Mooney

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Mooney is family name, which is probably predominantly derived from the Irish Ó Maonaigh. It can also be spelled Moony, Meaney, Mauney, Moon, Money. The word can refer to:

Contents 1 Companies 2 People 2.1 Meaney spelling 2.2 Mooney spelling 2.3 Ó Maonaigh 3 Places 4 Physics 5 Other

[edit] Companies

• Mooney Airplane Company

[edit] People

[edit] Meaney spelling

• Colm Meaney - Irish actor
• John Meaney, British science fiction author
• Kevin Meaney, American comedian and voice actor

[edit] Mooney spelling

• Aaron Mooney - American politician and entrepreneur
• Albert Mooney - aircraft designer and founder of Mooney Airplane Company
• Alex X. Mooney - American politician
• Bel Mooney - English journalist and broadcaster
• Brian Mooney - professional football player
• Cameron Mooney - Australian rules football player
• Carol Ann Mooney - President of Saint Mary's College in Notre Dame, Indiana
• Debra Mooney - American actress
• Edward Cardinal Mooney - Roman Catholic Cardinal Archbishop of Detroit, former Bishop of Rochester
• Hercules Mooney - American Revolutionary War Colonel
• James Mooney - anthropologist whose major works were about the Cherokee Indians
• Jeff Mooney - American Award Winning Radio Broadcaster
• Dr. Jeff Mooney - Distinguished Old Testament Professor at California Baptist University
• Jerry Mooney - United States entrepreneur and businessman
• Malcolm Mooney - Original lead singer of rock group Can; inspiration for The Mooney Suzuki's name (see below).
• Melvin Mooney - American physicist, developed the Mooney Viscometer and other testing equipment used in the rubber industry.
• The Mooney Suzuki - a band
• Paschal Mooney - Irish politician
• Paul Mooney - American comedian, writer, and actor
• Robert Mooney - Canadian politician
• Sean Mooney - Sports reporter and former WWF announcer
• Thomas Mooney - American labor leader from San Francisco, California
• Tommy Mooney Professional football player
• Tony Mooney - Australian politician
• Adam W. Mooney - Australian barrister
• Walter E. Mooney - pilot and model aircraft designer
• Zach Mooney - Author, Fiddler and Philosopher

[edit] Ó Maonaigh

• Proinsias Ó Maonaigh - World-famous fiddler

[edit] Places

• Bert Mooney Airport - Montana
• Cardinal Mooney High School
• Mooney Creek, Kansas
• Mooney Falls - Grand Canyon
• Mooney Mooney, New South Wales, Australia
• Mooney's Bay, Ottawa, Canada

[edit] Physics

• Mooney - (r) a measure of the viscosity of a rubber or rubber compound determined in a Mooney shearing disk viscometer.

[edit] Other

• African moony - eastern Atlantic saltwater fish
• Marvin K. Mooney Will You Please Go Now! - Dr. Seuss book
• Mooney Face Test
• Mooney-Rivlin solid
• Moonies - "Moon-children", which is a nickname for members of Sun Myung Moon's Unification Movement.
• Moony - nickname of Italian singer Monica Bragato
• "Moony" - the nickname for Remus Lupin used in the Harry Potter series
• Silver moony - fish found mainly in the Red Sea