Geary

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Geary, an Anglicized rendering of the Irish name O'Gadhra [1], has a number of meanings:

Geary is surname of several people:

• Anthony Geary (1947– ), an American actor
• Benjamin Handley Geary (1891–1976), a British soldier in World War I and a recipient of the Victoria Cross
• David C. Geary, an American academic psychologist
• Cornet Francis Geary (1752–1776), a British cornet killed during the American Revolutionary War
• Geoff Geary (1976– ), an American Major League Baseball player, relief pitcher, currently with the Philadelphia Phillies
• George Reginald Geary (1873–1954), mayor of Toronto, Ontario, Canada from 1910 to 1912
• John W. Geary (1819–1873), mayor of San Francisco, governor of the Kansas Territory, governor of Pennsylvania and general in the American Civil War
• Joseph Geary, New York Times bestselling author

Geary can refer to a few places:

• Geary County, Kansas
• Geary, Oklahoma
• Geary, Isle of Skye
• Geary Boulevard, a major thoroughfare in San Francisco, California

Geary can also refer to:

• Geary Act, an 1892 U.S. government law that restricted the rights of Chinese immigrants in the United States
• D. L. Geary Brewing Company, a microbrewery located in Portland, Maine.
• Roy Geary, a fictional character from the television show Prison Break