Kean (disambiguation)

Kean may refer to:

Kean University

• Kean University, a university in Union, New Jersey
  • Kean University-Wenzhou, a campus of Kean University in Zhejiang, China, the first Western university in the country.
  • The Kean Estate, the property on which the university is built, originally belonging to the Keans, including the Livingston-Kean Mansion Liberty Hall, a National Historic Landmark.

People with the name

• Edmund Kean (1789-1833), English actor
• Gerald Kean, Irish celebrity solicitor
• Sammy Kean (d. 2003), Scottish football player and manager
• Steve Kean (b. 1967), Scottish football player and manager
• Kean Atreides, a character in the universe of the Dune novels

Kean Political Dynasty

• The Kean family, an American political family
  • Thomas Kean, Sr. (born 1935), American politician; former Governor of New Jersey; chairman of the 9/11 Commission (the Kean Commission)
  • John Kean (New Jersey) (1852-1914), United States Senator, United States Representative from New Jersey
  • Hamilton Fish Kean (1862–1941), United States Senator from New Jersey (named for US Secretary of State and New York Governor Hamilton Fish who was married to Julia Kean)
  • Robert Winthrop Kean (1893-1980), a United States Representative from New Jersey
  • Thomas Kean, Jr. (born 1968), American politician; New Jersey State Senator; United States Senate nominee
  • John Kean (South Carolina) (1756–1795), delegate to the Continental Congress from South Carolina

Other

• Kean (musical), a musical by Peter Stone, Robert Wright and George Forrest
  • Kean (play), a play by Alexandre Dumas, père and later adapted by Jean-Paul Sartre
• KEAN-FM, a radio station in Abilene, Texas
• Ivanna Eudora Kean High School, a high school in St. Thomas, Virgin Islands

See also

• Kean Commission or the 9/11 Commission
• Keane (disambiguation)
• Keen (disambiguation)