Irish nationalist leader Charles Stewart Parnell. ...

(1840–1905), Irish soldier and Member of Parliament

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Oshae Brissett Oshae Jahve Brissett (born June 20, 1998) is a Canadian professional basketball player for the Indiana Pacers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the Syracuse Orange. Early life Brissett was born in Toro ...

(born 1998), Canadian basketball player *

Ice Cube An ice cube is a small piece of ice, which is typically rectangular as viewed from above and trapezoidal as viewed from the side. Ice cubes are products of mechanical refrigeration and are usually produced to cool beverages. They may be produc ...

(born O'Shea Jackson in 1969) American rapper and actor ** O'Shea Jackson Jr. (born 1991), his son, rapper and actor

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