Keating (Irish spelling: ''Céitinn'') is an Irish and English family name.

Surname variations

Common variations on the Keating surname include Caton, Kaitting, Kating, Keatinge, Keaton, Keith, Keting, Keatting, McKeating, Keatings and O'Keating. A Spanish variation, Cienfuegos, also exists.

Notable people

* Ailsa Keating, French-British mathematician *

AnaLouise Keating AnaLouise Keating (born June 24, 1961) is a professor of Multicultural Women's and Gender Studies at Texas Woman's University in Denton, Texas. She is also the director of the department's PhD program. Keating's multiple books, essays, and edited ...

(born 1961), academic, professor of Multicultural Women's and Gender Studies *

Caron Keating Caron Louisa Keating (5 October 1962 – 13 April 2004) was a Northern Irish television presenter. Early life and education Keating was born on 5 October 1962 in Fulham, west London, to an English father with southern Irish roots and a Northern ...

(1962−2004), British TV personality *

Charles Keating Charles Humphrey Keating Jr. (December 4, 1923 – March 31, 2014) was an American sportsman, lawyer, real estate developer, banker, financier, conservative activist, and convicted felon best known for his role in the savings and loan sca ...

(1923−2014), American lawyer, banker, best known for his involvement in the savings and loan scandal of the late 1980s, The Keating Five Scandal *

Charles Keating (actor) Charles Keating (22 October 1941 – 8 August 2014) was an English actor. Background Keating was born in London to Roman Catholic parents who had emigrated from Ireland, Charles James Keating and Margaret (née Shevlin) Keating, Keating move ...

(1941−2014), English actor and narrator of audiobooks * Chris Keating (musician) (born 1982), lead singer of American band Yeasayer * Dan Keating (1902−2007), longest surviving veteran of the Irish War of Independence * Dennis Keating (born 1940), Irish footballer *

Derek Keating Derek Keating (16 May 1955 – 6 May 2023) was an Irish Fine Gael politician who served as a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Dublin Mid-West (Dáil constituency), Dublin Mid-West constituency from 2011 to 2016. He had also served as a local councillo ...

(born 1955), Irish Fine Gael politician *

Dominic Keating Dominic Keating ('' né'' Power; born 1 July 1961) is a British television, film and theatre actor known for his portrayals of Tony in the Channel 4 sitcom ''Desmond's'' and Lieutenant Malcolm Reed on ''Star Trek: Enterprise''. Early life an ...

(born 1962), British actor * Edward Keating (1875–1965), American newspaper editor and politician, U.S. representative for Colorado, who sponsored the Keating–Owen Child Labor Act of 1916 * Edward Michael Keating (1925–2003), American publisher, journalist, lawyer; founder of ''Ramparts'' magazine, member of the New Left movement. * Edwin Joseph (Ted) Keating (1910−1987), academic and director of the Bank of New Zealand *

Frank Keating Francis Anthony Keating II (initially born as David Rowland Keating) (born February 10, 1944) is an American attorney and politician who served as the 25th governor of Oklahoma from 1995 to 2003. , Keating is one of only five governors in Okl ...

(born 1944), American politician; governor of Oklahoma * Frank Keating (journalist) (1937−2013), English sports journalist and author * Frank A. Keating (1895−1973), Major General of the United States Army * Fred Keating (disambiguation), several people *

Geoffrey Keating Geoffrey Keating ( ga, Seathrún Céitinn; c. 1569 – c. 1644) was a 17th-century historian. He was born in County Tipperary, Ireland, and is buried in Tubrid Graveyard in the parish of Ballylooby-Duhill. He became an Irish Catholic priest and a ...

(c.1569−c.1644), Irish theologian and historian *

Gladys Keating Gladys Brown Keating (August 1, 1923 – August 19, 2014) was an American civic activist, military spouse and Democratic politician who lived in Fairfax County, Virginia, for 45 years, during 22 of which she represented the 43rd district in ...

(1923-2014), Virginia businesswoman, civic activist and politician * H. R. F. Keating (1926−2011), British novelist *

Henry Sheehy Keating Lieutenant General Sir Henry Sheehy Keating KCB (13 November 1775 – 12 September 1847) was born at Bansha, County Tipperary in Ireland and was an officer of the British Army during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars who served in two ...

(1775-1847), officer of the British Army during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars, father of Henry Singer Keating * Henry Singer Keating (1804−1888), British lawyer and barrister *

Isabel Keating Isabel Keating is an American actress and singer. She is known for her performance as Judy Garland in the original Broadway production of ''The Boy from Oz'', which earned her a Tony Award nomination and a Drama Desk Award. Career Broadway Keati ...

