Whalen
People
Whalen is a surname, and may refer to:
- Bruce Whalen, American politician
- Charles W. Whalen, Jr., American politician
- R. Christopher Whalen, American writer and financial analyst
- Diana Whalen, Canadian politician
- Dianne Whalen, Canadian politician
- Douglas Whalen, American linguist
- Ed Whalen, Canadian television personality
- Grover Whalen, American politician and businessman
- Jack Whalen, American hitman
- James Henry Whalen, Canadian pilot
- James J. Whalen, American psychologist
- Jennifer Whalen, American mountain bike racer
- Jill Whalen, American search engine optimization consultant
- Jim Whalen, American football player
- Joe Whalen, American tennis player
- John S. Whalen, American politician
- Laurence Whalen, American judge
- Lindsay Whalen, American professional basketball player
- Megan Whalen Turner, American author
- Michael Whalen (journalist), Canadian sports journalist
- Michael James Whalen, American composer
- Philip Whalen, American poet
- Richard James Whalen, American author and journalist
- Sean Whalen, American actor
- Thomas Michael Whalen III, American politician
Places
In Ireland, Whalen/Whelan/Phelan/O'Phelan are anglicized variants of the same Gaelic surname, Faoláin, which itself is a variant of Ó Faoileáin and Ó hAoláin. In Britain, Whalen is an old English-language spelling for the village Uelen
See also