Conn

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Conn is a family name and sometimes a given name.

Contents 1 People 1.1 American 1.2 Australian 1.3 British 1.4 Canadian 1.5 Irish 1.6 Scottish

[edit] People

[edit] American

• Billy Conn (1917 – 1993) was a Light-Heavyweight boxing champion famed for his fights with Joe Louis.
• Bobby Conn is a musician from Chicago, Illinois.
• Charles Paul Conn is an American non-fiction author and university president.
• Charles Gerard Conn was the founder of C. G. Conn Ltd. in the 1800s.
• Charles W. Conn (1920 - 2008) was an American author and former General Overseer of the Church of God.
• Conn Findlay is a four-time Olympic medalist, one of the few to medal in two distinct sports.
• Conn Jackson is a TV host. Presently hosting the Conn Jackson Show and Cafe Central TV.
• Didi Conn is an American film, stage and television actress.
• J. Stephen Conn is a North American religious figure, published writer and entrepreneur.
• Jerome W. Conn, M.D. (1907-1994), was the endocrinologist who first described Conn's syndrome in 1955.
• Nicole Conn is a film director, producer, and screenwriter most famous for her debut feature, the lesbian love story, Claire of the Moon (1992).
• Phoebe Conn is a best-selling American author of over thirty romance novels.
• Roe Conn is an American radio talk show host on The Roe Conn Show which airs on WLS-AM 890 in Chicago, Illinois.

[edit] Australian

• Daniel Conn is an Australian rugby league player.
• Neil Raymond Conn is a former Administrator of the Northern Territory in Australia from the 17th February 1997 to the 30th October 2000.

[edit] British

• Conn Iggulden is a British writer of historical novels.
• David Conn is a sports journalist focusing on football (soccer) for The Guardian a British newspaper.
• John Conn (1764 - 1810) was a senior captain in the Royal Navy during the American Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars.
• Shelley Conn is an English actress of Anglo-Indian descent.
• Leslie Conn ran Doris Day's music publishing company and wrote and produced "Liza Jane", the first recording to be released as a single by David Bowie (under the name Davie Jones and the King Bees.)

[edit] Canadian

• Conn Smythe (1895 – 1980), was a Canadian builder in the National Hockey League best known as the principal owner of the Toronto Maple Leafs from 1927 to 1961 and as the builder of Maple Leaf Gardens.
• Craig Conn, is a lacrosse player for the Arizona Sting in the National Lacrosse League and the New Westminster Salmonbellies of the Western Lacrosse Association.
• Jan Conn, is a Canadian poet and mosquito genetic researcher.
• Michelle Conn, is a Canadian field hockey player.
• Ty Conn (1967 – 1999), born Tyrone Williams Conn, was a Canadian bank robber and is best known for his escape over the wall from the Kingston Penitentiary, one of Canada's most secure and notorious prisons.

[edit] Irish

• Conn of the Hundred Battles, former High King of Ireland and the ancestor of the Connachta
• Conn O'Neill (1480 - 1559), was the 1st Earl of Tyrone in Ireland during the 16th century.
• Conn Ward (1890 – 1966), born Francis Constantine Ward, was an Irish Fianna Fáil party politician.
• Hugh Conn McCall (1940 - 2002), was an Irish cricketer.

[edit] Scottish

• Alfie Conn, Sr. , is a Scottish professional footballer (soccer), most commonly remembered as part of the Terrible Trio of the Heart of Midlothian side of the 1950s, along with Willie Bauld and Jimmy Wardhaugh.
• Alfie Conn, Jr., is a former professional footballer, who was the first post-war player to play for both Celtic and Rangers.
• Iain Conn, an executive director of the BP Group.
• Stewart Conn, is a Scottish poet and playwright.