, American actress and singer * John Keating (disambiguation), multiple people *

Jonathan Keating Jonathan Peter Keating (born 20 September 1963) is a British mathematician. As of September 2019, he is the Sedleian Professor of Natural Philosophy at the University of Oxford, and from 2012 to 2019 was the Henry Overton Wills Professor of Math ...

, British mathematician * Joseph C. Keating Jr. (1950−2007), US psychologist * Josephine E. Keating (1838−1908), American literary critic, musician music teacher *

Judith Keating Marie Georgine Judith Keating ( Vallee; May 19, 1957 – July 15, 2021) was a Canadian senator, provincial civil servant, and lawyer from the province of New Brunswick, who also had a career in the public service. On January 30, 2020, Keating ...

(1957−2021), Canadian senator *

Justin Keating Justin Pascal Keating (7 January 1930 – 31 December 2009) was an Irish Labour Party politician, broadcaster, journalist, lecturer and veterinary surgeon. In later life he was president of the Humanist Association of Ireland. Keating was twi ...

(1930−2009), Irish Labour Party politician * Karl Keating (born 1950), American Catholic apologist *

Kenneth Keating Kenneth Barnard Keating (May 18, 1900 – May 5, 1975) was an American politician, diplomat, and judge who served as a United States Senator representing New York from 1959 until 1965. A member of the Republican Party, he also served in the ...

(1900−1975), American politician, congressional representative and senator for New York, U.S. ambassador to India and Israel *

Larry Keating Lawrence Keating (June 13, 1899 – August 26, 1963) was an American actor best known for his roles as Harry Morton on ''The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show'', which he played from 1953 to 1958, and next-door neighbor Roger Addison on '' Mist ...

(1899−1963), American actor * Michael Keating (actor) (born 1947), British actor *

Michael Keating (Irish politician) Michael Keating (born 29 September 1946) is an Irish former politician. Early life Keating was born in Dublin in 1946. He was educated at the Christian Brothers O'Connell School, University College Dublin, and St. Patrick's College in Maynooth ...

(born 1946), Irish politician *

Michael Keating (political scientist) Michael Keating (born 2 February 1950) is a political scientist specialising in nationalism, European politics, regional politics, and devolution. He is Professor of Scottish Politics at the University of Aberdeen and Fellow of the Centr ...

(born 1950), political scientist * Michael Keating (priest) (1793–1877), Irish Anglican priest; he expressed views on economics in Ireland. * Michael Keating (public servant) (born 1940), Australian public servant *

Mike Keating (ice hockey) Michael Joseph Keating (born January 21, 1957) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey left winger who played in one National Hockey League game for the New York Rangers during the 1977–78 season, on January 29, 1978 against the Los Angele ...

(born 1957), Canadian hockey player *

Paul Keating Paul John Keating (born 18 January 1944) is an Australian former politician and unionist who served as the 24th prime minister of Australia from 1991 to 1996, holding office as the leader of the Australian Labor Party (ALP). He previously serv ...

(born 1944), 24th Prime Minister of Australia * Patrick N. Keating, theoretical physicist, of the Keating model * Richard E. Keating (1941−2006), American astronomer, known for the Hafele–Keating experiment *

Richard Harte Keatinge Lieutenant General Richard Harte Keatinge (17 June 1825 – 25 May 1904) was an Irish people, Irish recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to United Kin ...

(1825−1904), soldier * Robert Brendon Keating (1924−2012), American diplomat * Roly Keating (born 1961), chief executive of the British Library *

Ronan Keating Ronan Patrick John Keating (born 3 March 1977) is an Irish singer. He debuted in 1993 alongside Keith Duffy, Michael Graham, Shane Lynch, and Stephen Gately, as the co-lead singer (with Gately) of Irish pop group Boyzone. His solo career start ...

(born 1977), Irish singer *

Seán Keating Seán Keating (born John Keating, 28 September 1889 – 21 December 1977) was an Irish romantic-realist painter who painted some iconic images of the Irish War of Independence and of the early industrialization of Ireland. He spent two week ...

, (1889−1977), Irish painter, President of the Royal Hibernian Academy * Sean P. Keating (1903−1976), Irish Republican Army veteran and Irish-American activist and political figure *

Timothy J. Keating Timothy John Keating (born November 16, 1948) is a retired United States Navy admiral. During his career, he served as commander of Carrier Group Five, the United States 5th Fleet, the United States Northern Command and North American Aerospace D ...

(born 1948), American admiral * Tim Keating (born 1961), Chief of the New Zealand Defence Force *

Thomas Keating Thomas Keating, O.C.S.O. (March 7, 1923 – October 25, 2018) was an American Catholic monk and priest of the Order of Cistercians of the Strict Observance (also known as Trappists). Keating was known as one of the principal developers of Ce ...

