Healey (surname)
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| Healey | |
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| Family name | |
| Meaning | Derived from 'ealadhach' (Gaelic) meaning ingenious. |
| Region of origin | Sligo, Ireland |
| Related names | Haly, Haley, Haily, Hely, Healy, O'Healey, O'Haly |
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
- James Healey, state legislator in Nevada
- 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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