Healey (surname)

Healey is a surname originally from the Sligo area of Ireland and the Gaelic word Ó hEalaighthe, which derives from 'ealadhach' meaning ingenious.^[1] The surname has a number of spelling variations, the most common being 'Healy'.

People bearing the surname Healey include:

• Adam Healey, Italian internet entrepreneur
• Adrian Healey, English football commentator
• Alfred Healey (1875-1960), British olympic athlete
• Anne Healey (b. 1951), American politician
• Arthur Daniel Healey (1889-1948), former U.S. Representative of Massachusetts
• Austin Healey (b. 1973), English rugby union player
• Chelsee Healey (b. 1988), English actress
• Cherry Healey (b. 1980), British television presenter
• Clive Healey (1918-1997), Australian politician
• Denis Healey (b. 1917), British politician
• Des Healey (1927-2009), Australian rules footballer
• Dick Healey (1923-2000), Australian politician
• Donald Healey (1898-1988), British rally driver & automotive engineer
• Dorothy Ray Healey (1914-2006), American Communist Party activist
• Ed Healey (1894-1978), American Football player
• Edna Healey (1918-2010), British author and film maker
• Eric Healey (b. 1975), American ice-hockey player
• Geoffrey Healey (1922-1994), British car designer, son of Donald
• Giles Healey (1901-1980), American cartographer
• Jack Healey (b. 1938), American human rights activist
• James Healey, Australian actor
• James C. Healey (1909-1981), member of the US House of Representatives
• Jeff Healey (1966-2008), Canadian jazz and blues-rock guitarist
• John Healey (b. 1960), British politician
• John P. Healey (b. 1922), American aviation & space engineer
• John Healey (translator) (d. 1610), English translator
• Joseph G. Healey (b. 1938), American language researcher
• Kenneth Healey (1899-1985), 3rd Bishop of Grimsby, England
• Keri Healey, American voice actress
• Kerry Healey (b. 1960), 70th Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts
• Lori Healey, American real estate principal
• Mark Healey, British computer games developer
• Michael Healey, Canadian actor and playwright
• Mitch Healey (b. 1969), Australian rugby player and coach
• Myron Healey (1923-2005), American actor
• Nathan Healey (b. 198), Australian tennis player
• Nigel Healey, Canterbury (New Zealand) University professor
• Pat Healey (b. 1985), American soccer player
• Patrick Healey Jr. (b. 1968), American ten-pin bowler
• Patsy Healey (b. 1940), professor at Newcastle University, England
• Paul Healey (b. 1975), Canadian ice hockey player
• Rich Healey (b. 1938), Canadian ice hockey player
• Robert Healey (b. 1934), English cricketer
• Ron Healey (b. 1952), English born Irish footballer
• Sheila Healey (b. 1915), Argentine painter
• Stephen Healey (b. 1982), British Army officer and ex-footballer
• Thomas "T. J." Healey (1866-1944), American racehorse trainer
• Theresa Healey, New Zealand actress
• Thomas J. Healey, Harvard University lecturer
• Tom Healey (1853-1891), American MLB baseball player
• Trebor Healey, American poet and novelist
• William Healey, English football club owner

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