(1923−2018), monk, founder of Centering Prayer movement * Tom Keating (1917−1984), art restorer and forger *

Trenna Keating Trenna Keating (born January 23, 1987) is a Canadians, Canadian actress known for her recurring role as Doc Yewll in ''Defiance (TV series), Defiance'' between 2013 and 2015. Early life Trenna Keating was born and grew up in Weyburn, Saskatchew ...

, Canadian actress *

William H. Keating William Hypolitus (or Hippolitus, or Hypolite) Keating (August 11, 1799 in Wilmington, Delaware – 1840 in London, England) was an American geologist. His father, Baron John Keating, of Irish ancestry, had been an officer in the French army in t ...

(1799−1840), American geologist * William J. Keating (born 1927), American politician, representative for Ohio's 1st district * William R. Keating (born 1952), American politician, representative for Massachusetts' 9th congressional district *

Zoë Keating Zoë Clare Keating (born February 2, 1972) is a Canadian-American cellist and composer once based in San Francisco, California, now based in Vermont. Music career Keating performed from 2002 to 2006 as second chair cellist in the cello rock band ...

(born 1972), Canadian cellist and composer *

Maurice Keatinge Maurice Bagenal St Leger Keatinge or Keating (c.1761–1835) was an Irish landowner, soldier and politician. He was the son of Maurice Keatinge of Narraghmore, County Kildare, an MP for Kildare in the Parliament of Ireland. Maurice jr. succee ...

(c.1761−1835), Irish landowner, soldier and politician *

Paffard Keatinge-Clay Paffard Keatinge-Clay (born 1926) is an English-born architect in the modernist tradition who spent most of his professional life in the United States of America, before moving to southern Spain, where he has increasingly focussed on sculpture. ...

(born 1926), architect and sculptor

Fictional entities

* Lieutenant Colonel Harry Keating, in The Mauritius Command, a 1977 novel by

Patrick O'Brian Patrick O'Brian, CBE (12 December 1914 – 2 January 2000), born Richard Patrick Russ, was an English novelist and translator, best known for his Aubrey–Maturin series of sea novels set in the Royal Navy during the Napoleonic Wars, and cent ...

, based on the real life

* John Keating, played by

Robin Williams Robin McLaurin Williams (July 21, 1951August 11, 2014) was an American actor and comedian. Known for his improvisational skills and the wide variety of characters he created on the spur of the moment and portrayed on film, in dramas and come ...

in 1989 film,

Dead Poets Society ''Dead Poets Society'' is a 1989 American drama film directed by Peter Weir, written by Tom Schulman, and starring Robin Williams. Set in 1959 at the fictional elite conservative boarding school Welton Academy, it tells the story of an English ...

* Layla Keating, played by Greta Onieogou in the television series '' All American'' * Peter Keating, in

The Fountainhead ''The Fountainhead'' is a 1943 novel by Russian-American author Ayn Rand, her first major literary success. The novel's protagonist, Howard Roark, is an intransigent young architect, who battles against conventional standards and refuses to comp ...

, a 1943 novel by Ayn Rand Multiple characters in ''

How to Get Away With Murder ''How to Get Away with Murder'' is an American legal thriller television series that premiered on ABC on September 25, 2014, and concluded on May 14, 2020. The series was created by Peter Nowalk, and produced by Shonda Rhimes and ABC Studios ...

'': *Analise Keating, played by

Viola Davis Viola Davis (; born August 11, 1965) is an American actress and producer. The recipient of various accolades, including an Academy Award, a Primetime Emmy Award, and two Tony Awards, she is the only African-American to achieve the Triple Crow ...

, fictional defense lawyer and law professor *Dr. Hannah Keating, Analise's sister-in-law, played by

Marcia Gay Harden Marcia Gay Harden (born August 14, 1959) is an American actress. She is the recipient of accolades including an Academy Award and a Tony Award, in addition to nominations for a Critics' Choice Movie Award and three Primetime Emmy Awards. Born ...

*Sam Keating, Analise's husband, played by

Tom Verica Tom Verica (born May 13, 1964) is an American actor, director, and producer, best known for his role as Sam Keating in the ABC drama ''How to Get Away with Murder'' (2014-2020). He also played Jack Pryor in the NBC critically acclaimed drama ''A ...

*Keating 5, Analise Keating's interns, in ''

'' (season 1)

Keating genealogy

DNA projects and one name studies

Keating DNA Project
(hosted by FamilyTreeDNA.com, run by volunteers)

Published Keating genealogies

* * Keating of Wexford. *

References

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